[Careyw]

Hi. The M6 shows small coloured icons in title lists and individual tracks to indicate track quality. These show things like SQ, HQ, HD etc. I can kind of work out what they mean but can't seem to find them explained in user guides etc .The UI is the same as the M7 and M9, generally, and I've checked their manuals too without luck. Any FiiiO gurus out there can help?

 

[yong_shun]

I think it show the quality of the recording:
SQ - Standard Quality
HQ - High Quality
HD - High Definition

 

[Careyw]

I think it show the quality of the recording:
SQ - Standard Quality
HQ - High Quality
HD - High Definition

Hi, thanks. I think you are right but was also wanting to know all of the possible values and which formats related to each . Eg SQ means MP3, HQ means WAV or AAC etc.

 

[yong_shun]

I think the audio quality is categorized according to the sampling rate.
According to FiiO support:
Lossless 44kHz - 88kHz：SQ
Lossless 96kHz - 192kHz: HR
HD was not mentioned in the forum but I believe it covered everything more than that? Maybe DSD?

 

[Careyw]

I think the audio quality is categorized according to the sampling rate.
According to FiiO support:
Lossless 44kHz - 88kHz：SQ
Lossless 96kHz - 192kHz: HR
HD was not mentioned in the forum but I believe it covered everything more than that? Maybe DSD?

Thanks again. Was there a link to fiio support where you got that info?

 

[yong_shun]

http://fiio.net:8000/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=43729
It was raised for M3k but I believe it should be relevant

 

[Careyw]

http://fiio.net:8000/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=43729
It was raised for M3k but I believe it should be relevant

Thank you!!

 

[Asim Siddiqui]

Today I came across the same icons and was wondering about the same. Thank you for the answers.

 

[Careyw]

Checking further today, I have SQ, HR, and DSD. So can confirm that DSF files show as DSD icon.
I don't have any HD icons, sp that was a mistake in my original post.
It's all about the bitrate - I have FLACs at lower bit rates thats show as SQ and ones at higher bit rates that show as HR. Makes sense!

Also, as mentioned in the user guide suggested above, MP3's have no icon.

Anyone know if there is an M6 firmware coming ?

 

[yong_shun]

I think the latest firmware now is M6-FW1.0.1
http://fiio.me/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=44021&extra=page=1

and recently I spent some time with M6 and wrote a review on it
https://audiolocheese01.wixsite.com/website/home/fiio-m6

 

[Careyw]

Thanks. Upgrading now. Also enjoyed your review. Very happy with mine. A few weird things happening (maybe fixed with FW upgrade) where the playback starts skipping/dropping out when there is stuff happening with the wi-fi connection (like right now while I d/load the FW update). This was really bad when I first got it, but a factory reset resolved this (weirdly). It has only just started happening again now after about 2 months. It may be a memory leak or similar issue therefore.

 

[yong_shun]

Hopefully firmware update can help you with the issue. I did not face this issue maybe I am not using it very intensively.