The Fiio X3 Thread.

[retrophonic]

I've been enjoying my Fiio X-3 for a month now, but it pauses every now and then when I walk with it in my jacket pocket, something I find a little odd for a flash based player. Anyone else experiencing this?

 

[rsrecon]

Yes, that is the biggest problem I have had.  I updated to the 2.1 firmware and it got a lot worse.  I put it back to the 2.05 and now I don't have the problem as often.  I just wait for it to shut down automatically and then I start it back up.  Not a big problem, but it is something that really should not happen.  Except for that, the sound is awesome and I love my X3.

 

[ClieOS]

I meant can I also attach another headphone to the coaxial or line out in addition to the headphone out ? And play it to two headphones at the same time ?

 
You can connect one headphone to the headphone-out while an amp to the line-out (then another headphone to the amp). The reason why you shouldn't connect a headphone to line-out directly is because it is, well, a line-out, which will be be extremely loud and unadjustable.

 

[lostinthesauce]

I meant can I also attach another headphone to the coaxial or line out in addition to the headphone out ? And play it to two headphones at the same time ?

Coaxial outputs a digital signal...so no.
 
Attaching a headphone to the line out will produce one volume (~2 volts) which may or may not be useful to you.  But yes, it will output to both the line out and headphone jack at the same time.

 

[Musiccc]

Does X3 have the same DAC, Amp chipset as the E17?

 

[deltasun]

I've been enjoying my Fiio X-3 for a month now, but it pauses every now and then when I walk with it in my jacket pocket, something I find a little odd for a flash based player. Anyone else experiencing this?

Yes, that is the biggest problem I have had.  I updated to the 2.1 firmware and it got a lot worse.  I put it back to the 2.05 and now I don't have the problem as often.  I just wait for it to shut down automatically and then I start it back up.  Not a big problem, but it is something that really should not happen.  Except for that, the sound is awesome and I love my X3.

Wait what?!? This is normal? I'm about to receive my X3 and this better not be the norm or it's going back.

 

[lostinthesauce]

  Does X3 have the same DAC, Amp chipset as the E17?

X3 has a 270mW @ 32Ω amp a WM8740 DAC chip.  The E17 has a 220mW @ 32Ω amp and the....WM8740 DAC chip.  As a side note Fiio only claims 290mW @ 16Ω for the E17 and a whopping 540 mW@16Ω for the X3. 

 

[FatalDestiny]

Wait what?!? This is normal? I'm about to receive my X3 and this better not be the norm or it's going back.

 
A future firmware update should fix it. But I don't experience that bug much often. Once/twice in a whole day or so (FW 2.1).

 

[undersys]

Just had my first hard crash today
 
Player stopped, tried to turn back on, can not. No buttons respond to input.
Player is still warm, as if its still playing.. obviously no sound.
 
15mins later the player was cool and turned back on with out issues.
I did not try the reset button as I had no way to activate it. 

 

[CH23]

Just had my first hard crash today

Player stopped, tried to turn back on, can not. No buttons respond to input.
Player is still warm, as if its still playing.. obviously no sound.

15mins later the player was cool and turned back on with out issues.
I did not try the reset button as I had no way to activate it. 

Have you tried a 10 second power button reset?

 

[undersys]

Have you tried a 10 second power button reset?

Sure did.
 
Many times. Gave up waited till i got home to try the reset button and it came good. 

 

[MunkyOne]

On FiiO X3 locking-up:
 
There may be similarities in the curcumstances of our X3 lock-ups.  In my experience, this has only ever happened when I am browsing my music files and listening at the same time.  In each case, I reset it quickly and continued without problems.  So far, it has happened four times since I bought the device in mid-October.
 
It has not happened while just listening to music.  It has not happened whilst using the X3 as a DAC/AMP connected to my laptop and desktop speakers.
 
Perhaps we could all try to describe the circumstances of our X3 lock-ups in detail, so that FiiO can resolve it more quickly for us all.
 
It is quite annoying and frustrating, as it ruins our enjoyment of our music.   So I am hoping this can be resolved in a FW update very soon.
 
Jeremy.

 

[Joe Bloggs]

Newsflash: James' latest firmware update cures cancer (we hope)

 

[MunkyOne]

Newsflash: James' latest firmware update cures cancer (we hope)

Excellent!  My X3 has cancer of the library update function.  Here's hoping.

 

[undersys]

  On FiiO X3 locking-up:
 
There may be similarities in the curcumstances of our X3 lock-ups.  In my experience, this has only ever happened when I am browsing my music files and listening at the same time.  In each case, I reset it quickly and continued without problems.  So far, it has happened four times since I bought the device in mid-October.
 
It has not happened while just listening to music.  It has not happened whilst using the X3 as a DAC/AMP connected to my laptop and desktop speakers.
 
Perhaps we could all try to describe the circumstances of our X3 lock-ups in detail, so that FiiO can resolve it more quickly for us all.
 
It is quite annoying and frustrating, as it ruins our enjoyment of our music.   So I am hoping this can be resolved in a FW update very soon.
 
Jeremy.

 
Not the same for me. I had set it to play an Album (as I always do) , put the x3's hold switch ON and placed it into my bag and walked off. Around 2 songs later just heard a click and that was it.

I'd not say its annoying me much so far as I've only had it happen once. I've had the x3  since July.. So that's not bad to be honest with you.