[Gatecrasher]

"15 mins on desktop mode high gain and high volume. The KA17 hits over temp warning and stops working temporarily. So I don't think it's an Ideal and kinda stupid that it's not usable* I do use them on higher volume but your milage may vary."

Oh, thats not good.

 

[Manoel Castro]

Does anyone know how these filters affect the sound?
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[sofastreamer]

Does anyone know how these filters affect the sound?
MINI
MINI-SD
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filters are a very complicated topic to describe. best is to try and choose what you like best honestly. the few descriptions you can find online are more or less contradictory. keep in mind that filters come from the dac manufacturers for the most part. so a apodizing fast roll off in an ess dac is probably different to a similar named on another manufacturers dac. if you cant hear any differences (which most cant) just stick with the default.

 

[jeromeoflaherty]

filters are a very complicated topic to describe. best is to try and choose what you like best honestly. the few descriptions you can find online are more or less contradictory. keep in mind that filters come from the dac manufacturers for the most part. so a apodizing fast roll off in an ess dac is probably different to a similar named on another manufacturers dac. if you cant hear any differences (which most cant) just stick with the default.

I agree! At best they will change the upper treble response in slightly different ways so you may not hear anything different - a bad implementation can affect other aspects of the frequency response but they are DAC manufacturers implementations and those are much better than they used to be

 

[zilax002]

@Osaris I'd RMA with that behavior. I basically exclusively use desktop mode and haven't gotten a single temperature warning ever.

 

[OceanOfLight]

For people who own both devices, could you please tell me how the KA17 compares to the BTR15 in terms of technicalities and sound signature? I currently own a BTR15. Would the KA17 be an upgrade over it, or just a sidegrade?

 

[Killedkella]

Today I had the pleasure of demoing the KA17 alongside a few high end headphones, and my personal IER-M9 iem.

I was really impressed by the build quality and sound, the little details like the volume bar slowly fading away to show the bitrate is a great little touch. It feels like a solid well built device.

It had plenty of power for the headphones, on high gain through single ended, it was able to push them to near deafening levels. I didint even try the Desktop mode! Crazy amounts of power

And as for sound I’m very happy to hear that the Low end is sweeter, more complete. My KA3 sounded too clinical to my taste but this gives it the life I was looking for.

I’ll definitely be picking up one soon, great job. FiiO! I’m looking forward to that micro battery pack attachment

 

[ClieOS]

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/LeqMtdWnUA3ksxvd/?mibextid=xfxF2i

Portable battery pack concept

 

[Killedkella]

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/LeqMtdWnUA3ksxvd/?mibextid=xfxF2i

Portable battery pack concept

Hope they make this, as well as some kind of magsafe/case/pouch accessory for iphone!

 

[RainyDog]

Finally ordered a KA17 and was going to grab an Anker Nano power bank to pair with it like a couple of other users have posted in this thread.

But an official one that sits perfectly flush would definitely be preferable, so a yes please from me as well!

Can you consider increasing the size slightly though, FiiO? Noticed that your proposed prototype is only 600mAh which I can't see lasting more than a couple of hours with the KA17's power output in desktop mode.

What about just making it the same size as the KA17 itself and doubling the proposedbattery capacity... Is that possible? Thanks.

 

[FiiO]

Finally ordered a KA17 and was going to grab an Anker Nano power bank to pair with it like a couple of other users have posted in this thread.

But an official one that sits perfectly flush would definitely be preferable, so a yes please from me as well!

Can you consider increasing the size slightly though, FiiO? Noticed that your proposed prototype is only 600mAh which I can't see lasting more than a couple of hours with the KA17's power output in desktop mode.

What about just making it the same size as the KA17 itself and doubling the proposedbattery capacity... Is that possible? Thanks.

Dear friend,

Hi, thanks for the kind feedback. We will also report your feedback to the product team.

Best regards

 

[sofastreamer]

Finally ordered a KA17 and was going to grab an Anker Nano power bank to pair with it like a couple of other users have posted in this thread.

But an official one that sits perfectly flush would definitely be preferable, so a yes please from me as well!

Can you consider increasing the size slightly though, FiiO? Noticed that your proposed prototype is only 600mAh which I can't see lasting more than a couple of hours with the KA17's power output in desktop mode.

What about just making it the same size as the KA17 itself and doubling the proposedbattery capacity... Is that possible? Thanks.

what a cool and neat idea! that would be a must buy! thank you for the visualization!

 

[TRHH]

@FiiO - The power bank would be great to my KA17

Torben

 

[TheFritz]

That custom power bank would be an instant buy for me - especially if with approx. 1000mAh capacity.

 

[KaiFi]

The power bank would be an instant buy for me as well. If Fiio is going to discontinue the Q line of battery-powered DAC/amps, then I like the idea of the dongle line having an optional battery; that would make the KA17 more of a true "desktop replacement" for me.