Hi David,   I understand now. My adapter looks TS.   Funnily enough I was looking on an AV site and someone suggested using a 3.5mm to two RCA's just plugging in the one.   I happen to have one (Cambridge Audio) as I used to plug my Fiio straight in to my hifi with it whereas now it goes...

Hi David,   Thanks for the reply.   I'm afraid I don't know what TS or TRRS is but take it that the L21 is a no go.   Do you know what would be an alternative.   I still have the original adaptor which I'm using with a standard coax but want a spare. I've looked at the Chord Clearway but...

Hi,   This is possibly a silly question.   Does the L21 adapter coax cable work with the first gen X3's? I only ask as they specifically state X3 - II in the marketing material?   Steve

I've just bought one of these for £149 and am stunned at its capability. I use a Fiio X3 as source through VTL and XTC amps and KEF Reference speakers. For the price it's astonishing and more listenable than my Naim CD5x. I haven't even tried the headphone socket yet. Remarkable!

I really like the 3.4 final firmware. It sounds much clearer and reminds me of a Denon DL304 cartridge that I used to own. The treble had filigree detail that made steel strings steely and cymbals shimmer.   I thought initially that the bass was worse but it's not. It's less "phat" and more...

I had a Raleigh Chopper the same colour. I love it!

I have to agree that 2.14 was the first seismic shift from DAP to HiFi  for the X3 and I was knocked out when I first tried it. I went on to 3.0 which sounded a big step down then on to 3.0 exfat and 3.2 which were returned to the 2.14 theme.   I'm perfectly happy with 3.21 as I find the sound...

Try 3.21 beta. Same quality better reliability!

AKG 450/451's are about £40/50 over here in Blighty and excellent. Good bass as well.

Not tried gapless but resume mode working fine. I like it. It does feel more stable and sound signature excellent.   Can't really tell much difference in sound between 3.0 exfat, 3.2 or this but I prefer it to 3.0. Maybe a touch more clarity or maybe my imagination.

Me too. Just loaded.

Me too. 'Im on 3.0 exfat and have had to switch last track off as it plays then plays a track off the internal memory. As much as I like the Yessongs version of Perpetual Change there are only so many times in a day. Haven't tried 3.2 yet but do prefer the exfat sound to 3.0.

Been running EXFat for a week. I had a similar problem to one of the posters. When I played music from a 64gb Kingston card on switch on it had the song I was playing in the main content and the last song I played from the internal memory at the bottom. It switched to the next song on the...

Is MP3tag easy to use? I'm ripping most of my files with Foobar (Flac) then putting them on a Kingston 64g micro SD. The song order is sometimes scrambled (mainly alphabetical) and so I go back in and number the songs to get them in order. My card has been freezing recently so I've wiped it...

Trolldragon - my apologies. I was fairly fed up with the X3 last night and vented my spleen far too much in your direction. I thought you were a bit flippant with PRS but undeserving of a broadside. I hope you'll accept mea culpa.   I think the problem with my little 'ol X3 centres around the...

I'm not trying to call anyone out and I apologise to Trolldragon if it was too aggressive. I am not keen on slagging off the X3 but every time I think it is working perfectly it craps out. This is a Forum. The X3 should work on a basic level of switching on and playing not switching off mid way...

Mine has stopped mid song twice today. Yesterday it stopped as well. I went in to my SD card and tried to mend bits two days ago but at the end of the day why isn't it possible to download and play like everything else.   My wife has an iphone, my daughters have iphone and you download and...

I've had the X3 since Christmas 2013. I have enthused and put up with the eccentric operating system on the basis that the sound quality was great and I could play whatever hi def files I had. I can stick it through my HiFi system comprising VTL tubes and KEF Reference Speakers and it can sound...

Delete all the files on your card. Reformat via the X3 and reload. Most of the problems are dodgy files or badly formatted cards.

It's ALAC or M4A as it puts itself. All the tags seem up the spout. Fairport Convention is in rock. My best genre is unknown which has Doves, The Black keys, The Black Crowes, 9Bach, New Order and Wilko Johnson and the Best Punk Album in the World! Cracking Tunes!   Most of my stuff is on FLAC...

I've got Jimmy Page and the Black Crowes- Live at the Greek and it's filed itself under Techno!!!! Sounds nice but the Genres are a touch eccentric.

I've just downloaded and played 2 tracks so it's too early for an opinion. It's the same face and operation as 2.14b. Is that right? I was thinking it may be different.   There is more bass. I liked 2.14b better than 2.1 so I need to get used to this first.   Cheers for the effort put in...

There's a fair amount of criticism regarding the software on the X3. Rightly so but I think it's a case of Fiio's ambition exceeding their capability. It's a very ambitious project to produce a machine that plays all the differing formats right up to the highest res. It can play all Apple...

Just trying the 2.14Beta. I think the volume mod is necessary to evaluate as it's too quiet without.   It definitely sound clearer to me with a more realistic timbre. Cymbals shimmer and there's quite a bit more detail. The bass is drier and less tubby. I quite liked it before but this is...

Clearly nobody has read or could care less about this thread but as things stay on the net for ever I thought I had better conclude it.   I managed to download the MP3 version on Monday. It's  320kb which is perfectly acceptable and I laud Universal for using this as opposed to ****ty 160k.  ...