[FiiO]

The "pop" issue on my btr-5 was not heat releated nor did it go away when I drove somewhere where there wasnt any other BT devices within 500m, also happens with all codecs and both output ports, also tried with 2 different transmitters. Unfortonately its from china ebay so prob no warranty.

Hello,

Please send email to support@fiio.com with the receipt attached first if your seller fails to help.

Best regards

 

[Timoteew]

Just got my FiiO BTR5 this morning. Will be writing up a review along with comparisons to the Q5S soon. First impressions are very positive though!

 

[Romeo Dolorosa]

Hello,

that is my first post so please excuse if this is the wrong thread to ask for advice, though I familiarised myself with the rules I am unsure if this post is against the rules.

Thanks to all the positive reports about the BTR 5 I decided this the device that will hopefully take me to the next audiophile level and finally free me of those cable I hate so much (and that break all the time because I use them also in the gym...)
First, may I ask what cable length you guys would recommend for the BTR 5 when worn on my collar or somewhere in my chest area? I would assume 50-60cm should be enough but I would love some feedback from those that have already used such setups for a while in their home, gym, etc,

I own a pair of Shure 215 (planning on adding another MMCX IEM like the Tinhifi T4 later) and Sennheiser HD600 but I have a hard time finding 2.5mm balanced cables for them that are short and that don't cost an arm and a leg.
For the HD600 cable, I found a seller on Aliexpress that offers 100cm but he has kinda bad reviews. For the S215, I believe remembering seeing a link in this very thread but I can't find it again.

That aside, I would be of course really happy if someone could guide me to a EU based vendor that has the BTR5 in stock, I wasn't able to locate one so far.

TIA!

 

[Chris Kaoss]

Hello,

that is my first post so please excuse if this is the wrong thread to ask for advice, though I familiarised myself with the rules I am unsure if this post is against the rules.

Thanks to all the positive reports about the BTR 5 I decided this the device that will hopefully take me to the next audiophile level and finally free me of those cable I hate so much (and that break all the time because I use them also in the gym...)
First, may I ask what cable length you guys would recommend for the BTR 5 when worn on my collar or somewhere in my chest area? I would assume 50-60cm should be enough but I would love some feedback from those that have already used such setups for a while in their home, gym, etc,

I own a pair of Shure 215 and Sennheiser HD600 but I have a hard time finding 2.5mm balanced cables for them that are short and that don't cost an arm and a leg.
For the HD600 cable, I found a seller on Aliexpress that offers 100cm but he has kinda bad reviews. For the S215, I believe remembering seeing a link in this very thread but I can't find it again.

That aside, I would be of course really happy if someone could guide me to a EU based vendor that has the BTR5 in stock, I wasn't able to locate one so far.

TIA!

Hello and welcome to head-fi.

For the length, 60 cm is still fine.

https://fiio-shop.de/kabel/852/fiio-lc-2.5bs for your Shure with a length of 45 cm.

For the HD600, you can order from FAW, which takes 129€

Spoiler: FAW Hybrid

https://forzaaudioworks.com/en/product.php?id_product=86

or

Spoiler: Custom Cans

https://customcans.co.uk/s/s/index.php/cables/hd600-balanced-cable.html

Maybe someone with better knowledge about cheap balanced cables will chime in.

You can have the perfect length by sending an e-mail to Matt from FAW or to CC.
But be aware that the price won't be reduced due the shorter length, it'll stay at the lowest available option.


For the BTR5 the best way is to subsribe to the Fiio e-mail notification.
When i received the restock note, it tooks just 1 day and all BTR5s are gone. ^^

I've bought the Btr5 2 times from their german shop.


All the best from "Oberbayern" and have a great day/night. ^^

Edit:
Found another one interesting cable maker.

Spoiler: Oidio UK

https://oidiosound.co.uk/mongrel-sennheiser-hd6xx.html

 

[Timoteew]

Hi all, for anyone interested I've written up a review of the FiiO BTR5 with a comparison to the Q5S. You can read it on my website here: https://www.modioaudio.co.uk/blog/fiio-btr5-its-spunky - please let me know what you think!

 

[Romeo Dolorosa]

Hello and welcome to head-fi.

For the length, 60 cm is still fine.

https://fiio-shop.de/kabel/852/fiio-lc-2.5bs for your Shure with a length of 45 cm.

For the HD600, you can order from FAW, which takes 129€

Spoiler: FAW Hybrid

https://forzaaudioworks.com/en/product.php?id_product=86

or

Spoiler: Custom Cans

https://customcans.co.uk/s/s/index.php/cables/hd600-balanced-cable.html

Maybe someone with better knowledge about cheap balanced cables will chime in.

You can have the perfect length by sending an e-mail to Matt from FAW or to CC.
But be aware that the price won't be reduced due the shorter length, it'll stay at the lowest available option.


For the BTR5 the best way is to subsribe to the Fiio e-mail notification.
When i received the restock note, it tooks just 1 day and all BTR5s are gone. ^^

I've bought the Btr5 2 times from their german shop.


All the best from "Oberbayern" and have a great day/night. ^^

Edit:
Found another one interesting cable maker.

Spoiler: Oidio UK

https://oidiosound.co.uk/mongrel-sennheiser-hd6xx.html

Thank you for the welcome, Chris - living in Bavaria's capital, we're almost neighbours!

Thanks for the tip to get a restock notification, I have been browsing the Fiio Germany shop's site for weeks but it didn't occur to me to subscribe to the BTR 5 like you recommend.
I will look at the cables you linked to but I think I would like to have a more budget friendly option, I don't think I need silver plated MMCX cables for my S215 (gym) IEMs, that will likely break at some point anyway like all the others before did. However, once I got another pair of IEMs for home use like the TinHifi T4 or someting similar, I am willing to spend a bit more on a better cable.
Hopefully a member with knowledge about different asian cable vendors will chime in regarding cables for the HD600, 100+€ for a cable are simply out of my price range as I still have to get a new phone that supports high-res audio and LDAC and some microSD storage to store my lossless music library on.

Cheers!

 

[hmscott]

Hi all, for anyone interested I've written up a review of the FiiO BTR5 with a comparison to the Q5S. You can read it on my website here: https://www.modioaudio.co.uk/blog/fiio-btr5-its-spunky - please let me know what you think!

Nice review @Timoteew, glad you like the BTR5 like I do, and thanks for the heads up on the BTR3K! Google turned up this Blog post from yesterday:

FiiO BTR3K Announced: Latest Bluetooth DAC/AMP!!
https://hifigo.com/blogs/news/fiio-btr3k-announced-latest-bluetooth-dac-amp

Hifigo has the BTR3K available for pre-order @ $69.99
https://hifigo.com/products/fiio-btr3k-balanced-high-fidelity-bluetooth-headphone-amp

That dual DAC 3.5mm does sound promising for my headphones "locked" into a 3.5mm by design: I've converted over several IEM's to 2.5mm just for the BTR5, but my over the ear headphones and Blon BL-03's are going without the power from the 2.5mm output of the BTR5.

It looks like @FiiO already opened up a new thread on the BTR3K
https://www.head-fi.org/threads/fii...h-fidelity-bluetooth-amp.928317/post-15524404

 

[Timoteew]

Nice review @Timoteew, glad you like the BTR5 like I do, and thanks for the heads up on the BTR3K! Google turned up this Blog post from yesterday:

FiiO BTR3K Announced: Latest Bluetooth DAC/AMP!!
https://hifigo.com/blogs/news/fiio-btr3k-announced-latest-bluetooth-dac-amp

Hifigo has the BTR3K available for pre-order @ $69.99
https://hifigo.com/products/fiio-btr3k-balanced-high-fidelity-bluetooth-headphone-amp

That dual DAC 3.5mm does sound promising for my headphones "locked" into a 3.5mm by design: I've converted over several IEM's to 2.5mm just for the BTR5, but my over the ear headphones and Blon BL-03's are going without the power from the 2.5mm output of the BTR5.

It looks like @FiiO already opened up a new thread on the BTR3K
https://www.head-fi.org/threads/fii...h-fidelity-bluetooth-amp.928317/post-15524404

Cheers for the reply @hmscott, it's a very impressive little device. No worries, looks like it could be a really nice upgrade to the BTR3 - I just hope it isn't too close to the BTR5 in performance! Though I believe it will be capped at 48k-16bit audio so that's one way the BTR5 will remain on top.

I also have a pair of those Blons which are not benefitting from the balanced design.

 

[shuto77]

Just picked this up and looking for some advice.

The Bluetooth connection is working fine via my laptop, but it stutters on my phone with Spotify and Amazon Music, even when the two devices are close together. Is there a way to remedy this without messing with the developer settings? I have an LG G7 Thinq running Android 8.0.0. Phone is ldac compatible.

Thanks!

 

[hifi80sman]

Just picked this up and looking for some advice.

The Bluetooth connection is working fine via my laptop, but it stutters on my phone with Spotify and Amazon Music, even when the two devices are close together. Is there a way to remedy this without messing with the developer settings? I have an LG G7 Thinq running Android 8.0.0. Phone is ldac compatible.

Thanks!

Are you running LDAC at 990 kbps? You may need to go into developer settings and play with the LDAC bit rate/connection emphasis.

 

[zolom]

LDAC at 990, suffers from stuttering on my Galaxy S10.
Disabaling Location, reduces that.

 

[krumplib430]

Dear all. I wanted to clear the current pairing from BTR5. I followed the user guide which says hold down button B and C simultaneously for 5 sec. But instead of clearing the the current pairing, it entered DFU mode :O
So my questions
1. How can I exit DFU mode
2. What is the correct way of clearing the current pairing

 

[Luke Skywalker]

LDAC at 990, suffers from stuttering on my Galaxy S10.
Disabaling Location, reduces that.

Not feeling bad for you guys... Stuck with AAC on my iPhone

 

[hifi80sman]

Not feeling bad for you guys... Stuck with AAC on my iPhone

If you're going to go AAC, at least it's on an iPhone (AAC on Android is not as good).

 

[FiiO]

Dear all. I wanted to clear the current pairing from BTR5. I followed the user guide which says hold down button B and C simultaneously for 5 sec. But instead of clearing the the current pairing, it entered DFU mode :O
So my questions
1. How can I exit DFU mode
2. What is the correct way of clearing the current pairing

Hello,

Sorry. Please try to hold the power button for 10s to force a restart first.

Clear the pairing record:
Hold the volume+&- at the same time for about 5s while BTR5 is turned on.

Best regards