Fosi Audio V3 Review - The Best Amp Under $400?
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Power specifications should always identify what measurement method they are using: RMS (root mean square) Power or Peak Power. Otherwise it is useless. Like telling someone something is 3.2 long. What? Inches? Feet? Meters?
Added this to a pair of old JM Lab Focal Micro Utopia speakers that I had lying around the office. Now the Focals in their day cost around $10k. Fosi V3 with a 48v power supply drove them musically without a problem. Mixing a $100 product to drive a $10k pair of speakers is crazy, but it shows how far Class D amps have come.
Living up to your channel name on this one for sure! Thanks for the detailed review.
Thanks for the review, ordered on through your Amazon link.
i got a v3 and placed my sparkos chips in it from an a07. mine is paired with schiit syn, dual polk psw-10s and es20s and a polk cs10 center. i have to agree with the description...a little less bass than the a07 but the soundstage is noticeably more revealing. i use a small 9 band eq to add more to the bottom . fantastic sounding little amplifier. gives me some immersive sound that i just didn't quite get with the a07. i am using a 36v 6a power supply.
Just got one. I am not disappointed. Powering Polk SDA SRS 2.3 (75 watts min) and it plays quite loud with no distortion that I can hear. What a value!
Got me mine. Sounds good and I like having the on / off as part of the volume knob.
I have one of these on order and also have a Topping PA5 and Aiyima a07. My Topping is very nice but I don't use it all the time because of reliability fears (when I purchased the PA5, I had read up on the TPA3251 and felt the 38v psu was too high, as the chip can only use 38v maximum voltage so I changed it out to a 32v 5a. It runs cooler than stock. ). The Aiyima A07 runs much cooler in the summer, so that's what I am using now.
Receivde and audited the V3 today. Compared with my Akitika GT108 power amp, which is a stellar performer. The Fosi V3 sounds every bit as good. Really surprised how good it sounds. BTW, speakers are Cornwall III's, CD is Emotiva ERC 4, and cartridge is a Nakaoka MP-200 on a Carbon EVO, so it's a compelling (to me ) performance.
I just got the SMSL SU-1 DAC today and hooked it up to my new Fosi V3 with the 48 volt power supply. USB connection to my PC and optical connection to my TV. Speakers are the Andrew Jones designed Pioneer tower speakers, 2nd gen. It sounds wonderful! I even like how it sounds at lower volume when I listen to music, use the PC or watch TV late at night.
Thanks to your recommendation I bought the Fosi Audio TB100 and I am super happy. Thank you!
I received my V3 about 2 weeks ago... So I brought it to work, I'm working at a audio gear showroom. I was able to try it with rather costly and revealing Wilson Benesch P2.0 and also Discovery 3.0 speakers! 😂 The little V3 aquitted itself very very well indeed.
Just got mine and thanks for the promo code Randy. Immediately am noticing that slightly better separation of instruments over the A07. This thing was just turned on less than 30 minutes ago. Listening to Lorreena Mckennits band offshoot band Secret Sky's latest album Opium. Caroline's voice is just floating and so well defined. Yeah the A07 as amazing as i thought and still think it is, wasn't pulling this off. Looking forward to listening to much more tonight. Sounding GREAT! Guess things may get better eh with a few hours on the capacitors. Cool! Thumbs up here!
Absolutely steller review! You never disappoint, thanks man!
This seems like a pretty neat amp Randy. Thanks for informing us about these fascinating budget products.
One like for including other Amazon links <3
Sounds like an amazing amp, but please add a suggested speaker pairing in your reviews, or at least mention what speakers you used. Thank you as always for your time and effort to share this with us all. Take care, brother.
Thanks for the review and the discount code. Just bought one myself 😊
I appreciate your work Randy, especially when you lay out component characteristics and give examples of how well (or not) they might play together with other components, as you did here - VERY HELPFUL!
I can attest to FOSI audio's quality. I've bought several brands of these little Chinese amps. All stopped working from 1 day to 1 year. Yet, my FOSI units continue to function properly and sound great. I made my own power supplies to bump up the power. I made a analog wireless speaker setup for my rear surrounds that has zero latency, and use the FOSI stuffed under the couch going on 6 years now. It doesn't complain and works perfectly. All my desktop computers have a FOSI with an external DAC via USB. They sound awesome.