[Terran]

I read somewhere this was fixed on the new version of fiio e10 "olympus"
when I'm trying to play games with this DAC, the first seconds of footsteps or gunshots will be cut off and sometimes not even played
this happens in Counter-strike 1.6 when there are no ambient sounds or anything playing, but in games like Counter-strike:GO the sounds don't get cut off because there is constantly subtle ambient sounds playing
If I empty the recycle bin only half of the sound plays, but if I empty it while playing music at a very low volume the entire sound plays
 
My DAC says Olympus on it, and I use it with the bass switch off and low gain, changing the switches couldn't fix the problem and neither does the line out
 
is there any way to fix this? its really bad for gaming

 

[NA Blur]

It is a consequence of the design.  I suggest playing some music at low volume while you game so the FiiO always remains on.  Otherwise you should go with another product be it FiiO or something else.

 

[tomb]

Sounds like they have a bunch of capacitors with low-resistance bleeder resistors.  They discharge quickly, meaning if the music is off for a short while, they have to charge back up - thus, the delay.

 

[CrimsonTowers]

I just bought an E10 and this problem is immeasurably annoying. Is my only option buying another amp/DAC? Does any other Fiio product have this problem?

 

[reza89]

changing the bit depth from 24 to 16 will solve the problem, or at least reducing the cut off milliseconds.