FiiO KA13 portable USB-C DAC review
Summary
TLDRВ видеообзоре представлен новый обновленный донгл FiiO KA13, совместный продукт с Jade Audio. KA13 оснащён двумя цифровыми конвертерами CS43131, способными доставлять мощность до 550 мВ, что впечатляет, но также вызывает вопросы о его удобстве. Он поддерживает высокое разрешение и DSD, имеет SPDIF выход и RGB светодиоды. Дизайн устройства стильный, с отделкой подобной стеклу на задней стороне и уникальным узором. Обзор также затрагивает приложение FiiO Control, функциональность устройства и его звучание, которое описывается как уравновешиванный с хорошей динамикой и контролем. Рекомендуется для использования с натуральными наушниками для достижения желаемого звучания.
Takeaways
- 📦 Паво извиняется за задержку в обзорах и называет FiiO KA13 'мягким рестартом'.
- 🆕 Fiio KA13 - это обновленная версия донгла FiiO K3, сотрудничества с Jade Audio.
- 🔌 KA13 использует два цифровых конвертера CS43131, обеспечивая мощность до 550 мВ.
- 🎵 Поддерживает все высококачественные форматы, включая DSD.
- 🔌 Донгл имеет SPDIF выход и RGB свет внутри.
- 📦 Объемный дизайн с двумя цветами серебряный и черный.
- 🔄 Имеется сопровождающий приложение FiiO Control для настройки.
- 🎶 Звук K13 описан как уравновешенный, с некоторым усилением динамики.
- 🔊 База глубока и контролируема, с хорошей детализации.
- 🎧 Рекомендуется использовать с естественными наушниками для достижения определенных цветов.
- 📈 В сравнении с другими донглами, K13 предлагает больше контроля и мощности для более сложных нагрузок.
Q & A
Какое устройство обсуждается в скрипте?
-В скрипте обсуждается устройство FiiO KA13, это обновленная версия донгла FiiO KA3.
Что такое донгл и для чего он используется?
-Донгл - это компактное устройство, обычно подключаемое к порту USB, которое преобразует цифровый сигнал в аналоговый для использования с наушниками или акустическим оборудованием.
Какое оборудование разработано совместно FiiO и Jade Audio?
-FiiO и Jade Audio совместно разработали донгл FiiO KA13.
Какой тип цифровых преобразователей используется в FiiO KA13?
-FiiO KA13 использует двойные цифровые преобразователи CS43131.
Какова максимальная мощность, которую может выдать FiiO KA13?
-FiiO KA13 может выдать мощность до 550 мВ с балансированного выхода и до 170 мВ с одноконечного выхода.
Какие функции поддерживает донгл FiiO KA13?
-FiiO KA13 поддерживает высокие разрешения, включая DSD, имеет SPDIF выход и RGB подсветку.
Какой дизайн у нового донгла FiiO KA13?
-FiiO KA13 имеет стильный дизайн с двумя цветами серым и черным, стеклянным узором на задней стороне и символом 'X' с небольшим окном на передней стороне.
Какие аксессуары включены в комплектацию с FiiO KA13?
-В комплекте с FiiO KA13 идут кабель с подсветкой RGB, два типа-C кабеля и адаптер USB A на USB C.
Какие функции доступны в сопровождающем приложении FiiO Control?
-FiiO Control позволяет видеть текущую версию прошивки, имя устройства и текущую частоту дискретизации, а также восстанавливать настройки по умолчанию и выбирать фильтры.
Каково звучание FiiO KA13 и как оно отличается от предыдущей модели KA3?
-Звучит FiiO KA13 сбалансированно, с некоторым усилением динамики и хорошим контролем. По сравнению с KA3, KA13 предлагает немного больше контроля и более твердый бас, но разница невелика.
Какие сравнения были сделаны в скрипте с другими донглами?
-В скрипте сравнили FiiO KA13 с Shanling UA2 Pro, который звучит более теплым и расслабленным, и с iFi DC3 Pro, который больше акцентирует внимание на микроконтрасте и звучит более агрессивно.
Outlines
🎧 Обзор FiiO KA13 - обновленной версии донгла
Павло обсуждает задержку в обзорах и представляет новый продукт - FiiO KA13, обновленную версию донгла FiiO KA3. KA13 создан в сотрудничестве с Jade Audio и оснащен двумя цифровыми аудиоконвертерами CS43131, способными доставлять до 550 мВ мощности. Также устройству есть SPDIF выход, RGB подсветка и стильный дизайн в двух цветах серебристый и черный. В комплекте идут различные кабели для подключения к разным источникам звука. В обзоре будет рассмотрен дизайн, комплектующие и функциональность устройства.
🔍 Распаковка и первые впечатления о FiiO KA13
Второй параграф посвящён распаковке FiiO KA13, где подробно описывается внешний вид упаковки и самого устройства. Устройство имеет минималистичный дизайн с цветовой комбинацией серого, синего и красного. В комплект входят инструкция, устройство, кабели и адаптер. Автор отмечает, что дизайн KA13 напоминает последние модели FiiO, такие как M17 или M11, и имеет стильные элементы, такие как стеклянный материал на задней панели и небольшое окно на передней, через которое виден USB-коннектор. Также обсуждается функциональность устройств, включая управление громкостью, выбор между обычной и настольной режимами работы и выбор фильтров для лучшего звучания.
🎵 Звуковая характеристика FiiO KA13 и примеры треков
В третьем параграфе автор делится своими впечатлениями о звучании FiiO KA13, сравнивая его с предыдущей моделью KA3 и другими донглами. KA13 обладает более контролируемым звуком и чуть более динамичным басом, но в целом сохраняет балансированный звуковой характер. Обсуждается, как донгл справляется с различными музыкальными жанрами, включая джазовую мелодию из саундтрека к 'Ла Ла Ланд' и тяжелую музыку от Judas Priest. Также рассматривается работа с наушниками различных типов и импедансов, включая чувствительные и низкоимпедансные модели.
📊 Сравнение с другими донглами и заключение обзора
В заключительном параграфе автор сравнивает FiiO KA13 с другими донглами, такими как Shanling UA2 Pro и iFi DC3 Pro, подчеркивая, что выбор зависит от предпочтений пользователя. Автор отмечает, что KA13 является хорошим выбором для тех, кто хочет мощный и портативный донгл с уникальными функциями. Заключение обзора содержит благодарность за внимание и подчеркивает положительные качества FiiO KA13.
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Keywords
💡FiiO KА13
💡Цифровой конвертор (DAC)
💡Мощность
💡DSD
💡SPDIF
💡RGB
💡Дизайн
💡Объемный контроль
💡Режим настольного компьютера (Desktop mode)
💡Звук
💡Паринг
Highlights
Pavo apologizes for the delay in reviews and promises to return to the previous tempo.
Introduction of FiiO KA13, a new updated version of the FiiO KA3 dongle digital to analog converter (DAC).
FiiO KA13 is a co-product with Jade Audio, indicating a collaborative effort.
The KA13 uses dual CS43131 digital to analog converters and delivers up to 550mW of power.
The device supports all high resolutions and DSD formats.
It features an SPDIF output, which can be used as a USB to coax adapter.
The KA13 has an RGB LED inside, adding a unique design element.
The unboxing reveals a minimalistic package with a color combination of gray, blue, and red.
Accessories include a lighting to USB type-C cable, dual USB type-C cable, and a USB type A to USB type-C adapter.
The device has a stylish design with a pattern on the back side covered with a glass-like material.
It features a 3.5mm and a 4.4mm pentagon output, with independent volume controls.
A toggle switch enables desktop mode for maximum performance.
The device can become warm during use but not hot.
Battery consumption is slightly above average for digital to analog converters.
The sound signature of KA13 is balanced with slightly boosted dynamics and great amplification.
The device pairs well with most earphones and headphones, offering a good foundation for sound.
The KA13 can drive difficult-to-drive headphones to a satisfactory level.
Comparisons with other dongles like the Shanling UA2 Pro and iFi DC3 Pro highlight the unique features of KA13.
The review concludes that the FiiO KA13 is a good device with balanced sound and unique features suitable for many scenarios.
Transcripts
hello it's me Pavo as usual I'm sorry
for the delay in the reviews that
happened recently I hope I'll overcome
all obstacles on this part and I will
return to the previous uh uh tempo of uh
releasing the reviews and uh let's call
it soft reboot and uh let's start it
with something new recent and
interesting it's fiio
ka13 and as name suggests it's the new
updated version of the fuse dongle
digital tonal converter
ka3 actually you know for me it seems
that K3 was released not so long ago but
dongle digital T converters is fast
developing market so new model uh is
required to keep your uh Market share
probably and F definitely did a lot of
work it's actually marked as a
co-product with Jade audio uh they did a
lot of work to make this digital T
converter really up toate it uses dual
CS 43131 digital tal converters it
delivers lot of power up to 550 M which
is super impressive but not sure that
it's that convenient it supports all
high resolutions of of course all DSD
highes and so on and uh also it has SPD
output not sure about the usefulness of
this feature but some people probably
can leverage it and use as uh USB to uh
coxl adapter and also it has RGB uh lead
inside and also pretty new interesting
design so everything looks pretty
promising as you can see there are two
colors silver and black one and actually
let's have a closer look first let's do
unboxing then we'll take Berlin and as
you can see package is pretty
minimalistic typical for the few recent
products nice uh color combination of
like gray blue and red letters two
versions of this dongle printed on the
box so everything is uh made really well
we open this box getting inside manual
but who reads the
manual device itself and small box with
accessories despite of this being just a
basic dongle you put all accessories
you'll need to use it except of laser
case I've seen it available on the
AliExpress for about $5 or something
like that but I'm not sure is it uh
makes sense at all so lighting to USB
type-c cable uh dual USB type-c cable
and the adapter from USB type A to USB
type- C basically everything you'll need
to connect it to every possible source
and here is device itself looks in my
opinion really great F decided to go uh
the style they selected for for more
recent devices like m17 or
M11 and they found few interesting
features for example this uh uh pattern
on the back side we that covered with
glass-like material and on the front
side this letter
X and small window that actually inside
of this window you can see USB type-c
connector and the
some part of PCB not the most
interesting part but taking into account
RGB lead inside I think it looks nice
and also they select pretty complex
pattern here which also is great two
output 3.5 mm and of course 4.4 Pentagon
volume control with recent firmware
update uh it has independent volume
controls and actually this toggle that
turns on on and off desktop mode and uh
by desktop mode of course uh they mean
that maximum performance mode with five
uh 550 M from the balanced output and
170 from the single-ended output and if
you're using it with your smartphone of
course you can turn it off and uh
actually drain less battery but we with
vast majority of smartphones I think
this desktop mode won't be uh working
properly due to lack of power uh in this
D mode it became a bit warm but actually
not hot uh at least I can say uh I
didn't measure power consumption but of
course uh I've seen uh some other
measurements 150
Mah but uh it's not my measurement I use
this I'm like evaluated by I and it's
slightly above average in terms of
battery consumption for the many digital
tal converters I have and that's the
price we paying for better amplification
and for the sound kind of spoiler but
about the sound we'll talk a bit later
uh so stylish design really interesting
features and it really stand out from
the other Dongo digital converters both
in terms of Outlook and some offered
features here is a companion app it's F
control or you can use the same uh uh
section in the F music player and uh
it's recently got updated interface if
you have your opinion please do share
it's really interesting to read what you
think about it and here is connected now
and you can see the current firmware
version device name and the current
sampling rate but nothing explain so far
and in the settings menu we can only
restore to default settings
unfortunately it doesn't support uh
firmware update from the mobile device
you'll need Windows computer and you can
select uh spif out on and off and you
can select indicator light you can turn
it on you can turn it off off and but so
far it's turned off because nothing is
playing and turn off until device
restart and you can select one of the
built-in filters with indication of what
they are doing and here is a guide with
all features described so everything is
simple and pretty straightforward so
just a basic features but still looks
pretty nice and of course about the
sound I'm still trying to make these
parts a bit shorter and briefer maybe
this time I will succeed because it's a
typical SPH signature it's balanced in
terms of it doesn't lean towards some
natural micro detail focused
representation and neither it tries to
be like warm relaxed or something like
that it's balanced all in between type
of signature with slightly boosted uh
Dynamics
and add on top of that a layer of great
amplification that gives a pretty decent
control of course compared to something
more expensive it lacks a lot of nuances
and details like uh that small micro
nuances on the base that is typical for
uh uh expensive devices treble layering
that gives you that sense of
spaciousness and stuff like that but we
speaking about not 80 device and to be
honest you know for me it's actually a
bit reminding m17 it's like uh it's mini
version like mini mini mini version of
M7 I mean of course in terms of overall
sound signature so Bas goes uh really
deep it's well controlled it has uh good
detalization uh thanks to that uh bit of
added Dynamics it has a slight of
additional punch but not too much I
won't call it warmer but at the same
time you getting a bit of additional
weight sometime and a bit of additional
punch to make things like more palpable
more pleasant and more present it's not
a big coloration just a hint of this
sand it's great with both I don't know
electronic music and something that
requires more resolution control and
stuff like that so it's it's it's a good
foundation for those the things that I
really suggest doing get some uh pretty
natur get some natural device uh and if
you need some coloration you can achieve
it with some uh headphones or
earphones and the Let's uh get example
for the low frequencies it's uh La La
Land soundtrack summer montage and you
know for me La La Land reminds a little
bit Avatar like it was super hit while
it was uh uh screening and after that
like everyone not totally uh forget
about that but it didn't uh give us some
huge fan club like Star Wars uh Star
Trek or something like that and and for
some musicals we get lot of cover
versions lot of uh R interpretations but
everyone agrees that it was great but
that's it and here we getting a lot of
instruments pretty up beating Jazzy
Melody enjoyable fun totally fitting
the uh the purpose of this track and it
has nice uh Baseline that this dongle
delivers to you with a good sense of
realism and actually let's start a
playback
and no I need I disabled uh highlight so
we'll need to reenable it for the photos
later and uh that's about the base mid
frequencies are absolutely balanced so
it will sound like your like the
earphones you'll plug good amount of
details but not too focused on the
microc contrast nice amount of uh uh uh
Dynamics and that means good emotions
when it's present in the record you'll
get nice weight distribution but at the
same time this dongle won't try to color
something imaginary stage is pretty big
not huge not super spacious or
threedimensional but it has decent width
and nice depth with proper layering uh
it's not uh gigantic and width is
slightly better than depth but still
it's a viable stage for the portable
affordable device that will uh give you
proper instruments positioning and even
back and forth position on the when
record is good and loves to deliver this
information example for the mid
frequencies it's Judas Priest
painkiller it's F super fast it's uh it
requires lot of technical performance
and this dongle deliver it pretty well
but at the same time of course
it for this track dongle should
shouldn't be too warm because it will
lack resolution and it shouldn't be too
sharp because it will be unpleasant and
K A1 like fitting nicely here for this
track and the travel it's also pretty
neat accurate with good extension
slightly above average or even even
slightly better than slightly above
average not the most uh not the biggest
expansion and of course no things like
layering but basic overtone saturation
is really nice good balance of attacks
and decays meaning that Timber
instrument
sounds uh well defined and uh pretty
engaging so let's go to the example it's
Nino katad zero
great great signature vocal of noo and
nice accompaniment of the band with lot
of things goes to the Trel of course it
liking layering to be fully represented
but still this dongle digital tal
converter with nice uh earphones or
headphones will give you a good result
speaking about the pairings uh there is
one thing with the uh low impedance imem
it has uh 1.7 1.8 ohms of impedance and
with some um multi balanced armature low
impedance earphones it can cause some
changes in sound but I tried it with
Andromeda and Solaris and I didn't hear
any problems with it uh of course it's
lacking performance for these earphones
but it's something we can expect and
also it has a good level of uh low low
level of background noise uh if you
won't turn on desktop mode when it's not
necessary and meaning that you'll get
black ground and with sensitive IMS it
behaves well on the other end in the
desktop mode it can drive I don't know
siser 600 maybe not perfectly but you
know on a pretty satis Factory level so
it's uh pretty impressive results for
such a small device and the FI really
created interesting and unique dongle in
this aspect that stands out from the
crowd by delivering that amount of power
when it has good USB power supply and I
think that lot of people will find this
uh feature really appealing speaking
about the comparisions just uh three of
them so compared to regular ka3 it's a
step forward in terms of control uh
signature is pretty about the same and
there is no big changes in some aspects
of sound but you getting a bit more
control me meaning a bit firmer base bit
more Dynamic Ms and but all of that is
you know like a tiny bit if you like K
uh A3 you don't have to upgrade uh but
if you get this opportunity and if you
planning to use it with some tough to
drive headphones it can be uh uh it
upgrade can make sense Shan link UA 2
Pro if I remember right the most recent
I reviewed uh it's bit more warmer and
slightly more relaxed in sound and iaso
DC 3 Pro uh also if I remember the index
correctly it's more forward slightly
more focused on the microc contrast and
a bit more aggressive so in general
choice is a matter of your preferences
but I've got few interesting dongle
decks uh coming in the next review so
we'll I'll give you bit more comparisons
to summarize this part actually really
good device uh which gives you a
balanced sound which has unique features
and will fit many scenarios so thank you
for listening thank you for your
attention and of course uh have a great
day
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