TheGiantHogweed
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So I've been lurking on this site for ages (I bought my AKG K81DJs because of the forums, loved them, and now 3 friends own a pair too!), finally decided to join the discussion! I bought a FiiO X3 today, just waiting for delivery now! I got a great deal, I had intended to go for the X1 but found a little shop online whose owner was selling the X3 after getting two for Christmas. I got the whole thing with 64gb sd card for £15 less than what I was going to pay for the X1 without sd card, so I'm really pleased.
I've got my AKGs and some Sennheisers (px100), would you recommend any other sets? I'm so excited to get my X3, I've started archiving all my music in FLAC format. Previously I used a Sony mp3 player which I will admit I'm sentimentally attached to, sadly it's only 16gb though and I have to delete files if I want to add new music.
I'm so pleased to finally join your community and look forward to hanging out on this thread learning all about my lovely new X3.
I use the AKG K550s on the bus with my X3 everywhere I go. Yes, they are huge and not that portable but they sound really good with my X3. If you are getting the X3 though, you really may as well get some better headphones so you can appriciate what it can deliver. With cheaper headphones, you often can't tell much difference between what you are driving them with. The X3's bass boost goes so well with the K550s when needed. When you are in a quiet room, it isn't needed. But I find that when on a bus, the sounds and vibrations around me make the bass far less audible as well as making a difference to how much you feel it. The X3's range from -10 to +10 bass boost is really useful at times like that. If you are after incredible soundstage for a closed back headphone but not that bothered about a heavy bass impact, the K550s pair really well with the X3.
With your headphones, it is pretty unlikely you would be able to tell the difference between CD quality flacs and 320kbps Mp3s. I can hear the slightest bit of difference as the K550s are quite easy to tell how good the quality of the format is but pretty much every CD I own has been put on as Mp3s at 320kbps purely because they take up less than half of the space of flacs. I'm also not as convinced as some others seem to be that 24bit flacs are a massive amount better still. I could hardly tell any difference between them and CD quality even when using my Audio Technica ATH-AD700s which are open back and even better at picking up every bit of detail. IMO, unless you can clearly hear a big difference and you can afford the space the files take up, that is the only time they are really worth having. I have getting on for 6000 tracks taking up just over 64gb. Almost all of them are 320kbps Mp3s. If I had them all as 16bit flacs, then my card would be full and I would only be able to tell the slightest difference with the quality of the sound.