The Fiio X3 Portable Music Player is a pocket-sized audio player with a built-in WOLFSON WM8740 DAC chip and an AD8397 amplifier chip that supports up to 300mA output and warm A-class amplifier quality. The player supports five lossless audio formats including APE, FLAC, ALAC, WMA and WAV. Plus, it also features master copy class audio playback.

After years of research and development, today FiiO is pleased to announce a hi-definition portable player that supports all five major lossless audio codecs at up to 192k/24b master tape quality, allowing those who love music and love it in high fidelity to find the sound they have been missing at long last.

The X3 supports all 5 major lossless music formats: APE, FLAC, ALAC, WMA, WAV,DSD. Added support for HE-AAC, MP3 CUE and 32bit/64bit/floating point music tracks. This makes its format compatibility the most complete among hi-end portable music players. With the X3, music lovers worldwide need not worry about music format compatibility or format conversions anymore. Even Apple’s proprietary ALAC lossless codec is decoded flawlessly on the X3.

Unlike other consumer music players and smartphones,the X3 does not use the DAC function of its main controller SoC; instead, for the best sound effect, it adopts the professional WM8740 DAC chip, designed by Wolfson Microelectronics plc of England. This is the same DAC used in the Rega Saturn (top-end CD player), the Sony PHA-1 (amp & DAC) and the iRiver AK100 (HiFi player). Apart from excellent objective performance, its subjective sound quality is also widely approved by industry reviewers and consumers alike.

Just like its DAC chip, rather than using the integrated amplifier of its main controller SoC, the X3 adopts the AD8397 as its separate amplifier chip. This is a high current op-amp capable of outputting 300mA into 16Ω headphones. Moreover, thanks to its high bias current, the AD8397’s output sound quality closely-resembles Class-A amplifiers, with warm timbre and dynamic bass.

Many other players provide sound equalization or bass and trebleadjustment function using DSP technology. Though DSP EQ can target narrow frequency bands, this comes at the cost of noticeable phase distortion. After processing by the EQ software, the sound is no longer natural. The X3 implements bass and treble controls using dedicated analogue hardware circuits.The result is natural and effortless tone adjustments that do not sound “processed”.

Features:

• Supports master tape quality at 192kHz/24bit to bring you unprecedented high-resolution music enjoyment.
• Supports Five Lossless Audio Formats
• Music Formats Supported - DSD, APE, FLAC, ALAC, WAV, WMA, ACC, OGG, MP3 & MP2
• Song playing - Supports playing by folder, album, artist, genre, or playing all music in one list
• Playback Memory - Can automatically start playing the same song from before device was switched off or even continue from the previous track position
• Data transmission - USB 2.0 high speed,. reading/writing speed about 4.5MBps
• WOLFSON WM8740 192kHz/24-bit DAC Chip
• High Current AD8397 Amplifier Chip
• Internal 8GB Flash Memory
• MicroSD Memory Expansion up to 128GB
• Circuit Hardware Bass & Treble Adjusting
• Digital & Analog Audio Output Options
• 2.4" TFT Color Display
• Built-In Battery Lasts up to 10 Hours

Specifications:

• Headphone Impedance Range: 16 - 300 ohms
• Digital Volume Control: 60 levels
• Bass Boost: ±10 dB (center frequency is 100 Hz)
• Treble Boost: ±10 dB (center frequency is 10 kHz)
• Dynamic Range: >103 dB
• Line Output Level: >1.7 Vrms
• Frequency Response: 10 Hz - 20 kHz ± 0.2 (line out) / 10 Hz - 20 kHz ± 0.2 (headphone out)
• THD & Noise: <0.004% at 1 kHz (line out) / <0.005% at 1 kHz (headphone out)
• Signal to Noise Ratio: <108 dB A-weight (line out) / <105 dB (headphone out)
• Output Impedance: <0.3 ohms
• Charging Time: USB (PC): 8 hours / USB (1.5 A): 3 hours
• Dimensions (HxWxD): 109 x 55 x 16mm
• Weight: 4.3 oz (122g)

Package Contents:

• FiiO X3 Portable Audio Player
• Silicone Case
• 3.5mm to RCA Coaxial Cable
• 2 Protective film (1 is already attached onscreen when leaving factory)
• 1m Custom made high-current capable Micro USB data and charging cable
• Owner's Manual