[xpok]

Will i lost much if i save money and buy Fiio X1 over Fiio X5?

 

[AmberOzL]

  Will i lost much if i save money and buy Fiio X1 over Fiio X5?

Abso-screwin-lutely.

 

[xpok]

 
Abso-screwin-lutely.

Hehe. Thanks .

 

[AmberOzL]

When iBasso announced DX50, people were expecting it to be as good as DX100 but less featured edition. Turned out that DX50, without an amp, is a really not something to play with. Pretty much everybody uses with portable amps and suggests to use in that way.
 
Long story short: You will get approximately 200 250 USD less quality product, it can come from sound quality department, build quality, number of features etc.
 
It is just, expecting an entry level product to save your day while there are reference level products is kind of strange. At the end it all depends on your expectations and demands.

 

[BillsonChang007]

IMO X1 for affordable portable set up

X3 for better portable experience and you can choose to not pair it with an amp again since the built into one is great definitely not a lot of amp will beat it in terms of SQ but if you need power, you can add the E12

X5 for high end listening experience (obviously). If you are a portable guy, go for these! Double expansion slots means more space and each support up to 128GB and there will be a OTG support soon so maybe you are able to connect to an external hard drive.

If you wish to compare it to Apple iPod in terms of price and targeted customer (without comparing SQ since FiiO blow them out of water for that xD)
X1 = iShuffle
X3 = iNano
X5 = iClassic
X7 = iTouch (?)

FiiO may cost more but FiiO definitely surpass Apple iPod in terms of everything IMO with exception of UI since FiiO is still new about it but I guess it is just the matter of time FiiO will best it

 

[SkyBleu]

IMO X1 for affordable portable set up

X3 for better portable experience and you can choose to not pair it with an amp again since the built into one is great definitely not a lot of amp will beat it in terms of SQ but if you need power, you can add the E12

X5 for high end listening experience (obviously). If you are a portable guy, go for these! Double expansion slots means more space and each support up to 128GB and there will be a OTG support soon so maybe you are able to connect to an external hard drive.

If you wish to compare it to Apple iPod in terms of price and targeted customer (without comparing SQ since FiiO blow them out of water for that xD)
X1 = iShuffle
X3 = iNano
X5 = iClassic
X7 = iTouch (?)

FiiO may cost more but FiiO definitely surpass Apple iPod in terms of everything IMO with exception of UI since FiiO is still new about it but I guess it is just the matter of time FiiO will best it

 

[AmberOzL]

Seriously, any of those products would sound better than s****y Fruit devices. The comparison doesn't make sense.

 

[JamesFiiO]

IMO X1 for affordable portable set up

X3 for better portable experience and you can choose to not pair it with an amp again since the built into one is great definitely not a lot of amp will beat it in terms of SQ but if you need power, you can add the E12

X5 for high end listening experience (obviously). If you are a portable guy, go for these! Double expansion slots means more space and each support up to 128GB and there will be a OTG support soon so maybe you are able to connect to an external hard drive.

If you wish to compare it to Apple iPod in terms of price and targeted customer (without comparing SQ since FiiO blow them out of water for that xD)
X1 = iShuffle
X3 = iNano
X5 = iClassic
X7 = iTouch (?)

FiiO may cost more but FiiO definitely surpass Apple iPod in terms of everything IMO with exception of UI since FiiO is still new about it but I guess it is just the matter of time FiiO will best it

 
 
thanks , that is what we hope so and the X1 and new X3K will have better UI too ( The UI will designed by our new partner who help us designed the UI of X5 )

 

[BillsonChang007]

thanks , that is what we hope so and the X1 and new X3K will have better UI too ( The UI will designed by our new partner who help us designed the UI of X5 )

It is also worth getting a hands-on on the iNano and have a look at how their UI works to furthur improve FiiO DAP UI. I have watched a FiiO X5 UI video before posted by Joe and I think I would prefer something with more animations like what Apple did to their products without compromising the speed of the UI (well, except for iOS7 on iPhone4 with full memory)

Indeed FiiO DAP is something of high end compared to Apple iPods but IMO Apple iPods still win in UI and design but other than that, the FiiO is far more better than Apple iPods at all aspects (no need of iTunes )

 

[uboss]

I'm looking for a new DAP. I can't up my mind, Fiio X5 (A little over my budget) X3 X1 and Ibasso DX50. At the moment I use an IPod.
I would prefer use the DAP also as a DAC USB (Ibasso doesn't do this work) so what can I do?
I'm a newbie in Hi-Fi world so I don't have much expectation.

 

[BillsonChang007]

The iBasso DX50 support DAC USB but they are really bulky from what I heard. FiiO DAPs are less buggy

 

[hoekeat]

The iBasso DX50 support DAC USB but they are really bulky from what I heard. FiiO DAPs are less buggy

ibasso dx50 support usb dac? u sure?

 

[BillsonChang007]

ibasso dx50 support usb dac? u sure?

I am pretty sure they do but will double check for you ~

 

[haens]

from what I know DX50 cant be used as USB DAC.

 

[ronnel0918]

Just don't rush it...and Rockbox please.