[FiiO M11] Android 7.0, 2.5/3.5/4.4 Powerful Output, Exynos 7872, Dual AK4493 DAC chips, 3GB RAM, WiFi, Two-way LDAC

[FiiO]

The M11 was released on FiiO 2019 Spring Launch Event on March 16th, 2019, featuring the following:

A. Industrial Design: All linear design + Bezel-less design + 18 : 9丨720P touch screen + Double-sided glass design + High-tech carbon fiber texture + Three-dimensional textured golden wheel + Healing your allodoxaphobia + The beauty of the sand-blasted technology + Concealed micro SD card design

B. Hardware Configuration: Samsung Exynos 7872 six-core processor chip + 3GB RAM + Dual high-performance DAC chips AK4493 + Self-improved FPGA + True balance audio circuit architecture

C. Features: ALL TO DSD + Capable of decoding iSO tracks in DST codec + Two modes of quick charging--QC2.0+MTK PE + Compatible with PD2.0 charger + 13 hours continuous playback + 50 days deep sleep +Two-way Type-C interface + Asynchronous USB DAC + USB Audio output + SPDIF output + Two-way LDAC Bluetooth + Dual-band 2.4G/5G WiFi

D. Software and UI: Deeply Customized Open Android7.0 OS + Why Android? + Better user experience app + FiiO Link + HiFi wireless to your iPhone + WiFi file transfer + All-new dynamic EQ + Double-click to awake the screen + Touch screen gestures

E. Accessories: Provided with TPU clear case + Tempered glass screen protector

Suggested Retail Price in the USA: $449.99 / Market release date: Estimated by the end of May

 

[FiiO]

In order to address your questions, here I share some plans of us as follows ( >> By James):

1. The M11 is FiiO’s first mid-to-high end M-series music player, and we will have 3 higher-end music players.

2. FiiO’s product development are based on platforms. Such as the M6/M7/M9 are all based on the Exynos7270, so the higher end music players will be based on 7872 and with configuration of 3G RAM and 5.15 inch 18:9 bezel-less display. While the main improvements would be more powerful DAC, operational amplifier, crystal oscillator, etc. Of course, big improvements on other functions may be included as well.

3. Our current plan is to release the other 3 higher-end music players in one year which started 4 months after the release of M11. But we can’t make any promise since there are too many factors involved, so we can never tell if there would be any unexpected things happen and delay the process.

4. For the M6/M7/M9, they are all selling very well and even go out of stock sometimes owing to the strong demands, so we don’t have any upgrade plan this year.

5. I noticed many customers both in China and abroad ask FiiO to step into the smartphone market. Thank you all for the encouragement. We do have the technology capability, but making smartphones is a game of the giant, and we FiiO is just like a tiny dust in front of those giants. Not to mention there was once somebody had made HiFi music player with SIM card and failed. So we should learn from the lessons and better not to give it another try.

6. As to buying advice, if you are not in tight budget, you can try all of them of course. But if you are in a tight budget, I think the M11 could be a very good choice. In addition, we have very strict market pricing management, M11 can keep its value for a very long time.

 

[FiiO]

The Story Behind the Samsung Exynos 7872

 

[Sven2015]

@FiiO
It looks great, but fix the standard problems before release, pls pls pls.
* micro gaps
* gapless playback

 

[Tsukuyomi]

I'm hoping my local Audio store will have this in May, they sell FiiO players (its where i got my X5III) so it would be nice to demo one.

 

[Daiyama]

@FiiO
It looks great, but fix the standard problems before release, pls pls pls.
* micro gaps
* gapless playback

Bluttooth / wlan interfrence issues
and in FiiO music app, font problems, sorting algorithm (although that is not so important as the M11 is an open plattform and one can use other music players but it would be nice to get this at least for M6/9)

 

[weexisttocease]

https://m.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=2098156813625710

 

[MariusAB]

As i undestand M11 will be fully capable of playing LDAC at the same time with using WIfi. My m9 can't do this because of processor limitations. So Playing tidal using wifi and LDAC isn't possible as sound is stuttering and stopping.
Also wondering if 4493 will be an upgrade from 4490 used in m9.

 

[JRichardson1228]

@FiiO
It looks great, but fix the standard problems before release, pls pls pls.
* micro gaps
* gapless playback

Are the FiiO players still having issues with gapless playback? That's what held me off in the past. I kind of forgot about it until now, but I'll have to be a bit more reserved when this launches.

 

[FiiO]

>> The M11 is FiiO’s Resounding Answer to the Future of Portable HiFi Music Player! (By James)

 

[Vitandus]

Will Apple Music work on the M11?

 

[crabdog]

Following fo sho!

 

[Sven2015]

Are the FiiO players still having issues with gapless playback? That's what held me off in the past. I kind of forgot about it until now, but I'll have to be a bit more reserved when this launches.

In my case, M7 and M9, YES!
In addition both players have the same issues -> micro gaps and gapless playback problems (it's NOT related to my music files...).
The M11 sounds nice, but I will never buy another FiiO until the basics are not fixed!

 

[fokta]

Yes. M11 own Thread..

waiting for the demo unit available...
#sittingNicely

 

[Battlefier]

If this is their "Mid-High end " DAP I cannot wait to see the successor of the X7II