{"id":146136,"date":"2022-06-26T10:00:20","date_gmt":"2022-06-26T09:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=146136"},"modified":"2022-06-26T10:00:37","modified_gmt":"2022-06-26T09:00:37","slug":"fiio-q3-mqa-thx-aaa-dac-headphone-amplifier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/fiio-q3-mqa-thx-aaa-dac-headphone-amplifier\/","title":{"rendered":"FiiO Q3 MQA: THX AAA DAC &#038; Headphone Amplifier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The new FiiO Q3 MQA\u00a0digital-to-analog converter and headphone amplifier has\u00a0received several important upgrades from its predecessor, the Q3.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Firstly, the DAC block now uses the\u00a0AK4452\u00a0chip from\u00a0Asahi Kasei\u00a0, secondly, the model received the ability to natively decode\u00a0MQA\u00a0files, and thirdly, the processing of the incoming signal is entrusted to the\u00a0latest generation\u00a0XMOS XU316 processor.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/techweek.\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There are three outputs for connecting headphones &#8211; balanced\u00a02.5 mm, 4.4 mm\u00a0, as well as the usual\u00a03.5 mm\u00a0.\u00a0Battery life has increased to\u00a023 hours\u00a0in AUX mode and\u00a012 hours\u00a0in USB mode.\u00a0The amplifying part is built on two\u00a0THX AA-28 modules.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-146139\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/FiiO-Q3-MQA.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/FiiO-Q3-MQA.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/FiiO-Q3-MQA-800x993.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/FiiO-Q3-MQA-770x955.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiio.com\/newsinfo\/659121.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FiiO Q3 MQA\u00a0Portable DAC<\/a> and Headphone Amplifier\u00a0sells internationally for\u00a0US$149.<\/p>\n<h3>Keep features of the FiiO Q3 MQA include:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>All-new XMOS XU316 chip<\/li>\n<li>Efficient AK4452 DAC<\/li>\n<li>THX AAA-28&#215;2 amps<\/li>\n<li>Fully supports MQA decoding<\/li>\n<li>Dual power supply design<\/li>\n<li>All-new strapping kit<\/li>\n<li>ADC volume adjustment<\/li>\n<li>RGB indicator<\/li>\n<li>Two gain levels<\/li>\n<li>BASS boost<\/li>\n<li>2.5\/3.5\/4.4mm outputs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[ratemypost]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new FiiO Q3 MQA\u00a0digital-to-analog converter and headphone amplifier has\u00a0received several important upgrades from its predecessor, the Q3. &nbsp; Firstly, the DAC block now uses the\u00a0AK4452\u00a0chip from\u00a0Asahi Kasei\u00a0, secondly, the model received the ability to natively decode\u00a0MQA\u00a0files, and thirdly, the processing of the incoming signal is entrusted to the\u00a0latest generation\u00a0XMOS XU316 processor. There are three [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/fiio-q3-mqa-thx-aaa-dac-headphone-amplifier\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":146138,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-146136","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hi-fi","8":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}