​I meant to say the AKG Q701 are beasts*, sorry for the typo.

  It did help, thanks a lot. I plan to use them through the USB DAC function, let the FiiO do everything from converting to amping. Man the AKG Q701 are beats. I've seen a couple of reviews and they look nice. I was wondering because my cans impendance is around 50 ohm and I've never owned...

  Hahahaha noted man. I'm new to the forums, I've been a bit into audio but since I got these headphones I've been interested in investing in a good portable rig (using my Note 5 for the time being).

Man I miss the days I had my G3 rooted with Viper4Android, the Convolver feature alone was amazing. I now have a Note 5 which has a great Wolfson DAC and audio processing but still miss the V4A and the root (dang AT&T and their unrootable variants).

How does the sound compare when using the Fiio E18 with your S6 and without?  I have a Note 5 (same audio specs) with a pair of Fostex T20RP mk3 headphones and I'm eager to get myself an amp for a little more punch in my music but was unsure which to get. Came across the E18 and I'm about to go...

Exactly my thoughts.

Yes it does play high res. It uses a Wolfson DAC which is great. People still have the misconception that the V10 outperforms the Note 5 by far because Samsung used to use cheap DACs with their chips for older phones, not the case with the Note 5. The DAC performs pretty well, with decent...