Thanks for the comparison. very helpful. Did you happen to do any battery life comparison as well?

Is there any store in the U.S. that has the AM3 module available for purchase right now?  I just ordered the onkyo dp-x1 and fiio x7 to compare and return the one I don't want, but can't find the AM3 to order for part of the comparison.  I have 30 days for the return, so was hoping to try it out...

On the onkyo was it the balanced out or SE?

Bummer.  Can it be done by rooting the FiiO and maybe installing Tidal on the SD card?

Does that include saving offline content to the SD card, or is that still only possible on the internal memory?  Really looking to decide between the X7 and DP-X1 and I use Tidal so trying to see which works best.  DP-X1 appears to have hiss problems on Tidal, while X7 doesn't support MQA for...

Does the hiss also happen when playing Tidal through UAPP?  Trying to decide between DP-X1 and X7 but I use Tidal a lot so want to get whichever it works best with.  Problem with X7 is no MQA for when Tidal starts streaming that, and no saving offline content to the SD card.