[audionewbi]

Old meets new, both with plenty love to walnuts. Every time I get a new headphone out of habit I first plug it into my old colourfly C4.

 

[ezekiel77]

My thoughts on the FiiO BTR3 Bluetooth DAC and headphone amplifier.

https://www.head-fi.org/showcase/fiio-btr3.23354/reviews#review-21052

 

[ngoduc]

This must be something JDM.

What did you mean JDM?
Japanese Domestic Market?

 

[Redcarmoose]

qdc Anole V3 IEM #817993
Sony NW-WM1A Digital Audio Player (Japanese Tourist Edition) FW 2.0
Han Sound Audio Zen 4 wire OCC litz copper cable terminated Furutech 4.4mm

 

[Podster]

Shanling M3s, Fengru R7.8 Jazz w/Opera Facrtory OM1's

 

[Dobrescu George]

Though I haven't finished all of it, I did enjoy your review. I wasn't aware of the screen placement designed until you mentioned it. I find it quite weird they decided to go with that.

I'm actually quite in need of a dap rather soon. I had an X1 but wanted something with bluetooth support so I ended up getting the Cayin N3. Unfortunately, I've had a recent issue with the display screen not working so I'm back to using the x1 for now. Thing is though, my recently bought bose earbuds don't seem to pair with my transmitter so I'm going to end up using my cheap wired ear phones until I can determine what dap to get.

I'm looking for a DAP thats in the range of $200 and would consider even $300 but nothing above this. Despite some of the negatives of the X1, and X2 that encouraged me not to buy it, I'm willing to give them another chance. Based on your experience with this device (I'm not sure if they gave you a special review copy version or the real consumer version) would you mind letting me know how the UI is (is it quicker) and the track scanning speed? If I had any criticism of the X1 it would be the incredibly slow track scanning speed it takes to go through each song compared to the N3 which doesn't take as long (bout 5 minutes). The only other criticism would of been the occasional freezing of the screen, but you had mentioned that crashes didn't occur during your review period.

Lack of wifi isn't a big deal as I'm not a streaming person myself though I have recently used band camp for listening to artists so I'm open to daps that utilize wifi as well.

I found M7 to be fairly quick, but I am not sure if the scanning speed is quick enough, I never scan my entire library and time the process, since I typically only need to do that once

I confirmed with FiiO, the version I have is the retail version, exactly the same everyone will be getting. I had no crashes, but then again, I have a really clean collection of files, which may be why I tend to get very few crashes in general

 

[Deftone]

Do you also have matching outfits to go with the portables @Podster ?

 

[Dobrescu George]

ESS 422H Headphones

 

[Podster]

Do you also have matching outfits to go with the portables @Podster ?

Why yes, yes I do

 

[Podster]

This was rather difficult to find but even Barney can be an Audio-fool now LOL

 

[kukkurovaca]

Onkyo DP-S1->Phatlab Phantasy->Advanced GT3 Superbass

 

[Podster]

I love that Phatlab just wish it was half it's size

 

[kukkurovaca]

I love that Phatlab just wish it was half it's size

And a quarter its MSRP. (Which is what I paid for mine, TY eBay, lol)

 

[ezekiel77]

FiiO M9 > HanSound Audio Zen 8 > Empire Ears Legend X

 

[Mellowship]

I love that Phatlab just wish it was half it's size

It would be called Shlimlab then!