{"id":174545,"date":"2023-11-06T12:05:30","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T12:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=174545"},"modified":"2023-11-06T12:05:30","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T12:05:30","slug":"fiio-btr15-is-the-new-portable-dac-and-headphone-amplifier-you-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/fiio-btr15-is-the-new-portable-dac-and-headphone-amplifier-you-need\/","title":{"rendered":"FiiO BTR15 is the new portable DAC and headphone amplifier you need"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FiiO has released a new model of portable digital\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0to-analog converter and headphone amplifier\u00a0BTR15.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/42_techweek.webp\" alt=\"FiiO BTR15\" width=\"870\" height=\"674\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">FiiO BTR15<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The compact device is housed in an aluminum and glass body and has a 0.96-inch OLED display on the front panel. There are two jacks for connecting headphones &#8211; 3.5 mm and 4.4 mm, the maximum power with a balanced connection is 340 mW . The amplifier is served by its own separate power supply. The digital-to-analog converter is built on a dual ES9219MQ chip from ESS Saber .<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/43_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On the side panel of the device there is a physical key for switching operating modes &#8211; PC, smartphone or Bluetooth. The wireless adapter in the model supports low compression codecs LDAC and aptX Adaptive.<\/p>\n<p>A built-in rechargeable battery with a capacity of\u00a0550 mAh\u00a0ensures autonomous operation for\u00a08 hours\u00a0.\u00a0Overall dimensions of the device &#8211;\u00a032 x 72.2 x 12.5 mm\u00a0, weight &#8211;\u00a037.3 grams\u00a0.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/51_techweek.jpg\" alt=\"The digital-to-analog converter is built on a dual\u00a0ES9219MQ\u00a0chip from\u00a0ESS Saber\" width=\"870\" height=\"483\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The digital-to-analog converter is built on a dual\u00a0ES9219MQ\u00a0chip from\u00a0ESS Saber<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The FiiO BTR15\u00a0DAC and Headphone Amplifier\u00a0comes in two colors and is available to order online now, starting at\u00a0$109.99<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_174549\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-174549\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-174549\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/FiiO-BTR15-is-a-Portable-DAC-and-Headphone-Amplifier-for-ES9219MQ.jpg\" alt=\"FiiO BTR15 is a Portable DAC and Headphone Amplifier for ES9219MQ\" width=\"1000\" height=\"993\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/FiiO-BTR15-is-a-Portable-DAC-and-Headphone-Amplifier-for-ES9219MQ.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/FiiO-BTR15-is-a-Portable-DAC-and-Headphone-Amplifier-for-ES9219MQ-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/FiiO-BTR15-is-a-Portable-DAC-and-Headphone-Amplifier-for-ES9219MQ-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/FiiO-BTR15-is-a-Portable-DAC-and-Headphone-Amplifier-for-ES9219MQ-770x765.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/FiiO-BTR15-is-a-Portable-DAC-and-Headphone-Amplifier-for-ES9219MQ-192x192.jpg 192w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/FiiO-BTR15-is-a-Portable-DAC-and-Headphone-Amplifier-for-ES9219MQ-110x110.jpg 110w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/FiiO-BTR15-is-a-Portable-DAC-and-Headphone-Amplifier-for-ES9219MQ-561x557.jpg 561w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/FiiO-BTR15-is-a-Portable-DAC-and-Headphone-Amplifier-for-ES9219MQ-265x263.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/FiiO-BTR15-is-a-Portable-DAC-and-Headphone-Amplifier-for-ES9219MQ-531x527.jpg 531w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/FiiO-BTR15-is-a-Portable-DAC-and-Headphone-Amplifier-for-ES9219MQ-364x361.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/FiiO-BTR15-is-a-Portable-DAC-and-Headphone-Amplifier-for-ES9219MQ-728x723.jpg 728w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/FiiO-BTR15-is-a-Portable-DAC-and-Headphone-Amplifier-for-ES9219MQ-608x604.jpg 608w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/FiiO-BTR15-is-a-Portable-DAC-and-Headphone-Amplifier-for-ES9219MQ-758x753.jpg 758w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/FiiO-BTR15-is-a-Portable-DAC-and-Headphone-Amplifier-for-ES9219MQ-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/FiiO-BTR15-is-a-Portable-DAC-and-Headphone-Amplifier-for-ES9219MQ-97x96.jpg 97w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-174549\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FiiO BTR15 is a Portable DAC and Headphone Amplifier for ES9219MQ<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FiiO has released a new model of portable digital\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0to-analog converter and headphone amplifier\u00a0BTR15. The compact device is housed in an aluminum and glass body and has a 0.96-inch OLED display on the front panel. There are two jacks for connecting headphones &#8211; 3.5 mm and 4.4 mm, the maximum power with a balanced connection is [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/fiio-btr15-is-the-new-portable-dac-and-headphone-amplifier-you-need\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":174548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-174545","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hi-fi","8":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174545","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=174545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}