Fiio e10k equalizer apo not working full#

There is no point in me trying to prove to you that these two amplifiers sound like day and night to me, because I can't lend you my ears - nor to you nor to anyone else. My ears are still hurting from the harshness of that treble. As I increased the volume though, the sound was getting fuller and fuller to me, and so I thought it was just a matter of power - so I could just solve it by getting a more powerful amp.īut what I just heard disappointed me beyond belief. I was unsatisfied with it because it seemed to me like certain frequencies weren't finding their true potential. I just haven't had the chance to use these headphones often lately. I must've used it 5 times max, maybe even less. So that's a trivial semantic issue in my opinion.īy the way, the E10k is not a device that I was somehow accustomed to in any way. When I say 'outperforming', of course I mean 'in my estimation' - what else could I possibly mean? No audio equipment can outperform anything if there are no human ears around to listen to it. Or, you can keep using the same device you've been using if it makes music more enjoyable, thus letting go of so called 'purity' of sound. Though these things are probably either an issue with the headphones or the recording, not the amp or dac, that have very low contribution to the overall sound by themselves. You may want to consider applying some EQ to tame harsh sounding treble or boost missing low end. I think your options are as follows – you could except that the DX3 is more transparent and true to the original recording, and get used to the different sound. And differences in frequency response can be caused by many things. The difference is probably due to differences in the frequency spectrum that your mind interprets as soundstage or presence. Amps don't produce 'soundstage' or 'fullness', they just amplify voltage. Some people claim that higher distortion could sound 'richer'.Īmps can definitely sound different, but you need to understand what can be practically different between them. I haven't seen detailed measurements of the Fiio E10K so it's hard to say what could cause this. It could be a slight high frequency roll off the makes the sound less harsh, or maybe something to do with different output impedance that interact differently with the headphones, and could cause a slight bass boost.

It could be that you got used to some suboptimal aspect of the Fiio and when listening to a device that is closer to transparent, that thing is suddenly missing. Measurements and specs (and prices…) are one thing, and the subjective experience is another thing. 'Sound better to my ears' doesn't equal outperforming. It shouldn't be too hard to sell them on reddit or somewhere else. I think I will buy the 58x too and sell my 6xx. But now I think the second model might suit my taste a little better. But after just 15 minutes of tests the sound difference is way too obvious for me (and I do not take these things lightly - I can spend 1 and a half months trying to decide between two headphones, for example).Įnding with an off-topic, I think that my headphone choice was also wrong. I was sure that the DX3 would do everything the Fiio E10k did, and even better. I did not expect such a difference to occur at all. I'm still very much confused while I write this post. Should I try another Fiio product, like the A5 or Q1? What should I buy then? Schiit products are too expensive in my region - the atom is doable at around €150, but I'm scared of buying things out of amazon because I'd not be able to return them. But even if I set the DX3 to low gain, it is super super obvious to me that the sound is just different. So what should I do now? This is my first amp, and from my research I understood that amps could not sound different - they would only differ in how much power they'd give to the headphones. Furthermore, the soundstage seems much better with the Fiio E10k, while with the DX3, when I increase the volume, the soundstage doesn't expand much, it is as if just the treble is increasing, which gets incredibly annoying to my ears again, headache-causing kind of annoying.

Fiio e10k equalizer apo not working full#

With it, my 6xx sound way more full and present with the DX3, even if I set the volume at max (to headache-causing levels) the sound is super super flat and anemic. It is super-super obvious to me that the Fiio E10k sounds better to my ears. I don't think I did anything wrong, really.īut I tried them both for a bit and. But in the totally opposite way that I was expecting! I predicted that the comparison would've blown my mind.Īnd that it did. When I bought my DX3 Pro, I decided to not return my Fiio E10k to amazon immediately, so that I could compare the two against each other.