Gaming Headsets·#9 in Gaming Headsets

Fiio K11 Desktop DAC Amplifier

FiiO K11 Desktop 1400W Power Balanced Headphone DAC & Amplifier 384kHz/24Bit DSD256 for Home Audio/PC 6.35mm/4.4mm/RCA/Coaxial/Optical (Black)

By Fiio

49mentions71%positive$142.99typicalr/headphones+8pros/6cons

What one Redditor said

For my ears, the sound is clearly more enjoyable in many ways.

r/headphones15upvotes

What Reddit thinks

Pros

8
  • +Exciting to try
  • +Expected to improve music enjoyment
  • +Great setup (with hd 490 pro)
  • +As plug and play as it gets (with hd 490 pro)
  • +More than enough volume on low gain (with hd 490 pro)
  • +more natural sound
  • +sound is clearly more enjoyable
  • +very good on its own

Cons

6
  • Price point scared me
  • treble is more rolled off
  • felt flat
  • treble was rolled off
  • sounded boring
  • not up to full potential of headphones

Where Reddit talks about it

49 comments · 9 subreddits

r/HeadphoneAdvice
14 mentions24
57%
r/headphones
12 mentions46
50%
r/Hifiman
5 mentions9
40%
r/AVexchange
5 mentions6
20%
r/FiiO
3 mentions5
33%
r/iems
3 mentions7
100%

Reddit reviews

+ 25~ 195
r/positive

I came here to post about my anxiety after just ordering the Fiio K11 and Sundaras this morning as the price point scared me. But, after seeing your post, I think I made the right call.

r/headphonespositive6

I have A-Bd the K3 and K11 R2R a lot and there is definitely a difference with the treble, its more rolled off with the R2R dac. Also the sound like I mentioned in the original post is more natural, i

r/headphonespositive15

For my ears, the sound is clearly more enjoyable in many ways.

r/headphonesneutral2

I'm still new to this hobby. I want to get the Apos gremlin to use with the fiio k11. How would I go about plugging them into each other?

r/headphonespositive2

The K11 R2R is very good on its own though.

r/headphonespositive2

K11 R2R is how I started and still anchoring my audio chain.

r/headphonesnegative2

I was using the K11 R2R with my Fostex TH-900 and it kind of just felt so flat and the treble was rolled off too a point of it sounding boring and not up to the full potential of what the headphones c

r/sennheiserneutral1

I like the built in PEQ. same price as the FiiO k11 i think i Will only have it by the pc. How long have you had the Quadelix 5k?

r/sennheiserpositive1

I have a FiiO K11 and use my DT770 Pro and HD650 with it - I have to say it’s a great little piece of kit and performs very well. I think when you get to about the $200 mark for a DAC/AMP you start to

r/FiiOneutral2

I’ve just the M27 reference DAP. FiiO make some pretty damn good electronics. How’s that K11 treating u? Which IEM’s u got paired up with it?

r/Hifimanpositive3

The K11 will run the XS fine with your stock cable.

r/Hifimanneutral2

you should use the 6.35 port with the edition xs, not the balanced 4.4 port, because you actually get more juice out of the non balanced port with the k11 (only with your headphones!!!).

r/Hifimannegative1

I tried using a stock cable with a lightning to usb-c connection and the files k11 does not recognize my itouch.

r/Hifimanpositive1

Even if the raw wattage on paper looks lower for low-ohm loads, the Balanced port offers three "surgical" advantages: Better Stereo Separation, Dynamic Headroom, Controlled Damping.

r/headphonesneutral1

Like I said I went kinda blind with the FiiO K11 R2R cause of the many good opinions it has.

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