Yeah Android 12 is allegedly imminent and some Beta testing was going on before Xmas, as per info from the FiiO reps on Avforums. Any requests for progress on this are falling on deaf ears though over there.
Reagrding the R9 in general it is an absolutely sensational piece of kit imo. I just use for late night headphone listening using Roon 99% of the time, but as you’ll be aware it is a multi purpose player and I am only scratching the surface of what the player can do.
Regarding purchase, I noticed the other day that Advanced MP3 Player online store was selling one recently at £999 that they were calling a “sample” item. I think that is now gone but they are selling an R9 that is missing dust covers at £200 off, eg £1299
If its identifying as R7 then Fiio have not updated their firmware yet. They did same with the SR11 that it was seen as an M17 so it would work until they finally got full RR status it needed a firmware update to change this to be SR11 and then a reboot of Roon for it to see it propelry and give correct artwork and settings.
Just checked the FiiO website for a couple of things. The latest firmware for R9 is the one I have - 1.0.04. Checked for the latest firmware releases for various FiiO products and there are several recent FW releases highlighted from the last week or so but none for R9.
Looks like they may have jumped the gun a bit by informing the R9 is now finally Roon Ready a year or more after release, but suggests it’s pretty imminent.
Anyone get Fiio Cast to work on iOS? Just received S15 yesterday and it wont see it at all, I can use QR code to add it but then after app closure it wont reconnect and have to do it all again. Fiios software needs some work for hifi stack usage, fine on a DAP but needs to improve for these devices. Like the R9 it also advertises as an R7 at moment.
Still waiting for this to go Roon Ready. Presumably at FiiO’s end as Roon have announced it, and the FiiO posts on social media appears to be just replicating Roons announcement.
I recently came back from holiday, logged on to Roon and my FiiO R9 info was actually showing as an R9, just logged back in today and its back to being an R7.
Has anyone else noticed that the R9 did exist in audio settings?
Mines still shows as R7 and has done since I bought the R9 just after launch. Sorry didn’t notice if it was temporarily showing as an R9 recently as I haven’t used it so much in last few weeks
