[EagleWings]

Mine can.

You have to use the supplied adapter with the 4-pole plug, from there a mono RCA cable (or one channel of a stereo RCA cable) to the DAC. Take care to set the multifunction output to «digital» (in the system menue).

Thanks.

 

[goodyfresh]

Some Romanian retailers.
I found them from 175 / 200 / 225 and most expensive ones at 245. Most of them you can find here at arround 200.
I don.t know why but sony products has been all the time cheaper in here than any other places (only sonys).

Yeah Sony does some really messed-up annoying crap with their prices in Europe as compared to here in the United States and in Japan.  It gets on my nerves.

 

[EagleWings]

Before I moved to the US 4 years ago I was under the impression that, US was one of the biggest and lucrative markets for Sony. But with the shutting down of its online store and retail stores, I am thinking may be I was wrong. Was this how Sony's market presence has always been in the US, or did things change recently?

 

[goodyfresh]

  Before I moved to the US 4 years ago I was under the impression that, US was one of the biggest and lucrative markets for Sony. But with the shutting down of its online store and retail stores, I am thinking may be I was wrong. Was this how Sony's market presence has always been in the US, or did things change recently?

They still have a HUGE market presence in the U.S., so I don't really know why they've shut down its U.S. stores.  But go to places like Walmart, Best Buy, and Target, as well as any high-end electronics or audio stores, and you'll ALWAYS find Sony stuff at all of them.  Sony headphones, yes, as well as speaker systems, TV's, DVD and BluRay players, etc., everything you can think of that Sony makes, you'll find it in stores all over the place, it's one of the most common brands around.  I see tons of people besides myself with Sony headphones here in American cities, as well as with Walkman DAP's, Sony Xperia smartphones, etc.  So it seriously baffles me as much as it baffles you that they don't have their own retail stores in this country.

 

[EagleWings]

  They still have a HUGE market presence in the U.S., so I don't really know why they've shut down its U.S. stores.  But go to places like Walmart, Best Buy, and Target, as well as any high-end electronics or audio stores, and you'll ALWAYS find Sony stuff at all of them.  Sony headphones, yes, as well as speaker systems, TV's, DVD and BluRay players, etc., everything you can think of that Sony makes, you'll find it in stores all over the place, it's one of the most common brands around.  I see tons of people besides myself with Sony headphones here in American cities, as well as with Walkman DAP's, Sony Xperia smartphones, etc.  So it seriously baffles me as much as it baffles you that they don't have their own retail stores in this country.

 
You are right. I do find Sony in all electronic stores. And not to mention the revenue it makes out of it's Playstation business (both hardware and game development). Now that brings me to the next question. (I am not knowledge about Sony's other product lines) But looking at Sony's headphone product line up and even walkmans, only a selective few seem to hit the US shores.
 
Once again, is that recent or  is that Sony's general market strategy?

 

[EagleWings]

Fiio is bringing 2 new colors to X1:
 
http://www.fiio.net/en/products/18
 


 
 
Black looks slick...

 

[goodyfresh]

   
You are right. I do find Sony in all electronic stores. And not to mention the revenue it makes out of it's Playstation business (both hardware and game development). Now that brings me to the next question. (I am not knowledge about Sony's other product lines) But looking at Sony's headphone product line up and even walkmans, only a selective few seem to hit the US shores.
 
Once again, is that recent or  is that Sony's general market strategy?

Maybe they just hate Americans like much of the rest of the world does? >_<  I have no idea, honestly.  It's really getting to annoy me at this point, though.  The MDR-100AAP has been available in Europe and Asia for over a month now but still isn't available here.

  Fiio is bringing 2 new colors to X1:
 
http://www.fiio.net/en/products/18
 


 
 
Black looks slick...

The black one is GORGEOUS!

 

[ayres]

has anyone been listening to the hifiman 400s planars on X3 2nd gen?
 
i'm trying it out... at least on low gain, i'm almost maxed out on some of my quieter recordings.
 
i'm trying the 400s cans as a curiosity as to whether or not i would need a separate amp or the x3k would suffice.
 
thoughts welcomed...

 

[BenWaB3]

The X3II / 400S combo sounds very good. I usually use the Hi setting just because the 400s' aren't quite as efficient as they're touted to be, although the Lo setting works too. I prefer the sound of the 400s' going through the iFi Micro DSD however (this is with no EQ through the X3).

 

[fourrobert13]

  Fiio is bringing 2 new colors to X1:
 
http://www.fiio.net/en/products/18
 


 
 
Black looks slick...

Makes me want to get another X1 just to have it in black.  That's sharp.

 

[Podster]

  Makes me want to get another X1 just to have it in black.  That's sharp.

I don't know, I might like to get the Blues for Christmas

Wonder how close these blues would be

 
However Black and Blue do look good together

 

[jenia1]

any plans of incorporating hebrew in the firmware?

 

[Arnauds]

Hi , any chance of having this black colorway for x3/x5 ? tx

 

[betula]

  Hi , any chance of having this black colorway for x3/x5 ? tx

I think, there is a big chance for that.

 

[Happytalk]

I see Sony headphones on the street all the time.