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Everybody should remove any posting of the private communication. IMO.Yeah well... I feel much better now
Thank you @FiiO !
Everybody should remove any posting of the private communication. IMO.Yeah well... I feel much better now
Thank you @FiiO !
AM3E which I am using now via 4.4 and I have the THX AAA module as well.What amp module comes with it?
I didn't post any private communication. My reaction was to what FiiO posted publicly here. (The Boss decision)Everybody should remove any posting of the private communication. IMO.
How do the compareAM3E which I am using now via 4.4 and I have the THX AAA module as well.
I thought that you had quoted gibby's post? My bad if I'm mistaken.I didn't post any private communication. My reaction was to what FiiO posted publicly here. (The Boss decision)
Haven't been doing head to head, but the AM3E seems excellent to me. I will do some swapping tonight when I have time. Both are excellent regardless.How do the compare
I'm not sure I would post private communications here. I know that you mean well, but it might be less well received and could even get an employee in trouble. I think FiiO said they are taking care of this at the company level. Anyway, alls well that ends well as they say and you will be delighted with the Q5s. I love mine and I am so glad that I managed to get one from what clearly was a small first run. The stock will get out soon so can't wait for more impressions from all of you who are waiting.
How do the compare
I love your despription of the am3d now i have to wait to get itI compared them a bit, I think the stage is a touch wider on the am3d and the bass is controlled better (bass is really impressive) and the highs are a bit sharper.
I found the am3e to be a bit smoother and a touch warmer. Not a big difference by any means the stock amp is very nice, in fact to me it sounds like the m11. Which is awesome in it's own right.
Oh I didn't hear any hiss on either on my akt8ieii which can pick up some, and I thought they were both pretty natural sounding, maybe even a bit more than the m11. And it's playing everything in the right format- hi rez, dsd on the fiio app on my phone and daps.
So unlike dragonfly red I didn't need uaap to get dsd and hi rez to play properly. Assuming the q5's color indicator is accurate.
I also want to add, it's not like you're going to switch to the am3d and be blown away or have a omg moment of sonic enlightenment. But I've been listening to it a ton since yesterday and I'm really appreciating how clean and transparent it is. If you've got decent cans/iems and good source material I'll think you'll be very pleased.
I played some of my old 128 and 165 kbs mp3 files and they sounded pretty awful. I could hear every artifact and the roughness came through. There was no coloration or extra warmth to smooth them out. But I'm confident they would sound ok on the am3e, enjoyable at least.
Sorry, didn't want to write a novella
Yes, that matches my impressions well enough. I do think the AM3D is cleaner sounding, but if that is an accurate impression as abitbeef said, such differences are not night and day. I am glad to have both amp modules, but if I couldn't afford the AM3D right away, or it wasn't available, I would be quite content with the AM3E.
Here you are wrong. FiiO's announcement is legally binding and they are obliged to give you a Q5s regardless if you won or not.well, FiiO is not going to send me one. I didn’t win after all, and that’s fine. It would have been nice if FiiO felt obligated to, but they don’t. The marketing employee that represents @FiiO here was willing to buy one with their own money, which is really nice of them, but not necessary.
What do you mean 'again'? It has never been in stock on amazon UK, except from a fraudulent seller, which disappeared after 48 hours.Dear friend,
It will be in stock again early next month.
Best regards