Fiio M15S DAP 

Just to add on one question, do you think it’s worth to trade in my m11plus ess for m15s ?

I think NO, i have LTD

@@user-ut4rk9hk6n many thanks for your kind sharing 👍🏼

Upping the gain usually introduces distortion. Sometimes distortion is good and some audeze headphone benefit from additional current. I would say up the gain if you still have a black enough background.

@@nickpelayo3172 Hi I have since moved on to the Meze Empyrean, which is easy to drive, but even on high gain, the background is black.

Agreed🙌🏻🙌🏻

just import them 🗿

lul

if you think your realtek sounds excellent, try those

Do you mind me asking what iems you're using? Thanks for watching BTW!

@@Gizaudio hi! Once again, great review. I have mid-tier IEMs and might go back to the flagships again so I wanted some space. I bought the M15s regardless and love its form factor (buttons, layout, volume, case,etc .) Much more than the M11 plus.

@@Gizaudio Love the review, I'm new to DAPs. I have the same question, I'll be purchasing the Monarchs MK2.

It should support 2tb

I was confused when I wanted to get myself a good mid tier dap. Came down to the m11 plus ess and the hiby r6. Went on to get the m11 plus ess since it was significantly cheaper and had the thx amp. Since you have experience with both, I'm curious to know what you like about the m11 over the r6.

@@josephnevin The m11 battery is much, much better it’s not even in the same league. And the overall sound, and build. It’s bigger, heavier, but the sound is much more balanced and i don’t have to worry about the battery at all, also the leather case that came with it is good enough for me. I only had the r6 for a few days, but to me it was seriously lacking in the low end, unless I pumped the volume up to levels that left my hearing muffled. It sounded very similar to my apple dongle at a volume I’d normally listen to, which isn’t bad… i just don’t think it’s worth the cost, the volume wheel felt a little bit, cheap. I honestly thought it was defective, but the place that sold it to me said that’s how it’s supposed to sound. Kick drums just lacked presence, baselines in some electronic music I like just were missing detail I could hear in my btr5. The shop blamed my headphones… I tried 4 different sets lol. I honestly didn’t think the difference would have been this much. But the m11 plus does everything the r6 can do but better and for longer.

@@false-set thanks for the detailed review. That cleared a lot of my doubts.

i was abt to buy regular linears, but minimal electricity skills changed my mind

it was great but still noisy

HiBy's new R6 Pro II and Sony's ZX707 both come with Snapdragon 665 and Android 12. They're both $250 less expensive than this FiiO too. The Japanese import, uncapped Sony ZX707 is actually the cheapest and can be had for under $700 on sale. It's in my opinion, the best mid-tier DAP available right now. HiBy R6 Pro II is a close 2nd.

It's stable & streams music well. Why waste money upgrading the part that doesn't influence sound?

​@@false-set ... absolutely right!

IT’S. NOT. A. PHONE. Seriously, would you be making the same complaint if it used a custom OS and did not support any 3rd Party apps at all? Also - what AUDIO apps do you need to use on it that don’t support Android 10? The most important question is - how does it sound?

...One of the most stupid, and moreover, pretentious questions is the claims about the DAP version of android! DAP must sound! And do not boast of the version of Android. For example, TempoTec V6, one of the best-sounding modern low-cost players, uses a deeply customized version of Android 8.1 in general.

@@GHOSTSTARSCREAMM Simple, the difference in performance between the NW-zx707 and the NW-wm1am2 is unbelievable. The 707 runs android 13 and the am2 runs android 10 that lags like crazy and the optimization is atrocious.

​@@joncruz just get older version of app and wil keep working for many years.

Android 11 and onwards have reduced physical pin head phones output by 50% and only works fully on BT head phones... if you want only BT GO ANDROID 11 + if you want to use your expensive wired headphones... android 10

And that's why I now have sacked my phone... for a DAP cos the android 11 is sheeet