No soldering skill needed. Just need to know how to plug / unplug opamp and buffer.

ClieOS ah.... the combination introduction pictures seem quite confusing

the style with pins and style with pcb means? does it means 1 need soldering and dont?

Sry, totally a newbie lol + care to elaborate on minor details like the dual and single channel op?

Again, no soldering is needed. Everything has been pre-soldered before arrival. All you need to do is swap them out.

Opamp comes in both dual or single channels version. Obviously you will need dual channels to get a stereo sound. So if you have single channel chip, they need to be mounted on a special adapter so two single chips can function together like a dual chip. This will have been pre-soldered on the right adapter on E12DIY so again, no need for you to do any work except to swap out whatever chip(s) you want.

If you have no experience at all, my suggestion is to read into the basic knowledge on opamp. If you are really afraid you are going to mess them up, then you need to rethink if E12DIY is the right choice or not. For the same price, there are excellent portable amps out there too.

This post has been edited by ClieOS: Aug 9 2013, 08:26 PM

thanks for the explanation. I have yet to commit myself but it seems fun to explore it as it offers so much possibility and u are here too

Anyone knows if it is better to get a Fiio E07K or the E17? Thank you

hi i wanna ask, i have a e10, i m using it as a usb digital source to feed into my DAC using the Coaxial output. does FIIO products has the same item but can support ASYN USB to COAX output? i look at the D3, it dont take usb Asyn. Oh not forgetting i need it to be 192Khz 24 Bit.

Anything to recond?

E17 is better, for both features as well as SQ.

As far as I know, there isn't any FiiO that has Asyn USB.

Thanks ClieOS

Good news for anyone who pre-ordered the E12DIY: It is official! FiiO has announced they have collected enough pre-order to give it a go.

My current setup is Ipod > E12 > MS2i. Wondering will there be much difference if i use the Fiio L11 line out before the E12. Btw, I placed deposit for the E12DIY just for the special edition sake. hehe

wow let me know if it sounds good

my current setup is C30 > E11 > ms2i

is it possible to use the fiio l9 with an old iphone 3gs?
so it would go like iphone->l9->e07k-> iems

Yes.

thanks ClieOS

Definitely

I just got the Fiio E17. Doesn't seem to make any noticeable difference to SQ paired with my T-Peos H-100. Does this also need some kind of burn-in or something?

Will I able to use USB OTG instead of the audio-out with my GS3 4.11?

This post has been edited by zamorin: Sep 3 2013, 11:12 AM

Me gonna be looking to audition how good it sounds when I'm back in KL.

Not really sure about the E17, my E12 definitely sounds better after a few charges.

GS3 will work with FiiO E07K and iBasso D-Zero on OTG.

This post has been edited by E1 - AKG: Sep 3 2013, 11:51 AM

E1 - AKG,
The E17 doesn't work with USB OTG?

it works on S4 but not S3, don't know why