{"id":170886,"date":"2023-10-08T10:41:16","date_gmt":"2023-10-08T09:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=170886"},"modified":"2023-10-18T05:54:26","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T04:54:26","slug":"fiio-launches-k11-balanced-desktop-dac-and-headphone-amplifier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/fiio-launches-k11-balanced-desktop-dac-and-headphone-amplifier\/","title":{"rendered":"FiiO launches K11 Balanced Desktop DAC and Headphone Amplifier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The new FiiO K11\u00a0headphone amplifier\u00a0is equipped with a built-in digital-to-analog converter and is capable of driving even fairly tight headphones.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/56_techweek.webp\" alt=\"FiiO K11\" width=\"870\" height=\"870\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">FiiO K11<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The DAC unit in the model is built on the\u00a0CS43198\u00a0chip from\u00a0Cirrus Logic\u00a0and is capable of working with\u00a032-bit\/384 kHz PCM\u00a0signals , as well as with the native\u00a0DSD256\u00a0stream .\u00a0To supply a digital signal, there are optical and coaxial inputs, as well as a USB-C port.\u00a0The output range includes 4.4 mm\u00a0and\u00a06.35 mm\u00a0headphone jacks\u00a0, as well as an RCA line output.\u00a0In addition to traditional signal sources, the new product can work with game consoles, including\u00a0PS5\u00a0and\u00a0Nintendo Switch.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/57_techweek.webp\" alt=\"FiiO K11\" width=\"870\" height=\"870\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">FiiO K11<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On the front panel there is a small LCD display, as well as a universal rotary control, which is also used for menu navigation and input switching.\u00a0On the top panel of the device is the company logo, which glows in different colors depending on the sampling rate of the received signal.\u00a0The headphone amplifier outputs up to\u00a01400 mW\u00a0into\u00a032 ohms\u00a0on a balanced output.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/58_techweek.webp\" alt=\"FiiO K11\" width=\"870\" height=\"870\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">FiiO K11<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The FiiO K11\u00a0desktop DAC and headphone amplifier\u00a0can be purchased online starting at\u00a0\u00a0$129.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new FiiO K11\u00a0headphone amplifier\u00a0is equipped with a built-in digital-to-analog converter and is capable of driving even fairly tight headphones. The DAC unit in the model is built on the\u00a0CS43198\u00a0chip from\u00a0Cirrus Logic\u00a0and is capable of working with\u00a032-bit\/384 kHz PCM\u00a0signals , as well as with the native\u00a0DSD256\u00a0stream .\u00a0To supply a digital signal, there are optical and [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/fiio-launches-k11-balanced-desktop-dac-and-headphone-amplifier\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":170887,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-170886","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\/170886","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=170886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170886\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}