Fiio K11 R2R DAC Review (iiWi Reviews)
- Thread starter Nikhil
- Start date
balavignesh002
Well-Known Member
Excellent DAC for the price. It has got 12v power supply, so can be used in car also.
I am currently using Cayin RU6 and Astell&kern HC 2 in car. These DAC through excellent details with analog tone.
I am currently using Cayin RU6 and Astell&kern HC 2 in car. These DAC through excellent details with analog tone.
Last edited:
spirovious
Well-Known Member
Demo
heliumflight
Well-Known Member
Can we use Cayin RU6 and Astell&kern HC 2 at home connected to amp?
He says purple color of the Fiio logo sounds the best. Audiophiles will now go crazy.
sachinchavan 15865
Well-Known Member
Isn’t Fiio one of the smartest players around? They seem to hit the price-value sweet spot pretty regularly.
balavignesh002
Well-Known Member
I tried that, it couldn't beat denon 2500ne built in DAC on Linton in a 15 x 15 room and lacking resolution. But I tried them on a 9 x 9 room with Mica RB42 on desktop in a 5 feet distance from speaker. They are awesome...
balavignesh002
Well-Known Member
Please check out 2.20 to 2.40. he says that, "he believes purple sound the best as it's tested on the same colour".
He must have used tracks by Deep Purple while reviewing …. Stormbringer?
It’s a great dac particularly the price you pay for it. Much longer listening sessions and no harshness. Have been using it for the past one month
Udayan sen
New Member
any one use this fiio DAC in kolkata
morerajendra5678
Member
I am not from Kolkata but I can give you a good account of this R2R Dac. I have good exposure to bengali music which I picked up during my engineering days in kharagpur IIT.
Fiio R2R will give you sound signature of a good R2R Dac.
If you use this to listen to non-complex music like Ghazals, Rabindra Sangeet starting from Hemanta Mukherjee to current stars like Srikanta Acharya, Songs of kishore kumar, Lata ji, Rafi ji, Udit Narayan, Abhijeet and modern songs of Hemanta, Sandhya Mukherjee etc you will get 95% of what Laiv Harmony, Terminator 2 or Holo May dac can give you. You will just miss out on the sweetness of Laiv Harmony and Holo May and bit of resolution of Laiv Harmony, Terminator 2 and Holo May dac
But if you use it for Bass heavy music of Arijit Singh or Rock music, you will get 85% of what a top end R2R Dac can offer you. Instrument separation and detailing will be a limitation of Fiio R2R dac will be a limitation in complex music. You won't miss out on the vocals but yes you would on the high voltage music.
Given the cost of Fiio Dac it punches with Dacs at around INR 1 Lac.
Now if you have warm speakers like Harbeth, you will not miss out on the warmth part in non-complex music with this Dac.
Buy from India's official online dealer!
