FIIO M3 PRO

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Referring to FiiO, audio players must immediately mention a giant in the world of leading personal audio from China. Reasonable prices, high-quality technology have made Fiio’s name a favorite.

Following the success of the mid-range music player series, FiiO has replaced the Fiio M3K with the M3 PRO.

At first glance, you will see that the M3 Pro exudes a scary manly look; hidden inside is a very modern configuration while the product price is only a little more than the M3k.

Build

In my hand is a rough black box, a luxurious feeling usually only found on Fiio’s high-end music player products such as M9, M11, M11 Pro.

The front of the packaging is printed with an image of the M3 pro machine with hires audio quality.

The back is the product’s production information.

The side is printed with the logo of FiiO.

Inside includes Fiio M3 pro, one type-C charging cord, one user manual.

Design

The FiiO M3 pro player possesses a completely different slim design style from the previous M3K model.

M3 Pro owns a wide viewing angle touch screen up to 3.5 inch IPS with 262.2 million colors. Plus, the high resolution of 340 * 800 with a very delicate 0.27cm screen border brings the most eye-catching experience to the user.

The border around the device is an ultra-thin 3D curved design at the edges, super lightweight of only 70g, so it is quite comfortable to hold.

The FiiO M3 PRO music player still uses physical buttons to pause, increase or decrease the volume, and switch songs on the right side. That is very convenient for those who are right-handed and have smaller hands like me.

The bottom edge is where the 3.5mm connector, Type-C charging port, and microphone port are located.

Configuration

FiiO M3 PRO Using DAC / AMP chip: ESS9218P can decode music quality up to 32-bit/384kHz and DSD128. Compared to the FiiO M3K using only AKM4376A and decoding up to DSD64, this is a very worthwhile upgrade.

You can use the experience on more expensive headsets such as Fiio FA1, Fiio F9 pro, or Sennheiser IE 40 pro with such good hardware.

M3 Pro is equipped with a high-performance Ingenic X1000E CPU chip like M5 and M3K with low power consumption to save battery. Thanks to this processor, multitasking also becomes easier and smoother.

The Ingenic X1000E CPU model has 64MB of RAM cache.

Players will find it quite strange for those who first play music when Fiio has a recording feature. The company is equipped with 48kHz/16-bit Micro HD to record extremely clear and realistic recordings suitable for music lovers who work as reporters, editors, or detectives.

Tech features of Fiio M3 Pro

M3 Pro supports various music files from popular files like MP3/OGG/AAC to high-quality AIFF/WMA/APE/FLAC/ALAC/WAV/DSD samples.

In addition, the machine can integrate viewing super clear photo library with many formats; you can copy your beautiful photos to a memory card for a few shows on this music player.

Comes with a basic 10-digit display calculator for those who like to press keys.

Ebook is an e-book reader that helps users read foreign languages and entertain themselves. With a larger screen than music players, reading books on the M3 Pro is also easier.

M3 Pro integrates the ability to do USB DAC resolution up to DSD128 and can output USB Audio output on both Portable DAC lines up to DSD128.

With the OTG connection of Android devices, transferring data to 2nd machines becomes simple. Especially these days, users are using fewer and fewer laptops than smartphones.

The Fiio M3 Pro is equipped with a single-ended 3.5mm headphone jack with three times the capacity of the Fiio M3K; the capacity reaches 92mW at 16 Ohm, 75mW at 32 Ohms, and still outputs a separate Amp with Line-Out normal.

The maximum memory card supports up to 2TB on 1 MicroSD card slot, and the machine has no internal memory.

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Battery life

The battery life of the M3 Pro is up to 15 hours continuously, and the standby time is up to 35 days. For those of you who listen to music for 2-3 hours a day, you can use it for a whole week before the battery runs out. Battery life depends on the quality of the music played.

Practical experience

After two weeks of actual use, I have an experience with the Fiio M3 pro music player as follows:

The Fiio M3 Pro uses the Linux operating system, so it’s easy to operate and intuitive. Touch is also very smooth; touch is to receive the signal immediately; when the screen is locked, you can also touch the control easily. The press is also quite bouncy and easy to receive commands with the hard button on the side.

However, mid-range products all have the inherent disadvantage of no wifi and online streaming apps like Spotify, TIDAL…

Sound quality

To evaluate the sound quality of Fiio M3 pro, I used test tracks like Alone, Hotel California, Hello, We will rock you, Time to say goodbye lossless quality.

I use it on Sony XB550Ap extra bass headphones and RHA S500U earphones.

Compared to the sound quality of the Fiio M3K or X1 gen 2 and M3, the bass of the M3pro is more stable, firmer, and more compact. The high bass is somewhat sharp and compact when listening with the RHA S500U model, which benefits from the treble range, and when combined with a lower ear like the XB550ap, the bass is more compact and wider.

Alone music is specialized for a bass head; abundant internal force is enough for you to fall and lift your body when wearing a bass head ear like the XB550ap.

The mid-range is still the strong point of the Fiio series. On Fiio M3 pro, the mid sound is very sweet, and Adele’s female voice is as clear as crystal. Andrea Bocelli’s inspirational male voice is very emotional and deep.

The treble range is an upgrade point compared to the M3k series. The highs are fairly unfiltered and have just enough jingle.

The mezzanine sound, airy soundstage are my favorite points about this music player. When using higher-quality DSD playback music files, you will feel the detailed stage dynamics in thickness and depth.

Summary

The Fiio M3’s compact and very attractive luxury enigmatic appearance will captivate you at first sight. Powerful hardware, internal sound quality are what many people comment on the outstanding advantages of this machine compared to previous senior models.

Advantages

+ Powerful hardware

+ Support USB OTG

+ 3.5-inch wide touch screen

+ Large output power

Defect

– No wifi

– No Bluetooth

– No music streaming app

– No balance port