Fosi Audio N3

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A good budget bluetooth DAC with one flaw
Pros: 1. Great build quality

2. Great price, specially if you get it for under $40

3. The bass boost button is a nice addition

4. Volume wheel is a nice addition
Cons: 1. What dac it uses is not specified (nitpick)

2. Probably the biggest reason i have given it a low star is because of this. The noise floor is quite high. Although this could be an issue with my unit, so i highly suggest buying from somewhere where the return policy is good, like amazon etc. If its a good product then this is easily a 4 star product.
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Introduction:-


Hello Guys, We have the Fosi Audio N3 in for review. It is a small Bluetooth dac which costs around $40-60 depending where you buy it form. This also has a bass up button which is something akin to the xbass button from ifi dacs.

I have also shared a video version of the review at YouTube any support there in form of a view, A like or A subscribe is greatly appreciated. But if you so wish to read the written version you can read this.




This was a review unit from Fosi audio, All the thoughts and opinions are my own. Fosi audio also shared with me a small coupon code which you can use and get a small discount. I earn no money from this. But rather it is just a small discount code for you to use.

Buy it here (Unaffiliated link) :-

Official website: https://fosiaudio.com/products/fosi-audio-n3-portable-bluetooth-headphone-amplifier-receiver

Promo code: MKTN310 (used on the official site only)

Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CJB45YFM

Amazon CA: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0CJB45YFM

Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CJB45YFM

Amazon DE: https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0CJB45YFM

Amazon FR: https://www.amazon.fr/dp/B0CJB45YFM

Amazon IT: https://www.amazon.it/dp/B0CJB45YFM

Amazon ES: https://www.amazon.es/dp/B0CJB45YFM


I will be as usual following my bullet style format for better readability for those who are dyslexic and in general find it hard to read long paragraphs. I follow this guide in general from the British Dyslexia Association.

Lets start the review



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Review:-



1. Well the packaging is very simple it has the dac and the cable.



2. The dac is built of aluminium



3. Physically it is very compact and quite pocketable too.



4. It has a nice volume knob on the corner which makes it nice and easy to control the volume.



5. Fosi audio doesn’t specify what dac it uses but it does have an OPA1656




6. It can have upto 138mw of power at 32 ohms



7. The 1200mah battery for me lasted around 9 hours 20 minutes when playing the moondrop chu 2 at 30% volume in low gain. The stated battery life is at 10 hours.



8. Sadly the codec it supports are only aac and sbc. No ldac or aptx here



9. The Bluetooth range quite ok



10. There is a gain switch which works well for some hard to power iems. Although for me most iems even the kara ran fine on low gain.



11. It also has an option for line in/ aux signal and can be used to amplify that to an iem. This is a feature addition to bluetooth



12. The overall sound quality is ok nothing great. It presents the sound as you would generally hear.



13. The included bass boost is an awesome feature which I like very much, and the bass boost is subtle bass boost. Which makes it great for low volume listening and also for bass lean iems.

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14. One of the biggest gripe for me is the static sound it makes when when listening to anything. Although its not so apparent when using it and listening to songs. But on idle its very much an issue, and I could see someone not liking it.



15. While for the budget price I wouldn't expect it to be perfect but the noise floor is quite high specially when using sensitive iems like the nova or fan 2. With hard to drive iems like kara it minimizes away a lot.



16. Well overall this is a short review, I think so its a decent device specially for the price. And the bass button is a very nice addition along with it being able to work as an aux port for car.



17. I highly suggest trying it from Amazon or from somewhere where you have good return policy. So if it has noise issues like my unit you can return it easily. If it doesn’t, well you have an a nice bluetooth dac amp for a budget price.



18. So that was my review, i hope you liked it. Thanks for stopping by, have a great day ahead! Bye!





If you have any questions please feel free to ask me and also if you have any issues regarding this format of review please do comment I will try to mend it. Also sorry to those who are used to reading long paragraphs of review in headfi. I hope my review was upto the mark, I appreciate any feedback.

Again a big thanks to Fosi Audio for making this review happen.

Have a great day ahead :)
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