[SerenaxD]

Can anyone who's heard both the Colorfly C3 and the xDuoo x3 give some comparisons between the two? 

 

[ndburley]

  Anyone?

sorry dude, I use MusicBee now and its just works for me I dont change formats 

 

[Bob A (SD)]

 
Most likely due to the fall in the Chinese economy over the past few weeks - not so good for the Chinese - good for budget-conscious audiophiles...

 
You're absolutely right.... I'm distracted watching the Panthers routing Seattle while also online.  The obvious went right over my head!
 
Guess I need to look to see if some nice IEMs have also plummeted in price

 

[ndburley]

  Can anyone who's heard both the Colorfly C3 and the xDuoo x3 give some comparisons between the two? 

H20Fidelity has the X3 and the C3 and if I remember correctly the C3 has an clunky UI and for the price the X3 was better. Hopefully he is still on this thread and can answer

 

[SerenaxD]

  H20Fidelity has the X3 and the C3 and if I remember correctly the C3 has an clunky UI and for the price the X3 was better. Hopefully he is still on this thread and can answer

I honestly don't care that much about UI so I"m just looking to get the most sound quality out of a DAP. I can get the Colorfly for a little bit more than $40 USD, so I don't know if I should jump on or get the X3. In terms of SQ, how do they compare? 

 

[Bob A (SD)]

  I honestly don't care that much about UI so I"m just looking to get the most sound quality out of a DAP. I can get the Colorfly for a little bit more than $40 USD, so I don't know if I should jump on or get the X3. In terms of SQ, how do they compare? 

Don't know personally about the Colorfly but elsewhere in this thread the X3's sound quality was very favorably compared (as in better)  to more expensive FiiO DAPs.  Given that, I'd opine that the X3 versus the Colorfly would be a no contest.

 

[ndburley]

  I honestly don't care that much about UI so I"m just looking to get the most sound quality out of a DAP. I can get the Colorfly for a little bit more than $40 USD, so I don't know if I should jump on or get the X3. In terms of SQ, how do they compare? 

Have a look at page 12 and 13 and I have messaged someone who maybe able to help you

 

[Aradea]

Any good amp or DAC that is also getting a price cut? Haha

 

[AudioNewbi3]

AudioNewbi3,

   Can't comment as I don't use subfolders and all my files are FLAC.  Are you running firmware v1.0 or v1.1?


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Tomtop has the X3 for $73.99!  

http://www.tomtop.com/mini-xduoo-x3-hifi-music-player-jz4760b-chip-24bit192khz-hd-format-audio-player-lossless-music-player-black-for-2-pcs-128g-memory-card-v1584b.html?currency=USD&lang=en&aid=gpla&gclid=Cj0KEQiAlO20BRCcieCSncPlqqMBEiQAOZGMnMsvbDFU4RON69qqiJAZbS4yptuwe48RDZO3l1dKL40aAoDr8P8HAQ

I am running the latest version of the software. V1.1

 

[mikaveli06]

Can anyone who's heard both the Colorfly C3 and the xDuoo x3 give some comparisons between the two? 

I haven't heard c3 in couple years, however dont recall it coming close to sq or power of x3

 

[K1LLMy53Lf]

  Can anyone who's heard both the Colorfly C3 and the xDuoo x3 give some comparisons between the two? 

Well I've heard 4-5months ago, but I would say the x3 much better in separation, has better better over SQ, however C3 has wilder soundstage imo.
But that only my opinion of course, I don't have trained ears.

 

[kova4a]

  Can anyone who's heard both the Colorfly C3 and the xDuoo x3 give some comparisons between the two? 

Well, they are different - c3 is brighter and clearer with better separation as the x3 fills the space between the instruments with a bit of warmth; x3 is warmer and smoother and has better texture and microdetails but presents them in a more polite manner. X3 is also superior in layering

 

[Dexter22]

After some days, of continous listen. I am enjoying X3 as a source with FiiO e12 fed to my AKG K551. The inbuilt amp can drive my headphones, but I found lineout + E12 was a far better combination. There is more "body" to vocals and instruments as if they were bigger! Also, the soundstage is even wider. 

 

[peter123]

After some days, of continous listen. I am enjoying X3 as a source with FiiO e12 fed to my AKG K551. The inbuilt amp can drive my headphones, but I found lineout + E12 was a far better combination. There is more "body" to vocals and instruments as if they were bigger! Also, the soundstage is even wider. 

Hmm, interesting......

Does anyone else share this impression?

I used to have the E12 and found it lacking in soundstage compared to the Cayin C5 to the extent that I sold it. I wouldn't like a DAP with even more closed in presentation.

I'm not trying to be rude or talking anything down but I'm really interested in the X3 and I'm genuinely interested in more opinions about this.

 

[Charliemotta]

Peter will you please just get the X3 and get it over with??    

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