Hi everyone,
I have the oportunity to buy a Fiio M11, and I really want to test a DAP. My doubt is if it's worth to buy it, having a Oneplus 8, because I don't know if there is a big difference. The headphones that I use are Sony wh-1000xm3, and I want to buy good in ear headphone (not TWS) to test it too. Can you please help me and give me your opinions about this? Thank you!
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So I just wanted to jump in to here because I think that a lot of people are being misinformed on this amazing device because of old info. The M11 non pro is amazing, runs android, and as of the last firmware a few months ago has full access to the google play store. I have my 14000 normal songs, my full Spotify and tidal downloaded. Literally the only thing that could make me like this player more is if Apple Music would let me log in to it, yea there is a still a bug with Apple Music where you can’t log in, which sucks because I honestly listen to music the most from my iPhone on the go. This aside I absolutely love the M11 and it just makes everything sound so freaken good. I have a 1000$ thx dac/amp combo for my full sized headphones that I really don’t even use much ever now, it’s all from my one device. I can literally plug the crappiest $10 earbuds I found in my closet into this thing and they somehow sound good, really good, like what is this sorcery? Then while I’m fiddling through music I find myself on the internet browsing on the player with my phone across the room, like why? But it just happens. I had Facebook on this thing but I unloaded it because I really just love this temple of music that I have going on with the M11 and I don’t want outside people messing it up with messages. 2 micro sd card slots so an easy 1tb of storage, device is stupid fast and responsive, the FiiO music app has actually grown on me, and O. The WiFi in this thing is just some alien shit from space because it is so fast that I just don’t get it. Downloads, files, videos, whatever is so so fast like I downloaded the same plug in on my laptop I phone and the M11. Guess what M11 took like 20 seconds, laptop took 5 min, iPhone X took 4. I don’t understand the WiFi magic they use but I want it on everything that I own it’s that good. Anyways I have rambled a lot but I’m an average dude, tested lcd i4’s, Samsung wh-1000xm3, lcd2f, blue coil earbuds, jbl sport earbuds, and whatever else I had laying around, all sound amazing. WiFi wise Sony 1000xm3 streaming in LDAC is legit as far as Bluetooth audio goes. I love this thing, it’s my baby. Love it so much that I just said fuck it and ordered the FiiO M6 and some FiiO earbuds so that I can switch from my Apple Watch/Powerbeats pro combo and workout with a wired connection. FiiO is doing amazing things for great prices and I love that Chinese company of geniuses. Also don’t get the M11Pro, smaller battery life, sounds literally identical to me, has only 1 ss card slot, aaand is way more money? Yea that’s a hard no. FiiO please for the love of god get Apple Music working on your stuff so that I can unreservedly buy every single product that you have k thx bye.
Fantastic device, one sd card full of music, one full of podcasts and audiobooks all sounding great.👍
Also a happy FiiO M11 User here! :D
Using it FiiO FH7 IEMs and Amazon Music HD subscription!
Why do you want Apple Music? Apple is using AAC across the board and the sound quality isn't good. I used Apple Music for 4 years and switched to Amazon Music HD because of FLAC support!
Just a couple of hours before I buy this device, after doing a lot of research, a lot of users said it's good, and I saw some reviews that say an android phone with a dac would be the same, I don't want to waste my money and I am still lost, those of you who have this device, is it worth $400? And how is the sound quality?
Which would be the better purchase? There is a $150 price difference between them. The FiiO M11S has 3GB vs 4GB on FiiO M11 Plus ESS. Both have the Snapdragon 660 CPU. Both have Android 10. I am new to the audiophile world so I am looking for advice, thanks!
Update:
I made my choice and purchased these today:FiiO M11 Plus ESS for $650 as my portable DAP
Fiio K7 for $200 as my desktop DAC/AMP
From all the reviews I've read, these are great price-to-performance options.I'm hoping the FiiO M11 Plus ESS will last me at least 4 years without the battery failing or the Android OS becoming too old / unusable.
I see that Amazon also offers a 3 year portable electronic protection plan, so I might bite on that as well to hedge against battery failure within 3 years.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08F7Z6DMV/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_1