[yoyorast10]

The M3 seems well built to me. I think my Clip+ and Fuze are good too. On another forum, some folks thought the M3 seemed cheaply built and were more impressed with the Sansa's. I'd say they're about even. I returned my M3 because the player couldn't do what I wanted and because I did not like the UI. Others are fine with the M3's shortcomings, I was not. I don't see much improvement in the future due to its chipset and RAM limitations.

thanks you're the best, buying a used clip

 

[god-bluff]

Apple has helped technology go backwards. Apple started the no removable battery with no expandable memory and cheap ***** audio components. And then other companies followed from there.The problem I have is prices for most portable DAPS is not cheap and to have to depend on a battery is wrong (IMHO). If I am paying the price of  an X7, I want to be able to have the battery replaced easily by me.

When the time comes to have my battery replaced in the Fiio X3II, can I send it in to be replaced?

I think Apple (IPod Classic) along with Sony (A Series Walkmans) and SanDisk (Clip) just about perfected the Portable music player by the end of the last decade. Perfectly formed devices

Only real improvement since is (relatively minor) sound quality at the cost of everything else All IMO

 

[god-bluff]

As far as expandable memory The IPod didn't need it, the Clip+ had it and the Sony with the brilliant A10 series finally got it.

Non removable batteries? Apple (especially) and Sony seem to never deteriorate and the SanDisk was so cheap to replace anyway.

 

[JWolf]

I think Apple (IPod Classic) along with Sony (A Series Walkmans) and SanDisk (Clip) just about perfected the Portable music player by the end of the last decade. Perfectly formed devices

Only real improvement since is (relatively minor) sound quality at the cost of everything else All IMO

 
The iPod Classic perfect? Nope. It used a hard drive and as we know, hard drives can be a big issue especially when it's being bung and shook and so forth while being used. If the hard drive goes, the iPod is toast.I much prefer removable memory cards. The memory card gives up and you just buy another.

 

[god-bluff]

Well never had a problem with mine (either of them) Used and occasionally dropped! for many years. Sorry if yours wasn't so good but there are plenty of reliability issues with other players

 

[Vin Ienco]

James- FIIO - whats the max sd card size please?

 

[ProtegeManiac]

  James- FIIO - whats the max sd card size please?

 
It's all in the first page...
 

 
MSRP,  $55
 
Memory:  8G ( build in )
 
Micro SD card: supports up to 64g
 
Output power:  50mW @ 16ohms
 
DAC:  CS42L51 from Cirrus Logic
 
Battery life:  24 hours 

 

 

 

[Emmett62]

entry level dap for people who want to get into it but dont wanna drop 100 - 500 on a product just yet 

 

[PowerSlide]

looks like a sweet, affordable and small DAP for budget people like me who just want to enjoy music in better quality than using smartphone
 
still no proper review from head-fiers?

 

[batteraziiz]

Mine arrived today from Penon (finally!)
Review coming after I've broken it in.

 

[JayChuaCC]

Hi, may i know how this small dap player fare against smartphone players? I have a Sony Z3 and ipod shuffle. Is Fiio M3 better than these two?

 

[JWolf]

Hi, may i know how this small dap player fare against smartphone players? I have a Sony Z3 and ipod shuffle. Is Fiio M3 better than these two?

 
I cannot speak for the Sony, but the M3 is better than the iPod Shuffle.

 

[god-bluff]

I cannot speak for the Sony, but the M3 is better than the iPod Shuffle.

In what way. Design? Sound quality.

I think The Shuffle is a very nicer sounding device possibly better and certainly louder than my Z3 or its big brother Classic

 

[Podster]

Hi, may i know how this small dap player fare against smartphone players? I have a Sony Z3 and ipod shuffle. Is Fiio M3 better than these two?

My M3 completely destroys bot my Shuffle and 7th Gen. Nano in SQ, UI and feature set are another story for right now but I think FiiO will be addressing these issues shortly. Just my $.02 as many can't seem to get past Replay-Gain, 4000 track listing, Folder organization and play modes!

 

[tofumon]

Just received mine last night from Amazon and had the weirdest issue. So when transferring mp3’s to the player it will automatically list the songs in alphabetical order rather than by track number. So I had to number my tracks, but then track 10 showed up between track 1 and track 2. So I made sure to put 0’s in front of tracks 1 through 9, then used the re-ordering tool posted about 10 pages ago, and it showed up correctly in the utility ordered by name. But STILL on the player it would go 01, 10, 02, etc… 09, 11, 12. What the heck. Then I converted it to WAV and FLAC and FLAC ordered the files correctly but not WAV. What the heck.
 
Also it says it can play WMA files but mine would not play WMA files (I used to rip CD’s with lossless WMA using Zune don’t judge me).
 
Also it says that for CUE files they won’t work with FLAC but should work with everything else, but it does NOT work with mp3’s (another Amazon reviewer confirmed this as well). So if you want to use CUE files you gotta use it with something other than FLAC or mp3…
 
Another UI annoyance is that there's no way to view the queue for what's currently on the "now playing" list. You gotta re-navigate to the folder/artist.