FIIO M17 Walkman: a very good deal for equipment that is as capable as it is gifted…
To do Paris-Marseille, is a Renault Clio more suitable?u’a Mercedes E-Class? Both vehicles will get you to your destination, but the passenger experience will not be the same. All things considered, it‘is this kind of‘experience that the Fiio M17 invites you with superlative dimensions and characteristics compared to a pocket music player, which the M17 is not. It is heavy and bulky: 610 g for 156x88x28 mm. In addition, it heats like a twelve-cylinder, which is why the Chinese manufacturer offers a ventilated desk support. The M17 is full of the most enviable technologies: Dual DAC with ESS ES9038PRO chips, dual THX AAA 788+ amplifier circuit, dual external or internal battery power supply, dual femtosecond NDK clock, super-power supply capacity, XMos XUF208 chip for USB, Qualcomm QCC 5124 for Bluetooth – the list goes on. The M17 runs Android, can store 64 GB in ROM and 2 TB on MicroSD.
This do-it-all machine, streamerstore, play over a network, is also a fantastic headphone amp equipped with all possible outputs, both symmetrical and asymmetrical, as long as it is in jack format. In addition to the two USB-C ports, there is an RCA S/PDIF input/output and a balanced line output. To adjust the sound, there are seven digital filter modes, a ten-band graphic equalizer and different gain settings. Capable of outputting up to 35.3 V (+16 dB), it can also convert PCM to DSD and display the signal as a level meter. More important is the sound: there, it is a revelation both in spectral balance, transparency and dynamics. The M17 competes with DAC/amps with high, even very high, ambitions, to the point that the question may arise of investing in what, considered in this way, looks like a very good deal for equipment as capable as it is gifted. . This is what is said.
