[oceanwave1000]

Is Sansa Fuze mp3 player enough to power REO, basically do I need a portable amp to go with it?

Will I be ok with just the sansa fuze?

 

[shinobi00]

You'll be fine but it is an ice cold pairing. It'd be nice to throw an amp in there to warm things up.

 

[rawrster]

the re0 is fine off a dap

 

[oceanwave1000]

Any suggestions for amp or dap?

would fiio e5 or nuforce udac work?

 

[rawrster]

I used the RE0 with my D2 which is supposed to be a cold player as well. It worked fine so I have no reasons to believe why a Fuze would be bad. You can also rockbox the fuze to get some decent EQ and bump up the bass if you go that way.

 

[oceanwave1000]

Thanks so much for the input, I will just use my sansa fuze then.
Since I was using triple fi 10 with sansa fuze, i think the triple fi 10 required amplification.

 

[Pianist]

I have the Clip which sounds the same as the Fuze and it doesn't quite do RE0 justice IMO. The bass is a bit bloated and the mids are a little murky, lacking transparency. I think Sony Walkmans are a much better match for RE0, but ideally RE0 does need a good dedicated amp to sound its best.

 

[kmhaynes]

I use my RE0 sometimes with my Sansa Fuze + Fiio E5. The E5 has a bass-boost position that helps the RE0, and/or you can EQ a bit of bass and treble for some extra-smooth sparkle, and it works great -- good trio.

 

[fraggerz]

I want a good amp for my RE0 but i dont want to spend another bomb

 

[Pianist]

Sorry I completely forgot. With the stock large bi-flange tips, RE0 actually sounds very good with the Clip. The bi-flanges add a lot of upper bass and low midrange warmth which compensates for the weak output of those frequencies with the Clip. This is actually one of my favorite IEM combos.

Once again, sorry for not mentioning this. It's just that I prefer using the RE0 with the single flange UE tips with a Sony Walkman and my Audigy 2 ZS which gives a more neutral, sparkly sound and I haven't used the bi-flanges in a while, so I forgot how great the sound was.

 

[jjmai]

I put a protective rubber case on Fuze, and E5 clamps right onto it. Works perfectly.
This is a picture of the back of the rubber case:
http://img.eforbuy.com/P00817_3_image.jpg

 

[Inks]

Had this combo for a bit it was decent, but I'll bump it up a notch with ck10s.

 

[oceanwave1000]

So fiio e5 with sansa fuze should be enough to drive reo, am i correct?

 

[Weaves]

I have a Fuze as well. I thought I read somewhere that they do much better with low impedence phones. I am planning on getting the Sennheiser IE8, since they are 16 ohms.

 

[Egioras]

I know the topic is old, but did anyone try Sansa Fuze + LOD (with decent capacitors) + Fiio E7 + Re0 ?
 
At the moment I have sansa fuze + re0, I have Fiio E7 and I am waiting for my LOD to come. If I connect Fuze + re0 I am disappointed how quiet and shy combination it is. If I connect Fiio E7 with my laptop and play music form Foobar, the music sounds ultra good.
 
With Sony walkman NWZ A 815 re0 sounds perfect. I use only half of the sound, even the player is 5years old. What is wrong with sansa?
 
---UPDATE---
 
I've just rockbox'ed Fuze V2, it sounds perfect now. Much much louder noise, bunch of new functions, just Great!