Fiio K11 R2R - Amazing? Cheap?
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- Everyone always wants to know what the best bang-for-your-buck audiophile gear is. Where do you start? When are you not getting your money’s worth? The Fiio K11 R2R dac/amp seems to be a great option for it’s price of around $130. Should this be the default recommendation for entry level audiophiles? I think it could be….
Thanks to Apos for sending the unit out for review.
Links to products in the video (some affiliate):
Fiio K11 R2R: bit.ly/ayritap...
JDS Labs Atom Stack: jdslabs.com/pr...
JDS Labs Element: jdslabs.com/pr...
Moondrop Dawn Pro: bit.ly/ayritap...
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Budget Dongle: Dawn Pro: Moondrop Dawn Pro: bit.ly/ayritap...
Wired Portable DAC/Amp: Cayin RU6: bit.ly/ayritru6
Cheap Desktop DAC/Amp: Fiio K11 R2R: bit.ly/ayritap...
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I've got it and it sounds amazing both with Meze 109 Pro and Hifiman Arya Organic.
It warm and very musical, with very good detail retreival.
I'm trying Hifiman Serenade these days and i have to say that this Fiio does an outstanding job! It's close, very close to the sound of the Serenade, with just a little less detail.
I would say it's 90% of what the Serenade can offer, but at 15% of the price.
Thank you so much!😊
how does is stack againat cayin ru6 ? remember a while you mentioned that it was your main dac for both headphones and speakers 😅
what about using it as a dac only with the atom amp ? does it sound significantly better than with k11 r2r internal amp as they say in other review or is it an exaggeration ?
MrAyrit, Thanks for posting this video,,
Nice video and telling the story of this DAC.. Also are you into Rocketry? I see a Saturn 5 back there. ???? I fly high powered rockets..
It sits nicely on my Wiim streamer - a bit smaller but the same corner radius - looks nice.
It's a bit warmer than my SMSL SU-1 and not as open or detailed through the Fosi Audio ZA3 and Elac Uni-fy 6.2s, my old beresford bushmaster headphone amp (burr browns) sounded a bit better with the Sennheiser HD650s (as it should because they designed that DAC using those headphones as a reference) but in the end it has it's own strengths and it's easier to use than multiple DACs.
The K11 R2R is great if you're not chasing those tiny gains and if you run it on an office/desktop system. At some point I might put some Sparkos op-amps into the ZA3 to clarify things. As always, getting the right pairings would make all the difference.
Pls review Fiio ft1 pro
Thanks I have one ( 5 weeks old) and for its cost I thought it would be a curiosity .
I have no big DAC experience other than Arcam DACs ( Black Box in the past , and a IR DAC2 ) and the Portable Soundblaster .... and Loxjie d30
I have heard the Chiord Mojo ( really sweet ) and some costly ones I cannot remember in a £15000 system listening with Monitor Audio Platinum floor standers and the Sennhieser HD 700 and 800s
Im curious as to what people think .. I really like the little Fiio and find it is not at all a cheap kit within the limits of a modest system
I don't know if you still have the unit to compare, but when I use OUT LO, the volume is stuck at 99 no matter what I do, am I missing something? OUT PRE and OUT PO works fine.
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Reverend Dr. Thomas,
✝️ The Vegan Vicar 🌱
Is it enough to install DAC driver from fiio website to use this with PC or do I need to download something else?
On Mac, I did not download anything
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Try Shanling EH1 and you will throw JDS out the window.