[bruce1967]

   
I think that the size constraints are for the image to be under 300x300 pixels. 
 
I had this happen with every DAP I owned to date, including some smartphones. Very large artwork might be displayed on some, but will make the DAP lag just because it was not deisgned to process the image files at a much larger resolution (CPU limitations)

Yeah I never thought about it much until some weren't showing up so I resized the art and it's fine now. The last thing this DAP needs is more lag!

 

[Dobrescu George]

 
Yeah I never thought about it much until some weren't showing up so I resized the art and it's fine now. The last thing this DAP needs is more lag!

 
Oh, don't worry about it! 

Artwork bigger than 500x500 can make even my high end smartphone to laaag sometimes, it's a pretty complicated matter actually; 
 
My cowon J3 would sometimes become unresponsive for one minute and heat up if the artwork was bigger than 1MB so X1ii is not the only DAP that presents this behavior, it is most likely a thing that happens with all DAPs (I stil haven't held a single DAP for long periods of time that didn't do this

)
 
If anything, I would say that X1ii handles the problem like a champ, it doesn't seem to be slowed down by including album artwork. 
 
another trick for speeding things up would be NOT including embedded artwork but having .png or .jpg files in the album folder. 

 

[bruce1967]

   
Oh, don't worry about it! 

Artwork bigger than 500x500 can make even my high end smartphone to laaag sometimes, it's a pretty complicated matter actually; 
 
My cowon J3 would sometimes become unresponsive for one minute and heat up if the artwork was bigger than 1MB so X1ii is not the only DAP that presents this behavior, it is most likely a thing that happens with all DAPs (I stil haven't held a single DAP for long periods of time that didn't do this

)
 
If anything, I would say that X1ii handles the problem like a champ, it doesn't seem to be slowed down by including album artwork. 
 
another trick for speeding things up would be NOT including embedded artwork but having .png or .jpg files in the album folder. 

I might try that (putting the album artwork in the folder and not embedding). I have heard before that doing this can speed things up so it might be a good idea. Aside from the lag and no gapless yet I think the X1ii is probably my favorite DAP that I have ever owned. It's great looking and definitely well made!

 

[Dobrescu George]

 
I might try that (putting the album artwork in the folder and not embedding). I have heard before that doing this can speed things up so it might be a good idea. Aside from the lag and no gapless yet I think the X1ii is probably my favorite DAP that I have ever owned. It's great looking and definitely well made!

I agree, X1ii is a real pleasure to play with, especially considering it's price! 
 
I always strip off embedded artwork from my files, it speeds up any DAP you might play the files on, even your phone will feel a speed up! 
 
There is a simple way of doing this though 

 
 
Install MP3TAG free software
 
Go through folders, right click cover and exctract to the folder, 
 
Import all library
 
Right click on cover
 
Remove all embedded art from the files, but as you saved it with extract, ythe files should still be in the folders. Takes 10 minutes for a large library 

 

[bruce1967]

  I agree, X1ii is a real pleasure to play with, especially considering it's price! 
 
I always strip off embedded artwork from my files, it speeds up any DAP you might play the files on, even your phone will feel a speed up! 
 
There is a simple way of doing this though 

 
 
Install MP3TAG free software
 
Go through folders, right click cover and exctract to the folder, 
 
Import all library
 
Right click on cover
 
Remove all embedded art from the files, but as you saved it with extract, ythe files should still be in the folders. Takes 10 minutes for a large library 

Hey that sounds pretty easy! I'll give it a try...thanks for the tip.

 

[OldRoadToad]

​So hey...Does it work as promised yet?
 
ORT

 

[Dobrescu George]

​So hey...Does it work as promised yet?

ORT

What feature are you looking for that was promised and didn't work ?

 

[crabdog]

What feature are you looking for that was promised and didn't work ?

I'm guessing gapless

 

[OldRoadToad]

What feature are you looking for that was promised and didn't work ?

​A working DAP that does not do what the one foisted upon unsuspecting buyers like this one has been doing. An example of a working DAP?
 
My X1-I (now my son's X1-I works just fine. 
 
ORT

 

[ASpencer]

Was gapless playback advertised or just assumed as a given?  I'm patient for this to be rectified in firmware because the primary mission imperative for a DAP, in my purview, is to sound good across multiple formats.  The QP1R sounds superior, but the battery indicator is off... so again, I'll show patience for it to be fixed.  It costs ten times more than the X1 II, so the sound is exponentially better, but my expectations are equally met. 

 

[Joaqu2n]

Hi! My first post. Only to say that I'm very very happy with my combo FiiO X1 II + FiiO A5 (in high gain) + AKG K712 Pro. If this is the "entry level" I couldn't imagine the next.

 

[tomelevation]

Hi! Got may x1genii yesterday.
As I wait for my Bose QC35, they shoud come tomorrow, I can 'only' test the BT function
with 2 devices, a subpack and my ik iLoud Micro Monitors.
Both work great with my old samsung android phone.
But my Fiio gives my a constant high frequency noise, ok, not too loud when playing, but audible,
really annoying, when paused or not playing. No noise when wired.
I don't have this problem with my mobile, what gives a similar noise
when connecting, but then it 'switches 'off' to noisless. My Fiio is not.
Should I send it back...?
btw...
I switched off wlan and everything...as I work in a small studio,
everything is seperated and quite noisless...
I'm not a BT user, so did I expect too much...why is it ok via my mobile...?

 

[Markf]

So is the 1ii worth getting or should I keep looking?

 

[Dobrescu George]

So is the 1ii worth getting or should I keep looking?

 
If your budget allows for it, X1ii is one of the best DAPs in it's price range at this point in time 

 

[gemmoglock]

Can current users share of the UI lag has been reduced with new FW? I read earlier reviews that changing the tracks and a few seconds of lag between tracks. May be up getting the X1 as the M3 doesn't support higher sample rates than 48khz.