On the second day of the National Day holiday, Fei'ao launched a decoding amplifier that can be carried and suitable for home. Needless to say, the brand of Fei'ao has always been the HIFI brand that domestic enthusiasts trust. The series of products of Fei'ao portable decoding amplifiers have always had good reviews. Whether it is the small KA1, the relatively medium-sized BTR7, or the medium-sized desktop decoding amplifiers like K3 and K7, we have not seen very bad reviews at present. It just so happens that Q7 is in a position between a desktop and a portable one. It feels like it fills the gap in Fei'ao's products in this series, so my expectations come up.
unboxing
After unboxing, the entire package includes a USB power cord, power adapter , AC power cord, USB adapter, Type-C-Type-C long data cable, a Type-C-Type-C short data cable, a Lightning-Type C decoding cable, as well as a manual and warranty card, a leather case and a heat dissipation base with the same model as M17. No wonder the box is so big, it seems that it contains a lot of things.
Q7's overall body shape is not much different from M17. It is difficult for me to tell whether this is M17 or Q7 at the same time when I see it from a distance. When I heard the name of Q7 for the first time, I thought there was a 7 in it, which definitely means that they have a "half-parent" relationship. As expected, Q7 follows the design concept of M17, which not only maintains the powerful performance of the M17 that everyone likes, but also has the effect of a desktop. This product with the best of both worlds is really delicious.
The overall design style is becoming more and more mechanical. This should be the type that Fei'ao wants to change, which is the taste of hardcore mecha and cyberpunk . The whole machine gives me the feeling that if anthropomorphizes it, it is the kind of hardcore muscular man who constantly studies technology. With the RGB ambient light, this design style should be quite in line with the aesthetics of men, and I personally like it more.
also installed a 1.3-inch full-color display screen on the front of the machine, showing some song formats, sampling rates, etc. that were not seen before.
Q7 is very rich in interfaces, and it is enough to be portable. As a small desktop, it can also meet the daily needs of daily needs. The machine is equipped with USB, fiber , and coaxial input interfaces. The interface includes 6.35mm, 4.4mm, 3.5mm, and 2.5mm, which supports 2 single-ended and 2 balances, and is also compatible with LO output. It should be difficult for you to imagine that such a small machine can have as many holes as a desktop. In short, everything should be available.
In terms of configuration, Q7 adopts a platform-level configuration, that is, THX AAA 788+ headphone amplifier technology for desktops + XMOS 16 core XU316 + flagship DAC ES9038PRO + Qualcomm QCC5124 Bluetooth chip. We all know that in the field of technology, the smaller the things are, the higher the technology you need, the better. Q7 has a platform-level configuration, but it is as small as a portable body, and it will not occupy too much space even if it is placed at home. Although
Q7 is small in size, it has little difference from the machine. After the Q7 is activated with the "super big ear mode" during DC power supply, the output thrust can reach 3000mW*, and it has an output thrust of 1500mW even when portable. The official combination of
and Q7 also released an linear power supply , which makes Q7 itself have the support of dual-mode power supply at the desktop level, and has added an additional power supply Buff, which greatly increases the battery life of the Q7 and can be used for a long time even when the energy output is large.
pairing sound test
pairing, we first used Q7 paired with the pre-level player Kann max and headphones 1970. Kann Max has a large thrust, and Q7 is like two cheese energy bars. It can be full of vitality after two weeks. The low frequency of " morning train " is more thick and powerful than direct connection to max. The low frequency is full and the atmosphere is directly full. The whistle in the song cuts the quiet background, which can directly experience the scene of getting on the train in the 1990s.In addition, the instrument is clearly positioned and directed, the whole song becomes more vivid because of the function of Q7. How to say it is that it can make people feel the vivid emotions in the song, the feeling of falling in love at first sight and feeling at first thought. After switching to the big ear mode, the drum beats of drum , bass melody line, and the powerful chord part of the guitar were enhanced. It seemed that I was in that carriage and witnessed this scene, which was very subtle and exciting. .
player or KannMax, the headphones are replaced with EXT. This is a double-moving four-static mixed unit headphone, which can add a lively and vivid feeling to the sound. Play a song " Love Trap " by Alan Tam. This is a retro DISCO style. Under the performance of Q7, even the more difficult EXT can achieve more than 80% of the overall quality. The entire rhythm and dynamic feeling make people unable to help shake. Plug in the power supply and switch to the big ear mode, the entire sound field is turned on instantly, which can push the static EXT unit away, and the details of the instrument are fully interpreted. The front end of
is still Kann max. We replaced the headphones with MEZE headphones liric, played a song " California Hotel " without plug-in live version, connected to the power supply and turned on the super big ear mode, to be honest, it was amazing to me. Although liric is a portable large ear that is easy to promote, it is not easy to push it well. The guitar sound at the opening is very recognizable, and the guitar sound is very crisp. The lower frequency hand drum part is immediately followed. The sound field is completely opened, quite wide and fluffy, and the elasticity is also very in place. There is no shortage of strength, and it is very in place. Huang Kaiqin 's version of "Under the Lion Mountain", this is a song that represents the spirit of the Hong Kong people. In this version, in addition to Western instruments such as guitar, piano, and drum set, national instruments are also added, including erhu and pipa . The resolution of each instrument is very clear, the fusion is just right, the vocal part is close to the ears, the mid-frequency is prominent and magnetic.
In my opinion, Fei'ao has always been in the heart of doing everything he wants to build a desktop computer. Even if it has a portable appearance, it has a desktop configuration. M17 is, Q7 is the same. However, the small Q7 is already the best price-performance ratio at this price, which is equivalent to buying the best internal configuration of the M17. I think it has added practicality and taken out the most practical part separately to make a small platform, realizing the best of both worlds of a platform and portability.
