[Angelopsaro]

 
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Um...the E17 has a headphone jack to plug your headphones into...just next to the spdif socket on top of the device.
 
 
The L7 let's you take an input from your laptop, use the E17 DAC and give you a line out to feed into an alternative amplifier to the E17 amp section. At least that is my understanding of it...

 
Oh i got it.. silly me.. in case you dont want E17 to amplify music you use the L7 and connect to it another amp.
 

 

[qiko]

Well I received my Alpen last week Tuesday, and I am enjoying it very much. It is pretty neat that I can connect a toslink and plug in my headphones. It is smaller than I imagine.
 
I plugged it into my PC's  X-Fi Titanium HD optical and it pushed out 96/24
I tried it with my PS3 optical and was able to get 44/16 with games. I might try monoprice's Toslink & Digital Coaxial Port (Rev.2) to see what else I can unlock. Going to play around with my WD streaming media player later tonight.
 
Being portable is awesome! I am satisfied.

 

[SniperCzar]

Here's a thought, when the FiiO engineers do start work on the E15 again, is there any way to control the selected input/volume/EQ from a computer it's attached to over USB? I suppose the more practical question would be, am I the only one here who would use that?

 

[hyogen]

REALLY loving E17 + Cowon J3!!!!!!!  They are the same size as well------now I can't find my velvet pouch :'( 

 

[Pieface]

The battery still hasn't moved on my E17...
 
Checked the run time log and I'm over 48 hours of use. When I was burning in my full sized headphones I ran the E17 overnight with USB charge on which accounts for about 15 hours of use. I turned the USB charge off that morning. 28 hours use minimum and no movement in the battery indicator...  USB charge has definitely been off and the E17 has been full battery when I turn it off so I don't think it is crapping out overnight and initiating a charge cycle.
 
I thought the E17 would run off the battery while USB charge is off but it must be taking it's power from the USB port.  Am I damaging my battery by not using it?

 

[TheGrumpyOldMan]

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The battery still hasn't moved on my E17...
 
Checked the run time log and I'm over 48 hours of use. When I was burning in my full sized headphones I ran the E17 overnight with USB charge on which accounts for about 15 hours of use. I turned the USB charge off that morning. 28 hours use minimum and no movement in the battery indicator...  USB charge has definitely been off and the E17 has been full battery when I turn it off so I don't think it is crapping out overnight and initiating a charge cycle.
 
I thought the E17 would run off the battery while USB charge is off but it must be taking it's power from the USB port.  Am I damaging my battery by not using it?

It may not actually charge the battery, but may still get its necessary "running" power off the connector while in use. It's been the same for my E7, though I haven't used my E17 that way yet, strictly charge & mobile use so far.

 

[hybridfive]

Hey guys i know its been mentioned a few times in here. I am quite disapointed with the interference with not only wifi but also 3G connection with my iphone when its in the vancinity of the fiio. Its terrible! 
 
Anyone else find it almost unlistenable at lower volumes? Any Solutions? I dont get the same problem with my E7 Combo.

 

[JamesFiiO]

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Here's a thought, when the FiiO engineers do start work on the E15 again, is there any way to control the selected input/volume/EQ from a computer it's attached to over USB? I suppose the more practical question would be, am I the only one here who would use that?

 
 
Sorry not.

 

[bowei006]

I dont use USB but if I remember correctly, there have been posts before on the E17 lasting longer on USB even with CHG off, due to it also supplying a bit of power.

I use SPDIF exclusively so I would not fully know.

 

[teddytejero]

Okay, mayday here!! First, please see the post I made yesterday:


Okay, weirdness here. I'm just sitting at my computer rockin' out with some tunes and the e17 and the sound disappears. This used to happen with the e10, but just for a second...maybe two and then it would start right back up. So I do about everything you could think of...still no sound. So I take the e17 and plug it into my laptop and presto, sound. So it's a pc issue and possibly one caused by the fiio. Not sure.


 


So now I get serious and put my computer guy hat on and start some serious trouble shooting (ironically I actually am The Computer Guy..matttcg). I start digging into drivers, the event viewer, using file mon to see if some nasty might have slipped through my firewall. Nothing. All the while I'm kinda perturbed cause I've been waiting all week with no amp. On a whim I run a quick system restore to 4/26/12 and whamo, I have sound again. I suspect this problem may crop back up. But I thought I'd post just in case anyone else has experienced similar with the e1


 


Now the same thing has happened again. I have never had a sound problem with my pc on several different amps and dacs, including the e10. This is a major issue. The problem is I don't really know where the issue is coming from. Is it from the e17 itself? Or is it indirectly caused by it? It's just too coincidental that I had no issues until I got the e17. 


 


Help!!

I've experienced the same thing listening to music , putting the Fiio on hold and no more sound when I put it back on. I think the USB port looses it's connection to the Fiio.

When I turn the laptop on & off it works again. Maybe you should look at the USB settings in the hardware overview of your PC !

cheers

 

[MattTCG]

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I've experienced the same thing listening to music , putting the Fiio on hold and no more sound when I put it back on. I think the USB port looses it's connection to the Fiio.
When I turn the laptop on & off it works again. Maybe you should look at the USB settings in the hardware overview of your PC !
cheers

Exactly what usb setting can be changed? Please clarify...

 

[Darkblade48]

Windows may be turning off the USB port to save power. Check to ensure that it is not.

 

[MattTCG]

That possible during sleep mode or hibernation but not during normal use. Any other ideas?

 

[Angelopsaro]

Is there a difference in sound quality if you use the spdif or the usb port to connect the Alpen in a laptop?

 

[bowei006]

Unless you have tracks over 96KHz, a computer who can do spdif, a computer who supports 192khz over spdif protocal, codec/drivers that have 192 khz enabled AND YOU MUST HAVE ALL the requirements. You do not need spdif with e17