FiiO M17 flagship music player leaked, equipped with a 1080P 18:9 LCD screen

HiFi brand FiiO’s upcoming flagship portable music player (DAP) M17 was previously leaked overseas. This product appeared on the Internet due to its participation in the iF Industrial Design Awards and was leaked by online users.

Recently, James, the co-founder of FiiO Electronics, published an article confirming the news and giving a detailed introduction to the device.

This device was set up in 2019. Due to the epidemic situation and the impact of the fire at the AKM factory in Japan in 2020, the plan will be temporarily changed, and it is expected to be launched in August 2021.

M17 is positioned as the flagship model. The product design concept comes from a portable computer. It uses dual ESS9038 Pro flagship DAC chips. The price of this chip is as high as 350 yuan or more.

By looking at the amp circuit, the THX788PRO amp circuit similar to the desktop device is used. 32 ohms can output more than 1200mW+1200mW, and 300 ohms can output more than 350mW+350mW.

FiiO M17 provides four headphone output interfaces of 2.5mm/3.5mm/4.4mm/6.3mm in order to meet the needs of users for a variety of headphone interfaces, among that 3.5/4.4 support LO output.

Along with this, it also has standard RCA coaxial output, DC power input, and dual TC ports. The side of the product is equipped with a heat dissipation window, and RGB ambient lights are added that can use colors to display information such as sound effects, format, power, and temperature.

This player is equipped with a 1080P 18:9 LCD screen and will use an Android system and touch control. Additionally, the M17 main control chip has also been upgraded compared to the M15. FiiO’s flagship players M15 and M11 Pro have been discontinued, and M17 will be the only flagship HiFi player of FiiO this year.

FiiO James stated that the appearance of the product has not yet been finalized, and it is expected that the marketed model will adopt the all-aluminum-magnesium alloy sandblasting process. The time to market will be after July 2021, and the price will exceed 10,000 yuan.

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