The FiiO M15 has gone to as low as $623 in used condition on eBay. That’s probably the lowest I’ve seen it yet. Most others are $999, but I don’t see any brand new ones for sale anywhere. While I was checking, I noticed that the price of the once $3500 Astel and Kern SP1000 @ultima are selling...

Looks like there a lot of people (or one person with different seller names sporting exactly the same pictures) trying to sell their M15 for $2113.00. This is both ridiculous yet brilliant at the same time. He may not be targeting USA buyers in particular, but imagine it would sell fast from...

I just going on the average of the prices on eBay. There was a guy earlier saying that it can be sold at any price either privately or on sites like Reddit. I would argue that if you had one you wanted to sell, the first thing you would do is check the average normal priced FiiO M15 on...

Then there’s the rabbit hole we could go down as to the DAC manufacturer, implementation, and in conjunction with THX technology, such as certain FiiO M11 models, the FiiO AM3D amp module for the Q5s, and stuff like the Monoprice Monolith with THX (which I believe uses the AK4499EQ chips as well).

I do enjoy the FiiO products, and this looks like a nice deal. However, I wish that FiiO or other similar companies would create a display for IEM’s. And I don’t mean the cheesy wifu stands, or the “watches compartment case” that so many of us use. I was thinking of a design that would be...

Here is what ChatGPT3 Had to say about the differences to the human ear: AKM vs ESS: "It is unlikely that the human ear can reliably tell the difference between music played with an AKM DAC or ESS DAC. Both AKM and ESS produce high-quality digital-to-analog converters that are capable of...

Im very curious about checking out a R2R DAC...I heard of them, and know they are considered a whole other level than most AKM ESS topics go. Im glad this thread is blowing up, as its a highly sought after topic. The fact that most people (including trained musicans/sound technicians), are...

Update: As of now, on eBay on the used market, the highest price for the M15 ranges from $1367 USD to the lowest price point currently at $724. Looks like you can’t easily find a brand new sealed unit anymore.

Many of you might have seen this DAP on eBay, and I've owned it for a couple years now. Talk about the "butterface effect". The body, sleek design, and high quality metal contruction on ths mini device is better than any of even the most modern DAPs of the same size, however, the GUI is...

Im not sure how it compares to the RU6; keep in mind Zeos goes off when he's manic and finds a new toy, and was on one of his fabuluos conviction laced tirades where he waved the monolith across the table to whatever other DAC/AMP portable happened to be around, and just said "THis is better...

I think since FiiO has implemented THX technology so much into their products, it’s worth adding that to the conversation. The FiiO Q5s has dual AKM DAC chips and I have used the THX module with it. I can’t reconcile why the Monolith Monoprice Portable DAC/AMP just blows anything out the water...

Hello, im looking for this case for a long time, maybe too old cant find on sale in the internet, maybe someone has a horde of these or a good used condition.

did they ever update this in future versions? I have ipod classics below the 6th Gen 160 i planned on using it with,

During my rabbit hole journey of finding out anything everything I could about the iPod 5th Gen video Wolfson DAC, and how to get the best quality sound from it, I went from the stacking with FiiO Andes, and the Alpen, numerous portable amps like that using the rare FiiO L9 cable, and recently...

Hello everyone, I need to some advice on my set up. So i know the cleanest sound from the ipod classic 5th gen is from the LOD. I have a Monoprice Monolith Portable AAA that ive tried to connect with it and wanted to make sure that the way Im connecting it, that the output to my IEMS;s is...