[Vividcard]

It might be too much to ask, but it would be amazing to see a k5 tour with the X7 review tour. I would love to see that combo on my desk!

 

[bodopopa]

When would it be relased in Europe?

 

[FiiO]

If all goes well during the production,then we try to release it in December.

 

[RedJohn456]

  If all goes well during the production,then we try to release it in December.

even in North America? So release date has been moved from October?

 

[bodopopa]

can we have some information about the hardware? i see there is the connectivity update.other than that, anything on the chip used?

 

[FiiO]

 

  If all goes well during the production,then we try to release it in December.

even in North America? So release date has been moved from October?

Yes .even in North America,If we have anys of K5,we will publish this news on head-fi asap.

 

[FiiO-Shadow]

  can we have some information about the hardware? i see there is the connectivity update.other than that, anything on the chip used?

 
Hi, as I said on post#72, the amp chip of the K5 is TPA6120A. 

 

[Freedomer]

Some intresting photos of K5: http://www.pbpai.com/1/show.php?itemid=33803&page=5

 

[Christopher]

Like others, I've been encouraged to watch the development of this amp. I hope I can pair one with my Alpen 2 E17K very soon.

 

[MarkGL]

Is there any update on the release date of the K5?

 

[FiiO]

Is there any update on the release date of the K5?

If everything is going smoothly,K5 it will be available in next year .. probably in february

 

[mtliu]

The dock took too long to come out, and I've moved up two tiers in price with DACs - which puts me out of Fiio territory - and thus am no longer waiting for the K5, since I've already found a much more superior sounding solution - but it also cost 3x more. Fiio was great because the leap from laptop onboard sound to DAC Fiio was a night+day improvement. Adding a dock was a little but of an improvement. I never got a chance to see if the K5 would improve things, but for someone wanting to make the leap from an anemic laptop sound setup, Fiio is a great first step.

 

[Kacho]

  The dock took too long to come out, and I've moved up two tiers in price with DACs - which puts me out of Fiio territory - and thus am no longer waiting for the K5, since I've already found a much more superior sounding solution - but it also cost 3x more. Fiio was great because the leap from laptop onboard sound to DAC Fiio was a night+day improvement. Adding a dock was a little but of an improvement. I never got a chance to see if the K5 would improve things, but for someone wanting to make the leap from an anemic laptop sound setup, Fiio is a great first step.

Which DAC did you end up getting?

 

[mtliu]

  Which DAC did you end up getting?

Apogee Groove. Soundwise, it is much cleaner than any combo of E7, E7K, E17, E17K, E09, E09K. I've tried them all these Fiios in varous combos (docks or aux in). The Fiios actually sounded brilliant and I thought I was listening to the epitome of sound - then comparing to the Groove, I started to notice flaws (very minor - mostly on high energy/high frequency transients) with the Fiio sound. But then again, when switching from onboard sound to the Fiios - I thought onboard sound was pretty good before the Fiios. Now the onboard sound on my laptop sounds atrocious - and one of my laptop sound system is endorsed by a major headphone manufacturer.

This is a Fiio thread, and not an Apogee thread, so I'm not going to go into detail as to why I like the Apogee better. Granted, the Apogee costs more than an E17K + the forthcoming K5 put together. Also, feature wise, even the bottom of this list: the E7, puts the Apogee to shame. If someone has around $100 to spend, Feature wise, any of these Fiio DAC+amp combos cannot be beat.

 

 

[emad]

When it is released?