It is no exaggeration to say that this is by far the prettiest FlyO lossless music player. The new version of M11 Plus has been in my hands for three weeks, and the more I look at it, the more I like it, and the more I look at it, the more it is interesting. In this era of large screens with serious homogenization of appearance, the design of M11 Plus can be described as maverick, with tough line cutting and regular transitions of multiple slopes, so that the feel of the hand is not as angular as the appearance. The brilliant diamond-like cut texture effect on the back of the host machine, under the illumination of light from different angles, presents a visual impact with a three-dimensional depth of field beauty, and it is impossible to find the second one in similar products. Fei'ao's aesthetic and artistic accomplishment has finally risen a step and a grade on this M11 Plus.
The originator of M11 Plus is the M11 Pro released in 2019, when the conscience price of only 4497 yuan decoded by double AK4497EQ was stirred up in the HiFi circle, and the burners shouted proud conscience, and a number of competitors panicked, and since then the high-end and even top audio decoding scheme is no longer high and low, and step by step it has also flown into the homes of ordinary people. This is a blessing for the burners, and it is also the driving force for the industry to grow rapidly.
At the time of the release of M11 Plus LTD, the replacement of the M11 Pro, the news that the AK4497EQ chip was about to be discontinued also followed, so Fios simultaneously launched a dual ES9068AS version of the M11 Plus. In the entire M11 series family, the highest value is M11 Plus, although it has also derived stainless steel and aluminum alloy limited editions, but a water black M11 Plus deeply won my heart, of course, there is another factor, that is, the conscience price of 4499 yuan,
The design of the back is my favorite, the picture did not take the effect out, you can see the photos on the official website, that is, the effect similar to the diamond cutting, very three-dimensional, the feeling is not a plane, the actual touch is a plane, very magical.
The volume knob is usually the soul of a lossless music player, but on the M11 Plus we can't see where this knob is, which is a change made by the designer to solve the inefficient adjustment of the traditional volume knob, and instead uses the touch button integrated volume adjustment panel. I like the design very much, it is more convenient and free to operate than the knob, especially the M11 Plus uses a carbon fiber panel in this touch position, which is visually raised a notch.
It's really carbon fiber, not a sticker, so it feels great and it's sturdy. At the beginning, the probability of accidental touch is quite high, because the thumb falls right in this area when the M11 Plus is held in the left hand, and the sensitivity of the touch is relatively high, basically the volume of the thumb changes as soon as it moves, which makes people a little annoyed. Later, in the setting menu, I found the touch panel no operation automatic lock option, and after opening it, I used it to experience a completely different experience, and there was a kind of refreshing pleasure of moving and moving machine integration at will.
After the volume progress bar displayed on the screen disappears for 3 seconds, the touch panel will automatically lock, the finger touch no longer has any action, at this time, if you want to adjust the volume slightly, you can achieve volume +1 and -1 operations by pressing the two ends of the touch panel, adding or subtracting 1 per press. Unlocking the touch panel is also simple, you can unlock it by tapping anywhere in the touch panel. In addition, when the screen displays the volume progress bar, you can also slide on the progress bar to quickly adjust the volume size, in short, everything is very in line with people's normal operating habits.
Playback pause and up and down track switching still retain the physical button, and for blind operation in the playback pause button designed a small bump, below is the HOLD lock slider, determine which physical keys this slider can lock can be set according to their own needs.
The screenshot on the right is the setting for the HOLD slider, and everything that can be operated, including the touch screen, can be locked, except for the power button. The role of the power button in standby is to light up or turn off the screen, and does not involve actual operation.
The screenshot on the left is M11 Plus reserved multi-function button customization options, I select the first item, every time I hear the music I like, I can add it to the "My Favorites" playlist with one click, which is very convenient.
This screen is a 5.5-inch full-fit touch screen, with a resolution of 720X1440 pixels, the display effect is clear, the interface slides smoothly, and it is a huge progress compared to the earlier X7 II (X7 II I have used for a long time, so I still remember it). Of course, it may also have a certain relationship with the system, M11 Plus uses Android 10,0 version, the impression of lossless music player with Android 10.0 is rare.
The advantage is that Apple Music can be used smoothly on the M11 Plus, and several other music apps have the latest version installed and are not stuck. In terms of operation, M11 Plus is roughly the same as the Android system mobile phone, and it is not difficult to get started. Because the operation interface is a music player, FeiO has made a more thorough customization, redrawing the icons and layout, including all the menu options, so that it is closer to the player operation needs.
After Rockchip and Samsung, FeiO also threw itself into the arms of Qualcomm, and the M11 Plus used the Snapdragon 660 processor, which is not a big deal on the phone, but it is already high on the player. The storage is 4GB, the internal storage space is 64GB, support TF card expansion, you need to store a lot of lossless music can buy an additional TF memory card, anyway, it is now the cabbage price.
In terms of decoding, the M11 Plus is very powerful, and the two ES9068AS decoding chips support up to 32bit/384KHz PCM or DSD256 hard solution. Note that this is not the full strength of the ES9068AS, but it is limited to this specification on the M11 Plus. All music files are currently available for playback on M11 Plus, including MQA.
In the USB DAC mode, with the front end that supports MQA Core, the MQA can be expanded 8 times, and not only the Fei ou music APP supports, third-party applications can also be fully expanded, such as Tidal can only play MQA on ordinary devices can only be expanded 2 times, but on M11 Plus, it can be expanded 8 times, and the subsequent system upgrade even supports 16 times the expansion, which is not to be described as strong.
The type-C interface is used for data transmission and charging, and the audio output is balanced by 2.5mm and 4.4mm in addition to the conventional 3.5mm single-ended, and the 4.4mm balance port takes into account the Line OUT. Compared with its own flagship M17, it is only less than the uncommon 6.35mm port.
In my impression, Fei Ao is the player brand that pays the most attention to feature richness, and basically everything you can think of is integrated into a small player as much as possible. For example, Bluetooth reception and transmission, the vast majority of products on the market only support the basic format of Bluetooth reception function, and M11 Plus supports full format Bluetooth reception and mainstream format of Bluetooth transmission. As a receiving device, M11 Plus supports SBC, AAC, aptX, aptX-HD, LDAC Bluetooth formats, and as a transmitter device, M11 Plus supports SBC, AAC, LDAC, and is extremely compatible.
We all know that the good horse should be equipped with a good saddle, the powerful double ES9068AS on the M11 Plus is the THX AAA Frontier series of the most high-end THX AAA-78 ampulle module, support feed-forward error correction technology and "achromatic" soundless amplification, every sound detail, every sound frequency can be truly restored in the right place, as if in the music scene.
In the box of the M11 Plus found the original protective holster, the texture is good, but it is a pity to block the back of the player, can not see the three-dimensional effect. This protective case is excellent in workmanship, warmer than the bare machine, and very non-slip. The details are a bit of a thumbs up, that is, the playback pause button position on the right side of the console is also raised, which can easily be blindly operated.
M11 Plus's built-in battery capacity is very large, reaching 6000mAh, even with QC4.0 mode fast charging, it takes about 3 hours to fully charge. In balanced output mode, the M11 Plus has a battery life of about 14 hours. The circuit energy consumption of professional audio architecture is still quite touching, which is the price that good sound quality must pay.
When it comes to balanced output, the M11 Plus has an output power of up to 660mW, pushing high-impedance headphones completely out of the question. With the headphones I chose Fei'ao's own FA7S, which is a perfect match and the sound is very charming.
When the output is balanced, the original iron smell of the FA7S high frequency is washed away, but the analytical power is not lost in the slightest. Listening to the second movement of Beethoven's "Pathoso Sonata", I involuntarily closed my eyes, and then my thoughts went into the solemn church, bathed in the warm piano sound, and calmed the loss that jumped out of nowhere. M11 Plus's restoration of the mid and high frequencies is very accurate, the whole song is emotionally in place, and the aftertaste of the song is still there, and it has not been dissipated for a long time.
Then listened to the first movement of Beethoven's "Spring Sonata", the first feeling is that the violin is unusually full, the second feeling is that the stage positioning is very precise, the violin is in the front position on the right, the piano is in the left back position, and the whole song is very clear no matter where the main melody is switched. And I found that the M11 Plus's restoration of the violin sound is better than the piano, even the extremely weak vibrato can be clearly captured, and the flutter of the fingers even appears in the mind. After listening to this song, it felt very relaxed, as if I was a few years younger, and as if the sun outside the house was shining on my body, enthusiastic and small excitement.
Hai Lai A Zhuo "Love" is the most repetitive song I have recently, the female voice is so beautiful, it sounds very healing, the blood in the orgasm part of the heart instantly gushes into the heart, remembering a lot of childhood memories. I have been thinking that non-ethnic minorities can't understand what the lyrics mean, why they are moved when they listen to it, and listening to it listens to another world, as if it is the end of "Ordinary World", and it seems to be the later part of "Brothers". Compared with the listening box, the M11 Plus is more emotionally rich, the details are clearer and more natural, and the sound is very clean, the sound dyeing is very, very little, which is completely two flavors with the Fei'ao player three or four years ago, I don't know if there is a FA7S bonus, in short, it sounds like a perfect match.
Mosaic band "Night Cat" relatively test the low frequency of the restoration, M11 Plus in the gain setting feels just right, one more point of low frequency feels like overflowing, low gain mode energy will be some lack, but at this time the vocals are just right, so every time I listen to this song I am a little tangled. "Night Cat" itself is more explosive, but if you want to have quality appreciation, there are still certain requirements for equipment, and it is still difficult to achieve low frequency and non-chaotic vocal stability. It sounds better on my bookshelf box than fa7s. The recording of the piece itself is also aimed at the performance output of the larger venues, so it can be understood.
Compared with M11 Plus LTD, the decoding chip and op amp have been changed, but the sound quality is as good as ever, which seems to confirm that the sound quality is not good or not, even if the hardware says, but also depends on the strength of the software. In recent years, we can clearly feel the progress of Fei'ao in software, especially in headphone products, which has been a steady upward trend, and the player is no exception. At present, Fei Ao is still the best comprehensive performance lossless music player you can buy for the least amount of money, and there is no one.