FiiO BTR7 Headphone Amp Bluetooth Receiver High Resolution Portable DAC Supports MQA/LDAC/aptX HD 384K/32Bit DSD256 for Phone/PC/Car/Home Audio

This gadget is hands down the best thing I've ever splurged on—seriously, not even my last slice of pizza can compete! It’s so good that my car's speakers might just audition for a rock concert. From the moment I unwrapped it, I knew I was in for a treat. The sleek design, paired with its high-tech features, makes it not only functional but also aesthetically pleasing. Each time I use it, I feel like I’m embracing a little piece of magic in my daily routine. First off, let's talk about the audio quality. The sound clarity is absolutely phenomenal; it’s as if I’m sitting front row at my favorite band’s live performance. The deep bass resonates in a way that gets my heart racing, while the crisp treble makes every note shine through beautifully. Whether I’m blasting classic rock anthems or immersing myself in smooth jazz, this gadget delivers an auditory experience that is truly unmatched. Moreover, its versatility is another major selling point. It seamlessly connects with my smartphone via Bluetooth, allowing me to enjoy my curated playlists from anywhere in the house or even while I’m driving. No longer do I have to deal with tangled cords or low-quality sound from my car's built-in system. The convenience of switching between my favorite songs with just a touch means I can focus on the road ahead while still enjoying my music to the fullest. On top of that, the battery life is impressive—several hours of play without interruption—so I can enjoy my tunes without the constant worry of recharging. When it comes to portability, this gadget shines brightly. Lightweight and compact, I can easily carry it from room to room, or even take it outside to enjoy some music in the sunshine. It fits perfectly in my backpack when I head out for a picnic or a trip to the beach. Plus, the durable construction ensures that it can withstand some rough handling. I've taken it on weekend trips, and it's prove

I've got to say that I am really impressed with this tiny little marvel! It just sounds outstanding! I have owned and enjoyed a Fiio E10-K for several years but it had been serving as a back-up option until recently, when my Audioquest Dragonfly Cobalt disintegrated. It was the second and last of the dongle DAC devices I will ever own. While that one sounded terrific the build quality is absolutely terrible and what happens is that the headphone jack breaks free and falls inside of the casing, leaving it inoperable. Audioquest replaced the first one under warranty but when the second one did the same thing they didn't even respond to my email. It was no longer under warranty I assumed but at least they could have responded to me. It's OK, I just won't support this company any more and have been turning many of my cohorts and fellow audio enthusiast away from their overpriced, fragile products. My cobalt was never abused in any way, it is just not well made. I decided to upgrade my E10K and chose the BTR7 because of the excellent reviews and the respect for the product shown throughout an online audio group of which I participate. This group is over 40,000 strong and there are some real knowledgeable people in it with vast experience with these products. After receiving my new "toy" I had some learning to do as this Fiio isn't exactly plug and play. It took me a little while to figure out how to navigate the tiny buttons and the process itself. I struggled to get it to pair up with my laptop, not because it was terribly difficult, but because I didn't realize that I needed to have the BTR7 connected via the usb-c cable to my laptop at the time I was trying to get it to pair. It wasn't like pairing my phone or my Mark Levinson 5909 headphones. When I realized the err of my ways I felt incredibly dense! Once paired I was ready to have a listen. At this point I have to admit that I have just a few hours of listening time on the BTR7. I have listened to both the 5909 wired, where it really excels, as well as my Sennheiser HD660S2, a wired headphone. The 5909 is an easy to drive headphone but the 660S2 is not at 300 ohms, yet the BTR7 can drive it to plenty loud volume levels with authority. It is absolutely dead silent when no music is present, silent during quiet passages, too. To my ears this tiny piece of kit sounds every bit as good as the $350 Cobalt, and it was just $200. It's far and away better built. If there is anything at all to report on the negative side it would have to be the software. That menu system kind of sucks. But I think once configured it shouldn't be an issue. I managed to figure it out on my own so I can't imagine others not being able to do the same. I can highly recommend the Fiio BTR7 to everybody. I have already started doing so! An excellent choice either out and about or simply away from the desk.

A lot of these bt devices to allow using wired headphones and IEMs with your phone have emerged in recent years. I've had quite a few of them, including the hiby, ES100, bluewave get and others. The Fiio BTR7 was attractive to me because of the included mic. Which meant I could answer phone calls while listening to music and don't have to worry about switching setups. The GET also has this capability but the mic is very weak. The Fiio BTR7 still isn't a great mic, but in any case, it's better than nothing. Most of the others I've owned don't even have one, and this alone makes the BTR7 a good walk around device for me. The battery life isn't that great, but I don't really care that much since I don't use this on the airplane. The menu capabilities are okay. while the screen is on, if you hold the power button for a while, the menu pops up giving you a few options. For my uses, I think the BTR5 would have probably been enough and I still might get that as it's smaller and lighter. That's really the only complaint with the BTR7. It is awfully large for how I'd want to use it, clipped to the collar of a shirt or jacket so the mic is fairly close. As for sound quality, it seems just fine. Does it have the same fast attack transients as the mojo, mojo2, hugo2, ifi xDSD, hiby r6 or even the hiby r3 sabre? Well, no, of course it doesn't, but then, one can only expect so much from a bt device. And quite frankly, I'm not sure if it's the fault of the bt connection, or the source data, or the BTR7 itself. Then again, I can't instantly switch to phone call mode if a call comes in while I'm listening to music. The BTR7 can. And that alone makes it absolutely critical if I want to use my wired devices. It does sound pretty good. Certainly good enough for me to enjoy listening to music while out and about running errands. Can't ask for much more than that

I bought the Fiio BTR7 after seeing some glowing reviews of it on AudioScienceReview.com (ASR), an audio hardware review site that uses a fancy audio analyzer to assess how well DACs and other other audio equipment reproduce sound signals. ASR concluded that the BTR7 is on par with desktop-class DACs and amplifiers in its ability to reproduce music. The sound quality of Fiio's products have always been outstanding, and the BTR7 takes it up another notch. The BTR7's signature is clean, smooth, and satisfying, with no emphasized frequency ranges or audible distortion. The BTR7 uses a two quality ESS DAC chips, a quality clock source, and two THX-certified amplifier chips to produce an exceptionally clean signal, especially for a portable device. I mainly use the BTR7 as a plug-in DAC for my MacBook, but its sound in Bluetooth mode is also exceptional. It supports any Bluetooth codec you can throw at it; I mainly use AAC (as an Apple user), but if your phone supports LDAC or AptX, it can decode and amplify those too. The power output is outstanding. The BTR7 can easily power my Sennheiser HD6XX headphones, at a whopping 300 ohms. I can even power my insensitive HifiMan Sundaras with the unbalanced output, though the balanced 4.4 mm output can drive them even better. The BTR7 will drive any headphone you have with no problem, and turning up the volume won't lead to distortion. The only downside of this product is the software. Not only are the menus on the device hard to navigate, but the companion app, Fiio Control, contains many extraneous features and lacks a user-friendly user interface. For example, the equalizer function is incredibly hard to understand, as it doesn't label the individual frequency bands, so you have to guess what frequencies you're equalizing based on the shape of the frequency curve. Overall, the BTR7 is the best portable DAC/amp on the market right now. If you want a powerful Bluetooth amplifier that will drive your full-sized headphones, or simply want a portable external DAC/amp for a laptop, this is a great solution. I'm impressed with what Fiio has accomplished in building such a compact, well-engineered product at an affordable price. I highly recommend the BTR7, and I'm very happy with my purchase.

A bit of a learning curve to switch through devices, but once you get it, you get it. I can connect to my tv, my macbook m1, and pc just fine. They all work and sound awesome. If you're picky about what audio codec it uses when connect to different devices, you have some work to do on the app. Good luck. So they have a limiter function on the Fiios Control app. The highest setting is 60, and the meter is the same with the other volumes. When you put it the limiter on max, I found generally I can enjoy my music at bluetooth volume 15 in quiet environments, and 40 is when my ear realizes how the heck these tiny things can do that. Insert size doesn't matter joke here. I use different headsets on the daily. For travel I use the Moondrop Chu, they sound even better out there with the btr7 because of the sheer power these deliver. I set it on 60/40 on the app and it's enough to immerse myself in the music out there. I use iphone 12, and with the bluetooth function, I can also watch netflix and youtube with no obvious delays. I don't have otg cable yet for the iphone so no input on how direct connection sounds like. Nevertheless, It's definitely a new experience for me and I love it. It lasted I would say 4-5 hours and some juice left back home. I also use the 7hz Timeless for cooking and cleaning in the house. 60/30 is more than enough for immersion, maybe 35 for vacuuming. The only gripe I have is the case doesn't come with a clip so I had to get an arm strap to keep the cables from dangling. Which is fine because I need to exercise. But the bad thing about arm strap is that the volume function is an +/- switch. Wish it came with a knob like everything else. But they sound amazing. I recommend the combo if you're willing to invest. I also have the Sivga S023 headphones and while I love them for music because they sound phenomenal, I wanted to use this combo for movie watching late at night. They do not disappoint. How this small thing can make my living room sound like a theatre at midnight without disturbing the family is completely beyond me. 60/30 is plenty juice, even for a full sized, 300ohm headphone. But I tried 40 just for fun, and my ears started to get really fatigued, but it's because I have really sensitive ears compared to others. So I bought these for the versatility listed above, and other than the first user experience of figuring out how to connect to devices properly, Fiio really figured out how to make someone like me have a great audio experience anytime anywhere. Maybe in the future they can make a device small and portable similar to their m11 with a useable UI? Honestly that would be the holy grail.

I have owned a FiiO A3 for 5 years now and while I like it I never found it that portable, what with needing a patch cable for my phone. The A3 is not a DAC however and I guess I haven't realized how important that was, bypassing my phone's DAC. This BTR-7 is everything the A3 is not. Funny that I'd find using a patch cable as being cumbersome but I did, and of course the BTR-7 alleviates that. But the performance of the BTR-7 is far and away better than any inline headphone amp. The connection is cleaner having bypassed the phone's headphone jack. The amplification is cleaner and this thing will drive any load seemingly. I'm using Koss KPH40s which are a 60ohm load and I rarely listen higher than half volume on the BTR. I have yet to use a direct connection via the data port so I can't speak to that. But the function I'm most over the moon about is the FiiO Control app. It control ever function of the unit it provides the typical listen enhancements, but it's the parametric EQ function with which I'm most enamored. I don't want to get too deep into what a parametric EQ does but trust me, you want it.

I love my BTR7. I daily drive a pair of low sensitivity in-ear monitors, and the battery easily lasts 10 hours if I am listening at reasonable volumes. The EQ is pretty useful if you have the companion app. It is a 10 band EQ, and you can change the frequency where each band filter is applied as well as the Q value. You can save 3 custom EQs on the device and switch between them on the device itself or through the app. The app is a little slow on first connection, and I wish I could more quickly change the EQ without having to take the BTR7 out of my pocket. The balanced output packs a punch, able to drive my 250 ohm DT770s and DT990s (with balance mods) at pretty loud volumes. Also, if you have a 3.5mm headphone or earphone with an inline microphone and/or remote, you can use it on the BTR7. Both the play/pause button and volume control work. Well worth the price, especially if you have an Android phone with LDAC support.

BTR7 has great sound. The connection with the input Bluetooth works great sounds great through wired headphones large and small. We all know the standard down falls of bluetooth it has those. What made me return the item is the wired connection. USB-C into the macbook did not work. It worked a few times with many attempts (what a waste of time). There were times it would recognize the device but once selected it would automatically default to the computer speakers. Most the time the BTR7 would not connect at all. I would select "forget device" on in settings on anything it had connected to, plug it in, unplug it, turn it on and off, close the streaming app turn it on. There was no way to get it to connect and I could not find a work around. It only connect properly 2 times and both after many attempts. The reason for the direct connection instead of bluetooth is the MQA on Tidal streaming app. MQA is the highest resolution audio available on streaming and the device has the ability to decode MQA. I couldn't test it on my iphone because they did not send the lightning connector even though I paid extra for the lightning connector. I am torn because the sound is a noticeable improvement on both my hi-end headphones and my lesser headphones over bluetooth. The times I got the MQA to work it sounded great better than the bluetooth option. I do like the bluetooth input because it adds 20-30 feet to my wired headphones with great sound. Maybe I got a defective device although I have heard others online noticing similar problems. Also the app is bad. Sound is great, bluetooth awesome, wired connection doesn't really work, app is bad, it makes weird noises when changing tracks on occasion or seems like some kind of electronic interference sometimes. Playing from multiple audio sources on the computer doesn't work well. Listening to youtube and Tidal music at the same time the Youtube video got highly distorted. Also not much for customer service I was told to just return the device because I did not receive the lightning adaptor (FiiO LT-LT3 USB Type C to Lightning regular lightning to usb-c adaptors will not work). All that said I will continue my quest for a portable DAC with MQA and Bluetooth thought this was the one the sound is great but its sketchy.