Feiao K5 Pro is not ready to be number one in the world. What it pursues is "enough is good"

now let me write articles Hi-Fi audio equipment is really a bit difficult for me-not because my hearing deteriorates with age and I can't hear the sound, but because after the years (mainly poor) when I burned my wallet for high-quality sound, my "tolerance" for sound has been magnified a lot. As long as it's not an overly deformed voice, I feel I can accept it. I will even consider more ease of use than pure sound performance.

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this is why I have always preferred Feiao products. According to the tastes of enthusiasts, Feiao has not been a brand that is particularly good at tuning, so Feiao's products may not impress all senior players. But for "Buddhist" users like me and more consumer groups, a product with good sound but good use experience shows a higher comprehensive product power than a product with good sound.

Feiao's product thinking over the years is probably the embodiment of this will, for example, this K5 Pro is an all-in-one machine in decoding and earring. In recent years, Feiao's main attention seems to be on miniaturized portable devices, so that it is the only one in Feiao's product line that requires an external power supply to work and does not have any portable attributes. The price of this single seedling 998 RMB is indeed close to the thousand yuan mark, but you must know that in the category of desktop all-in-one machines, 998 these three figures may even be less than a fraction of the price of some products.

this kind of product layout and pricing doomed K5 Pro to be not a particularly top-level product, so we don't need to be too demanding on it.

, but to tell the truth, Feiao's attitude towards K5 Pro seems to me to be a bit "Buddhist"-although the official disassembly drawing and parameter table show that the materials, design and workmanship of this machine are of the high standard that Feiao should have. The AK decoding chip in the belly of K5 Pro supports up to 768KHz/32bit and DSD512 hard decoding, so don't think that Feiao currently only operates a pure desktop decoding ear-to-ear all-in-one machine and is careless with K5 Pro.

what I call "Buddhism" is the interface configuration given to this machine by Feiao.

K5 Pro supports 4 output modes of coaxial, optical fiber, RCA and USB, and 2 output modes of 6.5mm and RCA, which sounds quite complete, but in my opinion, it would be better for this machine to have an independent 3.5mm output. And to tell the truth, I still hope Feiao can replace the last USB Type-B behind it with a more modern USB Type-C interface. After all, using port B these days means that I have to prepare a data cable for it. In addition, Feiao even directly attached a Type-C line to the K5 Pro package to connect mobile devices such as smart phones. Even Feiao himself is selling double-headed C- port cables. At this time, K5 Pro, the only seedling, is really a bit unreasonable to use B- port.

Apart from this little complaint about the interface, Feiao K5 Pro is as comfortable as ever. The knobs and switches on the front are clearly identified for their respective purposes. The color LED indicators around the knobs will light up in different colors when different levels of input sources. As a Feiao, K5 Pro does not have too many surprises to use; but as a Feiao, it will not disappoint when used.

As for quality? I don't think K5 Pro let me down either.

is worthy of recognition and praise. The sound decoding delay of Feiao K5 Pro working in USB DAC mode is extremely low, even if it is used as audio output when playing games. There is no uncomfortable current sound when rotating the volume knob, and its own bottom noise is extremely low.

is two words: clean. The sound bottom of Feiao K5 Pro is very clean, and the restoration of sound is also very clean. Even I think some players with special taste preferences will classify this sound style as "digital taste serious" or "too straightforward. But I personally do not rule out this kind of sound style, because I think it can better reflect the music itself-just like the cooking technique can best reflect the taste and quality of the ingredients.

this means that K5 Pro does not have particularly obvious warm and cold tone attributes, so it is relatively suitable for listening to different songs with different earphones. The strong driving force can make it easy to drive large earphones that are not so easy to push (such as some products of AKG family). In addition, because the driving force is sufficient, some sound details that cannot be heard under the direct drive of ordinary digital equipment are more obvious under the same sound pressure. The driving force of up to 1.5W under K5 Pro 32 ohm impedance is the best explanation for the four words "making miracles with great efforts.

Of course, this very straightforward sound style may make some people feel that the whole combination lacks the most basic polishing of sound when matched with some very straightforward headphones. This is also an inevitable problem with this kind of sound style equipment, so although I say K5 Pro is suitable for matching with different earphones, I personally do not recommend matching it with those German monitoring ears who are very interested in sound restoration.

, alas, even if it is a white dish, you have to dip some seasonings like soy sauce when you really eat it.

of course, as a 998 yuan desktop decoding and ear-to-ear machine, Feiao K5 Pro only does the four words "value for money. Its quality thrust is not bad, but it does not seem to me to overstep or exceed its own pricing performance. Compared with the ultimate desktop Hi-Fi all-in-one machine in your mind, it is more of a "small wealth is safe" user. At best, it can be regarded as the first step for local tyrants who have mines or settled in mines to contact PC Hi-Fi or desktop machines.

the same sentence, audio enthusiasts must not abandon the "market" flavor of Feiao products. Because after all, Hi-Fi is the hobby and toy of a few people. If an audio manufacturer wants to become bigger and stronger, it must cater to more consumer users. This is Feiao's idea when building the K5 Pro machine. K5 Pro itself is not a product that runs to the top level. Of course, it does not need to run to the top level.