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Jul 20, 2017 at 8:18 PM Post #10,336 of 15,897
ElKabong said:
Tis my favorite group of all time, i was just entering high school when The Beatles were introduced here in the U.S. Let It Be, and Abbey Road still hold my top spots for my favorite Beatles albums.
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First album I ever owned: The White Album (of course the whole Charlie Manson thing puts a bit of a damper on it now)

Greatest album of all time (IMHO): Sgt Peppers

BTW, I entered high school to 'Paul is dead'.
 
Jul 20, 2017 at 10:04 PM Post #10,337 of 15,897
ElKabong said:
Tis my favorite group of all time, i was just entering high school when The Beatles were introduced here in the U.S. Let It Be, and Abbey Road still hold my top spots for my favorite Beatles albums.
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One of the classics.

Dear Prudence

Starts only on right channel for so long you check your headphone jack (it ain't that) ..then it comes in with a nice bass on left. Love the mixing of some of these classic late 60's - late 70's stuff.
 
Jul 20, 2017 at 10:36 PM Post #10,338 of 15,897
A kind soul gave me a Fiio A5 amp as a bonus in a trade.

Enjoying it a lot with my CA Lyra II with FiiO X5III. It still sounds great without the amp.
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Jul 20, 2017 at 10:38 PM Post #10,339 of 15,897
JaeYoon said:
A kind soul gave me a Fiio A5 amp as a bonus in a trade.

Enjoying it a lot with my CA Lyra II with FiiO X5III. It still sounds great without the amp.
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But the amp does make a difference, right?
 
Jul 20, 2017 at 10:43 PM Post #10,341 of 15,897
JaeYoon said:
Yes. It increases some of dynamics to me. A bit better overall. But only detectable in a quiet home or outdoors. Away from city.
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My experience is a bit full body and added dynamism with that blackish background. I really enjoy the pair. And i live out in the country so its different here :)
 
Jul 21, 2017 at 3:00 AM Post #10,343 of 15,897
superuser1 said:
My experience is a bit full body and added dynamism with that blackish background. I really enjoy the pair. And i live out in the country so its different here :)
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JaeYoon said:
Im glad to find it pretty much same way as you do!!

It really does help noise floor of X5III for sure.
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I found the same things as you both. The A5 is a very nice compliment to the X5iii. :L3000:

Cheers!:beerchug:
-HK sends
 
Jul 21, 2017 at 5:57 AM Post #10,345 of 15,897
I use mine on its own whilst walking about but when I connect if via coax to my iFi idsd black label it becomes an amazing little beast
 
Jul 21, 2017 at 12:29 PM Post #10,350 of 15,897
JaeYoon said:
How is x5iii in bal output and anyone can chime in.

The specs look funny with 3 impedance and lower mw.
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I'm like HBB -- all my headphones & IEMs are balanced.

I can't say that I hear a big difference with the X5iii balanced vs SE. A little more air and better soundstage depth, a little better localization of instruments/voices. Probably no change to tonality. Maybe some improvement in detail, but this is REALLY slight. I've got a SE-to-balanced adapter (FiiO L26) which lets me plug balanced cables into a 3.5 SE jack. Thus I can use the same cable SE or balanced, meaning that (except for any effect introduced by the adapter) I'm performing a apples-to-apples comparison.

I hear more noticeable differences when I listen to the X5 through my AlgoRhythm Duet balanced.
 
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