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Fiio M7 Digital Audio Player
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Fiio M7 Digital Audio Player
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Delivering audiophile-grade performance in a compact form factor (that weighs just 4 ounces), the M7 from Fiio is a pocket-ready audio player with desktop-level output. Equipped with an ESS Sabre 9018Q2C chip with independent power supplies for the digital and analog sections, it has an adjustable low-pass filter and an amp delivering 70 mW at 16 ohms—plenty of power for loud listeners Read More
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keyboard_arrow_downGuyInPittsburgh
509
Jul 11, 2019
If are considering this I would check out the General Discussions thread on Fiio's support website. (www. fiio. me)
In the past few years the number of unresolved bugs and lack of QA testing prior to releasing products has increased substantially. If they say something will be addressed in the next FW release that's code for "it's never going to work."
If the problems you see there about the M7 seem like things you can live with then go for it. In general their stuff sounds good.... when it works.
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Evshrug
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Keyboard Club Member
Jul 11, 2019
GuyInPittsburghHey, I’m a guy in Pittsburgh too! I live in the south hills.
Overall, I feel like FiiO is a good company, albeit a small one with growing popularity. Their staff isn’t huge, and their factories are not huge gleaming 100% robot-automated facilities but rather an assembly line of workers. Their CS team has grown over the years, and I think it’s internal rather than hiring a large 3rd party company, but I think it’s still a relatively small number of staff (conjecture based on how hands-on FiiO staff from all sorts of positions have made their presence known on Head-Fi and participated in public customer support and CanJam events). While I don’t think you’re wrong that there probably are a growing number of posts on FiiO’s forum about issues that sometimes go unresolved, I believe it’s a case of the whole of FiiO’s customer base growing, and the number of customers with QA issues and firmware requests to have grown in the same proportion.
To play both sides again, I’ve seen omissions that seem like easy fixes in firmware updates, and I also think the X5 mk III’s balanced output should have just been omitted from the design (quite simply it’s inferior to the SE output), but they also released several firmware and app updates for my now fairly-old X7 since after the X7 mk II’s release, so I know they are working on supporting stuff in addition to developing the new.
I feel like FiiO a company that tries to be affordable, honest (and make people happy, several new models seem to incorporate customer requests), and supportive, but they only have a finite amount of resources (partially because of their affordability goal) and less resources than needed to get to everything they want to do.
Full disclosure, I haven’t tried the M-series DAPs myself. I recommend reading reviews on specific models. I’ve bought two amps, two DAPs, and an IEM from FiiO over the past 10 years, with good to great experiences with all.
NiteNinja
140
Jul 10, 2019
I guess if you don't have access to the V-series of LG phones, and want all your music on the go, then there's still a place in the world for something like this. I don't care what anyone says, wired audio will remain superior to wireless for the foreseeable future.
factsvsfeelings
17
Aug 13, 2019
tbjsIf you already have a phone though it is not a good choice.
That and when your listening to music on android your wasting your battery on other processes.
It is an option though. Phone reviewers atack LG for no reason EG engadget and MKBHD this is beleifed to be because of the companies poltical views but eitherway the value of their phones drop to nothing in a year.
I use an LG G7 and when i want to save battery i use this. Saves me carrying a battery and allows me to separate my ridiculously large audio collection.
jgnova
2
Jul 10, 2019
I have about 450G of songs in iTunes and bought a FIIO X5 a few years ago so I could carry my entire library. I wound up returning it because their O/S would not support the long path/file names resulting from the iTunes configuration combined with my large collection of classical works. Does anyone know if that has been resolved? And how this might sound compared to the X5? And its speed?
Interceptor69
94
Jul 11, 2019
How were u able to play your rips on iTunes without converting them to. M4a?
blazer39
93
Jul 11, 2019
is M7 sound quality way worse then X5ii or just marginally ?
would appreciate if you elaborate more.
Eskaytee
0
Jul 10, 2019
Has this product been in market before or are there any previous versions and also how is the brand reputation
DrBob
61
Jul 10, 2019
EskayteeFiiO was one of the first, if not the first, Chinese company to offer quality players of multiple music formats for modest prices, starting with the X3. From there they have offered models with both fewer and more features. The X7II goes for $650. The top of the M series is the M9 at $300 on Amazon.
jkhmonkey
95
Jul 10, 2019
DrBobThere is also a M11 that Amazon says will be in Stock on July 15th; price shown as $450 on both Amazon and B&H
factsvsfeelings
17
Aug 13, 2019
AK2003Weird recommendation AK.
That product is at an entirely different price planned.
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Whitedragem
185
Oct 2, 2019
According the the DAC chips spec sheet data; these should provide a perfect ‘line out’ into amplifiers etc.
Its weakness would be towards (trying to drive) studio over ear headphones >250 Ohm.
This really is for IEMs with easy power requirements, and anyone wanting a ‘vastly better’ than phone quality sound and a dedicated device for holding multimedia and not being interrupted with phone messages etc whilst enjoying music.
As a DAP it might not push ahead of the best phones output power, but at this price it isn’t meant to.
For what it is; it will give music that sounds musical. Anyone who compares familiar music on analytical headphones in a quiet listening space will realise ‘pretty quickly’ that phones don’t really hold a candle to clean sound ‘done right’.
DAPs are not always about ‘more power to drive’ but rather ‘better music to drive to’ ;-)
I have often fed music from entry level DAPs and DACs into the car AUX In with the net effect being vastly wider soundstage, better, ‘more nuanced’ fidelity, and a much more ‘enjoyable’ listening experience.
This price tier of DigitalAudioPlayers’ do not prove ‘end game’ / a tier better than the BEST phones (around a handful of phones that equate to ‘entry level’ DAPs), but the price difference is 10:1 in this devices favour.
If someone wanted a DAP that left behind, easily, the BEST phones, something like Drops’ recent FiiO X5s would leave no comparison.
Dedicated audio parts, built right, offer a level of sound most consumers are unfamiliar with.
This part is the ‘doorway’ to that sound quality.
Worthwhile to consider, and a definate consideration for anyone wanting a portable music collection to feed into outboard power amps etc. (Phones have too many interruptions that would make playback into, say, a Cafes’ sound system, completely unacceptable).
for business owners on a budget who just want nice music fed into their amp and speakers, with a playlist that runs all day without repeat.. something like this is easy to use, easy to update, and doesn’t cost ‘the earth’.
ben125125
2
Sep 3, 2019
ciberI have a an lgv10 with I think a very similar dac and it sounds good. I also have a fio m3k witch is cheaper and older. I swaped my 400gb micro sd card into my phone and it sounded much worse and no wear near as much output. It really help hillight the sound stage I get with the Fio.
AudioJet
318
Jul 13, 2019
Although the M7 is good get the M6 instead. It has wifi and runs off android. Great for music apps.
factsvsfeelings
17
Aug 13, 2019
Okay your right my view on music apps is opinionated.
It is true though that if you can get good audio files the later is better.
It is also A FACT that android based music devices waste battery on, unneeded processes not related to music even the modified ones. Sad reality but i can understand that if you prefer music apps this is not a solution.
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AudioJet
318
Aug 13, 2019
factsvsfeelingsI rarely listen to qpps because of two reasons. One, I'm not going to pay to get rid of ads and two, I own so much music that I don't need to.
Having opinions are good even if they're wrong opinions. Nothing worse that someone that doesn't think things through and formulate a conclusion. Peace
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