FiiO X1 (Gold) + HIFIMAN RE-400 Waterline

audiophile quality, easy too use

With the great built in DAC, the RCA output option and lossless format supported, this is an audiophile quality player. I hook it up to my Leben cs 300xs tube amplifier and it sounds great. I take it to work and use it every day. Highly recommended.

Great product

I purchased this to update to HD music capability that my two Sony walkman MP3 players didn't have. Fantastic build quality and performance in an affordable package. It drives my Sennheiser over the ear headphones to new heights and even in earbuds I can now hear subtleties that I didn't before. Good power and coupled with my Fiio Q1 it can drive anything from high impedance phones to greatly improving the sound from my stereo. I record everything in FLAC now and with a 128 GB card I can hold my entire library and then some. Can't imagine needing anything beyond this X1 to really enjoy good music!

FiiO X-1 Gold

Excellent sound. The X-1 can almost replace your CD collection if it fits on a 128GB card. I am 99% satisfied with the X-1. I enjoy excellent sound, and if I didn't know any better, I would have been perfectly satisfied, but I discovered the FiiO X-5 (original 1st issue). I use the X-1 hooked to Line Out through a real stereo. The 128GB card holds plenty of music to rock-out with, and that's exactly what I use it for. I run the units off of A/C so I can't attest to the battery performance, but, all tolled, these are excellent pieces of electronics, well built, user friendly (I know there are a lot of complaints about the UI (user interface) but I have it figured out and it does what I want. I like the user interface. I highly recommend the FiiO X-1. The FiiO X-5 (1st Issue) is my baby, though! I use WMA lossless.

Sound good but poor build quality (or I just got ones from a bad batch)

Nice and crisp. decent highs and mids. Bass is a little on the small side (the big ear things have the best bass but they fall out of my ears) . Not much of a soundstage but I don't have anything to compare it to.
There is a hole in the sheath of the wire and the inside wire is protruding out (they came like this), also the wires have come loose from the ear buds themselves. None of this effects the sound quality yet and I did buy the extended warranty thank goodness.

Great supplier

I love these headphones and they came in great conditino from Sonic Electonix