[AudioDog]

I think, come the first I am going to get me a DIY before they are all snatched up.

 

[spyke]

It is perfect, centered ...
I order it now and do tests, I've only got the Nad Visio, I sold everything I had xD
thank you very much|

 

[audioxxx]

What a great amp, it really does need silver plated cables. My quick DIY cable. .

Great stock combo is opamp/opa1611 and buffer/buf634
Waiting for OPA 627 and 827 to arrive.

 

[Loquah]

What a great amp, it really does need silver plated cables. My quick DIY cable. .

Great stock combo is opamp/opa1611 and buffer/buf634
Waiting for OPA 627 and 827 to arrive.

 
If you like OPA1611, my guess is you'll love OPA827

 

[audioxxx]

Excellent I'm looking forward to setting them up, the chips are on the way from USA evilbay, it's hard to go back to the x5 headphone out now after using the e12diy even with iem.
There's quite an improvement already.

 

[Preben]

Hello all
Have e12 diy but i am mainly listen to iem reshelled tf 10 in my case i mainly listen to rap, pop, elektronic so my question is will i be better of with the e12a amp for my listening preference ?? Thanks for your help guys.

 

[AudioDog]

I am blown away with what I have now x5 > e18 > FAD Pandora Hope VI. I really cannot wait to be able to put a tunable e12 into the set.
 
Are there any IEMs that just really stand out when driven by the E12's?

 

[Loquah]

  I am blown away with what I have now x5 > e18 > FAD Pandora Hope VI. I really cannot wait to be able to put a tunable e12 into the set.
 
Are there any IEMs that just really stand out when driven by the E12's?

 
Almost anything will sound good with the DIY because of it's excellent clarity, but you may find some low impedance IEMs will limit the available volume range which can be a little challenging. I'm currently having this problem with the SE846s - they sound awesome when driven by the DIY, but I only have about 20% of the volume range to work with so imbalance can be an issue at times.

 

[AudioDog]

hmm. the fad ph6 is an 8 ohm impedance headset. with that I can use the entire range of the E18 (low gain setting) the top end (lvl 9) is at my max tolerance and 2 is about as low as I listen. I like three on the knob though. The base feels just right for casual listening at 3.
 
how much more powerful is the E12 in comparison to the E18?

 

[Loquah]

The DIY and E18 have the same approximate power output (300mW), but the gains might be different. It may also be the sensitivity of the headphones as the SE846 is both low impedance (9 ohm) and high sensitivity (114dB)

 

[audioxxx]

Have you tried the changing gain resisters to create a low gain for sensitive IEM'S?

Change Amp's High Gain
2 x SMT resistors is for R20 & R27.

Also turning on the Equaliser on the x5 drops the line level, this is very useful to get a little bit more usability from the volume pot.

It doesn't seem clear on the gain changes in the manual. It might not be possible.

 

[Loquah]

I was looking at that today, but can't tell if it can lower low gain (0dB from the factory) or only change the high gain setting (20dB from factory)

 

[audioxxx]

I didn't get a manual, just looking at pics from earlier on in this thread.
But I think we need a little help from fiio on where and what to change on this resistor network, because this should be very good to have a low gain setting. But the eq on has been a lot better on the volume range, what a shame there's no line volume on the x5.

 

[Loquah]

I didn't get a manual, just looking at pics from earlier on in this thread.
But I think we need a little help from fiio on where and what to change on this resistor network, because this should be very good to have a low gain setting. But the eq on has been a lot better on the volume range, what a shame there's no line volume on the x5.

 
I've used MediaMonkey to drop all tracks to an 80dB standard (Replay Gain) during transfers and it seems to have solved my problems, but the EQ is a good idea too

 

[K.T.]

...what a shame there's no line volume on the x5.

 
Isn't a line level output a specified voltage value that's standard and non-adjustable?
 
But I know what you're saying. If there were a way to adjust the volume from the DAP without resorting to taking the headphone output into the E12DIY amp, thus adding one extra amplification stage.