[sa_ill]

And again we start with this whole US and China thing. We could go on and on for centuries, so its best if we put this topic to a rest and focus on what this thread actually wants us to focus on.

 

[maverickronin]

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In this instance, I dont blame Apple Corp at all - they are undoubtedly evil, but their lawyers know that they can sue the pants off HRT/ALO Audio/Onkyo etc and expect to win - it gets a lot harder trying to do it with a company that has no US headquarters. When Kevin Halvorsen got accreditation, he would have also received a truckload of legal documents from Apple and paid handsomely for the privilege. That's called 'business', George.

I have to add that this is part of the reason they're owning us in growth...

 

[Soul Hoe]

Sucks the product has been delayed; I was hoping to have it in my clutches within a couple of days. Ah well. I just hope that whatever battery issue FiiO have now cottoned onto will be ironed out in the shipped products.

 

[Anaxilus]

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I have to add that this is part of the reason they're owning us in growth...

I mean really, centralized command economy that promotes growth and initiative versus a regulated 'democratic' system that alternates myopic ideologues every 2/4/6 years and alienates entrepreneurship is hardly fair.  But who cares about fair when winning is involved.  
 
It's clear that between the US and Soviet Union that China won the Cold War.  It's not all completely roses though.  We'll see how well Confucianism adapts and deals with their own shortcomings in various aspects beyond culture and philosophy.

 

[JamesFiiO]

Sorry for the delay of E11, 
 
Thanks Mike from Headfonia, he had help us find a very small bug about the design. there have very little chance that E11 can not work when the battery is fully discharged and recharge again.
 
The reason its the protect circuit locked the power, so it can not work unless you remove the battery and install it again.
 
We need to fix this bug before we send out the order. hope you can understand that.
 
 

 

[JamesFiiO]

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I mean really, centralized command economy that promotes growth and initiative versus a regulated 'democratic' system that alternates myopic ideologues every 2/4/6 years and alienates entrepreneurship is hardly fair.  But who cares about fair when winning is involved.  
 
It's clear that between the US and Soviet Union that China won the Cold War.  It's not all completely roses though.  We'll see how well Confucianism adapts and deals with their own shortcomings in various aspects beyond culture and philosophy.

Maybe we should back to music and amp. 

   

 

[DanBa]

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And ridiculously, jealously, stifling overguarded by Apple.

 Sorry, just had to let that out. 
 

 

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[size=10.5pt]Why impose this digital-out authentication licence?[/size]
 
[size=10.5pt]There is no technical reason to lock the iDevice digital output.[/size]
[size=10.5pt]There is no technical secret. It’s just an Apple authentication procedure unlocking/enabling digital output from iDevice.[/size]
 
[size=10.5pt]The Mac digital output is not locked, probably due to the unlocked PC digital output.[/size]
 
[size=10.5pt]Apple is no more alone in the almost free (subsidized) smart phone era, Google Android is coming.[/size]
 

 

[ClieOS]

Guess I am right about the protection circuit. I'll do further testing on mine to confirm the result.

 

[GeorgeGoodman]

I understand where Apple is coming from. If they licensed their decoding thing to China other products would probably have it in six months. I still a more free approach would help them sell more and keep more people happy. Just my opinion. Trent Reznor (NIN) puts his albums up for free on huis website, and sells plenty of them.

 

[hotsport]

Forget about iPod digital out and buy an upcoming fiio x3 = problem solve

 

[JamesFiiO]

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Guess I am right about the protection circuit. I'll do further testing on mine to confirm the result.

In fact, it is hard to happen, only when the battery is in very low level, and there are some suddenly increase of music signal, there may have very small probability to repeat the same situation.
 
The protection circuit is to forbid the power in case there are DC output in the headphone out. anyway, it had been solved now.

 

[GeorgeGoodman]

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Forget about iPod digital out and buy an upcoming fiio x3 = problem solve

/My thoughts exactly. There are a few other players with digital out as well. 
 
Good to hear the problem on the E11 has been solved! 

 

[Soul Hoe]

In fact, it is hard to happen, only when the battery is in very low level, and there are some suddenly increase of music signal, there may have very small probability to repeat the same situation.  
The protection circuit is to forbid the power in case there are DC output in the headphone out. anyway, it had been solved now.

 
Good to hear! So I don't suppose there's any chance PJ Box will still receive stock before they shut for a while on the 13th?

 

[honmashinsei]

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They replied to my email too. Amazing customer service.

Wow, that's weird. I've mailed them thrice (!), for a question about another item (tips), but did not get any response, ever.

 

[JoetheArachnid]

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In this instance, I dont blame Apple Corp at all - they are undoubtedly evil, but their lawyers know that they can sue the pants off HRT/ALO Audio/Onkyo etc and expect to win - it gets a lot harder trying to do it with a company that has no US headquarters.

Tiny nitpick:
Apple Corps = The Beatles' music company.
Apple Computer/Apple Inc. = the technology Apple we all know and love, producers of iDevices and Macs.
Back to the cave with me...