[greg788]

For those of you who've done a direct comparison, which do you prefer and why? I can't make up my mind and I've been searching threads here and all over the internet ... and any others I should consider purely on sound quality up to $500?

 

[tdweis]

Whatever you decide you should probably hurry up; DX90 has been discontinued & only a few units left at B&H.  I finally bit the bullet & picked one up last month.  Haven't heard X5 gen. 2 but moved up from X3 gen. 1 - no comparison; I absolutely love it!  Good luck.