[Xinlisupreme]

M17 might be a purchase for later as I am sure its number is not limited and on plus might come out with another module maybe even better sounding !
i understand that fiio program is to create other modules for it..

@The jedi Baritone i never read about Fiio M17 modular design, I thought it’s born with that amp and Dac, are you sure? didn’t you mean Shanling M30?

 

[Skullar]

Is M9 bigger than Hiby R8?

 

[The jedi Baritone]

@The jedi Baritone i never read about Fiio M17 modular design, I thought it’s born with that amp and Dac, are you sure? didn’t you mean Shanling M30?

No I wasn’t talking about M30 and not about a and k that have switchable modules like SE180 but I read somewhere that m17 has a modular design that is sure, and some friend of mine told me he thinks they night bring other modules for M17
but I might be wrong!
I think time will tell!
nevertheless it Sounds pretty amazing as it is and is also probably the most powerful DAP as of yet!

 

[aaf evo]

M17 isn’t modular.

 

[The jedi Baritone]

M17 isn’t modular.

Well then sorry about my mistake and thx for clarify it!

 

[PotatoMEZE]

Has someone try HiFIMan Susvara with M9 ?

 

[Lumithium]

Has someone try HiFIMan Susvara with M9 ?

Don't do this.

 

[Kiats]

Lazy Sunday listening with the M9 and the FitEar Titan/ Eletech PlatoXSocrates.

 

[Flextreme]

I experience the same problem and it is easy to replicate: 44.1/16 tracks in Tidal are fine, but once I listen to high-res MQA tracks the DAC easily freezes or freaks out with crackling and pops after a couple songs. Once frozen a reboot is needed.

Whats the best place to report this bug? Is Shanling support responsive?

Update:

While this freezing problem was consistently happinging at first, I cannot replicate this issue at all right now.

I've been pondering why, only two things are different:

1. I'm currently at home, not in the office where I experienced these issues. Mayby the office wifi network has influence. VERY UNLIKELY
2. I left the M9 running for burn in, but forgot to connect power. The battery completely drained: causing a cold reboot. This was the first cold reboot after the firmware upgrade, which had many reboots after the upgrade, but only 'warm' reboots. MORE LIKELY.

My guess is a true cold reboot was all my m9 needed...

Thanks everyone for responding and Shanling for reaching out!

 

[Kiats]

Some late Sunday night listening before another crazy week with the FitEar MH334SR / Eletech Fortitude 8.

 

[claud W]

Is it just me, or does the M9 soundstage like crazy? Listening to Fiio Crinicle IEM and I have a nice big soundstage . Who would have thunk? First use after 2 weeks of break in. The M9 seems to improve the sound of what you play like the M8.

 

[Kiats]

Is it just me, or does the M9 soundstage like crazy? Listening to Fiio Crinicle IEM and I have a nice big soundstage . Who would have thunk? First use after 2 weeks of break in. The M9 seems to improve the sound of what you play like the M8.

Indeed it does! And the M9 has a nice bass kick as well.

 

[KPzypher]

Does the M9 come with factory applied screen protector? If not, anyone have a link to one? And any third party case available for these yet? The included one looks janky with poor impact protection.

 

[Damz87]

Does the M9 come with factory applied screen protector? If not, anyone have a link to one? And any third party case available for these yet? The included one looks janky with poor impact protection.

Yes it comes factory applied

 

[claud W]

Does the M9 come with factory applied screen protector? If not, anyone have a link to one? And any third party case available for these yet? The included one looks janky with poor impact protection.

The factory case is mostly open like that for a reason. The M8 and M9 are heat sinks to keep the electronics cool and dissipate heat.