to save iPhone sound quality depends on its flying proud Q1 MKⅡ evaluation.

1Fruit Powder

[Original of Zhongguancun Online Audio Channel]Since the iPhone canceled 3.5mmheadphonesthe interface, even the most loyal fruit powder began to complain, because it was really too inconvenient. Of course, the most criticized one is that it is impossible to charge while listening to songs. Although Bluetooth headsets can solve this problem, there is still an obvious gap between its playing sound quality and wired headsets. For those who are both fruit powder and HiFi enthusiasts, the inconvenience of charging is the second. The key is that the previous wired HiFi headphones are useless and must be used with the lightning and 3.5mm adapter attached to the mobile phone, the sound quality of the adapter is obviously not satisfactory to them.

to save iPhone sound quality.Feiao Q1MK II evaluation

is there no way to improve the sound quality of iPhone? Of course there is! Have you forgotten that there are portable decoding earphones? To be honest, portable decoding earphones were not easy before the iPhone7 came out. Now it is past the golden age of playing with bundles. A new group of enthusiasts are interested in portable HiFi.playerare more interested, people are more inclined to listen simply, and direct push is already the mainstream. Therefore, a handful of portable decoding earphones used to be caught on the market are now rare. However, there is another village in the dark. Who would have thought that portable decoding earphones would usher in the second spring after mobile phones scrambled to cancel the 3.5mm earphone interface?

Feiao's Q1 MKⅡ update is just right. iPhone7, many enthusiasts have rediscovered the dusty portable decoding earphones to improve the sound quality of mobile phones in the past year. However, the previous products have been a little behind the times. In these two or three short years, from the hard quality of machines to industrial design, portable decoding earphones are facing the reality of upgrading, this update of Q1 MK II can be described as timely. So what is the difference between this small machine and those old products?

2goes further and further on the road of high Yan value.

goes further and further on the road of high Yan value.

Feiao's product industrial design has a turning point, which began in the X5 3rd generation. Since then, almost every newly launched product has occupied the forefront of domestic portable HiFi products. Compared with several generations of the same product, it can be clearly seen that the industrial design of the product after 2016 has reached a higher level and has an international style. Q1 MK II is certainly more beautiful than the previous generation.

evaluation prototype

, first of all, we need to explain that the evaluation prototype we received is slightly different from the mass production model we have seen in details. The power indicator of the machine on the packing box is green, and the power indicator of the actual evaluation prototype and mass production machine is blue. The body of the evaluation prototype is printed with "not for sale", which is not available in the mass production machine. The official said that the individual lines of the PCB board have signs of manual adjustment, but the functions, listening and indicators are consistent with the mass production machine, and it is not recommended that users disassemble the machine by themselves. In addition, the mass production version of the machine's manual is in eight languages, and the evaluation prototype is bilingual.

Q1 MK II is very small in size

The whole machine is made of metal materials.

Q1 MK II has a very slender body, which is more than the previous generation. Taking the iPhone7 as a reference, the width of the fuselage is about the 5/6 of the iPhone7, the height is 2/3, and the thickness is about the thickness of the two iPhone7 bare metals. The fuselage is made of all-metal material with a flat surface. The previous generation of the fuselage has a point arc, while the second generation of the machine is completely flat, which is more convenient to bind. The whole machine is black matte paint, which feels very delicate.

and iPhone7

fuselage are closed arcs, and the interface and shift lever are concentrated on the front and rear panels. The craftsmanship of the front and rear panels is also very distinctive, and they are also made of metal, but they are slightly concave inward and have a very small difference with the assembly work of the fuselage, and the edge transition is smooth. From left to right, the front panel is a 3.5mm single-ended interface, a 2.5mm balance interface, a line in/out two-in-one 3.5mm interface, a DSD format indicator, a power indicator and a volume switch knob. Twoheadphonesinterface is made of brass and is matched with a black body. It looks a bit like Sony's black brick. The volume switch knob still has the iconic 45-degree string pattern and red ring of Feiao, which has large rotation damping and certain anti-accidental touch effect. From left to right, the rear panel is the gain lever, rest hole, USB interface and bass gain lever.

finally added a 2.5mm balance headphone port.

Fuselage Aft Panel

Random Attachments

rubber straps and gaskets

USB A to micro USB long-line,3.5mm short line recording,Lightning to micro USB short line

portable mesh bag

Q1 MKⅡ has a wealth of random accessories, with two pairs of rubber binding straps of different sizes, a translucent rubber binding gasket, a lightning to micro USB short line, a USB A to micro USB long line, a 3.5mm pair recording short line and a portable mesh bag.

3commentsReference Equipment

Reference Equipment for Evaluation

For this evaluation reference equipment, we have chosen two pairs of earplugs and two pairs of earplugs of Baia Power and qdc Gemini.Baia Power T1 Second Generation Head-mounted Bigheadphones.

Baia Power Chellantu

Xielantu is the flagship moving coil earplug of Baia Power. It adopts Baia patented high-energy Tesla unit, which can make the shock film larger.driverenergy, and minimize the resonance in the cavity, thereby greatly improving the sound playback level. It has the natural and mellow sound quality characteristics of the traditional moving coil unit, and has a larger amount of detail and compared with ordinary moving coil and moving iron earplug units. Dynamic performance.

qdc Gemini

qdc Gemini is qdc's flagship moving iron earplug. This earplug is equipped with 8 micro moving iron units, 4 audio channels and independent frequency division circuits. In addition, it is also equipped with a miniature tuning switch, which can achieve two different styles on a pair of earplugs with a slight toggle, bringing users top-level sound performance.

Baia Power T1 II

Baia Power T1 II is an upgraded version of its classic flagship headset T1. The T1 second generation optimizes the structural design of the sound reflector, and the reflector adopts a tougher composite material, which greatly reduces the harmonic vibration and makes the sound clearer, so that the overall sound quality of the T1 second generation reaches a new height. T1 second generation is changed to replaceable wire design, double-wire 3.5mm socket, Baiya special lock catch, the original wiring is 7N oxygen-free copper high-grade earphone wire, and braided fabric wrapping can improve shielding. And there are original 4-core balanced headphone lines available for purchase.

4forget the adapter for iPhone

forget the adapter for iPhone

, as one of the important products with the theme of "balance" at Feiao's summer conference, Q1 MK II has been equipped with balance as expected.headphonesport; In addition to balancing the earphone port, Q1 MKⅡ II is not small in terms of hardware upgrade. It is equipped with XMOS platform, native hardware solution DSD256, independent dual clock crystal oscillator, AK4452 DAC, OPA926 for earphone chip and OPA1662 for LPF. For an entry-level small decoding earphone, it is not a luxury!

Feiao Q1MKⅡ

Q1 MKⅡ with iPhone7 can be said to be the advantage of the adapter provided by the second iPhone7 and the rolling level. I originally guessed that it would be good for this combination to reach the level of the X3 third generation, but the actual result was beyond my expectation. The sound performance of Q1 MK II was amazing, not inferior to the X3 third generation at all, or even better, which made me sit up and take notice of it. I am not a binding party myself, but I have to say that if I have to solve the sound quality problem of iPhone and have to choose a portable decoding ear, then I will choose Q1 MK II, which is the result of comprehensive consideration of sound quality, volume, workmanship and endurance. In fact, it's not just the iPhone. I can use Samsung S7 to connect Q1 MKⅡ, so if I use a mobile phone as a turntable, this small machine is really very suitable.

Feiao Q1 MK II

Q1 MK II is highly unified with the style of other products at the summer conference, neutral and high-quality. The single port and balance port of this product have good sound cohesion, accurate image, and the sound density of all frequency bands is quite good. The two interfaces of sound field performance have their own characteristics, and the horizontal sound field balance port is even better. I am surprised that this small machine has such excellent horizontal sound field extension, even better than the X5 third generation, which can be called a performance against the weather. Moreover, the sound distribution in the whole sound field is very uniform, and there is no feeling of large and empty. The depth of the sound field under a single port is better, and the front and back levels are clearer. Although the horizontal sound field is not as wide as under the balance port, it is also quite excellent.

Feiao Q1 MK II

Q1 MK II is fairly satisfactory, which is basically the same as that of X3 III. Most of the details are preserved, and the high-frequency line feeling is slightly weak. The quality of the intermediate frequency is high, especially the resolution of the intermediate frequency is much more eye-catching than other frequency bands. The separation of the human voice and the musical instrument is moderate, maintaining a good sense of hierarchy, and the control of the residual sound of the intermediate frequency is also superior. The female voice is still relatively poisonous, with very few lower dental sounds on a single port, and the position is relatively front, with a large outline, which means a little ready to come out. The low-frequency sense of quantity is slightly more, but there is a solid core under the slightly fluffy outline, which is flexible and creates a good sense of enclosure and layering. I personally do not recommend turning on the low frequency gain of Q1 MK II unless you are an avid low frequency enthusiast. At the same time, the author also does not recommend matching large earphones, this small machinedriverT1 MKⅡ is still relatively laborious, the sound is thin and empty, and the control power of each frequency band is obviously reduced, so we should try to listen with earplugs.

Feiao Q1 MK II

Q1 MKⅡ has a battery of 1800mAh, a USB input of more than 10 hours and an AUX input of more than 20 hours. This is not bad, but it is still a long way from Q1 generation's 30-hour battery life, and Q1 generation's battery is only 1400mAh. Compared with E18's USB input for 20 hours, it is a tie. After all, E18's battery capacity is 3500mAh. However, Q1 MKⅡ charging speed is very fast, so don't worry about endurance.

In addition, when using it with X7 II, the author found that in line in mode, the volume response of Q1 MKⅡ is relatively sudden. When it rotates to a certain point, the sound suddenly comes out, but there is no sound before this point. With a mobile phone, the volume cannot be completely turned off to silence, and there is still sound when it is rotated to a minimum. I don't know if these problems can be corrected by updating the firmware later?

Feiao Q1 MKⅡ Portable Decoding Ear ZH-1.1 Final Score

is written at the end:

is less than 700 yuan, and the sound performance is catching up with HiFi at the level of 2000 yuan.player, good workmanship, small size, Feiao once again explained with strength what is high cost performance. If you are dissatisfied with the sound quality of your mobile phone and are not satisfied with the playback effect of your Bluetooth headset, then you can consider Q1 MK II.

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