as we all know most good quality soundingheadphones (if not all) need to be burned in for the best quality sound and i have heard that to burn in headphones it can range from 20-100 hours! some youtuber said he burned them in for about 30 hours of high volume (about 80%) for 20 hours and...

Yo bros, I got my Sennheiser 600 for about 1 yr and 4 months now with the Fiio e17+e9 am/dac.  I am very satisfied with it but I wanna get some new headphones, preferably closed headphones this time instead of open ones and under $500.  Is AKG550 a good choice or are there better headphones for...

Hi so a friend of mine recently got some new HD 800. So he gave the Q701 headphones to me for free!!! I think I'll get the fiio E17 to charge the Q701. So I was just wondering what genres of music would show the true potential of the Q701s?

I have had etymotic hf5's for over a year and I'm currently selling my HD650's due to lack of use and wanted to upgrade my It's as mines are on their last legs. I have a fiio E17 from my HD650's that I'll be keeping. I was wanting a good upgrade and was happy to spend up to £300 for something...

Something for the gym and in bed listening. Don't wanna spend more than $50 if I don't really need to. Source will be an iPhone 5 at the gym or amping through a pa2v2 or E17 in bed. Currently using Apple Earpods and they aren't good obviously.

recetly i bought one maxell dba 700 to use with my iphone. i´m really surprised with the sound. after a listening session with the iphone i used this iem with my laptop and foobar. big surprise. of course i know that is not a great sound but is a good sound for less Money. for this reason i...

I recently bought Fiio E17 as a value Amp/Dac combo but when i used it i realized that it was not in my taste. I dont mean that its a bad Dac but my 598s lost the entire airiness they had which i was loving though....so i am looking to Buy a New One I mostly listen songs from Calvin Harris...

Hi,   I am always looking into getting better sound quality. But i am a starter so not sure how to i go ahead to choose a headphone, how to look at the specification when choosing.   As i do not want to pay a lot of money to buy the most expensive headphone(sometime expensive does not...

I wonder if i watch a Movie which suddenly has a loud bang noise ( crash,shot,explosion) can it break my Headphones ?   Here are a couple of examples form " No country for old man".   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9guyPNZglE     1:38   Explosion  ...

Dear All,   I have just bought a 650 HD, for a relatively good price in a store, but they were in exhibition (so burn in should be ready, they have been there for four months). They look good, no visible damages, sound is ok, cable is fine, no visible cracks, so I am happy (by now).   It...

I want a different pair other than the M50s to watch movies at work. I'll be using either the Fiio E10 or E17. 

Hey, so it's been a couple years since I last posted. I bought a pair of AKG Anniversary Headphones from another member on here, and it was my first pair of non-gaming headphones, that I kept.   I had previously purchased and returned a V-Moda M100. The sound was great (I thought), but the...

Greetings!   I'm new to the audiophile world. I've spent time trying to grasp as much of the charts and concepts as I could, Impedance, Ohms, and so forth. I come to this community now with a scenario of what should I do. I will tell you what I have on the way as far as shipping, and ask your...

Hello HeadFi, this is my first post.    I recently got a Fiio E17 Alpen and have been massively enjoying the improvement over my stock headphone input. I have a pretty decenly sized collection of records and I have a lot of album exclusively on vinyl. I know my dad has been talking about...

So which one sounds better paired with a laptop with both dac and amp engaged? I dont know which one to get. My main concern is the sound quality. I will use the ath-m50s with it. Please help!

If you have had an amp from them you know they have decent sound quality at a good price. But if you look harder at the solders in the devices(E11 E17) you will see they are cold solders. Meaning that over time under cold/heat/vibrations they will wear out and have to be touched up. If you are...

Hello, Can you suggest, will getting Fatal1ty increase the sound performance over Realtek when using SPDIF to my Fiio E09K+E17 Combo?

Hey guys I have a question regarding compatibility.   I own a pair of ath-m50, Harman kardon ae in-ear headphones, and I'm planning on ordering a fiio e17 amp. ( also where's the lowest price to buy these?)   The only source I can get music from is an iphone 5, or my laptop. Will anything...

Hello everyone,   As the title says i am looking for a Portable Amp/DAC   Nothing too costly i would like to keep it under $100   Here is what i've been looking at considering:   Fiio E11 Kilimanjaro   Fiio E07K Andes    and Fiio E17   I already have my headphones picked out and...

Hey guys, I bought myself a pair of B&W P5's as I was tired of owning poor headphones. At the time however I did not realise that a good pair of  cans was only a start to achieving amazing sound quality. Since then I have started updating my library to Lossless Format, and I am now thinking...

I have the E17 and I'm on max volume settings (12gain, 60volume) and I want more volume. Would getting the E09K and using it's volume controls over the E17 produce higher volume than the E17's max volume?

hi all.,    i have the e17 and use on my laptop , worked fine till today , when i press input till it reaches usb a lock sign flashes ???    any ideas ?  cheers

So I've been using the e17 for about two years now and I really love it, but I've recently started listening to more bass-oriented music and occasionally even the +10 bass setting isn't enough especially if I'm using my GR07's.  I'm just wondering if anyone has done a comparison between these...

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Hello. Can someone tell me how far I have to turn the volume notch in the E09K to match the same volume that of 12gain 60volume in the E17?