[bowei006]

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Well I have a 'soft touch' case on my iPod touch, but even in bands the E17 slides a bit on the back.
 
Man, the DAC in this is nice.  Desktop sounds even better than the iPod at the moment.
 
I do wish the 'Vol. Save' feature saved the different levels for each input.

EDIT:  Oh yeah, I let mine charge only.  No use when charging it so it might have been faster.
 

haha the DAC IS nice. it's a wolfson. and im using optical..even better
 
im using and charging
 
 


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I even tried licking the bottom to see if it was anything like the glue on envelopes. No luck
 

haha...really lick didn't work? hmm i need to check this out tmmrw when i try it. i think ur smiley face is backwards


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My other 'securing to a source' idea was to go out and buy a bunch of velcro dots.  Put the rough dots on the E17.  Then attach soft dots to them, then press onto a source.  Peel off, place new soft dots on the E17 hard dots, repeat for all sources.  At least then the sources would all have soft dots on them for pocketing without the source.
 
I dunno....
 
Also, does anyone else's OLED screen have a scan line on it when refreshing?

ahah that's a good idea. i talked about velcro a couple pages back
 
yep i do. i noticed it. doesn't really bother me. sometimes it's smooth. other times. lines of pixels dissapear from diff sections of the screen when refreshing...i don't really care. fiio needed a cheap screen and it works. i haven't heard of any problems on the E7 so im not worrying.
 
 

 

[gohanssjn]

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yep i do. i noticed it. doesn't really bother me. sometimes it's smooth. other times. lines of pixels dissapear from diff sections of the screen when refreshing...i don't really care. fiio needed a cheap screen and it works. i haven't heard of any problems on the E7 so im not worrying.

Cool, I figured it was normal, but I wanted to check.
 
My desktop and laptop don't have optical, so I wont be using that a lot.
 
And the SPDIF connector on my soundcard only does 24/96 anyway.
 

 

[bowei006]

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Cool, I figured it was normal, but I wanted to check.
 
My desktop and laptop don't have optical, so I wont be using that a lot.
 
And the SPDIF connector on my soundcard only does 24/96 anyway.
 

haha yeah. i thought about asking too. it's too perfect...we need to call out every blemish...quick!
 
AHAHHHH theres a spec of dirt on the screen!!!! imperfection!!!
 
ahah. both my laptop and desktop have optical. my macbook pro only supports 96KHz(OSX limits it) but my desktop(windows) does 192KHz wooooo
 

 

[intendedUser]

Is the headphone out ok for computer speakers? Any recommended settings? Or would it be better to get a L7 and bypass the amp altogether?

 

[bowei006]

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Is the headphone out ok for computer speakers? Any recommended settings? Or would it be better to get a L7 and bypass the amp altogether?

Computer-->E17--L7--->active speakers would be best
 
if you had a PMP and at a friends house
 
PMP+E17-->Active speakers would do.
 
only diff is. active speakers (most of time) have thier own built in amps. dual amping...is not audiophile recommended i guess.

 

[nobelleng]

New Head-fier here.
 
Brought the E17.. and run digital out from my working pc... I would say this little box is really amazing...
 
Bands instruments is awesome clear..
 
Got E11 as well but felt E17 sound much fuller... might be because of the DAC.
 
 

 

[bowei006]

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New Head-fier here.
 
Brought the E17.. and run digital out from my working pc... I would say this little box is really amazing...
 
Bands instruments is awesome clear..
 
Got E11 as well but felt E17 sound much fuller... might be because of the DAC.
 
 

yeah the E11 does not have an DAC and all the other fancy new improvements on the E17 . The Wolfson WM8740 DAC is used in models up to $400 

and as customary o head-fi:

"Welcome to Head-Fi! Sorry about your Wallet"

 
 

 

[intendedUser]

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Computer-->E17--L7--->active speakers would be best
 
if you had a PMP and at a friends house
 
PMP+E17-->Active speakers would do.
 
only diff is. active speakers (most of time) have thier own built in amps. dual amping...is not audiophile recommended i guess.

 
Hmm. Got it. I guess anything with a volume knob has some kind of amp in it. I have a Bose Companion 3 (did not pay for it. uncle left it ). And they don't sound too bad directly out of the computer. And I really can't tell the difference when its plugged into the E17 headphone out.
 
 

 

[bowei006]

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Hmm. Got it. I guess anything with a volume knob has some kind of amp in it. I have a Bose Companion 3 (did not pay for it. uncle left it ). And they don't sound too bad directly out of the computer. And I really can't tell the difference when its plugged into the E17 headphone out.
 
 

active speakers are usually 4 or 8 ohms. that's not in the supported impendance of E17. if you read up on impendance. it's nothing bad really. but for audiophiles it has slight artifact effects that could happen from this. and...most don't want to dual amp
 
 

 

[intendedUser]

My baby's finally done charging! That took a while lol! I've been using it this whole time though. ( ~6 hours)
 
And thanks, bowei006.

 

[bowei006]

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My baby's finally done charging! That took a while lol! I've been using it this whole time though. ( ~6 hours)
 
And thanks, bowei006.

6 hours! 

 

 

 

 
wow.. so ur using it right...and it's blurple...when it's done charging. does it go to blue?
 

 

[intendedUser]

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6 hours! 

 

 

 

 
wow.. so ur using it right...and it's blurple...when it's done charging. does it go to blue?
 

Yes it does.
 
 

 

[AppleDappleman]

Where is the safest site to buy the E17? Can't find it anywhere. 

I found mp4nation but is it legit? And what is their return policy?

 

[bowei006]

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Yes it does.
 
 

still no dice with mine :/
 
Y U NO TURN BLUE!

 

 

[intendedUser]

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Where is the safest site to buy the E17? Can't find it anywhere. 

I found mp4nation but is it legit? And what is their return policy?

http://www.fiio.com.cn/news/index.aspx
 
That should give you a list of all the "legit" re-sellers of the E17.
 
If you're in the US, Miccastore is a good place to get it. Their first batch is sold out. Second batch arrives in mid-february. mp4nation is definitely legit, but I don't know about availability.