Hifihedgehog
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I bought the FiiO E17 and I have been using it for about two weeks now and I have not warmed up to its sound. I do not deny the fact that it has plentiful impact and a juicy warmth to it, but I continually hear a veil to the sound that I do not care for in any way, as if it is clouded over and smeared. I can understand why, in a few cases, some users have said that they prefer their unamped headphone outputs (i.e. MacBook Pro, Apple iDevice, etc.) over the FiiO E17 because, in my opinion, the snap and cut of the sound is dull. I would like to hear the clarity I remember from my HiFimeDIY DAC and Objective 2 amp, and this will simply not do because I am preferring listening out of my iPhone or Dell Venue 8 Pro tablet over the FiiO. Heaven forbid I had gone ahead and got the FiiO E07K, which some people remark as being warmer than the FiiO E17, which is already too warm and veiled for my detail-loving tastes. It looks like I'll be selling this on eBay soon and setting my sights on plan A of building a ODAC/O2 combo as I had thought in the beginning.