[ourfpshero]

This is only 59$ on creatives site now.
So I got one. A decent little dac , good for the price. The 3d audio excels in games. Used a fostex thx00, played Apex Legends.

 

[eliwankenobi]

This is only 59$ on creatives site now.
So I got one. A decent little dac , good for the price. The 3d audio excels in games. Used a fostex thx00, played Apex Legends.

Happy to see you like it! I love mine. And yes, it did make my Apex Legends sound experience much better. It's a nice little DAC/Amp!

 

[Cevisi]

Happy to see you like it! I love mine. And yes, it did make my Apex Legends sound experience much better. It's a nice little DAC/Amp!

Works great for apex

 

[Flash676]

Is there a way to do a factory reset of the SXFI Amp without an Android device?

The channel mapping on mine is incorrect and most of the settings in the Windows app (for example, headphone selection) no longer have any effect.

 

[Falkentyne]

Is there a way to do a factory reset of the SXFI Amp without an Android device?

The channel mapping on mine is incorrect and most of the settings in the Windows app (for example, headphone selection) no longer have any effect.

I believe you can use the windows app to factory reset it.

 

[Flash676]

I believe you can use the windows app to factory reset it.

I used the reset option in the Windows app, but I don't believe it's a full reset as there wasn't any reloading of the firmware, which I thought was something that the Android app did. The channel mapping has been fixed, but changing the headphone selection or EQ settings still has no effect.

 

[Skev]

The SXFI amp is a very underrated little thing. People dismiss is it due to the SXFI DSP but as a standard DAC/AMP it's a fantastic thing. I actually prefer it over my L&P W2 balanced.

£49 on their site in the UK right now.

 

[roladyzator]

Anyone else noticed Gen3 was introduced?
I retook my photos this week and my profile is now marked as Gen3.
In my case the huge dip at 8-9 kHz is gone and the lower treble (4 kHz) is less pronounced. The 150 - 300 Hz is still recessed though. Now it sounds more correct with K702 using K701 setting in SXFI app or a Harman Target headphone with Unknown Headphone profile.

Still worse sensation of being in a room than Out of your head's Genelec or Cello profiles, but these have bass inconsistencies and sometimes sound as if coming from above to me.

Anyone else who tried Gen3 - what is your experience?

 

[Cecala]

This amp as I understand it, currently cannot be used straight out of a Bluray player or a TV's eARC output?

 

[Iohfcasa]

Correct, because the sxfi amp uses usb and no hdmi.
And the ps4/5 doesn't output more than two channels via usb, so it can't be used as a mediaplayer with surroundsound for the amp.

 

[NewCoke]

This amp as I understand it, currently cannot be used straight out of a Bluray player or a TV's eARC output?

It can be used out of a Nvidia Shield TV, but I can't get 5.1 this way. Unless I am missing a workaround.

 

[Fourier transformer]

Hello, is it normal to hear little noise with the SXFI AMP and IEMs ? My IEMs are 16 ohm and 10/100 volume on windows is loud. The little noise is not affected when I increase the volume, and it happens on smartphone too. Also, sometimes the 3.5mm jack trrs CTIA is not detected. Thanks.

 

[Lifted Andreas]

Creative SXFI AMP is still on sale in the UK! Worth picking up simply for its excellent AKM 4377 DAC chip inside.
AKM factory had a fire in Oct2020 and since then these special Velvet Sound DAC chips have become rarer and rarer.
Makes me sad that almost everything these days is ESS Sabre.

Code "5OFF" will give you free faster shipping!

 

[Flash676]

Does anyone using the SXFI Amp with a Windows PC have a problem where the headphone selection doesn't do anything?

This worked for me at one point, but now none of the selections change the sound in any way.

 

[voidPtr]

Does anyone using the SXFI Amp with a Windows PC have a problem where the headphone selection doesn't do anything?

This worked for me at one point, but now none of the selections change the sound in any way.

I think I had the same issue, but I assumed it was because I also had EqualizerAPO enabled (and then it would maybe default to unknown headphone). I wanted to verify right now but noticed that I don't know how to disable EqualizerAPO.

On a side note, using Equalizer APO I was able to make the Shure SRH 1540 work quite nicely for me. I used a preset from the AutoEq project (thank you @jaakkopasanen) and added some personal taste based changes. But I'm too lazy to turn it into a single EQ.