FiiO E17 "ALPEN" - First Impression + Final Thought
Sep 8, 2012 at 6:31 PM Post #4,426 of 6,777
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Thanks a lot

Don't forget to upvote. Why? No reason. It makes my little Panda heart feel important is all. 
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Hey Bowei...I did upvote on 4/27/12 itself , right after I read your post...undoubtedly it is best post in this thread
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Sep 8, 2012 at 6:37 PM Post #4,427 of 6,777
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Hey Bowei...I did upvote on 4/27/12 itself , right after I read your post...undoubtedly it is best post in this thread
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Yeah, I saw that after I went and checked as I thought that you may have done that. Thanks for your upvote, I am now a few steps away from conquering all of Head-Fi Dom with my wrath. The best post is still the first E17 review post of course :)
 
Sep 8, 2012 at 9:55 PM Post #4,428 of 6,777
Question...why when you dock the e17 to the e09k is the gain automatically set to +6? Should it be set to +0 to avoid double amping?
 
Sep 8, 2012 at 9:57 PM Post #4,429 of 6,777
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Question...why when you dock the e17 to the e09k is the gain automatically set to +6? Should it be set to +0 to avoid double amping?

Gain is not the same as amplification. A 0dB gain is still using the amplification of a unit if the amp of that unit is in use.
 
The E17 had the option to dual amp with E90K or just use the E90K's amp last I remember. In the later case, the E90K should be doing all the lifting, in the first case, no matter what it is , you will be dual amping.
 
And then there is also that gain is not related to amplification exactly or perfectly.FiiO generally has pre amps to control volume(and they also provide tonality as well) so those factor into gain as well. 
 
Sep 8, 2012 at 10:38 PM Post #4,430 of 6,777
Question...why when you dock the e17 to the e09k is the gain automatically set to +6? Should it be set to +0 to avoid double amping?


Line-out in the dock has no gain (unless you have flip the LO-bypass switch). The gain is set only for the 3.5mm headphone-out on the E17 itself, when it detects an USB connection.
 
Sep 8, 2012 at 10:52 PM Post #4,431 of 6,777
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Line-out in the dock has no gain (unless you have flip the LO-bypass switch). The gain is set only for the 3.5mm headphone-out on the E17 itself, when it detects an USB connection.

 
Ah ha!!! That makes sense. I do flip on the lo bypass switch so that I can have hardware EQ when docked. 
 
Your answer makes perfect sense!!
 
thanks....
 
Sep 9, 2012 at 12:04 AM Post #4,433 of 6,777
I'm considering a E09k to use with my E17 - can someone tell me if the balance setting on the E17 affects the l/r balance on the E09k headphone output? My hearing is imbalanced so I set balance to +4.
Thanks!
 
Sep 9, 2012 at 1:22 AM Post #4,434 of 6,777
I'm considering a E09k to use with my E17 - can someone tell me if the balance setting on the E17 affects the l/r balance on the E09k headphone output? My hearing is imbalanced so I set balance to +4.
Thanks!


Just set the LO Bypass switch to bypass mode, then you'll get all the EQ from E17 to E09K
 
Sep 9, 2012 at 11:40 PM Post #4,436 of 6,777
Hey guys, quick question.
 
When you change the balance on the E17, are you able to pan hard left/right?
 
On my unit its more of a slight shift. I am unable to use the controls to pan hard left/right.
 
Is this how its supposed to be?
 
Thanks
 
Sep 10, 2012 at 7:25 AM Post #4,438 of 6,777
Hi Panda-sama :)
 
Thats not what i meant.
 
When you use the balance control on the E17 can you shift the sound to left or right completely?
 
Or is it just a slight shift towards left or right? (whereas you can still hear a bit of left/right signal in the other side)
 
Sep 10, 2012 at 7:29 AM Post #4,439 of 6,777
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Hi Panda-sama :)
 
Thats not what i meant.
 
When you use the balance control on the E17 can you shift the sound to left or right completely?
 
Or is it just a slight shift towards left or right? (whereas you can still hear a bit of left/right signal in the other side)

 
It's a slight shift, it doesn't shift completely.
 

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