In the portable HiFi world, especially for many mobile HiFi players, if you haven't played "bundling", the experience must be incomplete. Don't hide from you, the author has always had a "binding" plot in my heart, but for various reasons I have never played it (mainly lazy ~), and this time, Feiao Q11 can be regarded as fulfilling my "binding dream".
Said to be "bundled", but in fact, Q11 itself is quite small, the size of the fuselage is about 2/3 of an iPhone 13 mini, the weight is 150g, just like a 13 mini, portability is good. In addition, the box also comes with a bundle kit, silicone, one is placed on the back of the phone to avoid scratching the back plate or phone case, the other strap is responsible for fixing, and then insert an earbud, we can play with this bundle ~~
In order to make this little thing look good, this time Feiao used an all-metal shell for Q11, and also specially designed an ambient light window, RGB light shines on the electronic components with good visual effects, and the function can also indicate the sample rate format of the current playing music, beautiful and practical.
Recently, I have seen many netizens ask what is the difference between Q11 and Little Tail? Will there be a substantial boost in sound? Regarding these two problems, let me say it in combination with actual experience: First of all, Q11 is indeed very similar to Little Tail in terms of function, which is nothing to say, but the difference is that Q11 comes with a battery (theoretical battery life can reach 13 hours), so it does not need to consume power on the playback end, which solves a pain point for Little Tail users. You must know that the power consumption of many small tails is very amazing, like the iPhone 13 mini just mentioned, the battery life can not bear at all.
For sound, first of all, in terms of thrust, the Q11 is much larger than the small tail I have used for a few hundred yuan before, and its 4.4 balanced output interface can reach 650mW (32Ω) with high/low gain adjustment, and large headphones like HIFIMAN HE-R10 that are more difficult to drive can also be driven.
I usually listen to earbuds a lot, such as the QDC folk and Sennheiser IE200 earbuds that I have been listening to recently, and on mobile phones and laptops, it is usually enough to cut to the low gain mode.
In addition, the Q11 can hardly hear any noise floor when in use, compared to some small tails, it is not very good, and the noise floor itself has a great impact on sound quality. In my opinion, manufacturers optimize the noise floor of their own decoded ear amplifier products even more important than the driving force. In other words, I actually care more about whether the bottom of the sound is clean than how big the thrust is (what do you think?). ）。
Okay, let's talk about hearing.
As mentioned earlier, for the Q11 product, users are most concerned about how much substantial improvement it can bring to the sound. First of all, thanks to the strong driving force of Q11 itself, it is easier to drive some coil iron or multi-unit earbuds; Or take QDC folk as an example, it is itself a suitable earbud for listening to vocals and folk, after using Q11 can further get a clearer and brighter sound, low-frequency transient response has also been improved, may be that I personally like this clear and clean sound, in short, it is very appetizing to me.
In addition, for earbuds that do not have much thrust themselves, the low gain of the Q11 is usually enough, and the high gain mode may make the sound too exciting.
In terms of resolution and dynamics, I think the Q11's performance is comparable to some mid-to-high-end full-size small tails, and compared to mobile phones and laptops, the Q11 brings more obvious improvements in sound detail and low-frequency dynamic performance.
In terms of compatibility, the Q11's 3.5 single-ended and 4.4 balanced dual-output interfaces allow you to match more different earbuds; in addition, the standard Type-C and Lightning interface cables are compatible with Android and Apple mobile phones, or PC computers, which also makes Q11 more playable.
Overall, as the successor to the Q1 MK II, the Q11 has further optimized performance to improve thrust and sound performance while being portable and easy to use, and of course, more importantly, achieving a lower price that is acceptable to ordinary consumers.
Summary:
In the case that more and more mobile phones do not have headphone jacks, and more and more streaming music services provide lossless audio, we are actually a little tail away from listening losslessly. And this Q11 experience gives me the feeling that it further solves some pain points on ordinary small tails, such as being limited by its own size can not achieve high power, affected by the power supply sound quality also has certain limitations, but also will consume the power of the playback end, and Q11 with its own battery can form a good product complement in this regard, thrust is also greater, and achieve a price acceptable to mass consumers, in my opinion, this is the product advantage of Q11. Finally, I want to say that for ordinary consumers, playing "bundling" is actually quite simple (saving) single (money), do you want to try?
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