Which headphones of Drop's currently available?
I have some rewards points to burn but there's no obviously good options on Drop right now for headphones Contenders Ultrasone - maybe? I don't own any Ultrasones, so curious. Looks like garbage travel headphone which could be useful also. Beyerdynamic DT990 Pro. - Maybe? I have the DT 880 Good price point, really uncomfortable headphones but could be interesting to try the upgraded version. E-MU - strong contender but $400 is a bad price point for what it is. Which of the above would you choose and why? Nothing else on Drop is relevant to my interests, because Already own 6xx 820 800 s Ether cx Garbage / Consumer grade Meze 99 - garbage bass canons, hard pass No gaming headphones obviously Sennheiser wireless - no to wireless/bluetooth Hifiman - I have 2 of drop hifimans and they make really bad cheap shit on Drop, hard pass on HE-R7DX Aeon - I own the closed, Drop refuses to address #padgate so no reason to buy open Beyerdynamic 177x - wireless, nope Too similar 8x / 560s...
Mar 28, 2024
The UI is extremely poor and for playlists you cannot reasonably make one on the device itself. If you want a playlist with tracks from all over your library you'll be better off doing it on your computer and importing.
They sell these devices and update them for six months and then no updates though there are plenty of bugs and things to fix about them. Seems like Fiio isn't interested in really extending support for very long on these devices that have plenty of bugs.
As far as usage goes it sounds great, battery lasts a long time, it's not a huge thing.
X5ii is perfect for what it is - but costs more.
This is a great entry level device though. I would imagine the price has dropped on it recently because they are ready to release a new version of it like they did with the X1 so you're about to buy an outdated device is what it seems like.
Especially since FiiO's software support of this device is now done.
You would have a great time exploring the custom UIs, they come at no risk, and some of them are better than any other DAP out there!
My biggest problem is the inability to make playlists on the fly without opening a track, playing it (interruption whatever else is playing), and then adding to a new playlist.
I will randomly DJ artist spaces I hang out at and usually do it from my device. Oftentimes these days I'll use the X3 as a DAC than a DAP because at least on Android I can use PowerAmp which IMO has the best Enqueue interface.
http://fiio.me/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=41293
http://www.head-fi.org/t/743704/the-fiio-x3-2nd-gen-ex-x3k-x3ii-thread-192k-24b-cs4398-native-dsd-usb-dac-with-lo-and-inline-remote/8250#post_12644499
http://www.head-fi.org/t/743704/the-fiio-x3-2nd-gen-ex-x3k-x3ii-thread-192k-24b-cs4398-native-dsd-usb-dac-with-lo-and-inline-remote/7815#post_12504079
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/h9f6xs8n85y0pfz/AACp-U7D0c1anNZHrOqT5g7Oa?dl=0
http://www.head-fi.org/a/fiio-x3ii-dap-firmwares-with-custom-themes
And this other one is for FiiO X5ii!
http://www.head-fi.org/t/771221/fiio-x5-ii-custom-themes-thread
Hope it helps you out!