Every single K11 could be faulty. Connect it to your PC, change output format to something higher or just go all the way to 32bit/384Khz and play some bassy EDM songs. The audio cuts off whenever some bass frequencies hit a certain volume. Wanna trigger this issue at full potential? Open Audacity, create a 50hz tone at full amplitude, export it, play it with whatever you want but make sure the volume is at 100%, set the pre-amp to about -3.5dB in Equalizer APO. If it still makes a normal sound, then congrats. Your unit somehow works perfectly fine. There is a lot of people complaining about this issue though. Would be cool if you could try this out.
How would you say this compares to the hel+? If I'm using a gaming headset with the split for a mic could I plug the line in to the fiio then use a 3.5 extension and run the mic into my pc mobo?
The k11 is more powerful. Schiit makes good products and if you use a mic then the hel+ is good. The detail retrieval of the k11 would be better. It all depends on your headphones. Depends on power and clarity for your purpose. You need to try a few things to see what you like. K11 is an amazing deal at the selling price.
Firmware is trash and the 4.4mm has a high 2.4 ohm impedence most good dacs are 1ohm or lower even the soundblaster g6 is 1 ohm... topping dx3 pro,is well below 1.. but has only 3.5mm and no optical...looking for a genuine upgrade to g6 still havent found it...anyone stuck with k11 firmware just rename the file take out the chinesse sybaritic s and it will update
Thanks for the feedback. I didn’t have any issues with the outputs on this unit. What impedance are your headphones or iems? I can understand the issue if using low impedance headphones or iems.
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Every single K11 could be faulty. Connect it to your PC, change output format to something higher or just go all the way to 32bit/384Khz and play some bassy EDM songs. The audio cuts off whenever some bass frequencies hit a certain volume.
Wanna trigger this issue at full potential? Open Audacity, create a 50hz tone at full amplitude, export it, play it with whatever you want but make sure the volume is at 100%, set the pre-amp to about -3.5dB in Equalizer APO. If it still makes a normal sound, then congrats. Your unit somehow works perfectly fine. There is a lot of people complaining about this issue though. Would be cool if you could try this out.
Can you source mix with this? Like pc and console audio at the same time?
How would you say this compares to the hel+? If I'm using a gaming headset with the split for a mic could I plug the line in to the fiio then use a 3.5 extension and run the mic into my pc mobo?
The k11 is more powerful. Schiit makes good products and if you use a mic then the hel+ is good. The detail retrieval of the k11 would be better. It all depends on your headphones. Depends on power and clarity for your purpose. You need to try a few things to see what you like. K11 is an amazing deal at the selling price.
Do i still need to install drivers in pc for them to work? Or just plug & play?
Plug and play
Firmware is trash and the 4.4mm has a high 2.4 ohm impedence most good dacs are 1ohm or lower even the soundblaster g6 is 1 ohm... topping dx3 pro,is well below 1.. but has only 3.5mm and no optical...looking for a genuine upgrade to g6 still havent found it...anyone stuck with k11 firmware just rename the file take out the chinesse sybaritic s and it will update
Thanks for the feedback. I didn’t have any issues with the outputs on this unit. What impedance are your headphones or iems? I can understand the issue if using low impedance headphones or iems.
i just use a dual TDA2030 amp. ive never understood why you would convert analog to digital and then back to analog.