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Cyberthingy
289
Aug 6, 2018
I just received mine today and after an hour or so of playing with it I am pleased with this player. Bear in mind this is my first Hi resolution DAP experience and really anything that is considered better than an iPhone or iPod Classic. My expectations were a bit tempered given the price of entry and I was hopeful to have something that performs better than my apple products. I can definitely hear an improvement. My second goal was to avoid having to EQ the device which I feel is quite doable with my current IEMs. I have others on the way that I hope will perform even better. Back to the X3 II. The user interface is pretty simple and basic which is what I expected. Unfortunately my 55 year old eyes are not suited to viewing the small display without using reading glasses. Again, not really a surprise. Output levels are quite adequate with my IEMs but I have not yet tried with over ear headphones so I can't comment on that yet. I do find that the higher gain setting provides just a bit more weight to the sound although it's not really necessary with average IEMs. One reason I selected this player Vs other similarly priced DAPs was that I wanted physical buttons that allow me to advance tracks and adjust volume without having to look at the player. Mission accomplished!. In the age of touch screens this player is lagging in that regard but then that's why I chose it. The responsiveness of the user interface with over 8000 songs loaded is quite good. It took about 5 minutes to build the library with a fresh SD card loaded with the music. There are 2 minor gripes I have with the user interface. First is there is no search option or any way to advance quickly down your list of folders or artists. if you have a few hundred it can be a little frustrating having to wait until you get to Venus Hum or the Who. The second gripe has to do with limited support for playlists. You can build them on the fly but it appears to limit you to a predefined list of categories or list names. You can't name the playlist anything you want. If I've overlooked something in that regard I hope someone can point that out and direct me to a better solution. As far as I can tell there is no solution to create play lists on your computer and sync or load them onto the X3 II. Again maybe I'm wrong but I have not found a way yet. I'll close by saying that this is a great entry level Hi Rez music player. It feels solid and sounds great. Well worth the price.
Caddman
12
Aug 6, 2018
Cyberthingytry using the Hiby link to phone (bluetooth) .. larger screen / letters, and much better searching, including an alpha scroll bar on margin
Cyberthingy
289
Aug 7, 2018
CaddmanThanks Caddam. I did figure that out shortly after I posted. It is a workable solution. I am looking at MusicBee to see if that will help as well. I really do like the combination of my KZ ZSR earphones with this DAP. Maybe I’m just bragging about Choice hamburger when I have never tried a Prime Filet yet. I ordered the new Fiio FH5 and should have those in a about a week. I also ordered the Kinera IDUN IEMs and hope to have those in a a few weeks. Surely one or the other will provide an even better experience. Damn this hobby!
Caddman
12
Aug 7, 2018
CyberthingyI'm happy with the pairing with LZ A4's. Spinfit tips help too, I couldn't get good seals with the other tips I tried.
BigLen
0
Aug 7, 2018
CyberthingyDo you have the "Massdrop Made" version of this device? If so, does it have 2 SD lots? Thanks in advance
Cyberthingy
289
Aug 7, 2018
BigLenI ordered it from Massdrop but it is not a Massdrop exclusive item. It’s the same as you would find elsewhere. It only has 1 micro sd slot That supports up to 256GB cards.
AndySocial
0
Aug 26, 2018
CyberthingyHiby devices (and this uses Hiby's OS) have generally only supported external playlists via the folder browse interface. The 3.0 OS finally understands M3U in the category interface, but I'm guessing this device won't see that feature.
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