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Fiio M3 8GB

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Pros

  • slimmer and much easier to hold in the hand
  • enough headroom
  • a decent punch and stage size

Cons

  • Q1 is quite slippery in hand
  • a touch-sensitive DAP either on the screen or on the controls
  • A short press will turn off the LED screen only
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Fiio M3 8GB - Pros & Cons

Fiio M3 8GB

Pros

  • slimmer and much easier to hold in the hand
  • enough headroom
  • a decent punch and stage size
  • feels more interesting and appealing with additional features
  • simple
  • clean and minimalist
  • neutral
  • linear and quite detailed sound performance
  • its size and power output
  • unboxing experience is pretty nice
  • M3 actually sounds pretty good for $55

Cons

  • Q1 is quite slippery in hand
  • a touch-sensitive DAP either on the screen or on the controls
  • A short press will turn off the LED screen only
  • it does have those rather quaint Chinese English font
  • The viewing angle is a bit restricted and it does
  • dynamic variance is largely overlooked
  • no more silicone cases
  • not a single extra screen protector
  • limited storage or poor battery life
  • There is no real advantage to using this device
  • Q1 is considerably heavier to the M3 Pro

Fiio M3 8GB - Full Specifications

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Storage
Memory card readeryes
Memory capacity8.0 GB
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Connectivity
Bluetoothno
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Display
Displayyes
TechnologyLCD
Touchscreenyes
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Sound
Supported audio filesMP3

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Fiio M3 8GB Fiio - Editorial Reviews (1)

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Fiio M3 8GB Home review
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Published: 20.05.2016
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4.0

This portable hi-res music player is small in stature, but big on sound quality...

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