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Thanks, I thught i might have its own rechargeable batter for power? I have a pair of sennheiser ie80s that sound great, but my source at the moment is a Galaxy Nexus phone using poweramp playing 320kps mp3 or flac.
I am interesting to seeing what the difference would be with a higher quality source, and rather than invest big money in something like the colorfly c4 pro or a sony z1060 i was thinking of buying the e17, and a lower priced dap that would acheive the same or better quality
Cheers,
Mick
Hi micksaddress
I am pretty much in the same situation as you. I also have a pair of sennheiser ie80s and was looking for a good DAP to pair my E17 with, but i learned that it's pretty much impossible to use the dac from the e17 with a dap, unless you use that expensive imod or the hp thingy with the ipod (i forgot the name). So currently im just using the e17 on my laptop which obviously makes use of both the dac and amp, and let me tell you, this bad boy paired with the sennheiser ie80 sounds phenomenal with my flac files.
But i thought of the next best alternative. Why not find a dap with an already awesome dac, and then pair the e17 with that to make use of it's amp? One such dap is the iPod classic 5.5 gen. It has a Wolfson dac much like the E17. Connect it to the E17 using an LOD and you get the best of both worlds, awesome dac from iPod and amp from E17. What makes the ipod 5.5 even more attractive is the fact that you can Rockbox it.
I have an Android phone myself, so im actually waiting for developers (or Google themselves) to implement USB audio into Android, that way i'll be able to connect my Desire hd to my E17 and use both dac and amp from the E17. It doesn't seem too far off.