Agreed about Bluetooth pairing with power on. I thought it would connect automatically once powered up. Although minor, hopefully can be fixed with firmware update. I have an Android as my personal phone, but an iPhone for work. The FiiO app is luscious!
I forgot to write, though I installed thr Fiio app, I am only using the Qobuz app, I don‘t use itunes for music. Having a Qobuz subscription I can just load any interesting music in the app, for storage size resons I do that mostly in MP3 320kbit/s, sometimes in CD quality.
I am listening mostly with my Stagediver SD2.
For driving LCD-MX4, I think that iDSD BL has a fuller overall sound, with a larger soundstage, and maybe a tad better dynamics and instrument separation, but Q5 + AMP5 is more portable, LCD-MX4 is large already along with their cables, add iDSD BL, and the setup is even less portable.
The sound alone, it really depends on the music at this point, iDSD BL Micro works better with classical, while with something more forward like punk, Q5 + AMP5 portrays a more aggressive approach
For driving LCD-MX4, I think that iDSD BL has a fuller overall sound, with a larger soundstage, and maybe a tad better dynamics and instrument separation, but Q5 + AMP5 is more portable, LCD-MX4 is large already along with their cables, add iDSD BL, and the setup is even less portable.
The sound alone, it really depends on the music at this point, iDSD BL Micro works better with classical, while with something more forward like punk, Q5 + AMP5 portrays a more aggressive approach
I do not listen to classical music. Mostly Rock. Already owning the micro BL for semi portable, and X5III for fully portable - I doubt I need Q5 in addition... or do I?
Most likely the overall device, not a single part of it, but the entire implementation will have certain effects.
To put it simply, every implementation will be different and will have varying degrees of differences, some things are less audible than others, but lately I think that the AMP and power delivery makes the largest difference for most devices, and here I'm talking about the whole AMP implementation, not just raw power, but capacitor quality, capacitor size, power, current, power rails, how clean the transition is done, slew rate, and much more. Sadly, I don't have the equipment necessaryn to measure those right now, but I might do it at some point as I want to provide my readers the most straightforward answer possible
Basically, there is a lot more that can influence the sound than a single thing by itself, but I heard less differences coming from DACs, which are usually very well implemented, than I heard from the actual amplification stage, which can be implemented very differently.
Think about computer power supplies, two 650W units can yield very different results, especially in time.
I do not listen to classical music. Mostly Rock. Already owning the micro BL for semi portable, and X5III for fully portable - I doubt I need Q5 in addition... or do I?
I'd much more take Q5 with AM5 over X5-3 for its sonics
Of course, it would be less portable than having X5-3 alone...
Q5 is at X7mkii levels, not at X5-3 levels, there's some space to walk between the two, at least for my ears. Please make sure to invest in IEMs and headphones first though, they make a lot of a difference and more revealing IEMs / Headphones can shine more light on different sources
March 2nd / 3rd? I guess it won't be that fast, sorry!.. since the one before you is still waiting for its arrival, and he still got another 10 days before sending out to you.
Agreed about Bluetooth pairing with power on. I thought it would connect automatically once powered up. Although minor, hopefully can be fixed with firmware update. I have an Android as my personal phone, but an iPhone for work. The FiiO app is luscious!
Thanks for the kind feedback. The Q5 is designed to connect to the last-paired device automatically once the Bluetooth of both are turned on, which takes about 7 seconds. But it has the possibility to fail to connect, and we will try to get it fixed by future firmware updates, thanks for understanding.
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