Fiio X1 FLAC portable player

telemike
telemike Posts: 115
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Anyone here have one? I'm thinking of getting one to play ALAC, FLAC and mp3 files. Seems well built and affordable at $99 plus another $30 for a 64 GB SD card.

http://www.fiio.net/en/products/18

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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    Way overdue, how cool is that!
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  • voltz
    voltz Posts: 5,384
    sure beats the cost I paid for my IPOD classic to play Alac's, plus no itunes is a plus :)
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  • telemike
    telemike Posts: 115
    Yeah, it looks real nice. I prefer to use iTunes to organize my digital music and ALAC playback on the Fiio and my phone would be great.
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,590
    Looks quite nice. Thought I have to admit I'm spoiled with touchscreens so it would be hard to go back from my iPhone to this..... I never messed with the scroll wheel devices....

    The only thing portable really on my radar is the DAC/Headphone amp combo from JDSLabs (C5D) it works with android and iOS and Windows.......
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  • gudnoyez
    gudnoyez Posts: 8,124
    Looks like a nice player for the price.
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  • DaveHo
    DaveHo Posts: 3,529
    Interesting, but other than larger storage what will this do for me that my Android phone doesn't already do? Heck now that android supports audio over USB, allowing me to use an external DAC, I'd say the Fiio is more restrictive in it's abilities.
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  • telemike
    telemike Posts: 115
    I don't want to use my phone as a music player at work. I use a cheap mp3 player now, but this would be nicer and I can use it home for playback as well. Probably a better audio amp section as well over a phone.
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  • telemike
    telemike Posts: 115
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  • PSOVLSK
    PSOVLSK Posts: 5,204
    I've got a cheap Fiio DAC for my living room/patio setup (casual listening) and I've been very impressed for the price. I want to say it only cost about $40, maybe not even that much.
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  • telemike
    telemike Posts: 115
    If things work out, I'll be ordering one soon
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  • RamZet
    RamZet Posts: 792
    I have some Fiio gear myself. I don't have that player but I'm positive its rock solid like their other stuff.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    Pretty nifty little device. So could I use this upstairs in a rig via USB dac? This would be strictly for the source, rather than a PC or Squeezebox.

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  • telemike
    telemike Posts: 115
    I'm hoping to get one soon
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  • skrol
    skrol Posts: 3,375
    I have my eye on the Fiio players as my Sansa Fuse is showing signs of age and the battery is getting less and less run-time.
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  • rooftop59
    rooftop59 Posts: 8,121
    PSOVLSK wrote: »
    I've got a cheap Fiio DAC for my living room/patio setup (casual listening) and I've been very impressed for the price. I want to say it only cost about $40, maybe not even that much.

    Is this the one Paul? http://www.amazon.com/D03K-Digital-Analog-Audio-Converter/dp/B009346RSS/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1431013689&sr=8-2&keywords=fiio+dac

    I am thinking of picking it up just to mess around with.

    And yes, this player looks very cool...
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited May 2015
    heiney9 wrote: »
    Pretty nifty little device. So could I use this upstairs in a rig via USB dac? This would be strictly for the source, rather than a PC or Squeezebox.

    H9
    You cannot bypass the dac inside.

    I was thinking of getting this for the car but Iheard if you have alot of songs the micro usb to usb connection method can take over 10 mins to sync. I think I would have to go 3.5 to usb to avoid them issues.

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