I read that those expensive headphone amps have very low impedances so that it can have higher damping factor for supposely better sq. Googling around gave me some infos like ipod's output impedance to be 5ohm. I read that as general rule load impedance should be 10 times more than the source impedance so that the amp have better control of the drivers. What I can conclude is that other than amplifying the sound to suitable listening volume, the amp can provide lower output impedances to improve sound quality especially on lower impedance earphones/headphones, is this correct?

What's the impedance output of the Fiio E5? Does the impedance output of this amp affected by the input impedance(since E5 have preamp and opamp inside)?

i saw a booth selling fiio amps... at discovery week 1utama ( organized by mac city )

fiio e5 = RM99
fiio e1 = RM89

RM99 is so expensive~

easily RM60-70 from the internet if you dont mind the wait

well it's more expensive than lowyat... ^^ but juz letting lowyatians know the pricing before goin thr... ^^

1u was nvr a hypermart ... u pay premium 4 d atmosphere!

well... i saw AKG booth thr also... ^^

yup ... d FiiOs were on d AKG rack rite

well... yeah on the same rack...

but akg is really promoting the portable headphones ( K420 & 430 ) ^^ i tested them... i prefer K430's built over K420... but i liked K420's SQ over K430... ^^

another fiio user reported in ^^, cheap but powerful, waiting to get the line out dock from it to pair with my iphone

gd news sold d entire stk of E1 & barely any E5 left ovr d Christmas wkend @ d Mac + iPod DiscoveryWeek @ 1U! nxt shipment coming soon

Tested the E1 at LowYat, really good but the white color does not goes with my black headphones' cable, looks really bad. According to the sales person, there are no other colors available except white

Sale person isn't always the best source of info. The black version should hit the market later next month, according to FiiO manager, whom I talk to in weekly bases.

how about the E7?

E7 shipping date depends on how fast FiiO can receive the PCM2706 USB receiver chip from Texas Instruments. It is TI slow shipping that delays the production, FiiO actually already has everything else finished and ready to go full production. Now FiiO is trying to source from other distributor enough chip to launch a small initial batch, but PCM2706 isn't something electronic suppliers usually stock in big number. The current estimation is still some time b/w later January to early Feb.

waiting for this E7 actually.... guess i still have time to save some more for other things..

I'm E5 owner here. nice to meet you all guys.
here is my E5,

d E1 in black should b in both MacStudio in LYP & BSC by nxt wk

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Added on January 1, 2010, 2:30 amuse d E1 & u'll save d mess wif so many cables

This post has been edited by akgmalaysia: Jan 1 2010, 02:30 AM

custom ur lod to make it a lil bit short and u'll be fine.... so how does it sound?

Just got my E5 too, I'm using it's bass boost with my hippo shroom.

Finally, I can found some difference after I put Apple Lossless songs into my iPod. I don't know how to describe. When I plug with my 3.5mm line out cable, the E5 makes all the sound mix togather. But after I change to LOD cable, the sound become better when I play the lossless audio. However, the lossless audio are even worse than mp3 audio if I plug my E5 with a regular 3.5mm line out cable. Thats mean, the LOD cable did some improvement on lossless audio but not so much on mp3 audio.

Now even I can listen the higher sound quality music with my ipod. its ok, i will keep the lod cable at this length because the cable is order from UK. I can clip the E5 on my clothes.

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Added on January 3, 2010, 4:41 amthe cables are okay for me. Lod+E5 becomes more flexible because I will change to another head amp later.

This post has been edited by junclj: Jan 3 2010, 10:31 PM