[FiiO K9]FiiO Desktop DAC and Headphone Amplifier K9 Is Officially Released!

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I’m thinking of upgrading from the zen dac v2/can to the K9. Aside from power, will I get anymore out of the K9 with my Ananda Stealth?

 

[ahmonge]

I’m thinking of upgrading from the zen dac v2/can to the K9. Aside from power, will I get anymore out of the K9 with my Ananda Stealth?

I don’t think so. I’m using my Ananda with the Fiio K5 Pro and Topping A30 Pro. Although the former is 1.5W at 32 Ohms and the latter is 5.5W, I don’t hear any sound differences at all. My peak sound pressure levels are 85 dB for rock, pop… and 90 dB for classical.

 

[marekm]

I’m thinking of upgrading from the zen dac v2/can to the K9.

So am I

Interested to read your comments, once you pull the trigger.

To me, iFi ZEN DAC & CAN are so good, that replacing them would require big bucks and even then satisfaction is not guaranteed.

 

[cleg]

My video about K9. FiiO engineers did a great work on non-reducing sound quality (almost), so K9 offers even better value

 

[scracy]

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[Homeless2]

Can someone confirm if loudness equalization can be enabled when using the Windows driver? To my understanding this is not possible for this audio device

 

[Bruc3]

Hi guys,

Ive got 2 headphones both with balanced cable, 1 is xlr and other 4.4mm.

Is it safe to use both headphones at the same time on the balanced outputs?

 

[XTF1]

Hi guys,

Ive got 2 headphones both with balanced cable, 1 is xlr and other 4.4mm.

Is it safe to use both headphones at the same time on the balanced outputs?

The 2 HP will be in parallel. Unless their impedances are extremely low, it’s most likely “safe”. But that does not make it a good idea: if the 2 HP impedance values and impedance curves (vs frequency) are different, one is going to sound louder than the other, one with less bass and more mids or treble or whatever… neither is going to sound right!

 

[Bruc3]

The 2 HP will be in parallel. Unless their impedances are extremely low, it’s most likely “safe”. But that does not make it a good idea: if the 2 HP impedance values and impedance curves (vs frequency) are different, one is going to sound louder than the other, one with less bass and more mids or treble or whatever… neither is going to sound right!

Ah I gotcha, since volume wont be matched between the 2 headphones due to differences in impedance/sensitivity.

Although the 2 headphones I have both have 300ohms impedance but there sensitivity is different. Oh well. Thanks.

 

[Bruc3]

Ive noticed that bluetooth on my unit seems a bit flaky, like I get weird intermittent fluttering in the audio.

I updated mine to latest bluetooth firmware version 1.1.

Anyone else got this problem?

 

[stregnil]

I'm about to buy a new Dac/Amp. How do you think this will stand up against the Topping EX5 or the new Loxjie D40 Pro? I appreciate the possibility to connect my RIAA and use my (way to expensive) XLR headphone cable. All three of them can do that, and are in the same price range. I'm using Hifiman Arya Stealth and stream Tidal via (USB) Raspberry.

 

[FiiO]

Ive noticed that bluetooth on my unit seems a bit flaky, like I get weird intermittent fluttering in the audio.

I updated mine to latest bluetooth firmware version 1.1.

Anyone else got this problem?

Dear friend,

You may try to clear the pairing and reconnect to see whether it helps?
【Clear pairing】
If you have already connected to other Bluetooth devices, you can force the K9 to pair with the new device by pressing and holding [INPUT] for 5 seconds.

Best regards

 

[Riversalt]

@FiiO

New colors titan?

 

[EdgeDC]

@FiiO

New colors titan?

Cool - but probably belongs in the K9 Pro thread instead of the K9 (non-Pro) thread.

 

[Bruc3]

Dear friend,

You may try to clear the pairing and reconnect to see whether it helps?
【Clear pairing】
If you have already connected to other Bluetooth devices, you can force the K9 to pair with the new device by pressing and holding [INPUT] for 5 seconds.

Best regards

That seemed to work. Thanks.