im very agreed with yr review for this dongle dac amp.
When using this dongle, it's hard to think of another dongle. weight and full sound notes, full body, not lean, but with technicalities such as micro details in :
resolution, separation, layering, accuracy imaging pin point at top notch level, with a spacious sound stage , with great depth and height, capable of presenting 3D holographs in the under 200 USD class, with very good bass, body and texture, out standing, not only in sound quality but also value to performance.

death silent black bacground, thats whats make this open rich micro details, without make bright at treble area.

This time Fiio made a new game changer, at this price, and became a new bench mark, making another dongle brand, thinking again about releasing a dongle at a price under 200 USD.

We are looking forward to surprises like this from other brands, making the ChiFi environment up level, especially in the DAC dongle sector.

@dialogue
Hey, you should write a review of the KA17. Just copy - paste your impressions above!

I'm not a reviewer. I've been too lazy to write reviews in the past, except for the brand, facing me, with hands down, asking for help in reviewing the product. then I will be happy to provide a detailed review, of course according to what I feel. Yes, if the fiio comes to me, asks me for help, then I will help. but if not, why would I review it, after all those who review it, most of them are almost the same as what I feel. so I no longer need to review it. except, earlier, the fiio came to me, asking for help, to review the product, then I will generously do it. I will only review if asked by someone who benefits, or if he is a friend of mine in the audiophile world. I will do it, with notes, what my ears hear.

@Ichos I am fan of your reviews! I hope you would review the Q15 as well!

Would you pick KA17 over Q15 for iems (planar or 1DD)?

@sfrsfr Thank you! I am going to review the Q15 and there is no reason to pick the KA17 for IEMs. Both are great with IEMs so it depends on the use case.

Hi, @Ichos. Just wanna say I’m excited for your Q15 review, since I’m really curious how it compares against KA17. They both seem to hold pretty well and have similar price-to-performance ratio.

@medrivia , thank you.
The review is halfway finished but I have a couple other priorities. Too tell you the truth I am not planning to include a direct comparison with the KA17.

@Ichos Hey, I appreciate that. Thanks for informing in advance. I already decided to get Q15 myself, but still wanna hear from your perspective.