As I understand it, the clip downsamples hi-res. That's why it can equalize it.
Also includes all RockBox running hardware, as RB down-/re-sample everything to 44.1kHz by default, even on hardware capable of >16/48.
As I understand it, the clip downsamples hi-res. That's why it can equalize it.
Man this had better sound better than my Rockboxed 5th gen iPod Classic and iBasso D6 otherwise the old saying a fool and his money are soon departed comes to mind.
I hate that the player can't seem to display songs by tag info, rather relying on file name. I can bulk rename my music files through JRiver, and include track number at the beginning, but the whole point of tags is to eliminate the need to name things perscriptively. As it is now, every file on every album is alphabetical
Is it just me or the X5 cannot remember the last song and last position between power cycles if I play by browsing folder (instead of playing through the media library)?
If so, I think this is material for a ticket on Bugzilla.
My music collection is already neatly organized into a multi-level folder hierarchy. Meanwhile, the files themselves may not always have complete/correct/meaningful metadata and I don't have time to go through them and fix the metadata, so I can't rely on the media library scanning to sort the tracks correctly. I really just wish X5 can recursively play through the folder hierarchy, in order, and remember the last position. My trusty Cowon J3 did that wondrously. I believe that this is a use case that many users would find legitimate.
- Play all:
o Available at any folder level
o This would play all files within the folder and sub-folders recursively (this would allow to play every album for an artist or play every CD in a multi-disc album)
Here's my list of features that I would highly like in folder browsing:
- Remember last position over power cycles
- Play all:
o Available at any folder level
o This would play all files within the folder and sub-folders recursively (this would allow to play every album for an artist or play every CD in a multi-disc album)
I tried 2 X5s this week - one with 1.20 and the other with the new 2.0fw. I found it hard to definitively say that there's a sound difference, but I would definitely believe it because I found myself perceiving a smoother sound on version 2.0 with slightly better mids and imaging. It was a quick listen though so I'd hate to make a definitive statement.
I spent some time jumping back and forth between HPO and line out in my car tonight and am still shocked at how much better the line out is (after volume matching because it's much louder than the HPO at volume 100). I love the X5 for use with an amp (which is how I intend to use it so I'm a happy customer overall), but I'm very disappointed with the internal amp and don't understand what went wrong in the design of the X5's amp stage.
Fiio has done an amazing job of late with the E12 and E12DIY so is the X5's internal amp restricted by available space? @Joe Bloggs is there an explanation as to why the X5 HPO sounds veiled and with noticeably less bass than the line out (which is sublime!!)? There's obviously a marvellous signal coming from the DAC stage, but something is limiting the HPO quality. Once again, I'm not having a whinge and love the X5. I'm just trying to understand the design choices that might have been involved to better understand and appreciate the product.
- Play all:
o Available at any folder level
o This would play all files within the folder and sub-folders recursively (this would allow to play every album for an artist or play every CD in a multi-disc album)
+1 on that if not Playlist feature please
Especially from ROOT!!!!
I agree with you on the point of the two outputs: I use the X5 only on the line out with an external amp. The SQ directly from the X5 headphone-out ist not what you get from the line out. On the X3 it is the same but I think, it doesnt depend on the built-in headphone-amp. For me it sounds like the software is doing some things to the headphones out (like volume, balance, eq etc...) which it doesnt do to the line out, so there we have a clearer signal.