[Ichos]

Hi,

That is a fantastic price for the device.

50 to 100€ less than price in France.

Would love to get one from UK

You will have to pay import fees and tax though...

 

[PenguinHeadphoner]

You will have to pay import fees and tax though...

Yes... Brexit

Or ask some friends who live there to get it for me and take it home.
Then again, that would be a lot of stress to save 50€.
And without real ability to return it in case I do not like it and with possible problems about warranty.
So I'll stick to the plan : get one from local reseller.
But after reading thorougfully all reviews and possible drawbacks...

 

[Charlie101]

Yes... Brexit

Or ask some friends who live there to get it for me and take it home.
Then again, that would be a lot of stress to save 50€.
And without real ability to return it in case I do not like it and with possible problems about warranty.
So I'll stick to the plan : get one from local reseller.
But after reading thorougfully all reviews and possible drawbacks...

Yeah, someone ordering one from the UK seller to Europe would still be paying €682 after shipping fees and tax, and that doesn't even include customs/processing fees if there are any. Easier to just buy locally and have easier aftersales support.

 

[Ionut O]

Yes... Brexit

Or ask some friends who live there to get it for me and take it home.
Then again, that would be a lot of stress to save 50€.
And without real ability to return it in case I do not like it and with possible problems about warranty.
So I'll stick to the plan : get one from local reseller.
But after reading thorougfully all reviews and possible drawbacks...

I'm not paid by anyone to say this, but from my experience with Topping and now with Fiio, I do not think that any failure can occur from the construction point of view... Maybe only from components with hidden defects that pass the the QC, but this means a very minimalistic probability. I have this piece of technology in my hands and I cannot find any imperfection. Every edge, the overall feeling, every screw is as should be.

 

[PenguinHeadphoner]

I'm not paid by anyone to say this, but from my experience with Topping and now with Fiio, I do not think that any failure can occur from the construction point of view... Maybe only from components with hidden defects that pass the the QC, but this means a very minimalistic probability. I have this piece of technology in my hands and I cannot find any imperfection. Every edge, the overall feeling, every screw is as should be.

Hi,

Thanks for ytour report.
I own the M11 Pro and same : it feels super solid.
Maybe it is not, but it feels so and so far, I have no complains about it.
It works... as it should

Ony think I would have liked : to see it accepting USB-C/Ethernet adapters.
So I could have used as a streamer at home and as a DAP on the go.

But of course, including such features would have killed a product like the R7

So I can understand Fiio's position.

As soon as the new firmware that allows it to be used as a rendered is released and if reports are that feature is working, I'll order it from local reseller.

Thanks a lot.

Regards.

 

[Ionut O]

Sorry, just confirmed with our engineer, the DLNA in our R7 can't supports the feature what you need , it can only send out the music by DLNA or access the music from NAS.

We are developing this feature right now and will add it by OTA in the future .

Hi James!
As you can see above, the DLNA / UPnP native renderer is a "must have" feature for actual owners and, most important, for potentially future ones.
Can you give us a time horizon for the next FW update that will fix this issue?

 

[Charlie101]

Has anyone got an R7 and also the FiiO PL50 Linear PSU? Can you stack the R7 on top of the PL50 easily? I've only seen pictures of them together side-by-side, but they look to have a similar footprint so was wondering whether stacking was possible/advisable.

 

[Ichos]

Has anyone got an R7 and also the FiiO PL50 Linear PSU? Can you stack the R7 on top of the PL50 easily? I've only seen pictures of them together side-by-side, but they look to have a similar footprint so was wondering whether stacking was possible/advisable.

 

[Ionut O]

Hi! It seems that you tried both types of power supplies... The external for sure! Did you find any measurable difference on sound between the two? Of course, I'm interested for LO, but also for PO could be a clue... Thanks in advance!

 

[Ichos]

Hi! It seems that you tried both types of power supplies... The external for sure! Did you find any measurable difference on sound between the two? Of course, I'm interested for LO, but also for PO could be a clue... Thanks in advance!

Measurable no, I don't perform measurements.
Audible yes, the improvements are as described in my PL50 review.

 

[Ionut O]

Measurable no, I don't perform measurements.
Audible yes, the improvements are as described in my PL50 review.

Also I don't perform measurements and I'm confident that the best electric measurements will not make necessarily the best audible device. When I said before measurable, I meant ear measurements!

 

[LeeJB1970]

I've pre-ordered an R7 from a UK retailer. With a discount code, comes to £572 delivered which I'm pretty amp3d about

They don't have a delivery date from FiiO yet, but were told FiiO would have them ready sometime in March, and they would get some as soon as available, they thought first week of April maybe.

Gonna order a remote from Aliexpress so should probably arrive around the same time as the R7.

Can you mention the dealer's name? I ordered mine from Otic for £649.99. Thanks in advance.

 

[Charlie101]

Can you mention the dealer's name? I ordered mine from Otic for £649.99. Thanks in advance.

Maybe my previous disclosure of "amp3d" was a little too cryptic . I don't think this forum has any rules about mentioning specific dealers anyway unlike some other forums (I had a quick skim through the posting rules).

I preordered mine from Advanced MP3 Players (amp3) with a 12% discount code (I won't post it here because I don't want to make it too easy to take some of their profit margin as I like them as a company), the old Google should make it pretty easy to find though!

It looks like Otic will give you a 10% discount on your first order if you subscribe to their newsletter if you prefer to support them.

 

[LeeJB1970]

Maybe my previous disclosure of "amp3d" was a little too cryptic . I don't think this forum has any rules about mentioning specific dealers anyway unlike some other forums (I had a quick skim through the posting rules).

I preordered mine from Advanced MP3 Players (amp3) with a 12% discount code (I won't post it here because I don't want to make it too easy to take some of their profit margin as I like them as a company), the old Google should make it pretty easy to find though!

It looks like Otic will give you a 10% discount on your first order if you subscribe to their newsletter if you prefer to support them.

That's good to know! Thanks for the head's up.

 

[mlavende]

Hey All,

this sounds exactly the device I need to replace my topping stack (a50s, d50 & p50 psu) assuming it can do this specific case:

I currently have a Raspberry Pi running moOde (https://moodeaudio.org/) which is connected via an optical connection to the d50. I control playback by an app on my android phone.

So what I want is to run the same with r7 but run the app on the r7 while it is in optical input mode. Thus I wouldn't need to use my phone and I assume the r7 screen can be always on.

Can that happen or does optical input mode stop the use of android apps?

Thanks

-Mat