Hi everyone,
I just got my new x1 for two weeks and I am starting to have stuttering problems. I know there are someone else posting about similar issues but I didn't find it really resolved; at least it seems everyone is experiencing slightly different scenarios. So I'd still like to ask for your suggestions/insights!
To make it simple:
I am having occasionally stuttering (one pause) or series of stuttering (several quick pauses) on some of my flac/wave tracks. These are tracks from different albums and the stuttering does not always happen on the same track. I
am using Transcend 32 GB premium microSDHC card (class 10). The problematic tracks are stored in .wave files or .flac files (44.1kHz/16 bit). The .wave files are converted from .flac using foobar 2000. The firmware is FW1.6. There are still 16 GB space left on SD card. I didn't have the rubber cover on so the temperature should be non-related. There is no stuttering problem with normal or high-res mp3 files.
Researches done:
I read one post on Fiio's forum saying there might be something to do with the player trying to play .wave as compressed format. Since my stuttering problems happen with both .wave and .flac files, I would agree with that to some extent: the stuttering has something to do with both the files and the way X1 decodes/decompresses the file.
I read another post saying downgrading the FW to 1.3 or 1.4 resolves the problems. Haven't tried that yet because I don't want to reload my SD card right now
So that's the summary of my problem. Sorry I don't know much about lossless format, DAP or the hi-fi world in general so please correct me if I said anything naive or unintentionally offensive.
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BTW other than the stuttering problem I am extremely happy with the player. It's compact, extendable; it sounds good and has a reasonable battery life. The UI is good enough for me at least. And the price is un-beatable.
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Edit: sometimes restarting the player solves the problem, for a short while. Though it sounds a little silly that the player requires restarting from time to time to clear up the "memory" or "process" right?