trapped beasts roar-Feiao M15

if you often visit forums or posts related to HiFi before, you should be able to see many comments on Feiao, but from time to time the words "migrant workers tuning" and "plain boiled water" will come into view, and mixed praise and criticism seems to be the norm. A brand will have such cognition in the consumer group, partly because of word of mouth, but the other part may indeed have unsatisfactory aspects in the previous product strength. However, if you search for Feiao again in the near future, you may notice a key word-"change". Feiao in 2019 began to change its evaluation after the introduction of M11 Pro. However, when the family flagship M15 appeared in our vision with the same pricing strategy as the former, everything seemed to become interesting. Can the roar of the trapped beast shock the four?

interesting things:

, let's start with my initial acquaintance. I just went out that day and failed to catch up with the live broadcast. It's a pity that I missed the last press conference in 19 years. Before, I speculated with my friends that according to Feiao's consistent cost-effective strategy and m11pro's precedent, the configuration of the flagship double 4499 would have to be priced 8998. Sure enough, Mrs. Ma did not disappoint everyone. Looking at friends and merchants, this seems to be the first time in the national brick except Abbasso and Shanling that the family flagship so configured is priced within 1w, which makes people expect. Now that configuration is mentioned, this m15 can be said to be fully armed and heavily armored.

is the two pieces of AKM4499, which should be the second portable device on the market to use this decoding chip. Different from the previous voltage-type output architecture of AKM chips, this new flagship 4499 adopts a current-type output architecture for the first time. The difference is that compared with the voltage-type, there is less I/V conversion in the second step, and an external circuit is required to cooperate to obtain the final voltage signal. The advantage is that the upper limit of the DAC performance index is refreshed, but the difficulty lies in whether the design of the peripheral circuit can squeeze it to the theoretical level. M15 "honestly" marked the signal-to-noise ratio of 122dB on the introduction page, which shows that the potential of 4499 still needs to be further explored. But at this point, I am not a data party personally, and users also prefer to hear the sound change brought about by better hardware configuration rather than to struggle with a small difference in parameters. In the actual experience, none of the plugs I had felt the existence of noise. At the same time, due to the change of chip package, the increase of pin area also brings more power consumption and heat. We have heard this fact on sp2000. However, on m15, heat can be obviously sensed unless all to DSD or big ear mode is turned on. In normal mode, heat can be basically ignored at room temperature in winter. In addition, NDK femtosecond crystal oscillator, the third generation FPGA algorithm, eight-layer thickened gold PCB, etc., for flagship, stacking will not be a derogatory term on the way to perfection, as long as it is properly matched, it will not be too much.

interesting two:

the highlights of audio, how about the practical operation experience as a large piece of iron pimple electronic product? I have played m11pro with my friends before. The first feeling given to me by m15 this time is that I have a solid falling hand. The quality of 310g is really full of weight in my hand. However, fortunately, compared with m11, the circumference of the fuselage is more obvious in thickness, and the length and width are within the acceptable range. You should know that this is a 7500mAh battery! The help of large batteries to endurance is still very obvious. Personally, I am not very dependent on streaming media, so I can even reach the level of close to 18 hours under the condition of normal use of my own player to listen to songs and turn off WiFi and Bluetooth. It is no problem for users like me who turn off directly when they don't listen to it for a week. For an Android player, this performance is quite good. The processor and other configurations will no longer be said much. It is still a familiar formula for Feiao. Interactive logic and fluency are still the first echelon in the player. However, it is a pity that the built-in storage capacity is only 64g, which does not seem to match the title of flagship.

functionality, m15 still continues the fine tradition of Feiao. usb dac, two-way Bluetooth, WiFi song transmission, car mode and pure tone mode, so many functions provide m15 with very comprehensive usage scenes and various gameplay methods. Personally, I think that this m15 is designed to use an independent analog potentiometer at the top to control the volume because of the consideration of the usage scenario. We have seen similar designs in Feiao's decoding earpiece products before, and there is no sense of discord when connecting to the computer as a small desktop device in shape or operation with its own dk1 base. The latest firmware also adds a digital display of volume, which is much more intuitive than simply judging the volume through the light and shade of the indicator light. Of course, it may be more interesting if the indicator light can be made into RGB and changes with the music format.

my first reaction after seeing this appearance was this

, in terms of user experience, Feiao has indeed implemented "intimate" to many details, such as double-clicking on the bright screen, quickly positioning the song list to the real playing song, PO/LO switching volume prompt, excessive volume prompt, and newly added hold key and custom key (here, it is really quite uniform that all the keys are concentrated on the left side, but it takes some time to adapt to the blind operation, the existence of custom keys makes me always press the pause key into the next one) and so on. Although they are all very small points, they really improve the user experience. At a time when the demand for streaming media and various functions is increasing, the addition of Android makes the player more possible, however, how to take into account the convenience brought by Android and transform it into user comfort is indeed what manufacturers should pay attention to at this stage. Feiao has set a good example in this regard.

interesting third:

said so many superficial things, finally want to talk about the voice of m15. it is difficult to classify the sound style of the player before feiao. if you insist on saying it, it is probably to add some color suitable for popular on the basis of zhongzheng? the first impression of m15 this time is "calm" and "thick".

"calm" is a state pursued by both people and things. Being calm may be the ease of buying a luxury house by swiping a card by the rich or the skill of selling oil without getting wet. On the player, "calm" may lie in its output power and dynamic transient performance. At this point, m15 can indeed straighten its back. For ordinary plugs, the volume only needs about 1/4 to reach enough sound pressure, but on the one hand, it is necessary to ensure the quality. After first listening, you can feel a relatively solid sound that takes into account both density and thickness. The overall feeling is positive and wide, and there is also a certain warm dyeing for the middle and low frequencies. And the sound field has also reached a good level in the player, which is a regular and open type.

low-frequency performance is my favorite. Compared with dx160, I can obviously feel m15 diving, which is more powerful and can also show a good sense of hierarchy. This kind of performance can make people feel the solid blow when listening to the popularity of dream dragon and Coldplay in Europe and America, but it does not seem annoying. In the default short delay steep drop filtering mode, while taking into account the texture, do not forget to be loose, or more resistant to hearing. At the same time, when listening to classical symphonic works, I gave full play to my dynamic advantages. This time, I can really use the description of "quiet like a virgin, moving like a rabbit" in Feiao's equipment. Take Supei's "Light Cavalry Overture Leichte Kacallerie:Ouverture", my favorite song in the 202020Vienna New Year Concert, for example. Under the command style of Niersons' opening and closing, the trumpet and the French horn began to play the horn of the expedition one after another. The brass is ready to go, and the momentum before the expedition is well rendered. The whole song has an obvious time sequence, movement and movement, however, under the command of Nelson, the ending part showed a different feeling. The reality slowed down the rhythm and highlighted the bass strings and drums to a certain extent, giving people a feeling of accumulating power before the outbreak. At the end, all the power was released quickly like an arrow from the string, pushing the whole work to a boiling climax. m15 also showed such a big scene incisively and vividly, it can be said that the conductor and the whole orchestra plus the outstanding performance of m15 will also show a different sense of brilliant momentum in the earplugs.

intermediate frequency can obviously feel the increase in density and thickness, and still maintain a good purity. Here I chose to compare with dx160 LO output to aroma a100. It may not be very objective to compare bundles with individual players, but what I want is to control the front-end conditions to the best state I can achieve at hand for comparison. There is no doubt that m15 is better in the amount of information, but there are some differences between the two in the sense of hearing, and it is difficult to say which is better or worse. It is more the difference between the two styles. It is true that m15 has reached a full thickness on the basis of keeping positive, which can give people a full and solid feeling, but it also brings some influence. The closing items of human voice will be larger and will not give people the feeling of picking out under one end, with a slight smear feeling. In other words, it lacks a fresh feeling of jumping out of the background music, although there is a good dynamic blessing, but the control of the vocal details is still so bad. As for the problem of dental sounds that many people are concerned about, they can rest assured of m15. Even voice dental sounds like Faye Wong are still controlled at a relatively comfortable level, affirming its existence but weakening its sense of existence. Of course, this is also related to the matching plug, which is also a moving circle. When matching minor, the difference in listening will be greater than that of the ghost matching Senyun. If the earphone is polished properly, it can still perform well.

high frequency is similar to the characteristics of intermediate frequency to a certain extent. It has reached the level of this level in hard quality, with sufficient extension and proper analysis. When expressing the overtones of various musical instruments, its richness can also make people's ears shine and reach sufficient brightness. However, it is such a high frequency that gives high scores for hard quality that it shows a certain degree of aggressiveness in actual listening. Like the performance of human voice, it seems to be less emotionally moist. Jade in the rough is a good piece of material, but only after careful carving can it show its beauty.

the above has a general summary of the sound direction of m15. At this time, the readers may have thought about how to feel that this player has nothing special to shine. To tell the truth, the first thing I can think of after listening carefully is the dynamics and analysis. It seems that Feiao has once again upgraded the concept of "bucket machine" to the plus level. After I insert all the plugs I have in turn, I can also make sure that m15 and all kinds of plugs are better matched. It is true that this time Feiao has achieved the extreme of stacking materials at the current stage on the flagship, so I have long expected that it can hand over the answers that meet its positioning in various hard qualities. What I expect more is the handling of tuning. What needs to be sure is that m15 itself has maintained a high reducibility to the sound. We have already felt the skill of flying pride on m11pro with THX blessing. If you are a classical lover, m15 will definitely make you feel better. If you want to savor the human voice carefully, then m15 can be competent but can do better. If you make an analogy, the sound of m15 is like a "dancing knife", with a strong setback under the wave. In contrast, the small black chrysanthemum with a similar price is more like a "sword", with delicate and smooth discretion.

(It should be noted that the above listening feeling is based on the listening feeling of the single terminal in the All to DSD mode. In this mode, the power consumption and heat generation will increase, and occasionally there are songs that cannot be played in actual use. I hope it can be improved in future system updates.)

interesting four:

Big Ear Mode? In my opinion, pushing HiFi Big Ear with ordinary portable players is more of a compromise and moderation to the lack of desktop space or budget. But this time the big ear pattern on m15 suddenly let me see some hope. At hand, there are two big ears, Shengdi flat diaphragm units aiva Black Beauty and Baiya dt880 250 Ω,aiva is connected with balanced output, and 880 is single-ended. For the time being, if the a100 push aiva is set as 9 success force, the m15 can basically be pushed to 7/8 percent. Compared with my dx160 balance push aiva, I can obviously feel that the sound field can be opened better, and the positioning knot will not give people the feeling of crowding. Although it has not reached the level of a100, this performance can already reach the level of the entry machine. However, matching dt880 will be slightly inferior, and the skeleton can be supported, but the sound will appear thin and exciting. 880 itself is an earphone with relatively straightforward sound. When getting along with m15, there will be some friction and lack of lubrication. Therefore, m15 has the ability to drive some big ears that are easier to push, which undoubtedly adds another boost to its portable player capability. However, it is still recommended to use a balanced interface to drive both big ears and earplugs on m15. Compared with single-ended, it will be significantly improved, or not only Feiao, many players now have such a trend, and the adjustment of single-port is not as good as the balanced port. And that's the same sentence, you can play like this, but if you want to really give full play to your big ear ability, it is more appropriate to go to the machine. After all, an all-in-one machine with good sound may not be as expensive as a player, let alone qa390 at the same price. Pushing earplugs is still the player's job.

In my opinion, Feiao is definitely a leafy audio manufacturer, covering the entire HiFi field from players to earphones to all kinds of decoding earphones, and no matter what products can ensure sufficient cost performance. How to give the best hardware configuration and complete user experience at the same price and accurately grasp the market direction should be Feiao's best thing to do. To make a digression, if you search for the second-hand price of these HiFi players on salted fish and compare the selling price and selling time, the good value preservation rate of Feiao products can be seen. Even if many people still have prejudice against Feiao, to be honest, consumers are more willing to pay for a "bucket" product in many cases. In order to watch the video of Station B and to listen to streaming media and recommend a player, do we see less such similar problems? Therefore, I prefer to evaluate a machine from the perspectives of functionality and professionalism. When purchasing, consumers should also know what they really need and whether they can perceive the promotion that they have spent a lot of money. From the manufacturer's point of view, as a player, the sound quality is "basic" after all. Functionality is nothing more than icing on the cake or making it more like a mobile phone. A product that can be accepted by the vast majority of people can be regarded as reaching the so-called "balance".

, just before I finished coding this article, Xiaomi released Mi 10 and 10pro. Lei Jun said at the beginning: "High-end mobile phones are the targets Xiaomi has been eager to impact for the past ten years." In other words, Xiaomi's previous flagship does not seem to be the so-called "high-end mobile phones" in its self-positioning, so how can high-end be defined? The configuration performance must be top-notch, and the price must be worthy of the word "high-end. Just like many people ridiculed before the press conference, 1999 make friends, because in everyone's inherent cognition, Xiaomi still has to be the manufacturer who will implement the cost performance to the end, and the higher price brought by high-end positioning is not acceptable to everyone for a while. The fact is also the case. An impression has become a qualitative understanding after staying in people's minds for a long time. When it changes to a better direction and a higher level, whether it can become an object of doubt. Therefore, when it comes to Feiao, it always reminds me of Xiaomi. After the second generation of X7, it did not launch a new flagship product for a long time. It just needs more time to take off its original hat and get more people's recognition.

, Feiao's products at this stage are undoubtedly in the first echelon in terms of use experience. Feiao's improvement in order to change its inherent impression is also worthy of recognition. Both m11Pro and m15 have given full sincerity in configuration and voice. As the saying goes, how much money is spent and how much money is spent. You don't have to worry about messing up the matter when it comes to Feiao now. Of course, this does not mean that there are no shortcomings, and the processing of sound fineness and details still needs to be improved. So, I still use the analogy I like to make a summary. m15 is a good player. He gives me the feeling of a Dodge Challenger SRT DEMON, with the strong power brought by HEMI V8 and the thick and rough beauty of the American style. He has never been afraid of anyone in the straight-line acceleration race. Although he may not be as good as those of European players, he also has less Italian beauty in the sculpture, but the price is not scary, it can make you shout power!!! Does it not smell good?

author:JasonZhang __02-15 13:45

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