Fiio X3 2nd Gen - Pros & Cons

actually feels mature and solid
The casing is still metal
and looks and feels excellent
a low noise floor and good power control
the instruments and voices have very good extension
textures and details
cleaner and more accurate-sounding music
The sound is more natural and everything comes in a very fluid and smooth way
extremely energetic and fun as everything was impressive
the size is extremely nice for portable use
tonal accuracy of the instruments and voices is very good
The soundstage is well put together with very good depth and width
The instruments were natural
well extended and detailed
good holography and scenic presence
well it integrates with the rest of the frequencies
Imaging is very good and the presentation has a cohesion to it that adds
Polished Performer
It has good detail
extension and sparkle
The bass response is very good and well controlled leading to a clean sound throughout
warm sound for jazz and blues
is full with plenty of playback options and an easy to use interface
Bass is more prominent and well controlled
a good amp is really nice
FiiO s supportive updates and excellent customer support
powerful vocals and warm backing instruments
reasonable functionality and good sound quality at a
it is solid and it offers a good listening experience
Bluetooth connection is stable and reliable
The right and top sides are clean

The X3 is marginally thicker and weighs a little bit more
build quality and touch screen user interface
affects soundstage a bit and makes sound a little bit darker
only new generation reference will be used to indicate updated version
only serves to give you visual cues for navigation
The soundstage on X5 is a little taller
X3 Gen 2 comes only in titanium gray
severe hissing with the Legend R
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higher end DACs like these actually make MP3s sound worse than on the clip
Is it difficult to configure it to work with Windows
Nothing sells quite like naked raw nationalism on a product
ungainly looking old X3 candy bar version
X3 II is slightly noisy at times
interface suc left a lot to be desired
X3 II does suffer from some faults on the technical side
digital audio players were dying out due to multi-purpose smartphones
it s not an easy feature to use
X3 doesn t have any wireless capability
The DAC function does require a special driver for the PC
the track position information was lost
The scroll wheel is not a smooth operation
Track skip and volume are not aligned vertically
Fiio does not connect to iTunes
lags behind the now discontinued iPod Classic usability
all sound from the device is muted
powered on and is connected to the power adapter
value-price ratio is not extreme
incredibly slow start-up
the wheel is still difficult to use

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Fiio X3 2nd Gen - Full Specifications

Colour of product	Black Silver

Display	yes
Touchscreen	no

Supported audio files	FLAC MP3

Weight	4.76 oz

Memory card reader	yes
Memory capacity	128.0 GB

Bluetooth	no
USB	yes
Digital coaxial output (S/PDIF)	yes

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Fiio X3 2nd Gen Review of FiiO X3 2nd gen DAP w/lots of pics!!!

XDA Developers

Published: 20.03.2015

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The Gadgeteer

Published: 18.10.2015

FiiO X3-II (2nd Gen) portable high resolution lossless music player review - The Gadgeteer

A little over a year ago, I reviewed the Fiio X3 digital audio player (DAP). I liked the sound (still do) and its ability to play higher resolution files than

The Headphone List

Published: 08.04.2014

Fiio X3 24 bit/192K Digital Audio Player review | The Headphone List

The Fiio X3 portable audio player is a 24 bit, 192 KHz sample rate standalone media play with asynchronous DAC functionality with one of the best interfaces for an upscale media player. While the recent focus has been on Pono, the X3 can playback high-rez files now and is worth a look.