[FiiO]

A Questionnaire About Use Scenarios of FiiO Q1MKII/Q3

Recently, FiiO has released the USB audio adapter, KA3. Meanwhile, the portable DAC and amplifier Q1MKII and Q3 are hot-selling. To design and develop more appropriate products for you, we are eager to know your needs in daily use scenarios. Therefore, we would like to invite you to fill in the questionnaire below. Thank you so much for your support.

Link: https://forms.gle/bt8UnPhWD6hYNzsu5

 

[lpd2]

I am driving a newly arrived set of Focal Elegia over ears closed back headphones quite well using a balanced 4.4mm cable from Meze. Plenty of power for these headphones. Also drove the 150ohm Neumann NDH20 well using 3.5mm, high gain with a bit of headroom leftover. That particular model is single-ended only so I imagine headphones with similar or even higher power requirements that can be run balanced will be fine on the Q3 using the much-appreciated pentaconn. Now I just have to listen to all my albums again!

 

[lpd2]

Nicely fits atop the cables in my Focal carrying case with room to spare, and headphones well protected by the included Fiio neoprene-like mesh pouch, which can hold interconnects along w/ amp. Great size and protection for inside nearly any full size headphone case. The Elegia sound just as good off of the 3.5mm out, which I've been using for the last few albums. No hiccups. great product, great price.

 

[pjones5]

Sold my Q3 a few months back. This forum had me missing it so I purchased another one!
It is a really great portable DAC/amp - love the clean THX sound and has reasonable power (the iFi Hip DAC has more though). With the BTR5's price climbing to $200 (I think I got mine for $120...?), I feel like the Q3 has become the more obvious choice if you aren't desperate for bluetooth connectivity.

 

[lpd2]

Just noticed the user guide says bitrate indicated by RGB light at the volume knob. Great, but I wish it would indicate CD quality (1411kbps) independently. Plenty of good reasons to want reassurance. One specifically, my lossless files are on my streaming app and strange things happen to my lossless files including missing tracks and artwork. My fault for using a low-fidelity based streaming app for Hi-Fi files. Anyway it makes me wonder if the lossless files are corrupted in some way and an indicator for the most common HiFi enthusiast media would be great. Fiio always innovating and listening and Q3 is great in its permanent home (my Focal Elegia headphone case). Firmware update??

 

[FiiO]

Thanks for the feedback. We could report this feedback to the product manger and consider in the later product.

Best regards

 

[lpd2]

Sold my Q3 a few months back. This forum had me missing it so I purchased another one!
It is a really great portable DAC/amp - love the clean THX sound and has reasonable power (the iFi Hip DAC has more though). With the BTR5's price climbing to $200 (I think I got mine for $120...?), I feel like the Q3 has become the more obvious choice if you aren't desperate for bluetooth connectivity.

Yeah its a really obvious choice for on-the-go especially at $150. Pretty much solves all my problems in that I don't want to sacrifice fidelity just to leave my desk, but can't see myself spending a ton for that convenience either. My desk setup is Asgard 3/ Beyer T1.2, and this Elegia/ Q3 combination is as pleasing to my ears, with a bit more separation on the Beyers - I will likely get a short (5ft or so) aftermarket pentaconn cable for the Elegia, rather than a longer XLR cable to go with my backordered Monolith THX 887 which might end up replacing the Asgard as my main. Had ordered some meze cables terminated in 4.4 but the build quality was a lot lower than some boutique cables at similar length/cost.

 

[Pelilin]

Guys i want to ask i just purchased Q3 for my IEM . I plug it into iphone 13 pro max and use the 2.5mm balance port. Why it has such loud white noise? Is it just me or my IEM is too sensitive? Any fix?

 

[H T T]

Guys i want to ask i just purchased Q3 for my IEM . I plug it into iphone 13 pro max and use the 2.5mm balance port. Why it has such loud white noise? Is it just me or my IEM is too sensitive? Any fix?

I don’t have that issue. What IEM are you using?

 

[Guy Fawkes]

Guys i want to ask i just purchased Q3 for my IEM . I plug it into iphone 13 pro max and use the 2.5mm balance port. Why it has such loud white noise? Is it just me or my IEM is too sensitive? Any fix?

Q3 suffers from EMI interference, maybe you are referring to this kind of interference?

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[FiiO]

Guys i want to ask i just purchased Q3 for my IEM . I plug it into iphone 13 pro max and use the 2.5mm balance port. Why it has such loud white noise? Is it just me or my IEM is too sensitive? Any fix?

And please check whether your headphone is using this balanced definition in 2.5mm plug:

If you use the 3.5mm to 2.5mm converter for converting the 3.5mm standard plug to balanced plug, there would be distortion.

Best regards

 

[Pelilin]

v16 divinity. Recently bought this because of the form factor and AKM chipset. There is constant static noise. I also have question with using iphone 13 pro max why sometimes the iphone give notification like “this device is not supported” i end up need to restart my phone So i can use it again.

 

[FiiO]

v16 divinity. Recently bought this because of the form factor and AKM chipset. There is constant static noise. I also have question with using iphone 13 pro max why sometimes the iphone give notification like “this device is not supported” i end up need to restart my phone So i can use it again.

Please try to turn off the charge option in the Q3 and keep it not that close to the antenna of the iPhone to see whether it helps？

Best regards

 

[Pelilin]

Please try to turn off the charge option in the Q3 and keep it not that close to the antenna of the iPhone to see whether it helps？

Best regards

Yep i have tried many things. I think it is just v16 is very very sensitive IEM according to the specification. It need very low noise DAC to not have noise appearing in the sound.

 

[Gippal]

Hello! Got mine Q3 for a new year with Sundara. But i have a problem - when I play music and turn up the volume, I hear soft clicks (especially noticeable in the quiet moments of the track). I listen hi-res from music from Apple in a balanced connection. Someone has encountered a similar or is this normal?