[Mmet]

Sorry that you are feeling like that toward a player you made hopes on it ... But i am telling you there is no magic solutions like the player burning in or so .. Those solid state devices may take a hour or two to fully settle down.. The rest is your brain burning in ... So as i suggested to you before.. If you can't tolerate the sound of that player .. Sell it and invest in x5 or ibasso dx50 ( known for its neutrality) or simply and that what i would do if i where you .. Invest in a quality amp or (dac/ amp ) and stick them with your mobile phone..you will get a better results indeed

 

[originalsnuffy]

Spardao; the beauty of capitalism is that you can purchase what pleases you. I would mention that the latest firmware has an equalizer. But my guess is that you just do not like the sound of this unit.

Personally I would be upset if FIIO messed with this sound signature. It is exactly what I want. Smooth and natural to my ears. My guess is that you want something else.

 

[gerelmx1986]

The USB DAC functionality can be used on a sony walkman A17? f.e connect the digital line out of the walkman and plug an usb adaptor to the fiio to use it as an amp/DAC?

 

[peter123]

The USB DAC functionality can be used on a sony walkman A17? f.e connect the digital line out of the walkman and plug an usb adaptor to the fiio to use it as an amp/DAC?

Why would you like to do that?

 

[gerelmx1986]

To get the capacity of an ipod classic (192GB) with better sound quality and Bug-free UI

 

[Mmet]

To get the capacity of an ipod classic (192GB) with better sound quality and Bug-free UI

I think sony walkman alone would do all what you mentioned very good without missing with the x3 ... But as an answer to your question .. I saw guy here posted that he succeeded to make x3 as a dac for his android phone or may be iphone ( can't remember well) .. With assistance of an external battery and usb hub! ( as the x3 when playing as a dac ,is not a self powered dac

 

[gerelmx1986]

I think sony walkman alone would do all what you mentioned very good without missing with the x3 ... But as an answer to your question .. I saw guy here posted that he succeeded to make x3 as a dac for his android phone or may be iphone ( can't remember well) .. With assistance of an external battery and usb hub! ( as the x3 when playing as a dac ,is not a self powered dac

I want to do it because many (if not all) fiio's portable headphones Amp/DAC's are fed via 3.5mm input (analogue), and this walkman now supports digital OUT too, and the fiio x3 supports digital IN when fed to a windows PC.
 
To be able to power my MDR-1R's as i have read those are not driven well by the walkman

 

[Mmet]

I want to do it because many (if not all) fiio's portable headphones Amp/DAC's are fed via 3.5mm input (analogue), and this walkman now supports digital OUT too, and the fiio x3 supports digital IN when fed to a windows PC.

To be able to power my MDR-1R's as i have read those are not driven well by the walkman

Good luck ,dude .. But i think that you won't need an amp to drive these headphones from walkman but how knows ! If you need an amp the walkman sure deserves better amp than the amp section that implemented in the x3

 

[gerelmx1986]

Good luck ,dude .. But i think that you won't need an amp to drive these headphones from walkman but how knows ! If you need an amp the walkman sure deserves better amp than the amp section that implemented in the x3

Thanks for the info, then use both

 

[aangen]

You seemed fairly confused to me. 192 GB iPod? That never happened. You mention that a device at this price should out-perform anything else? It's a $129 dollar device. I paid $230 for my last 160 GB iPod. My X3 slays my iPod. It didn't out of the box, but after 20 hours of break-in it did. I should mention that I use Shure SE 535's with mine and it sounds swell. Hopefully you are using at least 128k mp3's. (I run only FLAC)  
 
Anyway.

 

[gerelmx1986]

  You seemed fairly confused to me. 192 GB iPod? That never happened. You mention that a device at this price should out-perform anything else? It's a $129 dollar device. I paid $230 for my last 160 GB iPod. My X3 slays my iPod. It didn't out of the box, but after 20 hours of break-in it did. I should mention that I use Shure SE 535's with mine and it sounds swell. Hopefully you are using at least 128k mp3's. (I run only FLAC)  
 
Anyway.

You are the confused one, i also play only FLAC, you are soooo confused dude , i said FINALLY A DEVICE THAT CAN MATCH IPOD CLASSIC STORAGE AND EVEN EXCEEDS BY 32GIG, the sony walkman A17 is 84GB + 128GB microSD =  192GB

 

[aangen]

Whatever.

 

[gerelmx1986]

and here's the proof i hear only flac, downloading from presto classical, the 28th volume of CPE bach solo keyboard music series (still running)

Yes i know i also had an ipod classic 160GB (sounded like bullschiit ), then got the fiio x3 and it died (waiting for the replacement to arrive), but i will buy a sony walkmna A17 just because it has 64GB, up to 128GB microSD support and of course juts because it plays FLAC up to 192Khz/24-bits

 

[aangen]

Perhaps more red meat in your diet?

 

[Mmet]

  You seemed fairly confused to me. 192 GB iPod? That never happened. You mention that a device at this price should out-perform anything else? It's a $129 dollar device. I paid $230 for my last 160 GB iPod. My X3 slays my iPod. It didn't out of the box, but after 20 hours of break-in it did. I should mention that I use Shure SE 535's with mine and it sounds swell. Hopefully you are using at least 128k mp3's. (I run only FLAC)  
 
Anyway.

i am using SE535 too .... are you using it with the stock filters ? ... try the grey filters if you didn't already .. they are a beautiful combination with x3