[jmills8]

I have M15 , its a monster player . Worth every €€. Now i think to gwt FA9.

Just asking , if its great obvious you already have something in or on your ear then why buy something more ? You believe buying something more will make the M15 sound just a little bit better ?

 

[Cadmium]

Very good sound. Warmish with very awesome spot on treble. Drive power is also awesome. Just as good as the SP1000 if not better.

Hello! I am new here in Head-Fi , and I have never listened to any dap. I have Meizu pro 6 plus smartphone with dac . And I just wondering if those 1000$-over daps can really sound somewhat amazing compare to phones with dac?

 

[Nooborghini]

"Certainly, I understand that not everyone has the same demand. So let's take it to the next level, designing this function into a user-definable button. Users can set this multifunctional button to their most frequently-used operation in the system menu, or long press this button to call out the setting menu in the bright screen state.
In this way, it can meet the requirements of more people for a certain high-frequency operation. Even I am thinking that latter players can be designed with a bulk management button. A simple click can realize a series of specified operations, which is very meaningful for high-frequency operations.
If you are an M15 user, will you like this feature? Do you still want us to keep this design in the future products?"

Yes @FiiO, I personally enjoy this option. Even Zeos in Z-Reviews is this is probably the best feature to randomly shuffle songs is worth the cost of the M15 alone, exaggerating but that is how important it is.

Only irk I have with it is that it shuffles through the folder of the music and then goes to another folder after those are done. If it was a true shuffle, that would be brilliant.

 

[snoopyfb]

Hello! I am new here in Head-Fi , and I have never listened to any dap. I have Meizu pro 6 plus smartphone with dac . And I just wondering if those 1000$-over daps can really sound somewhat amazing compare to phones with dac?

Not really. My experience is that, once you get past the $500 mark or $1000 mark, the improvements are good and appreciated by me, but not to the level of "amazing". I never heard an amazing DAP. Only heard amazing desktop setups and amazing speakers.

 

[McCol]

Not really. My experience is that, once you get past the $500 mark or $1000 mark, the improvements are good and appreciated by me, but not to the level of "amazing". I never heard an amazing DAP. Only heard amazing desktop setups and amazing speakers.

And here lies the beauty of headfi because I would say the opposite.

I have experienced what I would call some amazing DAPs that are leaps and bounds above the quality of my smartphone.
I've also heard some DAPs that were very expensive and very over rated.

The point about price is true though, you get to a certain point and the old diminishing returns sets in.

However I do think that Fiio have made a real gem with the M15, it is a clear step above anything I've heard in its immediate price range but again others will disagree!

 

[snoopyfb]

And here lies the beauty of headfi because I would say the opposite.

I have experienced what I would call some amazing DAPs that are leaps and bounds above the quality of my smartphone.
I've also heard some DAPs that were very expensive and very over rated.

The point about price is true though, you get to a certain point and the old diminishing returns sets in.

However I do think that Fiio have made a real gem with the M15, it is a clear step above anything I've heard in its immediate price range but again others will disagree!

M15 is good

 

[Dixter]

The M15 is fantastic.... I'm still in awe that they put two AKM4499 DAC chips in.... there is NO PHONE that will sound as good as this...

 

[snoopyfb]

The M15 is fantastic.... I'm still in awe that they put two AKM4499 DAC chips in.... there is NO PHONE that will sound as good as this...

Phone is impossible. Need a dedicated dap.

 

[Cadmium]

Phone is impossible. Need a dedicated dap.

You mean that no phone will reach dap level? Or phone can rival budget daps?

 

[snoopyfb]

You mean that no phone will reach dap level? Or phone can rival budget daps?

No phone to reach the fiio M15 level. Not yet.

 

[LightBlue77]

No phone company would try because it would be too expensive, but an old cheap LG V20/V30 would give you more then most of the daps in their and even more expensive price range.

 

[cr3ativ3]

can anyone here , compare the M15 to Cayin N6ii E02 , soundwise `?

 

[Nooborghini]

The M15 is fantastic.... I'm still in awe that they put two AKM4499 DAC chips in.... there is NO PHONE that will sound as good as this...

I wish the M15 can do native DSD512 playback like the SP2000 but overall it is an AMAZING unit for it's price range.

 

[jmills8]

I wish the M15 can do native DSD512 playback like the SP2000 but overall it is an AMAZING unit for it's price range.

Which albums would you play if the M15 could ?

 

[DarginMahkum]

I wish the M15 can do native DSD512 playback like the SP2000 but overall it is an AMAZING unit for it's price range.

You can easily try it by:

- Connect your M15 to your computer as a USB DAC
- Either download the https://samplerateconverter.com/ and convert a very well recorded album to DSD512, and play it using foobar2000 (I haven't tried using the foobar2000 but played through HQPlayer). EDIT: https://www.sony.com/electronics/support/articles/00075146
- Or download the HQPlayer (https://www.signalyst.com/consumer.html) and use real-time DSD512 conversion
- In both cases play through M15 and check if you hear any difference.
- If you like, repeat it with DSD256 which should not be any different from DSD512

You can also try hard to find a DSD512 album and its DSD256 version and maybe also its FLAC version - and compare them all by playing on your computer with M15 in USB DAC mode.

My conclusion was, DSD512 is simply not needed on M15.