FiiO BTR3K dac amp

FiiO BTR3K, FiiO M11 and FiiO FH7.

FiiO sent me a nice ‘how are you?’ note after China opened up for business again and offered to send Head pie the BTR3K for a listen.

Why not i thought? Their most recent BT model with single and balanced outputs and improvements all round.

I had the first mini FiiO E5 (2008?) Amplifier which set the pace early on.

Imagine if something like the BTR3K had been available back then...

I am hoping the world gets back to normal, or at discovers a new normal once this dreaded virus gets contained.

So many lives are affected in our audiophile community.

Take care all.

Link to the details:

FiiO BTR3K US$69.00

Brief highlights/quick look.

(Specifications, FiiO comparison table and more at the bottom of this page).

Unboxing

Usual how to and warranty booklets. A lanyard for the lanyard inclined, probably paired with the case.

The BTR3K is nicely shielded with a cover whilst in transit to your hot little hands.

This can be recycled with a drawn on dot and stuck to your tv screen or gaming monitor for cheap fps wins.

Buttons from too left: power, microphone, a multifunctional button, vol up/prev track-vol down/next track.

More operational details in the manual.

2.5mm balanced and 3.5mm single ended. Win/win!

USB-C 4 lyfe

Clear case with clip. Shirt, bag, belt...wherever. I’d probably pocket it myself.

The BTR3K fits either way into the case.

It was easy to connect with several devices i tried.

BT seemed stable to me as i left the daps in one room and walked around the house, upstairs and downstairs and even out the front door.

Sound quality was impressive. Solid, rich and thick.

Audio reproduction was realistic and congruent with my past experience of each track. Accurate springs to mind.

I didn't detect any hiss, but i wasn't seriously listening for any either...(i will check again).

I was able to have a satisfying volume without pushing the BTR3K or the daps volume.plenty of room to move.

I myself prefer dap/cable/earphones because i am a dinosaur. I only got a decent internet capable phone about a year ago.

But this, this i would use. And i have had a few Bluetooth dingle dongle bingo bongos pass through Head pie without temptation.

More photo pron with the FiiO BTR3K,

FiiO M7 and DDhifi earphones.

More highlights (not complete) from the FiiO BTR3K webpage:

Thank you to FiiO for sending Head pie the BTR3K.

FiiO BTR3K dac amp - showcase