I just received mine in the mail today, came from China, cost a whopping $12 including shipping. My setup is this:
Archos 504 40GB > FiiO > V-moda Vibe
Velco'd to the back of the Archos with clear hockey tape (can you tell I'm Canadian?
) holding the cord in place
I've only listened for about half an hour so far, but after plugging it in I had to turn my bass boost setting on my Archos down from 2 to 0 (max is 4) and re-adjust my equalizer, and it now honestly sounds MUCH better than it did. I may have just had my equalizer set bad before but I think there's more to it than that. Bass sounds tighter (and slightly louder, with the bass boost off and the bass and mid-bass turned down in the EQ...was a fair bit louder), mid and treble is more clear and I can now picture the individual instruments in my head and place them apart from each other; it sounds like whatever band I'm listening to set up in my room and started playing. Now, I don't think of myself as an audiophile; just an enthusiast, but to my ear it just generally makes all the music I've listened to so far sound better, from Red Hot Chili Peppers to Rage Against the Machine to Lamb of God to Dimmu Borgir to Gorillaz to Iron Maiden to Black Sabbath to Buckethead to Pink Floyd to Rush; they ALL sound better in most every way. I also want to thank this forum; it was after reading threads on this forum that I decided to buy both the FiiO and my Vibes (had the Vibes for a long while now). So, thank you
Only problem is now the sound is more appealing than my home theater (got my laptop plugged into that) so now I guess I gotta upgrade that
Time to start saving a couple grand
I'm going out to field test my rig in a few minutes, gotta take my doggie to the vet. Let's see if it can beat the gauntlet (downtown Toronto) shall we? I'll report back afterwards.
