Review – FiiO E5 Headphone Amp

If you are not happy with your headphones performance, and want a cheap upgrade, welcome to the FiiO E5 portable headphone amplifier.  It sits between your music source (Samsung P2) and turns up the volume.  But it doesn’t just make your music louder, it has a base boost option for bass heads like me.  It has an internal battery charged by mini USB and is rated for about 8 hours.  As you can see, it resembles the iPod shuffle in design.

To say that the E5 makes your music louder would be accurate, but not the full story.  Along with the bass boost it rounds out music and makes it sound warmer and more full.  Listening to Beast – Microcyte sounds much more enjoyable on my Sony MDR-150 with more bass.  All types of music seems to benefit from the E5.  At $20 this is a steal. 

Bottom Line: Better sound at rock bottom prices

4 out of 5