[Hungryhoss]

Why are you people sticking other devices onto the X1? I thought it was supposed to work on its own? How strange.

 

[twister6]

  Here is the actual:
 

 
Looks good!  I'm also using FiiO L16 cable, which has straight connectors similar to yours, but I didn't want it to stick out too much thus decided to use an angled one included with E11k.  Oh, and since that angled cable is not as soft, to keep it from "turning" I put IM03 cable through the loop   Btw, that one is silver-plated replacement ATH cable from Lunashops.  I guess for pictures it would look better with all silver/clear cables!
 
As an example, I recently tested a cheap $22 ONN mp3 player (nothing even close to X1 build or sound quality, of course), but with a "proper" cable setup it looks like this:
 

 

[marcusd]

Thats a tidy looking setup you got there!
 
I have a cricket though if I plug in an Ipod which really helps also but I dunno I just like the E11k with the X1, feels sort of just right. I am guessing the E11k was not designed to specifically match with the X1 but they are both current flavors so a lot of people will want to know about them both same time.. and as a stack.

 

[marcusd]

  Why are you people sticking other devices onto the X1? I thought it was supposed to work on its own? How strange.

 
It actually does work quite well on its own but it ain't head-fi unless you can stack it and stack it high hehe

 

[fenderf4i]

Why are you people sticking other devices onto the X1? I thought it was supposed to work on its own? How strange.

It's not strange in the least. The built in amp only outputs so much power. It's common practice with DAP's and harder to drive headphones.

 

[Hungryhoss]

It's not strange in the least. The built in amp only outputs so much power. It's common practice with DAP's and harder to drive headphones.

 
But ehy are you using hard to drive headphones with a portable DAP?  Like I said, strange. Logic would dictate that you should try using headphones which should pair with the device they are plugged into, without any extra help
 
I assume the X1 is designed this way - to work with most, if not all, portable earphones/headphones?

 

[fenderf4i]

   
But ehy are you using hard to drive headphones with a portable DAP?  Like I said, strange. Logic would dictate that you should try using headphones which should pair with the device they are plugged into, without any extra help
 
I assume the X1 is designed this way - to work with most, if not all, portable earphones/headphones?

 
 
 
I'd much rather lug a DAP and small amp attached to it to sit on the deck at the lake with my LCD-2's, than take a laptop and non-portable amp that I would have to plug in to an outlet. This is the reason portable amps are made in the first place lol. 

 

[Hungryhoss]

   
 
 
I'd much rather lug a DAP and small amp attached to it to sit on the deck at the lake with my LCD-2's, than take a laptop and non-portable amp that I would have to plug in to an outlet. This is the reason portable amps are made in the first place lol. 

 
But I don't have a lake, nor a deck (whatever that is).  While I can't be sure, I suspect most people don't.
 
I walk to work and I get buses and trains. And my smartphone sits in my pocket on its own, with easy to drive earphones plugged into it keeping me perfectly happy,
 
I look at these photos of multiple devices with giant headphones plugged into them and I wonder where we went wrong as a species. Maybe I need a lake?

 

[Solrighal]

I have a loch.

 

[Hungryhoss]

I have a loch.

 
Loch-fi the noo?

 

[francopro]

But ehy are you using hard to drive headphones with a portable DAP?  Like I said, strange. Logic would dictate that you should try using headphones which should pair with the device they are plugged into, without any extra help

I assume the X1 is designed this way - to work with most, if not all, portable earphones/headphones?

It seems that you don't really know the purpose of a portable amp

 

[Hungryhoss]

It seems that you don't really know the purpose of a portable amp

 
Is it to make things louder?

 

[francopro]

An amp doesn't just add more power to a dap, it also add a couple of effects to the sound such as more details, clarity, bass and a wider soundstage. It's like getting 2D to 3D , an amp can completely change the sound quality to makes it better

 

[francopro]

If it was just for power, audiophiles wouldn't invest hundreds of $ in amps

 

[Hungryhoss]

Thanks for the information. I will try to avoid those then. Hundreds, you say? Phewee.