yawg
100+ Head-Fier
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I don't ask for too much, FiiO. Just make a successor for the E17K. Better internals, lower O.I., less (or better, zero) hiss. Same exact features. Tone controls, lock button, low power consumption OLED display.
In fact, I recently discarded my ol'painless, 4 y.o. E17K...and bought the same exact thing second-hand. Because it has what your current offerings don't: tone controls with logical increments. I prefer +/- bass and treble instead of only bass boost and rudely at 6db from the get go. I don't need that much.
I treat tone controls like I treat my condiments. Only if I want them, on my own terms, my own amounts. They are extra side sauce rather than the actual ingredients in the recipe. I prefer to avoid using them for correction, instead just for episodic bass/treble/midhead-ness. The earphones, as flat as possible to avoid having the manufacturer's house sound "colour-grade" the content too much, but I digress.
Anyway, I'm still using UAPP to uber my music. I definitely will still pair up a flat-tuned IEM to an E17K successor with tone controls at the ready. I've got my eye on a particular Aussie brand of IEMs for now.
Same here. Still like my Andes. One of my E7 has some contact problems with the phones so I bought two more 2nd hand plus the desktop amp. Just looking for an extra small DAC/amp dongle for my new Redmi phone. Good ones are quite cheap on AliExpress.