[technobear]

t3 or x1ii

X1 ii has only a single micro SD slot, poor battery life and no digital output so it changes nothing.

I notice than the new Shanling M1 has USB output but as it also has only a single micro SD slot and poor battery life, it also changes nothing.

Still waiting for T3...

 

[HK_sends]

How about a T3 with 2 Terabytes of storage...!?! 

 
http://www.anandtech.com/show/10692/western-digital-shows-off-prototype-1tb-sdxc-card-at-photokina-2016
 
It'll be stupid expensive when it premiers, but it is coming and in the future the prices will eventually go down as competition catches up.  So please James, make sure the T3 is compatible with the larger capacities coming down the pipe!  Ain't technology grand...? 

Cheers!

-HK sends

 

[h1f1add1cted]

I got few days ago my Kingston 512 GB SDXC card for 170 Euro works pretty fine (SD to microSD adapter) on every device (Smartphone, DAP, etc.) even on a pretty old Sansa Clip+ which was made in a time without any SD card over 64 GB size. Only FAT32 formatted was important since exFAT was for my test devices not supported and NTFS is not a good idea with SD cards. So I don't think up to 2 TB (which is the MBR limit, for more we need GPT) SD cards would cause a problem for the FiiO T3. A problem for sure is indexing so many files into database, this is a other topic and challenge, but access and read such big SD cards in folder mode would not cause a issue.

 

[rkt31]

until t3 is released , us there any other cheap dap with optical out ?

 

[h1f1add1cted]

I know only the Lotoo PAW 5000 as budget tip for a DAP with optical out. I already tested with Chord Mojo and iFi micro iDSD over toslink worked perfect in both cases, small footprint as well.
 

 

[rkt31]

thanks a lot for quick reply. actually that dap is not available in India. in India fiio x7 and I basso dx80 are available but these are expensive.

 

[rkt31]

shanling m1 has been released. it has only usb out. due to price and small build it can be a good prospect for chord mojo. is there any probable release date for t3 ? I wanted a cheap transport for hugo and mojo with optical out.

 

[Sp12er3]

Is it true it has USB out? If so it might be my option if T3 stays without concrete news.

 

[Sound Eq]

this should have been android based

 

[Mython]

Not necessarily.

 

[rkt31]

shanling m1 said to be not working with chord mojo for the time being. waiting for some news about t3

 

[Sp12er3]

Fiio should really see the high demand the Shanling M1 get and rush T3 development fast.. C'mon Fiio.. How could you not see it as a big gulf in the market?
I'd prefer bigger profile with more screen real estate and features than Shanling "too tiny to hold in hand" size really..

 

[sandalaudio]

Fiio should really see the high demand the Shanling M1 get and rush T3 development fast.. C'mon Fiio.. How could you not see it as a big gulf in the market?
I'd prefer bigger profile with more screen real estate and features than Shanling "too tiny to hold in hand" size really..

 
 
I'm also curious about the Shanling M1. Recently so many people around me started looking around for a portable USB OTG transport to hook up to their DACs.
AK has also done a great job with AK70 to fulfill that role, which means they grabbed a new customer base of transport-seekers as well as the entry level crowd.
 
Personally, as many people already said, it's the storage space that's the problem for me at the moment.
I've been looking around for some smartphones or tablets with dual SD slots, but there aren't that many around, so that's what would make the T3 special.
 
I hope the T3 development is going well.
Fiio has experience with Android touch screen device (X7), and non-android, non-touch device (X1, X3, X5), but maybe they are struggling with making a new OS for T3 from scratch.

 

[Indigo Bob]

How much will this cost?  Does it have a DAC for the computer?

 

[HK_sends]

FiiO has been quiet on this one lately.  Guys, are you still planning to release this at some time in the future?
Cheers and Thanks!

-HK sends