Good to know!
ES100 is great piece of kit
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If you can get ES100 for 50$, thatās a good choice. Apple USB-C dongle is also excellent and it costs only
~10$ if you donāt need it to be portable. That way you can save up for better gear.
It will also drive IEMās without any problem, it drives my Excalibur, Tri i3, FH3ā¦ to painful levels.
A little late into the hearing test. I could hear from 17k plus, age 21-22 for both side of my ears using Tin Hifi P1. My real age is 29. I guess that explains why Iām sensitive to treble. Took me a real long time plus eq and pad change to enjoy DT1990.
What about btr5? Do you think the qudelix is better?
For sound quality, Qudelix 5k,
anything else, BTR 5
I have a BTR 5 and think itās marvelous. Battery power makes it dead quiet and highly detailed music emerges from a dark black backround. You can use balanced (2.5) and single ended (3.5) Small highly portable. I have not heard the other device but this I solid. It recharges in an hour so little downtime.
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oh,
I also have the BTR5,
maybe itās just on my phone,
but you can improve the sound with this setting,
the default setting is not so good,
The BTR5 also doesnāt sound amazing out of the single-ended output and Iām totd the Qudelix does better in that regard, so if youāre using 3.5mm, that might also be a consideration.
The app control for the Fiio could be a lot better.
App/Control/Customization ES100 is great
Sound\Power\Build quality Fiio is really hard to beat.
I havenāt tried the Qudelix though.
Agreed,
the BTR5 are a better device & the Qudelix have a better sound, there is always be a compromise somewhere,
If you want an āENDGAMEā bluetooth/wireless:
Hiby R2 + Honey H1 or Luxury & Precision W2
though it not really that practical anymore
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I donāt have experience with BTR5 but I found this comparison when I was buying and deciding which to get.
Thereās also review on reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/headphones/comments/ieqxxb/qudelix_5k_review_and_comparison_to_es100_btr5/
Reason why I bought Qudelix is because it has decent support and FW updates are pretty regular and theyāre also adding new features to the application.
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I honestly have an Apple 12 and it sounds great. I have no idea but I would imagine that work.
I think its like that on all android phones. You need to toggle the LDAC option in developer mode and also the quality option as you have displayed.
To get the best use it wired
Thanks for the link!
Btr5 doesnāt have separate buttons for volume and track change => no go for me
Q5k can use the build-in mic of my iems => great! Thatās the only feature missing on the es100
But all that was just out of curiosity: my es100 works like a charm. I mainly use it as am auto-powered DAC on my tablet with uapp. I think the other singles wonāt bring enough improvements to justify a replacement in my case.
A side note about balanced output: it really does improve the sound with my headphones (hd6xx and he400i 2020), but I didnāt notice any change with my iems (aria, bl-03, ks1)
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I wonder if I should update my post. Iām lazy thoughā¦
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Due to a Shanling M3X showing up at a good price, I considered whether a separate player would allow for a distraction-free device for just music and ebooks, would have charge if my phone dies, and would mean I no longer have to care about capacity on my phone. I could downgrade from my 128gb Pixel 4a to a Pixel 3a XL (basically the same camera, I only didnāt settle on the 3a series because of the 64gb not working for my music collection).
Ideologically thatās all lovely, but I might end up hating having a second separate brick. If so I bought at a good price to resell without much/any loss, and then I might give the Qudelix 5K a go.
I have great memories of the ES100 but the person I was going to buy it from actually stopped me when they heard what I was considering and said Iād be better off with the Q 5K. I can see advantages to the battery life, especially in a new unit, if I plan to use balanced output. Apparently their app is even better than the ES100 app, which is pretty amazing to hear but I keep hearing it!
Plastic shell is always a plus for BT connectivity.
The M3X will get here when it does, and then Iāll see. Definitely into the zen of a ālistening deviceā if I can swing it, Iām crazy addicted to hopping between classifieds/reviews/forums when I should be listening.
Trying to track down the cheapest 128gb MicroSD I can that is likely to be genuine. Looking at Samsung models because I can always test if theyāre genuine in their small downloadable app. Currently found one that is about $18 shipped with good advertised speeds. whoops already checked out with that one. Hope thatās a good price.
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Iād love to see the update but I know what you meanā¦ 
Can you write TLDR?
After i got my m3x, my btr5 got to ocasional usage only. Hope you like m3x as much as i do. This thing lasts for hours and powers everything i throw at him without sweating much.
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