I have no issues with the balance out but I've noticed that the 3.5 out does have some play on it, can you please post a link on what acrylic I can use to fix this?, thanks in advance
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ReizeiMako
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Guys! Why don't you fix the Socket Gaps with either Acrylic, or Suguru ? Why let the inevitable happen ? Once it happened, the only way is to have Opened up the unit and redone the soldering....don't let it happen !
Of course it was design flaws, you would be lucky and skip out a couple times....but it will happen. You just can not go on with it being this way. It had been a few months and I already see more 2.5 sockets damages
Because I don't want to mess with my unit. If I do something wrong and mess up the 2.5 socket I think it may cause warranty issue if the company see an evidence of 'modded' 2.5 socket when I send unit back to Japan.
I bought it from someone here expecting him to transfer his warranty for me but it didn't happen , so now it's damage control
Make sure you use a very light cable with that 2.5mm port. My Mogami wire is like weightless and never seem to have an issue. Instead of acrylic or worst patching, I would use a plastic ring to fill that gap, or perhaps a small piece of heat shrink. At least that's easily reversible. Working on it, will let you know.
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Why should I pay USD600 for a portable music player and then have to finish the manufacturing process with a DIY patch-up when it's still new?
Alternatively, Onkyo could make it properly in the first place.
Yes, that's what warranties are for, although(not everyone on this forum has a warranty and they deserve a music player that arrives in good working order and stays that way, with normal use, for years.
Listening to it now, in balanced mode as usual, and still sounding fab. Just make it properly, Onkyo!
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No, I agreed
totally, but I am just surprised that people who purchased the unit , ignore the remedies, and moves on to damage the socket. You can spend a couple minutes and save it yourself, or ended up damaging it and send it back and forth to Japan for repairs in 2 months ? Mean while, the unit is not released to the Us yet ?
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Acrylic needs practice before aplication, you can practice it as it comes plenty in a kit. The advantage is that it cure very fast in less than an hour and ready for use.
The other solution is to use Suguru, the simplest and easiest to apply, it takes 24 hours cure time.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Kiss-Complete-Salon-Acrylic-Kit-Salon-Results/10324104
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Guys! Why don't you fix the Socket Gaps with either Acrylic, or Suguru ? Why let the inevitable happen ? Once it happened, the only way is to have Opened up the unit and redone the soldering....don't let it happen !
Of course it was design flaws, you would be lucky and skip out a couple times....but it will happen. You just can not go on with it being this way. It had been a few months and I already see more 2.5 sockets damages
How about posting a tutorial on this process?
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I no longer have the player
. Beside, I need a raw unfixed device before posting a tutorial, which will likely not happen. There is an old videohttp://www.head-fi.org/t/780642/onkyo-dp-x1-dual-sabre-dacs-balanced-sabre-btl-amp-mqa-dsd-256-android-5/3885#post_12267120
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quit selling it after the 1st batch ... got out fast!
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I had a chance to audition the DP-X1 at last weekend's CanJam SoCal. The environment was a bit loud and the only balanced headphones to listen with were the Pioneers (I believe SE-MHR5) so I won't comment too extensively on the sound, except to say I would describe it as just north of neutral, great micro detail and instrument separation running in balanced mode. I preferred standard balanced to ACG even with volume matching but perhaps in a less noisy environment I would feel differently. The interface took a bit of getting used to even though it's android based (some settings like lock range, digital filter selection seemed to be accessible within the player application only). I noted the occasional track stutter when changing settings, but would probably use it in standalone mode most of the time when settling in for longer listening sessions so probably not a major issue. I also was surprised that only sample frequency but not bitrate were displayed on the main track information screen, seemed like an omission. Viewing angles on the screen were not as good as I hoped particularly from the sides, but display quality was excellent straight on. Overall, the display was clear, bright and quite impressive as below:
The music player app on the pic does not look like the default DP X1 player. Is this a different app?
This player was on the CanJam unit I demo'd, so unfortunately I don't have access to it any longer to check which player was in use. Thank you for pointing out that stock player may look different.
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