Thanks for the suggestion! It is now in my to-try list

You won't hear a significant difference from your iPhone to the X1 with your current gear. If your music are mostly flac and you are planning to dive into 24 bit stuffs then X1 would be a logical choice, if not stick with your iPhone and upgrade your IEM/headphone.

Planing to get a high resolution music player. Any comment about sony a15 and fiio x3 ll? What is the price for x3?

This post has been edited by ve@sl: Jun 22 2015, 02:11 AM

how high you willing to go? maybe ibasso dx50? dx90? dx90? AK JR? Cayin? AK380?

maximum rm800. Any good model to recommend?

What IEMs/headphones are you using?

Now i using Final Audio Design Adagio III. Not the high res earphone.

it's okay if not too taxing, fiio series should do the trick

If you are looking for an upgrade in sound I would sell the Adagio and top up with your RM800 budget to get a better IEM.
If you are happy with your Adagio sound and just want a dedicated music player for convenience, i think FiiO X1 is enough though.

Is it worth upgrading to an x1 from an LG g4? Currently use the UE900.

dedicated player is always better

This is not an audiophile recommendation request, but ais there a good budget mobile phone with loud and reasonably good speaker? With usb charging and 3.5mm earphone jack.

don't want to buy dedicated dap, too expensive, many comes without speaker.

something i can sue as second phone and mp3 player.

hi guys,

Until last month, i have a cowon c2 that i use with vsonic vsd1. Unfortunately, i lost it somehow (still got the vsd1 though) . I figure that was probably the universe telling me to upgrade. With rm800 budget which is better:

1) fiio x3ii
2) fiio x1 + decent iem
3) other ideas?

I mainly listen to movie and anime soundtrack, linkin park, tristam, christina perri.. ect
Ideas or advice are much appreciated!

Fiio x3ii seems to be the champion of budget dap nowadays according to many reviews so probably youll get something pleasing out of it.

I was into smartphone as source until I hit a wall trying to couple it with something twice the price. Having a dedicated dap actually save the phones battery and storage for something more important. More you could save budget for a dedicated amp, depending on what 'speaker' youre using.

Personally I dont fancy anything that came out of smartphone speaker and couldnt help but thinking wanting to kill the person who play songs out of it if im picking up the sound, mainly because of how the sound is (too loud, distorted, cramped, pinched and so on) and second probably your music taste is enough to summon the Hyde inside.

I already got a phone that I'm not going to use as dap. This is a second phone that is used to call one number and occasional mp3 player for audiobook. So a good loudspeaker is a must.

A dedicated dap is good for music but usually exasperating for navigating audiobook. Especially when you have lots of book with lots of chapter and long title.

Dap is overkill for my usage. And I don't really fancy headphones anymore. There are not many good Dap with good intuitive interface with good price that have built in speaker.

then you are posting / asking in the wrong forum

FiiO X1 > Dunu Titan 1

Okay. You mentioned ui then yes probably the expensive ones do have better ui but I think nothing can beat a 5" dedicated screen of android or the same, navigation and cost wise. Yep, theres no dap here can satisfy your requirement but for smartphone, you might want to look for something that has front speaker like htc. Good luck.