šŸ”· Qudelix-5K

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For Qudelix 5K ownersā€¦ Do you ever experience a soft pop/click when you pause/stop your music? I do when using LZ A7, but not with Final Audio A4000. My guess is, the noise Iā€™m hearing is the amp shutting down to save power, and Iā€™m only hearing it on LZ A7, since they are a bit more efficient.

Iā€™m bring this up, because I wouldnā€™t expect to hear a pop/click on a product like this. As a comparison, I own a BTR5 and ES100 and donā€™t recall ever hearing this type of noise.

Also, if it helps, the Q-5K is brand new (got it yesterday). Other than the soft pop/click, the little guy works just find and sounds great out of both bluetooth and USB.

Thoughts? Is this something of concern where I should ask for a replacement, or just let it go?

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A question for iOS users with thisā€¦.

Any recommendations for a lightning cable, before I pick up the CCK one

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I donā€™t own the 5K, but Iā€™ve owned other similar devices with USB-C in (BTR5, XD-05 Plus) and I quite like the Lightning-to-USB-C cable that Woo Audio sells:

Not the cheapest in the world, but itā€™s good quality and the double-right-angle is very nice if youā€™re carrying two devices in your pocket.

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Hey guys, can you stream music FROM the 5K to headphones once connected as a USB DAC, or can you only RECEIVE music via bluetooth and output to headphones physically?

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Full streaming and audio in works on usb. The rates are somewhat limited but it is a killer setup. probably the best gaming setup for the price. you can dual connect it with your phone on bluetooth and it switches on the fly. my current setup uses it like this but take the headphone output and inputs it into and asgard 3.

killer.

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Is it just me or does this thing sound shockingly good for something so tiny?

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I agree it is even better than BTR5, and BTR5 MQA to my ears.

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Damn you tried out all of them?

I wish they added PEQ for the new BTR5 :slight_smile:

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YupšŸ˜‰, still the new ifi on the way.

I have tried also Shanling UP5, but I returned it cuz of QC problems.

I think they are going to add PEQ on the international version + 4.4mm I think, cuz the BTR5 MQA is actually only for Chinese market.

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The problem is that I can only get the chinese one :joy: International has insane VAT for me.

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Also they are going to release it for Chinese market as well

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Oh thatā€™s good to hear, I havenā€™t seen any infos about it, where did you hear from?

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From Fiio themselves on Taobao. The only reason they released an updated version cuz of the shortage for the old chips Sabreā€™s ES9219P.

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Cool! I would love to see a 4.4mm port on the new model, I donā€™t like 2.5mm cuz the jack is pretty vulnerable when I do gyms.

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I am the same. Hopefully the new portable Amp/Dac with BT from fiio comes with 4.4mm, and more power as well.

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I have a microphone on my IEM cable, but when making and receiving calls with the 5k it uses the microphone on the 5k. This is suboptimal, since the 5k is on my belt. Does anyone know if thereā€™s a way to turn off the mic on the 5k and prioritize the one on the cable?

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Are you using the 3.5mm or 2.5mm out?

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3.5mm output, SE

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Not an expert on this but I think youā€™ll need to use the 2.5mm TRRS to use the mic :man_shrugging:

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Not sure I understand. Right now it uses the mic with the 3.5 input. I want it not to use the mic, so I can use the one on my cable. Are you saying you need to use the 2.5 port to NOT use the mic?