[FiiO]

(1) HiFi new portable player preview and existing product information
For FiiO, April is the new beginning of 2022. To make the information more transparent, and help consumers choose the appropriate products based on their own budget and needs, we would like to share our scheduled new products from today. Meanwhile, we will also give a brief introduction to our existing products currently on sale.
1. FiiO M11S, expected to be released in June
The M11S is an upgrading model of the M11 launched in 2019. It will also be the model with the lowest price among FiiO's portable players in the next two years. The price, function, performance, and output power are similar to the M11, and the difference from the M11 is mainly in the SoC, display screen and DAC chip. In fact, the M11's market sales and user feedback were pretty good. However, due to supply chain reasons, the SoC, display and DAC chips had to be replaced.
The M11S is expected to be one of the most competitive models within 600 USD, and the first batch has already been reserved by our sales agents. In the words of an agent, FiiO has been absent from this price segment for too long.
2. M15S, is expected to be available in the fall
The basic situation of the M15 is the same as that of the M11, which was discontinued last year for supply chain reasons. The main difference between the M15S and M15 is also the SoC, display screen and DAC chip.
Similarly, the M15S will also fill the price segment gap between the current FiiO M11 Plus and M17, and will be the leading model of FiiO.
3. The M11 Plus ESS and M17 will be produced and sold normally this year, and there are no plans for new colors and new materials (like copper, stainless steel). You can buy it if you like it.
After the M11S and M15S are released, FiiO's portable players will cover the price range of 450~2000 USD. We will not consider research and development of lower-end products. The main reason is that the Android players in the lower price range cannot meet user needs. In terms of sound quality, their performance and output power are also indistinguishable from USB audio adapters and Bluetooth DAC/Amps. In the current era of streaming media, the market for pure music players has shrunk even more.

(2) New Bluetooth DAC/Amps preview and existing product information

(3) New desktop DAC/Amps preview and existing product information

(4) New Portable DAC/Amps preview and existing product information

(5) New USB dongle preview and existing product information

(6) New flat-head earbuds preview and existing product information

(7) New hybrid IEMs preview and existing product information

(8)New Balanced Armature IEMs preview and existing product information

(9) New over-ear headphones and speaker preview

(10) True Wireless and all-in-one desktop digital audio streamer and DAC/Amp preview

Get to know all of FiiO's new products in 2022 with one picture
The preview for FiiO's new products in 2022 has ended. For your convenience, we have made a graphic containing the main information (estimated time to market and price). It should also be noted that the time and price are for reference only, and the accurate information is subject to the launch event and our official announcement.
For more details about each product line, please refer to the previous chapters we shared.

 

[FiiO]

(2) New Bluetooth DAC/Amps preview and existing product information

Our definition for Bluetooth DAC and amplifier is a compact body, Bluetooth receiving emphasis, USB decoding support, while can also be used as a USB dongle and support phone calls through the built-in mic.
This year, FiiO will continue to expand its Bluetooth DAC/Amp product line and release a high-end model, the BTR7. In fact, the BTR7 has already shown up at the just-concluded Japan Headphone Spring Festival.
The biggest feature of the BTR7 is that it supports 4.4 balanced headphone output. Compared with the DAC integrated amp circuit commonly used in Bluetooth DAC/Amps, the independent THX amp applied has a greater improvement in sound quality, and the larger high-resolution color display also improves user experience. More detailed information will be announced at the new product launch event expected in June.
We have no update plans for the currently hot-selling BTR5 and BTR3K this year. In the future, FiiO's product line of Bluetooth DAC/Amp will be composed of the BTR3K, BTR5, and BTR7. It provides consumers with rich choices of different price ranges, sound quality, portability and functions.

 

[C4PPY]

Do we know when the BTR7 would be available?

 

[hmscott]

@FiiO - I am excited about the BTR7 as well as the M11S and M15S.

I noticed the upcoming BTR7 is using the Qualcomm QCC5124 BT SoC which draws about 7ma and supports BT 5.0, while there are alternative SoC's within that product family that draw as low as 4ma and support BT 5.1, 5.2, 5.3:
https://www.qualcomm.com/products/application/audio/qcc5100-series

The Qualcomm product site's downloadable QCC51XX Product Marketing sheet has dropped the QCC5124:
https://docs.qualcomm.com/bundle/publicresource/87-CF482-1.pdf

The QCC5124 BT SoC was used in the newest products released first in June 2020, and it has done a great job in those products from a couple of years ago, but it would be nice for future released products from @FiiO to include the newest available BT support.

Lower power draw and support for newer BT 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 would be nice, would it be possible for @FiiO to ask the Engineers on the DAP / BTR products if they can design in newer SoC's for future products?

Are the upcoming M11S and M15S going to also use the QCC5124? Or, will they use a newer SoC?

The QCC5171 3rd Gen SoC device implements "CD Lossless Audio with Snapdragon Sound". Does FiiO have a plan to implement a BT "CD Lossless Audio" solution?

 

[Zachik]

the difference from the M11 is mainly in the SoC, display screen and DAC chip.

Can you please post a comparison between M11 and M11S, specifically showing the difference in SoC, display and DAC chip?

 

[Keko123]

Hello,

Are the M11s dimensions known?

Thanks

 

[BlueA]

Excellent product line continuation but ...
Not a word about the Q7 so it means 2023?

 

[Szymon The Crackhead]

I really do not like the look of your new products.

BTR5, M3 Pro, M15, they all looked like something Apple or Samsung could make.

BTR7, M11 Plus and M17 look like CAT phones.

 

[hmscott]

I really do not like the look of your new products.

BTR5, M3 Pro, M15, they all looked like something Apple or Samsung could make.

BTR7, M11 Plus and M17 look like CAT phones.

IDK what you are looking at, they look great to me.

 

[EniGmA1987]

Are there plans in the beginning stages yet for a new "UTWS" model with the newly announced Qualcomm S5 sound platform chipsets? Most likely the QCC5171 chipset.
https://www.qualcomm.com/products/application/audio/qualcomm-s5-sound-platform
https://www.qualcomm.com/products/application/audio/qcc5100-series/qcc5171
I know new product design takes time, so Im guessing it would be a 2023 product at the earliest since we are already almost halfway through 2022, but I am hoping plans are beginning to take shape on the new chipset.

And if you are taking feedback, please go back to the physical buttons instead of the capacitive touch buttons of the UTWS5. I hate the trend of capacitive on wireless earbuds.

 

[newworld666]

No LDAC for the BTR7 ? .. this should lead to a no-go for many Samsung users with no Adaptive Aptx codec.

It could have been an interesting little BT DAC with a probably totally hiss free powerful Thx amp.

 

[rlw6534]

No LDAC for the BTR7 ? .. this should lead to a no-go for many Samsung users with no Adaptive Aptx codec.

It could have been an interesting little BT DAC with a probably totally hiss free powerful Thx amp.

I'm pretty sure the BTR7 will have LDAC support.

 

[FiiO]

Do we know when the BTR7 would be available?

Dear friend,

You could pay attention to our
new product launch event expected in June.

Best regards

 

[C4PPY]

Dear friend,

You could pay attention to our
new product launch event expected in June.

Best regards

That I will!
Have not been able to find the exact date or where the event would be broadcasted?

 

[FiiO]

Excellent product line continuation but ...
Not a word about the Q7 so it means 2023?

Dear friend,

Related information will be updated in later chapter.

Best regards