[thericochet]

  they are some microlab solo 7c, they have internal amp on them, they heat a lot.... i am not sure how is their resistance, if the line out has ~600ohm, then, if they don't have a lot of resistance it could shortcircuit them or the x5.... i mean, if you have a generator's resistance very very high, a light resistance on the external circuit makes it shortcircuit, as far as electricity goes, right?.... i am afraid i don't really have where to look for what the jack of the speakers impedance is.... it kind of sounded better with the line out, but now i am using headphone out, due to fear to not shortcircuit them....

You should use line out unless it sounds noticeably awful because the speakers aren't expecting line level (which would be rare and immediately obvious, and you said it sounded better).
Apart from anything, the line out also uses substantially less battery power of the X5 since the power amp isn't running.

 

[Joe Bloggs]

so... anyone can explain to me what is the hole next to the headphone jack, and to what do i use it?...

so far, it seems to output at high gain volume 120.... i thought it was a line out.... but it's output is, very very loud on any headphone or speaker i tried....

It is a line out. A line out is supposed to be loud, to offer the highest S/N ratio. It's "unamplified" in the sense that it would clip or distort under (headphone) load. But I think you were too busy covering your ears to realize that

 

[thebrad]

Just read a newer review about X5, now asking myself, if I am the only one, that received a solid black silicon instead of a semi-transparent silicone case?
Alway wondered, why the charging LED doesn't make sense, when using the case 

 

[koiloco]

  Just read a newer review about X5, now asking myself, if I am the only one, that received a solid black silicon instead of a semi-transparent silicone case?
Alway wondered, why the charging LED doesn't make sense, when using the case 

u r not the only one.  Mine is black too.

 

[JamesFiiO]

sorry, we change the silicon case cause it seems more people like the black one.

 

[thebrad]

Thats sad to hear :|
I would have liked the semi-transaprent one a lot more. Just to reveal more of the beauty of X5
Nevertheless, it's damn nice to have a well-working protection out of the box! (same goes for the screen-protectors, even more for the pre-installed one)

 

[Za Warudo]

Hi, I'm considering upgrading from my X3.  I'm wondering if anyone has playback problems with the X5.  My X3 freezes on certain albums/tracks (which play just fine from my desktop rig) and sometimes skips to the next track on some songs.  I'm also considering a DX90 which has the benefit of swappable batteries but has less potential storage than the X5.

 

[Astrogoth]

  sorry, we change the silicon case cause it seems more people like the black one.

I like my black case. Good job.

 

[TripBitShooter]

nooo its now a black case . I very much prefer a semi transparent one, as a black case will make everything look rather dull and dark, with the scroll wheel being black already.

 

[py61]

hello, what do you think about AK120 vs Fiio X5 are they in the same level? Also, I want a dark sound with good soundstage mostly for indie,classical,blues does Fiio X5 gives what I want?

 

[jeffhmason]

  I like my black case. Good job.

 
I second the decision on the black case.  I think it looks a lot sleeker than the photos I saw of the semi-transparent case.  I was a pleasant surprise to see it was black when I first received my X5.

 

[jbr1971]

  ^Thanks for that, I'll definitely get one.
 
What transfer rates are you guys getting? When I used the USB-MicroSD thingy I'm only getting 9-14mb/s, about the same as plugging in the X5 directly with a MicroSD in it if I remember correctly

I haven't measured any transfer rates, but it plays large DSD files gapless with no jitters at all. As long as it does that, I'm not worried about speed, more about battery  

 

[michael4321]

It is a line out. A line out is supposed to be loud, to offer the highest S/N ratio. It's "unamplified" in the sense that it would clip or distort under (headphone) load. But I think you were too busy covering your ears to realize that

 
My T50 sounds identical on the line out and the headphone out at 100 volume. The volume of the line out is decent for planar like the T50 or the HE500.
 
I recognized that an enabled equalizer is also active on the line out. The eq unfortunately work with decreasing the overall volume. This results in lower line out volume.

 

[SikkNazty]

Alright I just got my new X5 in the mail today and I've updated the firmware to version 2.2 and it says it supports playlist files. I've updated my media library but when I go to "Play By Category" and i click on "Playlists", none of my .m3u playlists show up. I'm currently using MediaMonkey to sync my music. Everything else works fine.

 

[Saoshyant]

For playlists, I've always found them in the file manager and played them that route.  I could be wrong, but I think the playlist category might be for playlists made on the X5.