Mark  Nov 11, 2024
Fiio dropped one of the most unusual and high value products I’ve ever seen. It’s hard to wrap your head around how much this does. It’s a CD Player, it’s a usb CD drive that rips CDs to your computer, it rips CDs to a usb drive, it’s got a DAC and a headphone amp that plays digital audio from usb. It plays CDs digital to an external DAC. It does even more but I only have 500 characters.
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Show threadMark  Nov 11, 2024
My use case is pretty simple. I can drop my CD player and put this on top of my Mac mini server and use it to rip CDs to my computer or stream CDs directly to my DAC. the funny thing is I wouldn’t even use a third of its features. I wanted something like this soooo bad five years ago and couldn’t believe no one has made one. I guess the day has arrived. It’s a nice piece of kit for $150. This could be your entire desktop headphone setup.
Show threadchilortNov 11, 2024
@Mark I bought a fiio that sends wireless lossless audio. The sending end is essentially a USB sound card. We've had it nearly 10 years and it is still kicking along
Show threadchilortNov 11, 2024
@Mark seems like they're still making good stuff
Show threadMark  
@chilort they’re one of the best chifi brands for entry level gear. I have a DAP they made a decade ago that I love for its sweet sound. The newer stuff doesn’t sound as good to me. They aparently came out with a DAC/headphone amp combo that uses an R2R DAC for under $200. People say it’s very good for the money but nothing that dethrones the entry level $650ish R2R DACs. I think it’s mostly held back by its output stage which is expected at the price.
Nov 11, 2024 at 1:17amWeb