FiiO X5 Teaser

[Guan22]

just apply. pm joe. need people. think left 1-2 slots to hit 6.

Eh, PM who huh?

 

[darkarn]

Eh, PM who huh?

Joe Bloggs in Head-Fi forums, who is employed by Fiio. Or you can PM us your Head-Fi nick; we will add you to our PM correspondence there.

 

[Seth Lee]

Joe Bloggs in Head-Fi forums, who is employed by Fiio. Or you can PM us your Head-Fi nick; we will add you to our PM correspondence there.

e1's demo is in

 

[sos911]

e1's demo is in

Pre-order price for X5 is $479. Camping for reviews before deciding if it is gonna be a momentous upgrade from X3.

 

[koicafex]

look like some retro stuff rah

 

[axl]

who has audition it at E1 please post review

 

[destrozer]

This isn't a review exactly but I've tried the X5. YMMV

When I tried it, it was on low gain, volume: 48

At this setting, the X5 sounded flat and raw to me. There was certainly something missing in the music, like it was lacking life too.


BUT


There were others who tried it on high gain and higher volumes who claimed the X5 came to life and sounded superb at volume: >50 and high gain. I haven't tried it at that volume, didn't occur to me and I'd be heading back to E1 to try again soon.

 

[weng]

imo volume is quite irrelevant, since it depends on the iem w.r.t your own listening level so you don't really have much "control" over it.

 

[XcoldstarX]

This isn't a review exactly but I've tried the X5. YMMV

When I tried it, it was on low gain, volume: 48

At this setting, the X5 sounded flat and raw to me. There was certainly something missing in the music, like it was lacking life too.


BUT


There were others who tried it on high gain and higher volumes who claimed the X5 came to life and sounded superb at volume: >50 and high gain. I haven't tried it at that volume, didn't occur to me and I'd be heading back to E1 to try again soon.

Wait until its burnt in enough after being molested by lots of people then we go and try.

And I am kinda worried of using high grain on my iems. Maybe use with an impedance adapter?

 

[destrozer]

Wait until its burnt in enough after being molested by lots of people then we go and try.

And I am kinda worried of using high grain on my iems. Maybe use with an impedance adapter?

I'm not sure of it myself. Always listen on low gain too.

imo volume is quite irrelevant, since it depends on the iem w.r.t your own listening level so you don't really have much "control" over it.

hmmm, my listening level has always been lower. what i meant is that, maybe x5 really does sound better at higher volume but it's true cannot control each person's personal listening level.

 

[Guan22]

Lower gain usually yields less noise and more refinement.
For that reason, whenever possible, I prefer to use low gain but increase volume rather than high gain low volume.

Of coz, I have not demo the X5.
This is just a personal observation and habit.
Will drop by to demo the X5 when I'm free.

 

[BlurRhino]

Try it at e1 with my old W4 and it sound fantastic.. borrow im02 from albert to try it and Whitney Houston come to life. =)

But at almost double the cost of X3, one has to think twice whether the improvement in sound quality is worthwhile.

 

[Fatty San]

Try it at e1 with my old W4 and it sound fantastic.. borrow im02 from albert to try it and Whitney Houston come to life. =)

But at almost double the cost of X3, one has to think twice whether the improvement in sound quality is worthwhile.

welcome to the world of audio = diminishing returns

 

[doki81]

Fiio give me a surprise on TGIF

tentatively, there are 6 reviewer which has been chosen by Fiio for area SG. i will only do 6 days of review as i will not be around during this CNY and i planned to pass the unit to darkarn by this 29th Jan...

 

[doki81]

initial impression comparing x5 with dx50....i am actually in love with x5

 

[t258jgn]

Siao liao must sell X3 for X5

 

[Nakedtoes]

initial impression comparing x5 with dx50....i am actually in love with x5

where u stay?

 

[doki81]

where u stay?

east....compare to all other reviewer..i only have 6 days to play with it....i planned to pass to darkarn by 29th Jan evening...

 

[Nakedtoes]

any reviewer stay west?

 

[doki81]

aren't they beauty?