deandake
New Head-Fier
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Thank you for that definition for "tube rolling". I had often wondered the same thing but never thought to ask.
Well, Although it is a bit disappointing that I've no luck in making the T989 v. of GSII workable with E17, I've had the E17 plugged into my PC and o boy...
With Westone 4R, setting at 0 gain, +2 bass, I felt nowhere as fatigued listening to music as I was before (using x-fi xtreme music -> Gigaworks S750 7.1 ->Westone 4R before).
Noted unveiling for the mids is something that I really don't expect for this little black box. What wizardry is this...
Realistically speaking, we are not likely to tap even the 96k/24bit potential of the unit that often, nevermind the [size=small]192K/24bit. If this unit can interoperate with any Android mobile device (it already does with Apple devices and laptops), we can turn any mobile device into instant listening rig. [/size]
[size=small]I think it may not be an understatement to say that the Fiio E17 may come to 80% mark of what dedicated DAC with dedicated Amp can achieve. It would be ridiculous to drive LCD-3 with this alone, but if someone is desperate to hear something on a laptop and has, for some odd reason, a D2000, get E17 in ASAP. [/size]
[size=small]Another way of using the E17 is to use it as a testing equipment to check connections. As you can run optical into this thing, one can walk about an AV rack and check signals using a headphone and this little wonder. (Add HDMI into the next one Fiio!)[/size]
I think this is what it's meant for a portable casual listening setup. With a laptop, you can field deploy with even DT880 250 ohm, set to +6 (as the hiss is very, very low) and off you go in some airport lounge... USB and optical out I think eliminate the need for high-dollar silver/copper wires (especially for its price range), making it very appealing for the 100% solid state crowd (which I am a part of).
Well done Fiio!
Got my Alpen yesterday and have played with it a little bit. I like it so far. The one thing I have noticed that using it in with my ipod classic as a portable rig is that there is only one place that you can strap it together. It interferes with the ipod controls and that is a little pain in the butt. Minor detail but it is the one thing that stood out to me from beginning.
a few pages back there are pics of my ipod video and E17. I don't find that it interferes with anything....well one rubber band hides the source button on the E17 (but I just press the rubber band) because that's the only button that's hidden. The other rubber band is lower on both units and only covers a part of the play button on the iPod, but I can easily press it and also still scroll circularly without the lower rubber band interfering.