Glad to hear that. Looks like I don't have to worry about hangs if I ever use up all@most of my 16GB.

I was just the 2nd posts above you, you shouldn't miss me.

Anyway, it's not a good combo. It's a GREAT combo.
However, in the end, it's up to you. I say it's great and so do a couple of 668B users that have the C30/Gumstick, but that doesn't guarantee that you'll like it..

Haven't listened to or even hold a piiq marqii; I can only give some advice based on reviews@looks. Here some points on what it might be if you move to 668B.
- You'll probably feel less comfortable.
- There will be less bass. 668B is a monitoring headphone after all.
- You'll hear more treble, and it'll probably be too bright for those who aren't used to it.
- Other than that, I expect the 668B to be better than piiq marqii.

@wiebie26
Haven't tried 669, but Hitman66 have. Here's his impression on HD669. Comparison against 668B is included in the review.

After reading the review, you might feel a little bothered with the “death clamp”. Worry not, it's fixable with a little headband stretching @ put in on PC casing or something.

p/s: Bro trio recently said 669 is what he's using nowadays, hinting it's better than his previously used 668B. You can try PM him @ ask at Superlux fan club thread; but he's quite busy these days. Might take him some time to reply.

Ur welcome. Good luck with your headphone hunting!

@nordingh Sorry to hear that.. Never happened to me before. IINM you're the first to report this problem. Maybe a firmware flash could help, but I don't really know whether it helps or not.

I forgot to share about my firmware change tests. Here's my very short story on it.

Regarding long microSD initialize time, here's a quote from mp4nation: Nationite N2 - tips, tricks and how to use


Since N2 is basically the same player, I guess new users can read this to help discover some things.

p/s: About the FLAC, I was told highly compressed FLACs don't work well with C30. My FLACs are all at level 5, no problem so far.

I can, but only if I use a *power only jack from usb cable to laptop usb or to wall charger.

It will go to the charge screen when charging, but it will go back to normal screen if you press any button.

*You know the USB Y-Cable commonly used for external hdd? I use that one, and I plugged in the power only jack to power source. The data+power jack is left unused.

p/s: I tried with a regular usb cable. It will turn on instantly after connection, but the battery bar doesn't move, so I assume it isn't charging.

@nordingh
Good to know your problem is solved.

About the FLAC compression level, after some reading yesterday, AFAIK there's no checking it, and only some converters add the info on compression level to the file's tag.. Already forgot which converter that does that.

I wouldn't say it's normal. Mine would retain most of its charge even when it's left unused for a couple of days.

I never faced that problem myself, so I don't have any suggestion.. Try nordingh's method.. you can go to the previous page(page 17, starting from this post) for details I guess.

Care to list the methods that you've tried? ...But format is the only method I can suggest btw.

Anyway, where did you get your C30? If bro Slevin

If bro beederbest or others I dunno..

Nationite N2 Firmware restore guide. (N2 = C30. More or less.)

IIRC, a user suggested to go to *windows disk management, find the player there and format it b4 flashing the firmware.

*or was it to use 3rd party disk manager like Easeus? I can't remember it well, but it's something like that..

Used bass boost on the 5800?

Tried BBE user set to increase bass? Or basic EQ user set?

@noobandroid: Any pictures there? Would love to see naked C30.

Ah... This goes waaaay back. Some users and I experienced that when we used quite a lot of the internal memory. IIRC, if I go 3GB or more, my C30 hangs quite often when shutting down.

Verdict: I ditched the internal memory and bought a 16GB microSD.

CLASS 10.

The brand is DNA, but so far it works just as well as other more famous brands. The good thing is, it's cheap.

Looks like I coincidentally stopped using the internal when my C30 has 'stabilized'.

Maybe I'll use the internal again, though maybe not anytime soon. File transfer w/ my microSD+card reader is faster than through C30, cuz using C30 as the reader won't make use of Class 10's speed.

True, but what I meant was the speed for file transfer i.e. from PC to microSD and vice versa.

Also, I went for DNA C10 b'cuz the price was nearly the same as 'branded' C4. Could have get myself a DNA C4, but failed to resist the temptation, I've.

Guide to update firmware.

Software does that to me too when I did .020 to .021. I looked at C30's Settings -> Storage Info to check my 'real' firmware ver.

.022 didn't work well for me. External Media Initialization took forever. Flashing back to .020....

@aserap
For older firmwares, look for them at http://www.51cube.com/tools.asp

p/s: .023 just released @ 17/10

Keep in mind that I'm one of those who agrees that a new C30 tends to hang.

I was just answering this:

.020 works best for my unit.

@KuzumiTaiga
My condolence bro. Accidents like that isn't covered by warranty. It's somewhat surprising that a butt can destroy it though. I've accidentally thrown mine a couple of metres away for 2 times and there's barely a scratch.

p/s: Me in my SPM times, I can hardly fork out RM150 to buy a DAP. (Didn't even have one)