Hardware: COWON J3, KHV LP G93, cable: Original Philips 3.5 to 6.3 jack, setting: linear everything
Software:
everything FLAC ...
Dire Straits: Brother in Arms, SACD ripped to FLAC
Ride Across the River: The flute at the start is a bit reluctant, the percussion is clearly a locatable, no veil. Very clear and "high"
The bass is deep application, very centrally and in the head ... the voice of MK is a bit reluctant, slightly reverberant, and stays that way (unlike the 7000 and 7100)
The basses are as desired by producers, deep and end all very precise.
The crickets chirping at the end very much alive in competition, as on a beautiful summer evening in Crete, that sounds like in nature.
Brother in Arms
The storm comes very deep and then deeper, without "dub" music to the guitar ... something in the background (in 7000 more in the foreground!) ... The vocal use not quite as intimate and personal as in 7000, but more beautiful than the 7100th
The first pool is slightly busy, then the cloth seems pulled ... the voice is easily assigned, reserved, but not as strong as the 7100th
Friedemann Witecka.
FLAC of the SACD "The Beauty and Mystery of Touch"
Aquamarine: the first "Pling" completely clean and surprisingly very convincing in the room, the use of the drums, the bass use well, the wind has little use, but clean in the room ... but not as far forward as the 7100
My blue Star
Abysmal and quite physical bass at the start .... then clearly locatable and very open sounding percussion ... the echoing brass insert as expected not really locatable, very diffuse ...
Passion and Pride
The bass can use very convincing guitar Accord easily demonstrates the use of minimally diffuse wind, percussion clean and wonderful locatable front, outside the head ...
The drum solo from Marcus Faller:
Each tone is sitting, the Geäusche in the background, the bass drum very clean and deep, intense, but without to drown ...
The Sun at Midnight
The wood in the beginning a bit reluctant, but it sounds like wood ,, the fan use comes from the off, very clean, the use of percussion very nice and absolutely convincing, the marimba always "real" ..., the percussion in clean room (but not as spatially as in 7000/7100)
The fan hangs on the end everything is good to locate the front ...
Loreena McKennitt:
An Ancient Muse: Caravanserai
FLAC from the CD
Here the chaff separates the wheat ... the Oud (bouzouki?) At the beginning ... so precise front left I have not heard ... the voice of Loreena is a slightly warm, even in the higher tones is not annoying character perceptible (like sometimes in 7100) .... the first drum insert: clean and deep
Andreas Vollenweider:
Angoh! (FLAC from the CD)
... The steelpan something more in HG than in 7000/7100, the bass very deep and clean, the pools come metallic and very spatially, the carillon and the deep bass cleanly separated, a real pleasure ...
So, that should initially rich sound impressions ...
The Fidelio X1 is worth every penny, whether in .de 30000 cents or .it 20000 cents ... ;-)
The price / performance ratio is only with which AH D-2000 comparable (adopted in 20000 for cents), the processing quality and Univsersalität ... by 7100 ...
The wearing comfort is even slightly better than with this regard legendary Denon 2/5/7000.
I can use the Fidelio X1 for hours, only sometimes interfere with a slight itching due to sweating and velor.
The right seat seems to euphony of Fidelio X1 an equally important role to play as a certain break-in period.
Haptic is the Fidelio X1 about the same level of K / Q701, HD 700/800, D2 / 5/700 / 7100th
I would like to highlight the only left attached and removable cable with a stereo 3.5mm jack .... who wants to, so it can easily experiment "Cable moderate" ....
What can the Fidelio X1 not as good as the Denon?
According To...
And:
The out-of-head localization is (a part of the "sound stage") the Fidelio X1 worse than in 7100 and 7000th
But compared to the price more than good ....
... I think and mean, "one (s)" has the X1 / 00 and give yourself some time ... and should not be posting as hasty an opinion that he does not deserve ... ;-)
I have now heard it about 100 hours, and it is m. E. to assign definitely the top class.
My comparisons next DENON 5/7000 and the 7100 and the HD700, the AKG Q7101, the IE TF10 and devil Aureol Fidelity included.
The X1 / 00 has its own sound, and nothing is lacking. Also for fans of 2/5/7000 Denon and more, incl. The bass (though not quite as physically and impressive ;-)
He convincingly shows almost all the voices, forms instruments very clean and clear from his stage is only minimally smaller than the K / Q701 ...
Overall, it sounds very balanced with slight emphasis on the bass.
But what I want to emphasize in addition to the sound, is that he sits heavenly comfortable and interfere even with longer listening sessions with nothing.
Add to that his side connected connection cable to the standard 3.5mm stereo plug, which offers not only great comfort, the ability to choose freely in the cable market.
My X1 / 00 from the mostly sunny Italy must stay with me and help me, pleasantly warm the winter and its long evenings and sweeten.
Among the Italian conditions I may the X1 / 00 certify definitely that it m. E. n. A better price / performance ratio in the current (!) Are market supply.
So please, do not easily explain away, but listening to myself and then decide !!!
Warning: All here on the Fidelio X1 described by me impressions are purely personal and based on my own listening experience and about 20 days of intense listening to the Fidelio X1 / 00th
Thanks for reading and have fun while listening!
MfG
Bernd
