Thousand Yuan Killing Unit Feiao X3 Third Generation Experience Evaluation

For the vast majority of users, the "portable music player" has long died. Listening to songs on a mobile phone is like eating in a bowl, so natural. But this is only for mass consumer users. For relatively niche music enthusiasts, the slogan "MP3 Undead" lasts as long as "Rock Undead. The rise of smart phones has not completely killed MP3, a digital category. MP3 has completed the high-end industry in this process. Now the target group of MP3 products is "fever users who have more pursuit of music".

in 2013, Feiao introduced its first lossless MP3 device, Feiao X3. Although Feiao X3 was not a hit at the time, it also caused quite a stir in the circle. Now Feiao has become a well-known domestic MP3 brand in the domestic music fever circle. As the first cost-effective series product X3, it has also been updated to the third generation. Feiao X3 is also the leading role in this evaluation.

appearance

Feiao X3 3rd generation inner layer adopts black and gold color matching, only brand logo, which is relatively simple.

accessories are relatively rich. In addition to basic instructions and data cables, Feiao is also equipped with two completely different protective covers, a clear water cover and a leather cover. In addition, two screen protectors and a 3.5mm coaxial adapter wire are attached.

Feiao X3 adopts a black front panel with an obvious touch panel on the panel. The operation of selecting up and down selection can be realized by rotating on the disc touch panel. There are a total of five physical keys on the panel.

Feiao X3 III is not large, 2.31 inches 320*240, which meets the standard of this positioning product.

Feiao X3 series has adopted the "front panel turntable key" design since its first generation, and this design has been in use today.

Feiao X3 has two colors of black and red, and we got the latter.

fuselage is divided into two sections, with only brand logo and related product information on the back, and Hi-Res small gold logo.

Feiao X3 does not have internal storage space. You need to configure a TF card. On the left side of the body are the most frequently used keys such as power key, volume key, play/pause, etc.

, as a member of Feiao's "balance army", Feiao X3 III is equipped with a 2.5mm balance port in addition to the standard 3.5mm earphone interface. There is also a microUSB interface at the bottom for data transmission and charging.

audio configuration, the third generation of Feiao X3 used two Texas Instruments PCM5242 as DAC,OPA2140 and OPA1622 as LPF and operation.

experience

system interface, Feiao X3 has adopted a relatively pure MP3 player interface without too many fancy functions. A simple summary is a "music player that can play music".

at the beginning, when we learned that the third generation of Feiao X3 adopted Shuangdeyi PCM5242 as DAC, we had certain doubts about its voice. Although the first two generations adopted the higher-end CS4398, the sound is only average, and can this lower-positioned PCM5242 really be used on the third generation?

Although the overall outstanding performance of the three generations of Feiao X3 is the result of the combined action of PCM5242, OPA2140 and OPA1622, even PCM5242 can make such a sound (what kind of sound is it?), do not sigh, in the end is Feiao redefining the PCM5242, or PCM5242 under the influence of OPA2140 and OPA1622 to re-recognize themselves?

Because there is no well-balanced headset on hand, and in order to prevent the output end (headset) from becoming the shortest board in the barrel effect during the test, we adopted Shure SE846, a product with a high public rating, for evaluation.

low frequency: The low frequency part is not only the strength of 846, but also the strength of Feiao X3. In the test, we chose Hello Espcially and Rapture

"," Talking ", and recently Yin Yang's" Sakura Ninja Tie "as test tracks. The author found that whether it is the "Hello Espcially" of the cure bass system or the "Sakura Ninja Tie" of the bass rock, the three generations of Feiao X3 can do their best. "Hello Espcially" shows crisp short, flat, fast and low frequencies, while "Cherry Blossom Endure Fa Tie" is explosive low frequencies,, especially this explosive low-frequency, pays great attention to diving and low-frequency potential energy. The explosion of low-frequency requires a process of gaining momentum. This process largely determines the quality of the final sound, which is also what everyone enjoys most.Feiao X3 has a deep dive and a large feeling, which is very suitable for the low frequency of blasting ear type, and also very suitable for 846. The common 1000-yuan national brick is to gain momentum first and explode directly after gaining momentum. One difference here in the third generation of Feiao X3 is that it has an additional process of cohesion, first gaining momentum, then condensing, and finally erupting. This makes the whole sound feel powerful. This low frequency of three-stage coherence (gaining momentum-cohesion-explosion) rarely appears on 1000-yuan national brick. I have heard the same feeling on Sony black brick, but the expressiveness is more exaggerated.

intermediate frequency: In order to cater to the taste of the public, the author chose Jay Chou and Chen Yixun's tracks for relevant tests. The reason why there is no female voice is that in the low-frequency part of the author's ACG repertoire, we have heard the female voice performance of the third generation of Feiao X3. Female voice is not the strong point of the third generation of Feiao X3. The performance is mediocre and the shortcomings are not clear. Therefore, we directly use male voice to explain the intermediate frequency part. We all know that Jay Chou's voice is the freshness of small fresh meat, while Eason Chan brings the vicissitudes of life of some old men. Friends who have read the author's article should know that the author generally talks about the vicissitudes of life and does not talk about freshness, because few MP3 players have both feelings at the same time, but the third generation of Feiao X3 can say so. Just like the low frequency part, X3 three generations can express their strengths. In the medium frequency part, the feeling of freshness is fresh. The feeling of vicissitudes is the vicissitudes of old men. The boundaries are obviously divided. This is my favorite point of Feiao X3 three generations. In the conventional part, the density of human voice performance will not be too high and the taste is not heavy, which belongs to the normal trend of popular human voice.

high frequency: Just now we talked about low frequency, intermediate frequency and Feiao X3. The performance of the third generation is quite good. It may also be because the performance of the medium and low frequency is too eye-catching, which shows that its high frequency is not so prominent and requires more detailed taste to hear it. Here we say more detailed taste, not only the good part of Feiao X3 generation, but also the bad part. You need to listen carefully to recognize its high-frequency extension, which means you also need to listen more carefully to hear overtones. Therefore, this neglected high frequency has the advantages and disadvantages that you cannot hear.

Although the official selling point of the third generation of Feiao X3 is "universal balance port", if you look closely, you will find that users with better balance port wires with good headphones are not the target group of the third generation of Feiao X3. But fortunately, when the author uses the conventional 3.5mm earphone, Feiao X3 can also output very good sound, and it is also in line with the taste of the public, and the cost performance is still outstanding. When users consider the third generation of Feiao X3, they actually don't need to think too much about the problem of balancing headphones. They can regard the "balancing mouth" as a bonus function, because the more conventional and popular 3.5mm mouth can also make the sound you like.

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