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Hey, it's me again. I'm considering selling my K3, because my two headphones, Custom One Pro and X2HR are indeed "easy to drive". So I dont think I need an amp, and a dac won't make much difference for me from an onboard soundscard (Ill be upgrading my pc, so maybe using alc 892 /1220 from msi.)Correct.
Hi Amirm I'm google translator and I apologize for my English. I bought a fiio k3 yesterday but I have a doubt. Does the bass boost not work line out instead of the boost gain yes is normal? Instead they are all about headphone output. Can you test also please with headphones only? I've tried everything but bass boost line out doesn't work.Correct.
Hi and thanks for the review! I have one question. I am about to buy a DT770 pro. Do you think the FiiO K3 will be good or should I go for a FiiO K5 alongside my mother board's dac? I have a Realtek codec S1220A on an Asus rog strix Z390. Half people say it's more than a decent dac and an amp is all I need, the rest say it's no good and in the end I don't know where to spend some hard earned money...
K3 is not worth buying. It will work with IEMs.hii great and very detailed review..im newbie also i dont quite understand about components inside dac/amp or electricity but im planning to get fiio k3 for my pc, mostly im using an iem for listening music and i have several iem and custom iem which using multiple driver balanced armature..will k3 suitable for low impedance / balanced armature iem?? i read in some forum (I can't remember which forum is , maybe from reddit) that's the iem especially use BA driver wil blow up if connected to desktop dac/amp , im not sure my iem/ciem have sensitive driver.. from what i know they use some BA from sonion (3000 series) . i dont mind if its not sound good as long as doesn't harm my iem/ciem collection im okay with it, i want to hear your opinion..
thanks in advance
crackling sound when output through optical toslink.
the anemic 2 volt output of the Fiio K3 becomes a limit for high-impedance headphones. Likewise there is not enough current for low impedance headphones to drive them well.
So it can't drive high impedance headphones well, and it can't drive low impedance headphones well either?
I have ath-m40x and m50x are similar. On innerfidelity's measurements of the m50x it states;
Volts RMS required to reach 90dB SPL: 0.042 Vrms
Impedance @ 1kHz: 37 Ohms
Power Needed for 90d BSPL 0.05 mW
I'm uneducated on audio technical stuff so If it's 1.9 vrms and 120mw into 32 ohms why can't it drive low impedance cans well?
My m40x through the headphone jack of the K3 connected to my laptop via usb starts getting uncomfortably loud past the 1 O'clock point on the volume pot in low gain. It's obviously not a powerhouse but surely has plenty enough power to drive low impedance cans.
The new Fiio K3S looks pretty good to me. It's just a bit lacking in power, but HD600/HD650 etc should be fine.Would this be an ok dac/amp for a beginner? And when one wants to up his game, could this be used just as a DAC (meaning, is the dac good enough?) and connect this to a better amp? Or would it be better to just get a better dac/amp like Fiio K5 or Topping DX3 Pro+ ?