Having a lot of trouble deciding between these 2 DAPs.
Prices in my country:
Fiio X3 MKIII - $173
Fiio M7 - $210
I have a pair of VSONIC GR07 37th Anniversary Edition IEMs and Sennheiser Momentum 2.0 headphones(these are my travel headphones... I have a dedicated DAC+AMP config for my other headphones at home) that are driven by my Huawei Honor View 10 right now.
Now Huawei is known for not having the best internal DAC/AMP configurations, so I'd prefer a separate solution for my travel IEMs/headphones.
I also did some research and some reviews say that the M7 sounds better and others prefer the X3.
Initially I was set to buy the M7 because of the extra features, better battery life and so on.... it seemed the perfect choice. The only thing that stops me from getting the M7 is the output power... only 40mW@32 ohms is really low compared to the X3 which gives 160mW@32 ohms.
So this is where I'm stuck right now. I know that the M7 will provide plenty of power for the momentum and vsonic pairs, but IEM upgrades may come in the future ($350-$400 would be the max budget).... so I'm not really sure if the Amplifier integrated in the Sabre 9018Q2C SoC of the M7 will be enough.
This is my first post here!
Thank you all for the help!
Happy Holidays!
Prices in my country:
Fiio X3 MKIII - $173
Fiio M7 - $210
I have a pair of VSONIC GR07 37th Anniversary Edition IEMs and Sennheiser Momentum 2.0 headphones(these are my travel headphones... I have a dedicated DAC+AMP config for my other headphones at home) that are driven by my Huawei Honor View 10 right now.
Now Huawei is known for not having the best internal DAC/AMP configurations, so I'd prefer a separate solution for my travel IEMs/headphones.
I also did some research and some reviews say that the M7 sounds better and others prefer the X3.
Initially I was set to buy the M7 because of the extra features, better battery life and so on.... it seemed the perfect choice. The only thing that stops me from getting the M7 is the output power... only 40mW@32 ohms is really low compared to the X3 which gives 160mW@32 ohms.
So this is where I'm stuck right now. I know that the M7 will provide plenty of power for the momentum and vsonic pairs, but IEM upgrades may come in the future ($350-$400 would be the max budget).... so I'm not really sure if the Amplifier integrated in the Sabre 9018Q2C SoC of the M7 will be enough.
This is my first post here!
Thank you all for the help!
Happy Holidays!
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