FiiO - BTR11

FiiO - BTR11

This tiny device made it easy for me to use my wired IEMs during my morning / Evening walk. Very practical and no nonsense Bluetooth receiver with only three Codecs. LDAC being a high bit rate codec along with its amplifier sounds very good. To my surprise, my 6 year old POCO F1 ( now using this only as music player ) also supports LDAC.

Mai abhi beginner hu or ye mera first DAC hai
Mujhe fii btr 11,kz zsn pro 2 ke sath achha combination laga or isme bahut achhi sound quality hai.
Mai is DAC or IEM ko continue kai ghante tak use karta hu or koi bhi dikkat nahi hoti or music ekdam smooth chalta hai.
Thank you

First of all It powerful amplifier, i use it with samsung galaxy tab s9 & my oneplus 6t, i have to watch content at 10%, above that is painful
Sound quality is pretty good, i also use dac & amp with CS46L41, I couldn't make difference between them, i waited 4 days before writing review just to know battery life, it's good, it's what they claim
But they could have increased price little bit, 200-300 rupees & had provided better build quality, build quality is not good, I'm always fearful that i may damage it accidentally
So tale good care of it

Delivery was fast, just got 36 hours to get delivered, considering I'm living in tier 2 city it impressive, thanks team

In box contents just has a small usb a to c cable. Out of box, white color looks nice.

Good part:- Sounds good, looks good when strapped its kinda long but it hides inside shirt. Battery life is very high i would say. I was gonna get ugreen Bluetooth receiver but luckily btr11 came on time and compared to ugreen, fiio is better plus i am sure fiio sounds better as fiio got good reputation and track record of building audio devices. So went with fiio. It has enough power to drive most iems, unless u try blasting music into your ears to make yourself deaf, its plenty enough. I have fosi sk-01 headphone amp if i need more firepower for headphones, but it easily drove my sony wh-1000xm4 headphones and it went plenty loud. Has no amo inside so do remember it just depends on source volume and alters it. Buttons are nice and tactile. Dual device connection is also pretty good. Works well. So all these for this price is just nuts. You will love it.

Bad part:- 3.5mm jack doesn't inspire much confidence as its not better quality. You can feel it when putting iem cable in. Also notification sound used in btr11 software isn't clear, sounds muffled. These complaints are nothing major but small compared to its offerings.

Hearing good music is kinda fun especially at lower volume, its calming. Have fun.

At this price, this is probably the only thing available that performs this particular task, and you can see the corners cut to achieve the price point.
The plastic build is not confidence-invoking; you'll need to take care of it.

The first thing you should do after getting one is to upgrade the firmware via the FiiO app. The update fixes the hissing and improves the power output substantially. I don't need to go above 50% volume with my Truthear x Crinacle RED even with the 10 ohm bass boost resistance.

The Bluetooth connection is solid.

No complaints with the battery backup.

The mic is not at all usable for calls; it captures a lot of environmental noise.

The only other inconvenience that I found is that it doesn't directly connect with the LDAC codec, but I can't pinpoint if it is the issue with the BTR11 or my phone.

I was fed up with TWS where sometime one earphone was not charged properly and start giving low battery warning and I had to stop listening and charge both. Now with this I need not to stop listening as it can be charged while using which is its biggest USP.

I did not face any hissing issues on my set. Sound Quality wise its decent for price.

I bought μBTR ( both black and white ) about eight years ago and I still use them for they work well for basic purposes as say internet radio broadcasts and even Apple Music with the caveat of limited sound stage and so on. Now BTR11 has 3x more power and better at handling higher bit rates via LDAC. Still the caveats apply to the limited sound stage but for practical purposes these tiny finger length devices are quite handy and should I say much much better than phone audio and it was true eight years ago and still is true. Now I have to acquire the black BTR11 to complement the white one I just got.