Fiio M3K: Buy This Budget DAP Bargain!
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
- Fiio make some truly awesome audio hardware, and there is a DAP to suit every budget.This is the cheapest one at £59, but it's no slouch when it comes to performance and audio quality!
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An entertaining and informative start, mate.
Man I love my m3k a lot.
I love the battery, the UI, the control, the Tron like design and the memory capacity supporting up to 2tb which is scary for an MP3 player that size.
I love it's *secret feature where you can change the song using the volume control whilst the screen is off.* You're welcome if you own a m3k.
I just got one. Absolutely love it!
Please tell me how to use this trick
is it running on android?
I'm really liking this channel so far! Keep up the good work man
I've got one of these and I absolutely love it. High volume - unlike Sony Walkmans and iPods - high def audio ability, microSD support and, as you say, a 3.5cm earphone port. All for 60 of our British pounds. I honestly do believe the FiiO M3K is the best bargain on the DAP market.
FUCK YOU APPLE!!!
Hahaha 🤣🤣😛 Nice one
I don't know why but M3Ks have JUMPED in price on EBay. The same M3K I bought for $45 is now going for $375 on EBay. Whyyyyyy????
I have this DAP. I installed rockbox firmware. Now it sounds even great. EQ and other sound mods in rockbox firmware made this dap even more valuable.
I installed rockbox on my dads ipod classic 5th gen. Almost immediately reinstalled the Apple software after seeing the layout and button configuration. Even after applying the theme that's supposed to resemble the ipods original software, it's a nightmare to navigate. It just feels like it hasn't been updated since 2003.
This is the DAP that I use! I'm no audiophile but I do try a bit, so it's good to get reassurance that this was a good choice to buy! Apart from a now-fixed horrible software glitch I had, I've had few issues with it although it does do a few weird things sometimes, like restarting midway through a song, but I'm used to it and don't find it very bothersome. Thanks for the video and I think you've got another subscriber on your hands!
Thanks Justin. Yes I've had a few glitches, nothing horrendous though.
I really hope FiiO sponsors you man what a well put video. Matter of fact i'm buying solely based on this review and a bit of reddit.
Great video 👍 I've been looking for a decent dedicated music player, using the quad dac on my LG phones is great but notifications and calls are annoying at times. Definitely will look into the m3k as an option after this video, thanks!
Nice review Matron, Fiio do make some very impressive black background little devices, I have had the btr5 for a couple of years and use it for quite a few of my headphines balanced such as my daily Sennheiser 6xx's 300 ohm which balanced with extra voktage and mw sound fantastic. I actually think they sound as good as when using my hipdac, nice review of that as well BTW.
I use my Fiio m7 most of the time , but prices gone up recently. This m3k also went up also . But this week I spotted on Amazon that the M7 now back to £130. And this M3k back to 60. I have ordered it.
Just got this dap for $45. Really excited when I got it and immediately loaded up my podcasts and stuff
Been carrying one of these around with me for a while now, but couldnt ever get comfortable with the touch controls.
Found it again today and decided I'd give installing rockbox a go. Turns out rockbox has a few tweaks done to the touch controls that vastly improve it. The scroll pad now also functions as basic up/down buttons for fine control.
thanks for the tip. Glad to hear rockbox are still going - I remember hacking rockbox onto an old ipod
Love the innuendo, sir - Belfast-born, so raised watching Carry On films - so I get it - Ooooooooooh mATRON!!!!
I have this player Years now, wanted to buy some New Better one but i think i have to pay more than 2-300 € ,im still Happy with it,bought a aptx adapter and with a Powerbank its Bluetooth compatible with fiio fw3 Earphones its just Amazing😎
Hello, Thanks for your entertaining positive description of the M3K. I'm on the fence about entering the hi res world, but this seems like a good price point to jump in the pool. Do you know if the Fiio interacts well with Mac's? I'd be transferring flac files from an Imac. Thanks very much. Geoffrey
If you have made your CDs into flac files hope you did so without any compression or volume normalization there are options where you make a clean copy of the CD
However, you can also buy a dac for iphone from another manufacturer that you connect to the lighting connection. which supports 24 bit and 192 khz. but if you want to listen to DSD I think you must have something other than an iphone. note you may also need a usb adapter
*i got the fiio m3 pro, love the battery, simple ui, sound especially the size*
A friend of mine owns the m15, stout little thing, it can drive even 600 ohm headphones, as long as you have a balanced cable for those, and it can handle 200 something bit flak
great review.. I just ordered it. :-)
Good choice Kevin!
Does the speed of the sd card matter?
Nope
for transferring, yes
However, I am more interested in a budget-friendly DAP player that supports apps and has wifi. you know streaming apps have offline mode for subscribers and I want hi-res and it is not on a regular CD. The closest you can get is for example sony album which says super bit mapping. So 20 bit quality to 16 bit data. Other record companies had similar ones
Can you customize, change the single parameters of the equalizer or it comes with fixed options(that would be atrocious)?
Does this have built-in speakers or have I to use headphones like with an iPod Classic?
You have to use earphones
Thnx mate
Then unfortunately this review was not of any use to me because I want to know how good it sounds with hi-res music
nice video
Yea… recording function without built in speakers… makes a lot of sense 😂
I loved my M3k but lost it and can't find a new one anywhere - any suggestions for similar alternative?
Ruizu
aliexpress
brand new eyes from paramore?
good shout
That comment about the Wife is relatable
Too bad Fiio discontinued these. I would have bought one.
I need reset my M3k, help help plz.
Mention Astell&Kern... Pulls out Fiio 'Damn that looks like an old iriver'.
Hahaha.
With the mention of the Fiio M11 for balanced output, there ARE cheaper options with decent balanced output. I picked up the HiBY R3 Pro for the equivalent of 150 pounds and it powers my HD6XX with balanced 2.5mm cable just fine.
Yo?! My Bloody Valentine album, yes.
BT audio is handy for background music in a doctors waiting room or elevators. Not for me though.
Let me tell you. i purchased this. But it broke 4 months
later, and wouldn't turn on. Then they gave me a new one. but this one
broke 3 months later. However, this time, it turns on, but the sound
doesn't work. It is a crackling sound. I will never buy Fiio products. I am too scared about the future of them.
Mbv💜
get the m3 pro instead!
Yeah that’s a good call.
@@AudioFixation unfortunately, it doesn't come with a free case but overall sound is phenomenal
Is it worth adding $20 to get the m3 pro?
@@krayozmines absolutely! touchscreen, great battery life but sadly there's no free silicon case
a more expensive DAC will bring you "a bigger soundstage" yeah another one of that guys. You shall read the emperors new clothes please and think about it.
I mean I could just buy an adapter instead of hundreds on another device. Also, flac files are a huge waste of space for anything but archival purposes. Also, your phone has a do not disturb mode. Also, offline mode is a thing. Also a lot of headphones have media controls so you don't have to take your phone out of your pocket. I doubt this thing sounds better than my phone.
Any cheap iem ( Available in India ) ?? ..
cheap iems come from aliexpress and so are available world wide start by looking at tin t2 and moondrop starfields
Maybe KZ ZSN Pro X
Blon bl03 or Moondrop aria? Otherwise KZ EDX or ZSN Pro