{"id":175673,"date":"2023-11-21T17:17:36","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T17:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=175673"},"modified":"2025-05-07T08:02:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T08:02:17","slug":"fiio-q15-review-stationary-power-made-portable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/fiio-q15-review-stationary-power-made-portable\/","title":{"rendered":"FiiO Q15: Stationary power made portable"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Q15 brings together FiiO’s\u00a0advanced technologies and platforms\u00a0in a convenient package, providing more comprehensive performance than any other product in its class, and is designed to meet a variety of needs for portable or stationary use in a single device.<\/p>\n

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For the first time, FiiO uses AG glass for the Q15 back panel, which is scratch-resistant, has an oleophobic coating and is pleasant to the touch.\u00a0The 18:9 golden aspect ratio makes it comfortable to hold in your hand and to connect to other portable devices.\u00a0Whether you’re just on the road or on a business trip, you can easily manage high-quality sound.<\/p>\n

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FiiO Q15 is the only model among products of the same class that has a new DAC-combine from AKM – AK4191EQ+AK4499EX.\u00a0In collaboration with the new “DWA Routing Technology”, a significant improvement in audio performance is ensured.\u00a0The result is a more detailed, but natural and realistic sound that seems to transport the listener to a concert.<\/p>\n

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“Iron” is impressive: TI Cortex M4 processor, XMOS 16-core XU316 with dual audio crystal oscillators and Qualcomm QCC5125 Bluetooth chip, combining USB DAC, Bluetooth and coaxial decoding in one.\u00a0USB DAC supports 768kHz\/32bit PCM, DSD512 and full MQA decoding;\u00a0Bluetooth decoding supports high-end Bluetooth codecs such as LDAC and aptX Adaptive;\u00a0coaxial decoding supports 92kHz\/24bit and DSD64.<\/p>\n

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The FiiO Q15 has a 1.3-inch IPS display that allows you to clearly see the operating mode, sample rate, volume level, battery level, gain and more.\u00a0Together with the universal tuning knob, you can quickly and precisely implement various functions such as volume control, input switching and menu settings.<\/p>\n

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An independent phone mode switch, a standard RCA coaxial connector, a global parametric equalizer, 5-level amplification and two headphone outputs make the device versatile and convenient to use.<\/p>\n

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As a portable desktop device, the FiiO Q15 has a new “desktop” mode, with a separate Type-C power connector.\u00a0When the Q15 is connected to the PD power adapter, it will be powered externally, completely bypassing the battery, allowing you to have a desktop amplifier experience even on the go.\u00a0In desktop mode, the Q15 can deliver 1,600mW when balanced, in enhanced on-ear mode, which is more than enough to easily rock a variety of IEMs and\u00a0full-size headphones\u00a0.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Q15 brings together FiiO’s\u00a0advanced technologies and platforms\u00a0in a convenient package, providing more comprehensive performance than any other product in its class. More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":175674,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[778],"class_list":["post-175673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hi-fi","tag-reviews"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175673","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=175673"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":465669,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175673\/revisions\/465669"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}