![]() Your native files in other resolutions will also play, without fuss, at their native sample rates. So, your TIDAL streams will play at 16/44.1 and not get mangled up to 16/48. Full kudos is due here, as many other manufacturers have half-assed things here – with unpleasant results. There’s no forced sample-rate-conversion here, even for third party applications. Which means that perhaps the single biggest, and best, feature for this unit is that FiiO have taken the time to re-plumb the audio stack. Now, with any Android-based audio player I come into things with relatively low expectations in terms of ease-of-use, fussiness, UX consistency, overall stability and, most importantly, concerns about forced sample-rate conversion (a feature of any player that uses the stock Android audio stack), and odd behavior with third-party player apps. Android 5.1 as the base OS (w/ heavy customization).Works as a USB DAC (not tested this yet).Dual AKM4490 DACs (w/ selectable filters).Let’s start with a summary of the units headline features: More pictures will follow, for now this is just for context/provenance: So, here I am, with a fresh, shiny, black FiiO X5iii in my paws … with a simple side-by-side shot of it with the Sony unit. The Sony NW-ZX2 is, perhaps, a more logical alternative, but it’s a single card-slot unit again, so before I go down that path with a second player, I wanted to try out a dual-slot model. My fiddling around with the FiiO X5iii is purely in the interests of seeing if it’s a viable dual-slot/streaming capable companion to the Sony. I am not, in anyway, dissatisfied with the performance of that. However, for now I’m going to start with my initial thoughts from the first day or so of playing with the thing.įor reference, and before I get started, my primary portable player is a Sony NW-WM1A. And, periodically I’ll merge things back into the main post as a proper review. Which means I’ll be adding posts to the commentary as I find things, good or bad, worth commenting on. I’m going to approach this in, primarily, a “stream of consciousness” and “progressive experience” fashion. FiiO X5 3rd Gen (FiiO X5iii) – SoC Impressions & Review:
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