DittoBox
New Head-Fier
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Personally I'd love to see plenty of storage, or a way to drop in a large (mini)SD card. M4A, gapless and library based on tag data. Decent DAC with line level out.
Hifiman and Colorfly have both (not that they're relevant players by any means). Iriver H100 has optical, not coaxial S/PDIF (same as most Minidisc players).
I always wanted to try a combo like Iriver H1-series with a ibasso D12 something...
is optical out better? looking forward to this.
Quote:Hifiman and Colorfly have both (not that they're relevant players by any means). Iriver H100 has optical, not coaxial S/PDIF (same as most Minidisc players).
we just wants to make something new and different and can make you happy! if you are already happy with some other DAP, I think you can tell us what more you want? that is the way we consider our products!
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Following the sound-first mindset; how many hours a day can one critically listen to music? Certainly not 24 hours. Why would more than that be needed? If you're listening for that long chances are it's background noise to keep you busy while multi-tasking. There are already plenty of great players that have ridiculous battery lifespans. And really, how hard is it to bring a charger with you?
Still in the sound-first mindset; I don't think the X3 needs massive storage. 8 gigs of FLAC is roughly what, 20-24 albums, 45 mins a piece? Especially if the battery isn't going to last you days; I don't see why one would need to bring their entire music collection with them. I'm sure the X3 will have more than this anyway. Again, there are already devices that have insane storage space.
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Still in the sound-first mindset; I don't think the X3 needs massive storage. 8 gigs of FLAC is roughly what, 20-24 albums, 45 mins a piece? Especially if the battery isn't going to last you days; I don't see why one would need to bring their entire music collection with them. I'm sure the X3 will have more than this anyway. Again, there are already devices that have insane storage space.
Quote:we just wants to make something new and different and can make you happy! if you are already happy with some other DAP, I think you can tell us what more you want? that is the way we consider our products!
I whole-heartedly agree with James. A lot of the things people are requesting already have existing products with those features.
My personal problem with most portable devices is that they are so multi-functional that they can do almost anything; but not as well as others. Like iPods, they're an ok music player with cameras, but not as good as actual cameras, support movies which isn't as good as watching TV, and have WI-FI that isn't as fast as a computer. FiiO has an opportunity to make an affordable device that can rise above all others in a single category. SOUND.
Following the sound-first mindset; how many hours a day can one critically listen to music? Certainly not 24 hours. Why would more than that be needed? If you're listening for that long chances are it's background noise to keep you busy while multi-tasking. There are already plenty of great players that have ridiculous battery lifespans. And really, how hard is it to bring a charger with you?
Still in the sound-first mindset; I don't think the X3 needs massive storage. 8 gigs of FLAC is roughly what, 20-24 albums, 45 mins a piece? Especially if the battery isn't going to last you days; I don't see why one would need to bring their entire music collection with them. I'm sure the X3 will have more than this anyway. Again, there are already devices that have insane storage space.
Many of the best things in life come in simplicity; I believe FiiO is the perfect company to fulfill this philosophy. Take away all the things we want and leave what we need as audiophiles.
We, as Head-Fi'ers, can help make the X3 one monster of a MUSIC player.
It all depends on how you intend to use your DAP. If you're not going to be near a computer to charge or transfer on what you want to listen to as you go along, it'd sure be nice to have it not run out of charge and be able to play whatever album just popped into your mind. Of course we /could/ get by with 8 hour battery life and 20 albums, but why limit ourselves on that when a bit more money can greatly raise that limit.
Not to be contrary, but following your sort of logic one could say that Fiio need not bother making the player smaller than a netbook or weigh less than a pound since there are already DAPs small enough to fit in a coin pouch. Of course you didn't take it that far, but it's the same idea that just because it's not an issue of sound quality but rather convenience that it shouldn't be a priority.
Everyone right now has a different vision of what their perfect portable would be. Me? I'd love a high capacity player (64GB+) with gapless playback, format support, digital and analogue line outs in addition to a headphone out... and bootable windows mobile operating system with built in wifi hardware. I got carried away at the end there (hey we're only dreaming here, right?) but I see no reason to disregard both battery and storage capacities, and think most people here would agree. We don't necessarily need 40 hours of battery life, but let's get a nice little 15ish at least, eh?
It's useful to carry a larger percentage of your library for a couple of reasons....1. the people who "shuffle all tracks" and 2. so that no matter what mood you are in, you have the relevant music with you.
I always wanted to try a combo like Iriver H1-series with a ibasso D12 something...
is optical out better? looking forward to this.
Quote:Hifiman and Colorfly have both (not that they're relevant players by any means). Iriver H100 has optical, not coaxial S/PDIF (same as most Minidisc players).
I whole-heartedly agree with James. A lot of the things people are requesting already have existing products with those features.
My personal problem with most portable devices is that they are so multi-functional that they can do almost anything; but not as well as others. Like iPods, they're an ok music player with cameras, but not as good as actual cameras, support movies which isn't as good as watching TV, and have WI-FI that isn't as fast as a computer. FiiO has an opportunity to make an affordable device that can rise above all others in a single category. SOUND.
Following the sound-first mindset; how many hours a day can one critically listen to music? Certainly not 24 hours. Why would more than that be needed? If you're listening for that long chances are it's background noise to keep you busy while multi-tasking. There are already plenty of great players that have ridiculous battery lifespans. And really, how hard is it to bring a charger with you?
Still in the sound-first mindset; I don't think the X3 needs massive storage. 8 gigs of FLAC is roughly what, 20-24 albums, 45 mins a piece? Especially if the battery isn't going to last you days; I don't see why one would need to bring their entire music collection with them. I'm sure the X3 will have more than this anyway. Again, there are already devices that have insane storage space.
Many of the best things in life come in simplicity; I believe FiiO is the perfect company to fulfill this philosophy. Take away all the things we want and leave what we need as audiophiles.
We, as Head-Fi'ers, can help make the X3 one monster of a MUSIC player.