[bmichels]

  First: stop wasting money and space on 'hi res' audio.
Second: do some blind tests to see if you can actually tell the difference between flac and mp3 (either 320 or vbr0), chances are you can't.
 
Congrats, you can now store 3 times as much music.
 
If you have internet access (e.g. you want to listen to music at work on a computer), Google Play music will allow you to store 20,000 tracks online for free and stream them. I think it supports up to 320kbps (it will convert flac automatically for you before uploading).

 
I can hear difference between MP3 and Hi-Res...  But then I can't hear any difference between 16 bits and 24/96 or 24/192 !  
 
--> is it normal for a pair of 50 years old ears ? 
 
Anyway, "by security" I download 24/96 instead of 16/44 when available, but NEVER 24/192.  

 

[kraken2109]

   
I can hear difference between MP3 and Hi-Res...  But then I can't hear any difference between 16 bits and 24/96 or 24/192 !  
 
--> is it normal for a pair of 50 years old ears ? 
 
Anyway, "by security" I download 24/96 instead of 16/44 when available, but NEVER 24/192.  

I assume what you mean is you can hear the difference between mp3 and lossless (FLAC)?
Of course you can't hear the difference between 16/44.1 and 24/96 (or 24/192) - you're human and share the same limits of hearing as the rest of us.

 

[bmichels]

   
... Of course you can't hear the difference between 16/44.1 and 24/96 (or 24/192) ...

 
well some people "pretend" they can  

 

[kraken2109]

   
well some people "pretend" they can  

Don't be one of those people, you'll be happier and richer.

 

[GasMaskMan]

  my engineer friend told me the same

 even though 4tb would be awesome it doesnt fit in my pocket (unless its 2 SSD's) but, i just want a good portable high capacity player, i dont get how there can be SSD's of such a big size and no one putting one of those in a portable.
 
anyways, my idea is to get a Fiio x3 portable music player and get 2 64gb micro sd cards, and when i dont want to hear the music from A-O i switch to the other micro sd and hear artists which start from P-Z, basically change between 2 64gb cards pretending i have 128gb. do you know if i can stick out the micro sd in a x3 player without turning it off?

With a DX50 you could hook up an external HDD. (welp that was a late response...)

 

[mnick656]

Up to how many gb hard drive can you hook up to the DX50? Does anyone know, or does it not have a limit on size. Because there are some pretty small and portable HDD that can hold up to a couple of terabits.
 
 

 

[GasMaskMan]

 
Up to how many gb hard drive can you hook up to the DX50? Does anyone know, or does it not have a limit on size. Because there are some pretty small and portable HDD that can hold up to a couple of terabits.
 
 
 

Not 100% sure of the cap, but I do know the MicroSD cap is theoretically 2TB.

 

[Defusion]

But does the dx50 have enough power to power an external hdd?

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[GasMaskMan]

That I don't know, but there is this: http://www.head-fi.org/a/ibasso-dx50-faq

 

[ProtegeManiac]

But does the dx50 have enough power to power an external hdd?

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Likely not, but a self-powered drive might work. With the right two-headed USB cable you can hook it up to a powerbank. Or just use a 128gb or 256gb stick.
 

I tried this morning on a 500gb (almost full) self powered hdd... I did not dare to scan into the library but just browse using file browser, it took 3 minutes to list out the long list of folders...the color of screen went lighter (from orange to yellow) u can understand the stress that incurred.. Wouldnt recommend it for people.. Usb stick works ok except for large files... High res type files or flac image.. I have not narrowed out if it was caused by the memory stick or the firmware went over the buffer to read from OTG.. Pls manage the expectation on otg