[Bigbuddha]

Hello All,
 
I just recieved my E7 last night.  It came in that new Ipod looking packaging, very nice and slick for such a low price awesome stuff Fiio.
 
Anyways, I charged the E7 fully and plugged it into my IPOD Touch which is first gen.  I also bought a Fiio L3 LOD as well.
 
The thing is the sound is HORRIBLE!!! Bass becomes heavily distorted as well as vocals.
 
I then tried to plug it via the headphone out of the ipod using the E7's supplied cord, same thing.
 
I tried a couple of IEMs ... my SM3 ... RE0 and Senn CX95 ... all sounded bad really bad.
 
I thought maybe I got a dud E7 or maybe the LOD was bad (I discounted a bad LOD as the E7 headphone out cord sounded the just as bad)
 
I thought I'd better plug the E7 into the comp to use it as a DAC and AMP to see if the sound was any good.
 
Under computer use the E7 performed great, sounded brilliant through the above mentioned IEMs.
 
So do you think its the IPOD that is now biting the dust (its pretty old now).  I also noticed that if I just plug in the IEMs directly into the IPOD there is now a very noticable hissing noise which leads me to think that my IPOD is dieing a slow death.
 
Any thoughts?

 

[DaBomb77766]

Well, if I had access to my E7 and my old 1st gen iPod I'd be able to give you more info, but I had noticed that the headphone output in my 1st gen iPod Touch was slowly biting the dust over time.  Could just be the iPod, or a defective E7 - do you know anybody who has a working iPod you could try it with?

 

[ExpatinJapan]

try turning up the ipod volume to 85%-90%, then plug in the E7 and try the volume.
 

 

[DaBomb77766]

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try turning up the ipod volume to 85%-90%, then plug in the E7 and try the volume.
 

Well, the LOD doesn't have any volume control on an iPod.

 

[Moonboy242]

This is similar to the thread posted here: http://www.head-fi.org/forum/thread/553321/concern-over-new-fiio-e7-anyone-else-having-this-problem
 
I'm curious about something... when using the LOD it by passes the built in amp. If the onboard amp is not in use, how does increasing the volume on the iPod help fix distortion on the amplifier? Obviously it works, I just don't understand how. I have my iPod volume set to some really low setting and have had no problems with my E7 at all.

 

[gazeds]

I've had the e7 for just over a month now, and i use it with a 2nd gen ipod, and the only thing i've noticed is that where i was listenning to the volume at 20 on the fiio display , i am now having to increase it to 28 or more now  for the same experiance                          

 

[ExpatinJapan]

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Well, the LOD doesn't have any volume control on an iPod.

read my post again.
 
often distortion happens because ipod volume is too low, then the user tries to compensate by maxing out the amp volume-thus producing hiss.
 
so:try turning up the ipod volume to 85%-90% first, then plug in the LOD/E7 and adjust the E7volume.
 
 
 

 

[ExpatinJapan]

also for the op
http://www.head-fi.org/forum/thread/552583/ipod-e7-ue-tri-fi-10-static#post_7450472
 
 

 

[JamesFiiO]

you can try other music source to see if it is a defective unit. 

 

[DaBomb77766]

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read my post again.
 
often distortion happens because ipod volume is too low, then the user tries to compensate by maxing out the amp volume-thus producing hiss.
 
so:try turning up the ipod volume to 85%-90% first, then plug in the LOD/E7 and adjust the E7volume.
 
 
 

 
He said it happens when he uses the LOD too.  You cannot adjust the volume with the iPod when you're using the line-out, since the line-out volume is always constant.  Changing the volume before you plug it in won't change that.
 
But yeah, I'd recommend that the OP tries it out with a different source.  For example, try plugging the interconnect into your computer (the headphone port, or line-out if there is one).  Seeing as how it works as DAC, I'm inclined to believe the problem here is the iPod.  It could just be that the E7 is amplifying whatever problems the iPod had to begin with.

 

[Bigbuddha]

Thanks to all who made suggestions.  Much appreciated.
 
I grabbed my wifes IPOD (also first gen) and basically the E7 played beautifully with it through the LOD.
 
So now I know my IPOD is dying so i'll replace it with the new gen Ipod Touch.
 
The E7 is a great bit of kit ... well packaged ... looks slick ... sounds great too
 
cheers all

 

[JamesFiiO]