{"id":163573,"date":"2023-06-19T11:10:33","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T10:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=163573"},"modified":"2023-06-19T11:10:33","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T10:10:33","slug":"fiio-fw3-tws-headphones-with-dac-by-asahi-kasei-unveiled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/headphones\/fiio-fw3-tws-headphones-with-dac-by-asahi-kasei-unveiled\/","title":{"rendered":"FiiO FW3: TWS headphones with DAC by Asahi Kasei unveiled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FiiO\u00a0has released a new model of fully wireless headphones\u00a0FW3\u00a0, characterized by the use of a separate high-quality chip for digital-to-analog conversion\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/258_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Most often, TWS headphones use a converter integrated into the Bluetooth adapter, however, the best sound quality is achieved using a specialized DAC chip.\u00a0The FiiO FW3 is equipped with\u00a0the AK4332\u00a0from the Velvet Sound series, providing a signal-to-noise ratio of 106dB and a dynamic range of up to 102dB.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/259_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Responsible for wireless communication is the\u00a0Qualcomm QCC5141 adapter, which is\u00a0Snapdragon Sound\u00a0certified\u00a0and supports\u00a0LHDC, aptX, AAC\u00a0and\u00a0SBC\u00a0codecs .\u00a0The acoustic part is built on\u00a0a 10 mm dynamic driver\u00a0with\u00a0a carbon\u00a0diaphragm.\u00a0A full charge of the built-in battery lasts for\u00a07 hours\u00a0, charging case adds another\u00a014 hours\u00a0.\u00a0The earbuds are protected from moisture ingress according to the\u00a0IPX4\u00a0standard .\u00a0The model is available in two colors &#8211; white and gray.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/260_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>FiiO FW3 TWS headphones are on sale in China at a price of 499 yuan (about $70).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FiiO\u00a0has released a new model of fully wireless headphones\u00a0FW3\u00a0, characterized by the use of a separate high-quality chip for digital-to-analog conversion\u00a0. Most often, TWS headphones use a converter integrated into the Bluetooth adapter, however, the best sound quality is achieved using a specialized DAC chip.\u00a0The FiiO FW3 is equipped with\u00a0the AK4332\u00a0from the Velvet Sound series, [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/headphones\/fiio-fw3-tws-headphones-with-dac-by-asahi-kasei-unveiled\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":163574,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[640],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-163573","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headphones","8":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163573","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=163573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}