[cooperpwc]

For those head-fi'ers in China: The X5 is now available on Taobao

 
Really? I still show it as 即将上市  <about to hit the market>.

 

[pekingduck]

Really? I still show it as 即将上市  .

That's strange. I just checked and many shops still had it in stock.

 

[CosmicHolyGhost]

all pre-orders, shops are planning to ship on 17th Jan...

 

[Rollk2]

Does the Chinese version accept the English firmware version when it will be released ?
Does the X5 be useful for a non Chinese speaker ?

 

[CosmicHolyGhost]

I think I have managed to get someone to order for me from Taobao, yay!

 

[AmberOzL]

  I think I have managed to get someone to order for me from Taobao, yay!

Wow, congrats. Looking forward to hear your comments.

 

[cooperpwc]

That's strange. I just checked and many shops still had it in stock.

 
Ah. I was just checking the official Fiio Taobao site.  

 

[pekingduck]

I just asked the customer care rep. of Fiio's official Taobao store. They said the X5 is in stock and can ship today!
 
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.282.VzUKrK&id=36960811050&_u=f241p493c70
 
EDIT: The link is not the official Fiio store but an authorized reseller.

 

[CosmicHolyGhost]

  I just asked the customer care rep. of Fiio's official Taobao store. They said the X5 is in stock and can ship today!
 
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.282.VzUKrK&id=36960811050&_u=f241p493c70

say what..... the customer rep I have been speaking with told me to wait until next week...

 
so I need to seek other means....

 

[pekingduck]

 
say what..... the customer rep I have been speaking with told me to wait until next week...

 
so I need to seek other means....

That doesn't make sense 

 Perhaps they don't want to ship outside of Mainland China at this moment?
Let's see if they will ship mine out today...

 

[irrational]

 
For AK240 price, I can get X5+Chord Hugo. You also end up saving some cash too, around 400 500 euros I believe. A very nice mid tier ciem money or a high end cable money.

This combo is definitely one of the options in my shopping list.  The other alternative would be DX90 + Chord Hugo.

 

[CosmicHolyGhost]

  That doesn't make sense 

 Perhaps they don't want to ship outside of Mainland China at this moment?
Let's see if they will ship mine out today...

Anyway hopefully I can get it soon...

will u mod the opamp?
 

 

[CosmicHolyGhost]

 
This combo is definitely one of the options in my shopping list.  The other alternative would be DX90 + Chord Hugo.

wow, this could be end game portable setup...

 

[pekingduck]

 
say what..... the customer rep I have been speaking with told me to wait until next week...

 
so I need to seek other means....

 
My bad...the link I provided is not from the official store but an authorized reseller (just checked with the real Fiio)

 

[LMka]

Guys, we have some mater who know Chinese here and we also have some friends from China here right? Can we get a trustfull seller on taobao linked here so we can order Fiio from him? If it is somehow prohibited to place him in here, may you at least write a PM?
The link above has only 12 sales, when there are some which have 53 sales.