Oh boy, the software needs some work but it works with Roon with no headaches and oh my!!! this thing sounds lovely and trumps the SR11 and RME ADI 2 DAC FS it was to replace. Not for those that want polished app experiences but hey Sound and Music is the first priority.
Not sure I like the Bling of the lights so thats all off and Display has issues they need to work out. But I dont care too much as my backs to it most of the time. I wanted a device with inbuilt EQ with more bands than the RME, Balanced out, SPDIF for my CD player, Roon Ready, 12V trigger for my amp, and lots of app support.
I’ve kept it as it sounds great. Software needs some work yet and it’s not fully RR and their remote control app which is essentially a screen share is rudimentary. For stuff like Roon this isn’t needed as it’s all via Roons app. I installed PlexAmp as that is controllable via their app to, Neutron Player for UPnP and use it via LMS using the UPnP Bridge. Also have an app to auto start the FiiO Roon app and a few others on power up. As long as you can ignore the niggles of the software which I hope will be ironed out it’s a great unit. But if you don’t like Android Os I would avoid as it’s not as customised as Eversolo.
I was looking at the Eversolo DMP-A6 Master edition for a long time but they restrict apps to their own white listed list. What appeals on the FiiO is that it has a wider range of apps you can install, a linear power supply and uses the AKM chipset which I prefer to the ESS found in the Eversolo. The only gripe I can see on the FiiO is their decision to put the USB DAC connection on the front which isn’t ideal for me. However, it uses the same chipset as my current stand alone DAC so I’m hoping it can replace that so the front port wouldn’t matter so much.
Dont care about that myself I bought it to be a preamp and not to use an external DAC. To me its as good if not marginally preferable to the RME DAC I have which it has replaced.
Just got my fiio s15 in today. Software is of course buggy and very premature for sure. I’m using with Roon and realized that for some reason it is detected by Roon as a Fiio R7 and shows the output as headphones. I have this streamer setup via i2s into a Gustard R26 dac into my Mcintosh MA8950. (Using IIS as the connection is at least on the back) and I had a solid core audioquest hdmi cable. Anyone else showing Roon misidentifying the Fiio?
It’s not Roon Ready yet they say that on their site. But they seem to cheat until it is identifying it as another model that is. They did this on the SR11 I also have. It’s a tad naughty but works but can be a bit flakey until the full certification arrives.
I have decided to return my unit it’s too darned buggy software on it’s too unstable and apps don’t run as well as they should. The some of the display features don’t work for some apps and it’s locked up too many times.
One other thing if you bought it thinking it would eq any source as they claimed on their website it doesn’t. Their team confirmed with me today and have now updated their website. Whilst this is not a deal breaker I had chosen it based on this to allow eq for my cd player.
I returned my FIIO s15 as well. Too buggy to deal with. Went with Matrix audio element streamer i2s into my Gustard R26 into McIntosh Ma8950 feeding a pair of Mofi Sourcepoint 10 speakers. I’m happy!!!
I have been trying to pass through video from the HDMI in to the HDMI out then to my projection TV. There have been mixed reports about whether this was possible. I tried it myself and it didn’t work. The HDMI out port also says ARC above the HDMI so I thought that was the reason the video didn’t pass through. I figured it out (no thanks to the non-existent user manual or horrible on line support). I stumbled on the WORK icon in the main menu. I thought what is “Work”? Further investigation showed that inside the WORK menu there is an option to configure the HDMI out port in two ways 1) as an eARC and 2) as a full HDMI out. Voila! That enabled the Video out.
They’ve got a lot of software work to do but the bones are good. If they fix the software, it’ll be a nice device at a good price. Will they fix the software? IDK.