Re:Apple Stole My Music
by passivepinetree on Thursday May 05, 2016 @02:56PM
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I've actually toyed with the idea of getting one of these. Can you tell me a little more about it? IIRC the main thing holding me back was cost (~$200 for the player and ~$50 each for two 128gb MicroSD cards), but at some point in the relatively near future I'm going to outgrow the 160gb limit on the iPod classic and I may as well bite the bullet and shell out the ~$300.
Well, the usability is okay, menus' navigation is done with the wheel, while commands like Play\Pause, FF,RW etc are done with middle and rear buttons. The device came in with a plastic protection case.
Two outputs - headphones and Line out\COAX. Can be used as an external DAC with windows PC (maybe other devices too, never dug too into it).
The UI theme is customizable: http://fiio.me/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=40141&extra=page...
Firmware is updated pretty often even for older models.
PS: Oh, and it has Apple in-line headphone control. (Android in-line control works too, but only for Play\Pause\Next|Prev. No sound control.)
After I've switched to Apple and used Apple music for a couple of months I just bougth Fiio X3 II. Great thing for a good price.