[PinkyPowers]

Did you mean to type that you did not try?

lol. sorry. yes, I did NOT try it.

 

[TheEldestBoy]

lol. sorry. yes, I did NOT try it.

No prob

I do hope that adding the A5 will make the X5-3 a good match with the HD600's. Plus it would give me the option of using the A5's bass boost feature (I currently use this all the time with my Fiio Q1 + HD600's).

 

[leaky74]

My thoughts on the X5iii: http://www.head-fi.org/products/fiio-x5-3rd-gen-premium-hi-res-dap/reviews/18249

 

[ngoshawk]

@PinkPowers

Did you try stacking the X5-3 with the A5 amp?  I'm wondering if that would give the dynamics need to make this a good pairing with the HD6xx?

I'm thinking of pairing this with the HD600's...

The A5 stacked with the x5iii is a fabulous combo. I sold all of my other portable amps as a result (which were not much). I currently have he RHA tour gear, and sound-wise the A5 is quite close (to ME) to the DacAmp L1. The am very impressed with the A5.

 

[TheEldestBoy]

The A5 stacked with the x5iii is a fabulous combo. I sold all of my other portable amps as a result (which were not much). I currently have he RHA tour gear, and sound-wise the A5 is quite close (to ME) to the DacAmp L1. The am very impressed with the A5.

What headphones did you use the X5-3 + A5 combo with?  Anything high impedance?
 
And how did the bass boost sound?

 

[ngoshawk]

What headphones did you use the X5-3 + A5 combo with?  Anything high impedance?

And how did the bass boost sound?

FLC8S, Vibro Labs Aria, Nightowl, and RHA CL1. The first three sounded fantastic. The RHA's are hard to drive, even harder than my P1's, IMHO. Very V-shaped, in sound.

Bass Boost is not as big as my older A3, but still quite acceptable. And I like a good bass sound.

 

[Stevemitchell]

Just received my X5iii from BHVideo. 
 
I'm such a sucker for "pretty, new and nice".  <sigh>

 

[AudioE]

Lol ordered mine last night too.

 

[takwing1hk]

How does X5 3rd gen work with E12A?
Does anyone get a chance to compare the sounds coming out from E12A and from the 2.5mm balanced output of X5 3rd gen?

 

[AudioE]

Got mine in the mail today from Pitbull audio. Only had about ten mins to listen but so far... yummy!!!

 

[Jackpot77]

Finally picked up my tour set from the local post office (been waiting there since Wednesday unfortunately) - initial impressions are... well, impressive. Nice design, solid UI and functionality and a very good match with both the sets of listening gear I have tried with it so far (Campfire Audio Lyra II and Blue Microphones Ella over-ears). Off to a pretty good start!

 

[rmoody]

  Finally picked up my tour set from the local post office (been waiting there since Wednesday unfortunately) - initial impressions are... well, impressive. Nice design, solid UI and functionality and a very good match with both the sets of listening gear I have tried with it so far (Campfire Audio Lyra II and Blue Microphones Ella over-ears). Off to a pretty good start!

Mine arrived in the mail today. Took forever to update the firmware. Had to set it to not sleep or timeout to get it to complete the download. Still in music only mode, trying out different genres and gapless playback. Gapless is soso, better than my other DAPs, except DSOTM in DSD, I thought the thing quit playing between tracks 1 and 2. Sure wish I had that as a single file. Listening via balanced on my Ether C 1.1. Great synergy. Really enjoying this. I'll be trying it with my Shure SE535s soon and will let my buddy bigro have a listen as well.

 

[rmoody]

Has anyone used the Neutron player? Having some odd issues with the volume knob and Play/Pause button. The volume will only go down to far with the knob. That lower level seems to change depending on how high the volume was when you begin to lower the volume. The Play/Pause button appears to fast forward. Really weird. I love the interface in Neutron. The level of customization is wonderful and it plays DSD which Poweramp, n7player and PlayerPro cannot. If I get stop listening long enough, I'll post on the Neutron forum and see if they are aware of the issue.

 

[talan7]

Has anyone used the Neutron player? Having some odd issues with the volume knob and Play/Pause button. The volume will only go down to far with the knob. That lower level seems to change depending on how high the volume was when you begin to lower the volume. The Play/Pause button appears to fast forward. Really weird. I love the interface in Neutron. The level of customization is wonderful and it plays DSD which Poweramp, n7player and PlayerPro cannot. If I get stop listening long enough, I'll post on the Neutron forum and see if they are aware of the issue.

Can you stream tidal with neutron?

 

[Dellwolf]

Can you stream tidal with neutron?

Why not just use the Tidal App?