FiiO E10K Type-C can be sold for 7 years without stopping production!!!

FiiO E10K Type-C is contrary to the wealth code of HiFi circle "new", as an entry-level positioning "tool man" can actually sell for 7 years? This successfully aroused my curiosity, so I applied for a prototype to talk about this USB decoding headphone power amplifier that can be described as "elderly......

, due to the chip shortage, this product, which has been sold for 10 years, was finally forced to upgrade. In this upgrade opportunity, E10K uses Type-C interface, bringing more possibilities. 10K TC is equipped with flagship XMOS chip XUF208, which supports UAC2.0(USB Audio Class protocol) to bring better decoding effect and equipment adaptability. Here, let's look at the problem of UAC2.0. Because this protocol supports USB High Speed, it will come with Buff with high bandwidth and low delay. This also makes E10K TC naturally affixed with Hi-Res small gold label. The transmission speed of UAC2.0 is basically not less than 60 Mb/s, so the highest support of 384Khz/32b in the official introduction is justified.

Feiao has adopted a mature PCM5102 chip as DAC. This relatively unfamiliar chip was still very popular in its early years. Now Feiao has been used at the entry level, which can bring smoother sound performance. In the design of high-current ear amplifier drive circuit, the ear amplifier part adopts high-current design and adopts LMH6643 chip, which brings better transient performance with high thrust.

Even though the official marked the three-dimensional parameters of 79 × 49.1 × 21mm, the physical volume of the E10K Type-C was really a bit beyond my expectation after getting started. The fuselage is about the length of one finger, the width of two fingers and the thickness of one finger, which is very mini.

adopts a black metal wire drawing design, with anti-skid design on both sides. The top is FiiO brand, and the bottom Olympus 2 completely covered me. I asked Mrs. Feiao about it. This belongs to Feiao's ancient flavor design. Early products will be printed with the name of the mountain. This is not Feiao at all!! I'm more curious about whether the "Feiao Space Sheep" will be named after the product by domestic spacecraft or launch vehicle? The front of the fuselage is 3.5 interface/Bass switch/potentiometer & switch, and the back interface includes Type-C/coaxial output/line output/gain switch.

the concept of USB decoding amplifier in 2021 is miniaturization (similar to Feiao's own BTR3K/5 and other small tails) or giant (similar to Feiao Q5S). Mobile phone OTG can turn E10K Type-C into a medium-sized big tail! The mobile phone can control the volume, and there is still a little gap between the sound and the computer AB in terms of fullness, which is mainly caused by the difference in power supply. The mobile phone uses Apple Music with E10K Type-C to push ER4P. When all adjustments are turned off by default, it feels that the low frequency part is poor. Although it is still moving in the direction of quality display, it is actually so lost. After turning on the Bass switch, the tone that felt bad was filled up, especially when the gain switch was switched to high gain, the sound field was suddenly enlightened, and there was no problem except for the sound!!!

to tell the truth, I was shocked by this black pimple that only sells 499. There is no reason why I can sell it for 10 years! After inserting MBP, the sound field scale of ER4P can be pushed out. The low frequency has very good diving and quantitative performance, and the high frequency extension feeling is not exciting. This completely pushes ER4P away. The track of "Star Wars" in the album "Live At Williams Concert Hall, Los Angeles 2019" on Apple Music is simply comparable to burning music. Listening to the album "Happier Than Ever" with EX1000, Bass and Gain are all turned off and the verbs are still typed. The human voice is slightly pale, but the human voice is actually a little sticky in the details. After such a match, it sounds very thoughtful, especially the lazy feeling of the song "Billie Bossa Nova. The feeling that the sound of the cello in "Myaskovsky & Rimsky-Korsakov: Cello Works" permeates the air has tidied up the FX1100. This combination can only listen to the small cello or Solo. I tried rock and roll, but I couldn't stand it.

, after taking out the flagship multi-unit plug on your hand for another round of E10K Type-C, you can simply summarize the sound characteristics of this "bargain". The sound is neutral and moist tuning, and the driving ability is strong. No matter what plug you insert, the sound field will be directly large. The low-frequency energy will be abundant and dive deep. The performance of large dynamics and transients is very good; the disadvantage is that it has been slightly broken down in analysis, but if you think about it carefully, this thing is not as expensive as my USB cable, okay?

originally, I was going to send off the E10K Type-C in the lottery, because before I got it, I was just curious about the magic of an entry-level product that could be sold continuously from 2014 to 2021. As a result, I didn't expect it to be so fragrant that I kept it for myself. From a functional point of view, Po/Lo/coaxial output meets the needs of various desktops, and I did not expand too much, because this thrust is at least enough for my daily earplugs, but only providing 3.5 interfaces limits the practicability. After all, at present, my main flagship is 4.4, and only some of the old flagship collections are 3.5.

what should be the summary? 499 medium-sized big tail? desktop little overlord? Anyway, if you have to have a card budget and you are the main user of 3.5, then I really suggest you buy it with your eyes closed!!!

Author: Original Walkman Ring 2021/08/24

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