The iPod Touch sounds bad, but iTunes has a lot of songs I couldn’t get before – it’s the dilemma between good SQ with old songs or poor SQ with new songs. To get the best of both world’s I had to go line out + amp.

I’ve ordered a FiiO E5 but since it won’t be here for weeks i had to make something work in the meantime. The Fiio E3 sounds good and I had two, but it lacked a volume control. Enter the Frankenfiio.

The first time around with this project I made a LOD (line out dock) that according to people on ehad fi looked “ghetto” and the Frankenfiio didn’t look much better in the rushed together wood case. Second time around I had gotten som connectors from Sweden, used my last neutrik 3.5mm jack and paid attention while braiding. Turned out much better. The Frankenfiio also got an upgrade with new case made by two old cassette covers. Still doesn’t look perfect and it’s a bit crooked but it’ll do.

Should be obvious form the pics which are V1 and V2.