It's 90$ on Aliexpress right now, i don't think i will find better for the price. Another question i got did you try it on bluetooth mode? because i use apple music to discover new music so it would be great to use my android phone to stream from It. If you used it please share you expirence.
I use Bluetooth regularly when I listen to music with the FA4 and it is a very stable and strong connection at a distance of 6-7 meters. And what I really like is the fact that EQ of the player works in Bluetooth mode, which was very important to me to be able to influence the sound and it sounds great through my ANKER SOUNDCORE 2 bluetooth speaker. As for the update, version 9.2 refers to FAudio T3 and not to FA4.
Thanks for sharing. I'm not sure about the update but that's the name "FA4P_V9.2_20230928_LMT_SN=FA4P.ekf" and for the 8.1 "FA4P_V8.1_20221207_SN=FA4P开头.ekf" they are the same name right? i'm confused as the T3 name is "T3_V8.3_20240131 （default english).npg". Even the extension is different FA4 = .ekf , T = .npg
Then I was wrong about that i saw now in the folder. The problem with most Chinese manufacturers, except for the big ones, is that support for a model stops when a newer model appears than it is very difficult to do anything and it is a real pain to find an update if there is one at all for your older model
No hissing/crackling trouble on my side. Regarding the filecount limit, it's related to the library and the fact that it automatically rescan your microSD each time you power on the device. So, up to 3000 audio files, the scan is lightning fast (routine is ASM optimised), but over this 3000 files limit, the scanning takes up to 20 minutes to complete (tested with a 512GB microSD containing around 30.000 files). Yes, their database scheme and arbitrary files limit is absurd, don't ask me why this was implemented this way, it's just like that. As you have noted, the hardware is top-notch, indeed and the device delivers plenty of listening pleasure. As for the firmware version, it's actually stuck at 8.1, that's it. It's a customized version of the very first iterations of the "Hiby OS", looks alike the "Hifi Walker H2" OS, kind of. It's okay. Bluetooth works fine, USB DAC mode works fine too. There's a 9.2 version for the firmware, but that's not for the "F.AUDIO FA4", that's for a rebrand of this exact same device under "LIMETECC" label for the asiatic market. I've tried this firmware version (9.2) onto the F.AUDIO FA4 and the display is inverted : upside-down with video inversion. This was done on purpose to prevent users of the F.AUDIO FA4 model to upgrade their device's firmware. You could use it, but everything is inverted, so right is left and vice-versa, you have to lower the volume to crank it up, etc... I've personnaly rolled back to the previous version (8.1). Otherwise, one way to bypass this stupid 3000 files limit is by using ISO files or FLAC Full albums with cuesheets. Also, I ended up with 450 (60GB) ambient mixes produced by Low Light Mixes wich is roughly 450 hours of music. That's plenty. Else, i just connect to my LG G5 bluetooth and feed audio to the FA4 this way. So, it works great as a bluetooth amp too !
Although it is not the 9.2 native version of the firmware for FA4, everything behaves normally for me because I installed it yesterday for me nothing is inverted. Otherwise, I am delighted with what you get for the cost of this player and the majority of those who criticize it have probably not even tried to use it, much less to buy it. So I can recommend it to everyone. Otherwise, after installing the 9.2 version of the firmware, I notice that the sound is lil bit louder and that the sound is somehow fuller.No hissing/crackling trouble on my side. Regarding the filecount limit, it's related to the library and the fact that it automatically rescan your microSD each time you power on the device. So, up to 3000 audio files, the scan is lightning fast (routine is ASM optimised), but over this 3000 files limit, the scanning takes up to 20 minutes to complete (tested with a 512GB microSD containing around 30.000 files). Yes, their database scheme and arbitrary files limit is absurd, don't ask me why this was implemented this way, it's just like that. As you have noted, the hardware is top-notch, indeed and the device delivers plenty of listening pleasure. As for the firmware version, it's actually stuck at 8.1, that's it. It's a customized version of the very first iterations of the "Hiby OS", looks alike the "Hifi Walker H2" OS, kind of. It's okay. Bluetooth works fine, USB DAC mode works fine too. There's a 9.2 version for the firmware, but that's not for the "F.AUDIO FA4", that's for a rebrand of this exact same device under "LIMETECC" label for the asiatic market. I've tried this firmware version (9.2) onto the F.AUDIO FA4 and the display is inverted : upside-down with video inversion. This was done on purpose to prevent users of the F.AUDIO FA4 model to upgrade their device's firmware. You could use it, but everything is inverted, so right is left and vice-versa, you have to lower the volume to crank it up, etc... I've personnaly rolled back to the previous version (8.1). Otherwise, one way to bypass this stupid 3000 files limit is by using ISO files or FLAC Full albums with cuesheets. Also, I ended up with 450 (60GB) ambient mixes produced by Low Light Mixes wich is roughly 450 hours of music. That's plenty. Else, i just connect to my LG G5 bluetooth and feed audio to the FA4 this way. So, it works great as a bluetooth amp too !
I'm absolutely positive about this DAP, given the specs of the device, it's a real bargain at this price point.
This is mine.
Okay, it seems that units having a SNID beginning with "FA4P" can and should be upgraded with the latest firmwares then...
Where did you get that player?Innoasis Android iPod inspired player. TRN MT4 IEM's
