[MariusAB]

Not sure if this has been linked here before but it’s the first time I’ve seen this review: http://www.thephonograph.net/fiio-m11-review/

Not too familiar with this site or its credibility so maybe others can comment.

Yeah this one is interesting. For me this page is more for checking all dimensions and technical info. As for the sound description there you will not find much. By the way someone who has m11 is tidal video only available only in vertical position and no horizontal position available? How about youtube videos? If it's not possible then all good display is not so useful

 

[gLer]

By the way someone who has m11 is tidal video only available only in vertical position and no horizontal position available? How about youtube videos? If it's not possible then all good display is not so useful

Video playback is excellent but also very app-dependent. I don't watch Tidal videos but there doesn't seem to be a way to play them fullscreen from the Tidal app. That means the videos don't auto-rotate into fullscreen landscape mode like they do on YouTube and Netflix and Plex, for example. So I'd say the Tidal app doesn't take full advantage of the M11 screen, and since the M11 doesn't have rotation sensors like a phone, you can't force a screen rotation. YouTube plays fine (though oddly doesn't take up the full width of the screen (see screenshot). Probably because the YouTube video ratio is slightly narrower than the full width of the M11 screen. Exiting fullscreen mode in YouTube takes you back to portrait orientation. Netflix and Plex also autorotate on video playback. So yes, video is super smooth and (mostly) takes advantage of the M11 screen size and resolution. There's still a slight issue with YouTube lip sync with some videos, which will hopefully be resolved in future firmware updates. Netflix and Plex have no such issues.

 

[MariusAB]

Thanks a lot for explaining. Youtube is the first app i care. So happy to hear that is uses also horizontal position. Such screen as m11 is made for using video or video music play

 

[gLer]

Thanks a lot for explaining. Youtube is the first app i care. So happy to hear that is uses also horizontal position. Such screen as m11 is made for using video or video music play

I agree, the M11 is a top-notch music player but also a very capable and powerful multimedia device. The only thing that would make it 'perfect' is a screen rotation sensor, but I get that most people will be using it as a portrait-view music player most of the time, so it's probably an unnecessary extra expense for most. It's awesome to watch videos with balanced IEMs though - you can even EQ your video sound (with apps like RE EQ) or use all-to-DSD for a different 'flavour'.

 

[hldn]

I agree, the M11 is a top-notch music player but also a very capable and powerful multimedia device. The only thing that would make it 'perfect' is a screen rotation sensor, but I get that most people will be using it as a portrait-view music player most of the time, so it's probably an unnecessary extra expense for most. It's awesome to watch videos with balanced IEMs though - you can even EQ your video sound (with apps like RE EQ) or use all-to-DSD for a different 'flavour'.

Care to try something like this? https://m.apkpure.com/rotation-control/org.crape.rotationcontrol

 

[gLer]

Care to try something like this? https://m.apkpure.com/rotation-control/org.crape.rotationcontrol

As luck would have it I was trying out different rotation apps yesterday, and this one is for sure my pick of the bunch. I've just taken a screen recording showing how it works with Tidal videos (you can now see Tidal videos in wide screen using the app). 'Problem' sorted



PS. When the screen rotates it doesn't rotate the screen recording, so take my word for it that the videos you see playing are actually playing widescreen.

 

[gLer]

Technical question: does anyone know the VRMS or VPP values for the M11 from the SE and balanced outputs? @JamesFiiO? Also the clock jitter values?

 

[MariusAB]

As luck would have it I was trying out different rotation apps yesterday, and this one is for sure my pick of the bunch. I've just taken a screen recording showing how it works with Tidal videos (you can now see Tidal videos in wide screen using the app). 'Problem' sorted



PS. When the screen rotates it doesn't rotate the screen recording, so take my word for it that the videos you see playing are actually playing widescreen.

Hey this seems really work. I believe in your explanation, so seems this question i am worried about was possible to solve. odered one as it is impossible not to do this when you see how fast it is selling in alie. Perhaps at the moment one of the fastest selling hirez dap. Will see how it will stand in front of my m9.

 

[JamesFiiO]

Good news is that we plan to delivery M11 to our sales agents from next week, sorry we have to wait till all the features had been finished and almost all the bugs had been fixed before it launch oversea market

 

[Vitandus]

Good news is that we plan to delivery M11 to our sales agents from next week, sorry we have to wait till all the features had been finished and almost all the bugs had been fixed before it launch oversea market

All those fixes will be available via the same firmware updates for those of us who purchased off AliExpress, yes?

 

[gLer]

All those fixes will be available via the same firmware updates for those of us who purchased off AliExpress, yes?

I've been getting regular FW updates, up to 1.0.5 currently. Let's see if there are any more surprises before this baby goes global

 

[G_T_J]

Good news is that we plan to delivery M11 to our sales agents from next week, sorry we have to wait till all the features had been finished and almost all the bugs had been fixed before it launch oversea market

Good news indeed, espacially for those of us that have placed pre-orders with local distributors.
So, to understand correctly, have your distributors received stocks already and have just been holding from shipping out the units to their customers until most of the bugs are ironed out?

 

[OneL0ve]

I already got a DHL delivery notice. Thanks @FiiO

 

[Vitandus]

My M11 arrives on Wednesday .Stablemate is a Sony NW-ZX300.

 

[OneL0ve]

My M11 arrives on Wednesday .Stablemate is a Sony NW-ZX300.

Same.