[sjb57]

Dear friend,

Imported playlists? Do you mean to scan the songs from the .m3u playlist instead of scanning the folders?

Best regards

Yes, it would be brilliant if we could make a m3u playlist from our source library on our laptops using any app. like media monkey, iTunes, poweramp, or whatever then put that playlist on the X5 (internal or SD) and then ask the Fiio player to scan that file against the index it (presumably) made when scanning the music files. That way, we can create fancy playlists from our source, turn them into simple fixed m3u files, and let the Fiio player find and index the songs from its on board library even if songA is MP3 on internal memory, songB is FLAC on SD1, and songC is AIFF/ALAC on SD2 etc. etc. At the moment, all of this has to be done manually song by song or semi-manually using m3u dropper.

I know Fiio can handle playlists with songs scattered across the 3 memory locations e.g. Favourites and Recently added. So, this would extend that capability.

This would give us a very useful feature with great benefits to those of us who like to listen to only a selection of tunes. For example, I might want to listen to 250 songs that I have rated 5* and genre is Rock or I might want 100 songs that I've tagged Easy Listening. Then, I just need to put a copy of that playlist on my Fiio and scan it. Brilliant.

I would not be surprised if the pareto principle applied to lots of other users too, as I know I listen mostly to about 2000 songs out of 10,000 and have the same 2000 on lots of different playlists in different combinations. Other times I just select an artist / album or use Shuffle.

 

[Dobrescu George]

I should be getting my X5 3rd gen. tomorrow. The X5 1st gen. has been my main player for several years and although this one is an Android device I plane to use pure music mode. I can not figure out how to search within a thread yet with this new forum setup but is there anyone using pure music mode?

I've used both modes to some extent, both worked out greatly for me! Do you have any spceific questions or need help with something?

 

[javre76]

Spoiler: Kind of off-topic

Any recommendation for a balanced cable for my Shure IEM's to use with the X5iii?

 

[enragedlemon]

Spoiler: Kind of off-topic

Any recommendation for a balanced cable for my Shure IEM's to use with the X5iii?

FiiO actually make cables for this. My friend bought one and he's happy with it.

 

[Croptop]

I can not figure out how to search within a thread yet with this new forum setup but is there anyone using pure music mode?

I think quite a few of us are using the X5III in pure music mode. I use it almost exclusively that way. Is there anything specific you want to know?

 

[Dobrescu George]

FiiO actually make cables for this. My friend bought one and he's happy with it.

FiiO is slowly become the one-company-does-all deal that also has good prices in DAPs, cables and IEMs. I am actually happy since they're widely available in Romania and people here can enjoy their products at good prices!

 

[LCMusicLover]

Spoiler: Kind of off-topic

Any recommendation for a balanced cable for my Shure IEM's to use with the X5iii?

I've got the iBasso CB12 and quite like it. Very supple, with no microphonics at all.

 

[psikey]

Spoiler: Kind of off-topic

Any recommendation for a balanced cable for my Shure IEM's to use with the X5iii?

I use the Fiio brand one as it's cheap but nice quality. Only issue is very microphonic so not ideal if exercising. OK walking if you use included clip.

 

[Demo3]

No questions guys... just most talk here is about apps, that's OK, I know I will be experimenting soon.

 

[big1matt]

Anyone have 1more quad driver set? Was wondering how it paired with the X5iii.

 

[MrExistor]

Hmm, I think my unit might be fake or defect but it didn't sound wrong except with the super lack of soundstage and the music player keep on playing with no sound sometimes, which can be temporary fixed by restarting the app. Maybe no genuine app? Am quite surprised that my Shanling M1 actually perform somewhat onpar with FiiO x5 3rd Gen except for vocal and bass. Soundstage still noticeably larger on the Shanling M1. Interesting result.

 

[FiiO]

$120 for Fiio F5 on Aliexpress. I thought someone mentioned they were less expensive than that.

Dear friend,

The seller you mentioned may not be our authorized seller. We have never delivered any F5 to our seller oversea yet.

Best regards

 

[FiiO]

I know it's been mentioned above but the option to hide/ignore annoying system folders under the folder view option would be preferred. For now, I've placed all the music folders together in their own folder but this should be an unnecessary workaround since the last X5 ignored all system folders. Please update. Thanks.

Dear friend,

Thank you for the kind feedback and advice. I will report to the engineer about that.

Best regards

 

[MrExistor]

Hmm, I think my unit might be fake or defect but it didn't sound wrong except with the super lack of soundstage and the music player keep on playing with no sound sometimes, which can be temporary fixed by restarting the app. Maybe no genuine app? Am quite surprised that my Shanling M1 actually perform somewhat onpar with FiiO x5 3rd Gen except for vocal and bass. Soundstage still noticeably larger on the Shanling M1. Interesting result.

Out of curiosity, I went and dig back up my first try at mp3 player which is the Trancend MP710. Interestingly, it have the exact same soundstage as FiiO x5 3rd Gen. Other than that FiiO outperform by large margin. Ah well. Ill have to overlook this soundstage since repair wont be possible as they didnt sound broken except the bad sound stage.

 

[jmills8]

Hmm, I think my unit might be fake or defect but it didn't sound wrong except with the super lack of soundstage and the music player keep on playing with no sound sometimes, which can be temporary fixed by restarting the app. Maybe no genuine app? Am quite surprised that my Shanling M1 actually perform somewhat onpar with FiiO x5 3rd Gen except for vocal and bass. Soundstage still noticeably larger on the Shanling M1. Interesting result.

You mean M1 has no bass so soundstage seems wider?