Yeah, it's basically a shit expensive product

He didn’t even mention that it can power 600 ohm headphones 😅

This isn't a yelling Australian.

Dankpods sends their regards.

Expensive garbage i would say

The screen protector's for the back

$1200 and USB 2 hard pass

Blipung hell Britney Spears is still alive...

Learning some audio electro-engineering from James here.

Its probably so expensive because they know how few they are going to sell

I wasn’t expecting war thunder to sponsor a Linus tech tips btw it’s gonna btw it’s a great game run by a shit company

Why buy a FiiO when the Walkman still exists? Sony. Every time.

One thing to note about the M15, it does NOT sound the best out of the box, you will need to burn in the device a bit and the details will definitely start popping out.

I simply can't handle the sight of those cables being so fucked 😂 I always make sure that the cable on my Grados stay straight and aligned correctly and seeing that was like a big smack to the face 🤣

Great review and hands on. FiiO's product line has evolved towards premium over the past couple of years. One of those Chinese brands that delivers 'blue ribbon' quality in their DACs, Amps, and DAPs. I added a simple K3 DAC/Amp to my MacBook Pro 2017 and it makes all my headphones deliver more power and depth with significant enhancement. Not bad for $99. For more budget conscious audiophiles, the M15 is certainly out of reach (me for example) but I do get exceptional mileage from my M9. There's still a kick ass DAC in there. I don't listen to music on my iPhone any more unless I don't have a choice.

That thing built like a hostess cake bruh.

Referencing Britney Spears AND Dr. Dre in the same video just feels wrong.

That's the deal breaker with these high end player. A couple of hundred dollars and no internal storage is just a big fuck you from the company.

Expensive and nice are not synonyms.

Imagine selling a 1300$ music player with 64GB storage in 2020.

9:08 why do I hear a robot😂

if i hade $1300 i'd buy one

your description of balanced cable applies to normal balanced cables for things like microphones, but not for headphones. Headphone balanced cables do not work the way you said. They do not have differential signals...they just have separated ground. Not impervious to external RF noise.

14.5 minutes audio device review. Audio listening experience description: 1 minute.

yeah 64gb on a 1,300$ device is a fucking dealbreaker

James, the FiiO M15 is a bit overpriced for what you get (outdated UI, literally uses a 2 1/2 year old mobile chip, etc) and doesn't sound as good as their own lower model the M11 Pro (likely due to it's THX certification). For $100 less than the M15 - the iBasso DX300 gives you a modern mobile Cpu, UI and display with a fast, snappy interface just like your latest flagship mobile phones & the incredible sound of a Quad-DAC ! Best of both worlds.

This was painful to watch

It is not a phone But it does have a fairly clear version of android on it

You could also buy their M7 which is less than $100 and for the average person is functionally equivalent.

Dankpods assemble

Me when biden drops that stimulus

This turned into a TechQuickie half way through wtf

NO

Now that's some stinky power

People that don't stream are living in 1996

64gb should be illegal for a dedicated music player at this price range

It's refreshing to watch something other than PC/mobile stuff (I love that stuff too!).

dude-bro

So technically it's a 1300$ Smartphone but instead of the phone functionality you'll get slightly better sounding music. Who tf would spend that amount of money on this instead of a Flagship phone?

Elk

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Actually, it can run higher impedance headphones then your flagship can, and thus you can run far better headphones then your smartphone can. I personally like to just use my old ipod touch as my music device, since I don't want to keep my music library on my phone eating up all the space but if you really care about good audio you would buy something like this. I'm not saying that its worth the money or you have to have it, but if you don't understand why someone would buy it you have probably never heard good audio in your life.

Reason why it have dual amp is so that there is no cross talk when you use trrs ( balanced/4.4mm )

custom rig's

17 dager siden

Got the M11 my self and use the 4.4 almost all the time

Ah finally a good game.

64gb is a joke using lossless..

i remember like Nokia and stuff had 2.5mm but, wtf is 4.4mm? I know of 3.5 and 6.3 but, 4.4? wha

So how studio gear like is this thing? How honest does it really sound?

PoRtAbLe T1s

What do you think about the Fiio mk3?

Think it's time to upgrade my x7mk2

Delete can be useful sometimes. Say you want to delete music you got bored. This happened to my dad many times in the past and we had to delete them kinda manuaaly. But if he haf this kind of player, he could just listen to all the songs one by one and delete which song he doesnt like

half of the video time, you talked about the buttons 🤔

can it play video .mp4 on that beautifull screen?

James it's okay they're 90s bands. We're old.

11:05 euhi think you meant AC there james :p a DC *Direct* Current cable doesn't fluxuates an AC *Alternating* Current does fluxuate

$1300 what a fking rip off. Should be a gold box to that price? Who the fk would carry that brick around???

Fiio

I wish I had close to $700 to spend on an iPod

I would definitely buy one of these for $300... ...Doesn't sound like I'll be getting a dedicated portable Amp any time soon.

the ''mikey i think he likes it' reference had me tormented for hours trying to recall where it was from. thanks for that

Erection types: Constantly on Pulsing Off

12mins in before mention of the sound quality. Honestly, the point of this device, is sound reproduction quality. You could of left a link to an audiophile review. Im disappointed

Me- (10 minutes into the video.)But how does it sounds?!!!

d a n k p o d s

Me to me: why do you always want things you cant have? I gotta get a FLAC player that can handle my "good" headphones man

the audio on this video sounds weird

I came from dankpods

"When Pause 4 Porno comes on" lmfao

11:10 there's so much wrong with what you are saying, it isn't even funny. Firstly, a DC power cable does not have fluctuating currents and thus does not cause any EM interference. Also, 'regular' 3.5mm jack cables have a grounded braided or foil sleeve to shield the two signal cables inside. The two signal cables both go to either the left or right respectively, and those signals return via the sleeve back to the device. Balancing outputs (or inputs) makes sense to reject common mode noise introduced by for example power supply ripple. I should also mention, that any noise coupled onto your headphone cable will be insignificant, since it is terminated into a very low ohmic load. To put it in other terms, the impedance of headphones is so low, that any induced voltage cannot create enough voltage to drive the speakers. In my professional opinion as an electrical engineer I can tell you that they are kind of an audiophool scam, as are many other things in the high end audio business. It purely comes from that high end studiuo gear uses balanced connections a lot, because microphones etc are sensitive to this because of their high impedance nature, and cables can be multiple 10s of meters long. There are certain cases where it might make a difference, for example extremely high impedance headphones (ex. electrostatic headphones) or if you have some sort of ground coupling issue, which can couple ground supply noise into the ground of your circuit, differential amplification takes care of this by having a higher rejection ratio. If you are using a properly designed amplifier, have no grounding issues (you shouldn't) or are using a battery powered device, plus not using any super exotic headphones, it is totally unnecessary and impossible to hear the difference. Coupled noise is probably far below the noise floor of the DAC never mind the range of human hearing. The only truly reasonable reasoning I can fathom for balanced outputs on a portable device, is to be able to attain twice the output voltage swing with the same supply voltage. Essentially being able to drive your headphones louder.

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wasted money.

I mean if you be paying 1300 dollars for a music player, you should not be bothered with the 1 to cards price

That is the worst audio review I have seen. The reason it is expensive is the sound. Where is the sound review?

Yeah... Why?

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they paid you guys, didn't they?

can I have it

The mobile desktop dac with an android in it

Bro, DC is not alternating

We need Dankpods to review this

After getting into audio and watching this video it kinda hurts to listen to him butcher the explanation for xlr since the 3 prong xlr is single ended and only 4 pin is balanced. Balanced is only possible with 2 grounds, and the weirdest part is I think balanced is mostly snake oil outside of power delivery and professional settings, so why is this annoying me so much?!?

James really likes the stuff he's reviewing and that's the reason why his reviews are interesting to watch.

What's a headphone jack?

1:17 you could see the laugh oh so close lol

the H E M P S!!

My dad got That as a Gift and only Uses it to Play Candy crush

You better use the hu duh six hunge ohs by old mate upside downy

This dude doesn't do it the justice dankpods did it

M15 is much better than SE200. m15 have a good experience, it's like a another version of sp2000, but the different is：m15 have better phone output, it have a bigger thrust, and sp2000 is clean,gentle and tranquil. M15 have a full android system then you can install much apps, but sp2000 can only a bit of music apps.

The big nugget returns

James really is one of the most enjoyable to watch and even listen to.

Looks like someone’s been watching a bit of dank pods

James mentioning Britney Spears instagram made me go down a whole rabbit hole. Thanks James

free britney

James really described how the shuffle feature works on every device that plays music

You dumbo the screen protecter is the back glass, if you have ever owned an ipod, you know why

Hey a Australian audiophile/music enthusiast also reviewed those Headphones and That Media his name is DANKPODS

DC cable for EMI EMC issues? ... OH MY FARADAY ! ...

the screen protector is for the back glass. they expect you to have it laying on its back most of the time.

kinda of an important think that you skipped is that it supports up to 600 ohms which is crazy considering the size and all the things that you can use it for, if you see some DAC's some cost as much but they aren't as small nor cool, I think is a very cool product, for more technicalities maybe you want to see Dank Pods review on this

Are you ducking kidding me about asking confirmation? Why cannot any Windows OS's after 3.1 just do it right? YOU'RE GONE!! If you did not want to delete it, than you should have used a RAID setup. No more GD excuses. I remove EVERY confirmation delete prompt in EVERY program that does file management. Have to love modifying the INI file. GET THE F OFF MY DEVICE

Most expensive piece of crap I've ever seen!

Help PLEASE ! How do I change language? My Fiio M9 is in Japanese ,so I can't understand instructions. Please if you know..