[Musicoflife]

One month on, it appears the response to the innovative, game changing Qx-over earphones has been rather underwhelming. Are the expected benefits of active crossover such as lower IMD distortion - realized?

Please chime in, owners.

 

[maschoff]

What Auto EQ preset is everyone using with the QX-OVERS?

 

[waynes world]

Aha, 52 bucks from me.

Was that shipped with DHL? I'm also in Canada, and DHL seems to always nail me. It would be nice if Qudelix sold the 5K on amazon.ca.

 

[rlw6534]

I would have bought the QX-over just to see what it was like, but the $20 shipping tipped the scales...

 

[Musicoflife]

I would have bought the QX-over just to see what it was like, but the $20 shipping tipped the scales...

Me too. I don't see it sold on Amazon to date. Is Qudelix team rethinking it? Instead of 2 DDs of same size, maybe a hybrid setup would be better proof of concept?

 

[mhoopes]

One month on, it appears the response to the innovative, game changing Qx-over earphones has been rather underwhelming. Are the expected benefits of active crossover such as lower IMD distortion - realized?

Please chime in, owners.

I don’t know. I don’t have a good recent comparative data point in this price range. I also haven’t seen measurements on IMD or phase response, and any comparison with the same drivers and passive crossover networks. Anyone have cheaper earphones than the QX-over that sound better on the 5K?

 

[arar]

Got my Q5k last night and just wanted to say this is one dang superb little device. Really only positive things to say so far.

edit: Actually, one question: the manual talks about Absolute Volume and Volume Protection settings, but I'm not seeing those on my iPhone app. Is it an Android only thing? I just downloaded the app yesterday and it prompted me to update the Q5k FW too, so I would imagine everything is up to date.

 

[Musicoflife]

Got my Q5k last night and just wanted to say this is one dang superb little device. Really only positive things to say so far.

edit: Actually, one question: the manual talks about Absolute Volume and Volume Protection settings, but I'm not seeing those on my iPhone app. Is it an Android only thing? I just downloaded the app yesterday and it prompted me to update the Q5k FW too, so I would imagine everything is up to date.

The manual needs updating. Recent FW revisions have removed this as a feature.

 

[arar]

Okay, another question: why is this dang thing not charging from a PC USB port? Connecting it to my PC only turns the thing on, "Power USB VBUS" still says disconnected and "charging" says OFF.

The auto-power settings don't seem to stick, either, the Q5k always turns on when I connect it to a PC via USB no matter what I choose from the device -> power settings.

edit: okay, there was something broken with the Q5k-app connection even though listening via BT worked just fine. Removed it and reconnected it and now it seems to work again.

 

[CZ Eddie]

Can someone confirm this is the pinout used for 2.5mm balanced output?

 

[mhoopes]

Can someone confirm this is the pinout used for 2.5mm balanced output?

Yes, that is correct (matches the pinout in the user manual).

 

[CZ Eddie]

THANK YOU!
I did not think to download the manual. sheesh

 

[PopZeus]

Been digging the 5k. The only things I don’t love about it are the buttons and the quiet on/off chime. Otherwise, it’s a nice replacement for the ES100.

 

[mhoopes]

Been digging the 5k. The only things I don’t love about it are the buttons and the quiet on/off chime. Otherwise, it’s a nice replacement for the ES100.

The default “tone volume” became very low in one of the firmware updates. You can configure it in VOLUME…OPTION:

 

[Tinysota]

Been digging the 5k. The only things I don’t love about it are the buttons and the quiet on/off chime. Otherwise, it’s a nice replacement for the ES100.

I actually prefer the quieter on/off chime. It was startling to have a very loud “on” chime before the firmware update- I often forget how loud I am listening to music the previous session