$199 powerhouse. Fiio JM21 REVIEW

[@SuperReview]

Since recording, firmware version 1.0.4 came out. I've been testing the battery life, but still lost 15% with 24 hours of idling (wifi enabled), and the one night I used it while sleeping it went from 88% to dead before I woke up.

[@AindriuMacGiollaEoin]

It's like the iPod touch, it's battery life was so short

[@Ducbloke]

This was always the question mark...Mark. How would it do on Battery. Ordered one and will take it through its paces as well

[@pippo-1073]

Jesus, thats a no from me.

[@adilsonnogueira6468]

I do have a JM21 and I do not have this issue….

[@digsmanako]

u might want to check battery usage by app, niagara launcher is known to be a battery hog

[@lord5619]

Have mine coming next week. My first proper DAP in like 17 years :D thanks for the vid, very informative for what i consider major cons and pros.

[@SuperReview]

What was your last DAP 17 years ago?

[@skengasaurus]

Can you return it? I my experience, FiiO DAP's have glass that chips very easily at corners, case or not, and battery life falls off a cliff in well under the first year

[@kirkhamilton775]

If you double click the play pause on the M300, it does previous track. you're welcome :)

[@AhmadGhaziA]

My best buy for 2024. Its getting better with every update.

[@penisman456]

my old dx170 has started slowing down and bugging out a ton, this might be in consideration for my next upgrade 🤌 thanks mark, hope to see more dap reviews‼️

[@cxmxc]

I had it and sold for $200. This is the cheap dap I have been looking for. Specially for streaming

[@joecool4108]

Great review. Thanx. A shame about the poor battery life. I hope Fiio can improve it with the next firmware updates.

[@noturnleftunstoned72]

I use it as a transport (using a 3.5mm->coax) from the JM21 to a multibit DAC then to an amp. Since I don't use the player's DAC or amp, the battery lasts forever. I plant it on a stand I bought and it's pretty terrific.

[@SuperReview]

Nice! I remember being really surprised when I first saw that these DAPs have BETTER battery life when using Bluetooth vs. wired listening. I think most smart phones are the opposite.

[@alexeiboukirev8357]

FYI M300 does have glass back and aluminum sides. Also, latest firmware added track back action on the play/pause by either double press or long press (I do not remember which one). JM21 looked interesting until battery time. The latter is not technically bad. There have been and still are many players, even premium, that have similar battery life. It's a matter of your player use pattern. For some people 8-10 hours works just fine. I listen to audio books on mine besides music, I need battery life. That is why I still keep my trusty old HiBy R5 Gen 2.

[@bax9]

Poor battery life? Rather get the Hiby R4 then for $50 extra where you can actually replace it with the backplate that comes off with screws. Not to mention in one or two years EU laws made it so modular battery replacement is required so JM21 will be very outdated by then for those looking for something long term.

[@Onyonv01]

Is it as easily replaceable as the ibasso dx180 or 260?

[@AronAddams7]

Does it have a better battery life?

[@SolusAstoria]

​@@AronAddams7yes, but it's a lot thicker than JM21

[@Kevschwa]

Correct. I have a Hiby R6 III from 2 years ago... Use it for more than ten hours a week and the battery is excellent, still works on 8 hour use days. I love Hiby products! Planning to get a Hiby R4 soon :)

[@AronAddams7]

@@SolusAstoria Thanks for the info!

[@RuiPret]

Sold mine the next day , it’s a pain to watch the battery draining right in front of your eyes , it’s a shame , it’s a very nice dap but charging it twice in a day it’s not something I want in my life

[@rsdno]

I guess Hiby M300 i can barely get enough money for this and the Hiby R4 is $49 more but not much battery life,I think I can be happy with the M300 Great Review Thank You rsdno

[@silviupaceagiu9918]

maybe i missed it but one thing worth mentioning at this prices is that they state that it has spdif, so you can output to external DACs. Means a lot to me as i wanna use the audioquest cobalt and mojo2. Hope it work also, just order it

[@SuperReview]

Lemme know if it works out -- that's not a use case I have so I won't know otherwise 🤞

[@Ducbloke]

Been waiting for this one to start shipping. 700mW for $200 from FiiO is amazing

[@SuperReview]

Yeah it's an impressive spec. I hadn't been keeping up with Fiio DAPs since the M11s, looks like their M23 has 1000mW 😳

[@HARD__UK]

@@SuperReview hiby r4, hiby m300, fiio jm21 or maybe newest shanling m1 plus, which of these players would you choose in terms of sound quality?

[@danm203]

Would be interesting to find out if it can actually do that 700 number. I'm skeptical.

[@dkabracadabra]

have you ever tried to deal with fiio eq ui? i know you are eq guy and ui can be confusing for those who use many peak points. keep an eye after eq that all your points are in place because you can easily overwrite previously entered values. you can use scroller under the graph to select "unused" position to set freq/gain/q. it really pissed me off when i tried to migrate dusk dsp profiles to utws5

[@Haydos]

​@@HARD__UK he has said all players sound the same. Get what fits your use or preference for features

[@chairmandrpepper]

Great video, love your channel, hope to see more!

[@AnotherAnonymousMan]

Men I Trust are *SO* good. Fiio are hitting nothing but home runs at the moment. I bought a BTR17 instead of this and I'm more than happy.

[@SuperReview]

Men I Trust is great, hopefully a new album in 2025 🤞

[@stephenking1586]

I have had this player for a couple of weeks. A huge improvement over my Fiio M6 that I have been using up until now. I note your comment about turning the Wi-Fi off improves the battery life. I will try this. Do you find using high, or low gain makes a difference also to battery life? For the money I think this is a great buy. I've treated myself to the snazzy Fiio vegan leather case to go with it too as like you say the silicone case is OK but its a bit too loose. I also think the thin strip over the top of the USB and jack sockets is just asking to snap in the future. Good review though.

[@SuperReview]

Using high gain will likely reduce battery life, but I didn't test it specifically, I used low gain primarily on this player, as well as pretty much all that I review. I don't listen loud.

[@hokum811]

Very curious as to what your current daily driver is for a DAP? Would love a video of your go-to setup!

[@SuperReview]

Hiby M300 and R5gen2.

[@fernantejada6836]

I'm using Poweramp as well, and I have the yaps skin on top of it. It looks real clean and polished.

[@7in1]

Very detailed review, thank you. I would prefer Hiby too, because of system wide PEQ

[@SuperReview]

It is a pretty killer feature.

[@Patricia.castro84]

Man, great review! I dropped a coment on a M300 review on another channel that I’m looking for buying one, and a guy told me that I should look for the fiio JM21 instead. After your saying on it, I’m pretty much convinced that the Hiby m300 is the one to go for! Thanks!

[@SuperReview]

Any open questions?

[@Patricia.castro84]

@ by using Spotify and tidal, with Wi Fi turned off, can I get a good amount of battery hours? Plus, with the micro SD card, can I expand space for my streaming playlist too, or just the físicas collection? I ask because I never use android system. Thanks for all your insights

[@johnrus7661]

I always keep all my devices hooked up all night so it is topped off and ready to go in the morning. But makes a good case for some of these DAC/amps. Less software/OS to drain power and lots of battery capacity from say Xduoo. So you get solid battery performance.

[@michaelshaffer4005]

One thing I don’t like about the iBasso Mango player is there no option to sort by date, only alphabetical. This means ‘play all songs’ plays the albums alphabetically. I noticed the Fiio player also sorted album’s alphabetically… hopefully it provides for sorting chronologically. Cheers!

[@SuperReview]

FWIW, Poweramp lets you sort albums by year 👍 I agree it's good.

[@famousibarra1]

I hesitated during the holiday sales and now prices shot up. Insta cop when the price comes back down though!

[@SuperReview]

It's $180 on Amazon + AliExpress right now (at least in US).

[@famousibarra1]

​@@SuperReview ya know what I didn't even see that you had provided those links! Time to use my Amazon gift cards I suppose. Thank you

[@kevin1873]

$179 on Amazon now

[@MML66]

‏‪9:34‬‏ ‏‪9:37‬‏ Perhaps because you will be able to listen satisfactorily at a lower volume level due to power, and benefit from all the wires that come with headphones, and not be restricted by the type of connector when purchasing an IEM or headphones Also, 3.5 in DAB is often closer to a dongle in terms of power, while 3.5 in desktop is more powerful, so you will need it as well, or companies do that to get more range.

[@allhill]

currently Hiby R4 same price with JM21 in my local market, so which one I should pick?

[@TheCrimsonPlayer]

I have Hiby R5 gen 1 and i bought the Fiio JM21 to upgrade it. Did I do the right thing? The first one started having lag issues.

[@leah9227]

I have a few questions: does it have play store and google services installed? How smooth runs Android? Has any “execution” mode (like music player mode, full android mode, etc)? Does it support selecting manually high or low amplification power? Thanks 🙏

[@WestonWill]

I think the Snapdragon 680 means that it should be the first DAP to support the full AptX (Adaptive) Lossless 1.2Mbps data rate.

[@SuperReview]

Interesting. What headphones support that?

[@bash3245]

Nice review and bummer that battery life drain during idle state, maybe unrelated question I see you are still using pebble watch may I ask which android app do you use to sync and get alert etc. Thx

[@SuperReview]

I'm on iOS and still have a previously-downloaded version of the app on my phone. On Android, looks like Rebble is hosting the OG app APK. rebble.io/apk/

[@bash3245]

@@SuperReviewmany thanks for your swift reply and android app reference.

[@lcwpg]

looks like still some optimization to be done on jm21 to improve battery life but still i have pre ordered one for around $130 never own a dap before this gonna be my first and well it does have every feature that i think i need at this price point

[@dezfoto7534]

Why would you be using sensitive IEMs on a balanced connection?

[@SuperReview]

Personally I don't, but a lot of people are convinced balanced = better and use it for everything. Most of the IEMs sent to me for review come with balanced connections by default now. It's really silly.

[@dezfoto7534]

@@SuperReview Yeah balanced connections for IEMs doesn't make a lot of sense to me, it's not like they need the extra power for the drivers or long cable runs.

[@juanblanco7898]

EMI is what I was concerned about. Alas, it's a no go for me. Plenty of that with my Topping G5 I wanted to replace with this little DAP, but at least the noise floor is ultra low on it when there's no interference.

[@anthonywawah9822]

what app do you use in JM21? What is the best one?

[@bobyeo69]

i heard in m300 it doesnt overwrite the Android default audio sampling, so does it affect when playing hi-res file compared to JM21? so hard to decide, JM21 offers better on paper and the price is about the same.

[@themilk3]

Great Review....keep them going. Please review the Shanling M1 Plus if possible. the M1 Plus falls around the same price range and might be a very good option too.

[@georgearn1]

M1 runs on proprietary OS, not on Android. No freedom to use own apps

[@themilk3]

@ that’s true but there are people, like me, that don’t really care lol. All I want is good sound quality and power.

[@redaim25]

I saw that Namco tab on your music library brother. Goated taste

[@SuperReview]

R4 soundtrack is amazing

[@reluctant_engineer]

Interesting about the hiss. Wondering if there's a gain setting on the DAC and whether Fiio have set it to a permanent high. That might also explain the unusual battery drain. Maybe the DAC is sipping on the battery more due to high power needs.

[@tommy6742]

Cut a piece of thin rectangular sheet of cardboard or foam for the top of the DAP as an insert.

[@SuperReview]

To... make the case less baggy?

[@tommy6742]

@@SuperReview Yea, since you are complaining about it being slightly loose. This is what you would do with any other case for any device as well. You create a wedge to reduce the case gap tolerance.

[@Pixelkris-g8i]

My question is why don't they include all this tech in a normal phone? I always thought Sony would make an equivalent Sony phone Walkman like this? Or do they already do this?

[@ThePoppmkt]

Was there a protective film on the screen from the start?

[@SuperReview]

Good question but oof I forget.

[@alexeiboukirev8357]

And, forgot to add, track back button has only one use to me - testing and comparing different earphones. That is where I go back to beginning of the track over and over. I can live without that button.

[@YorkshireD1]

Where you said there is 2 cases of "The Cure" that could be 1 song that's listed as "The cure" with a lowercase c. Something like that anyway where it's just slightly different. My m11s does it and it's a pain in the ass

[@SuperReview]

Good guess, but no, I just double checked the metadata and it's not that. What's weird is that it's one song on an album that is otherwise categorized correctly -- and I would have automatically filled the metadata with the same database source.

[@Onyonv01]

I heard that the fiio jm21 has a feature where you can charge it bypassing the battery is it true? I think its called "Disable charging" really interested in that feature

[@SuperReview]

Yes, there is an option in Settings > Battery to "Disable battery charging." I've not used it.

[@AndrewJohnson51]

Thank you very much. Really great review.

[@SuperReview]

🤙

[@GOZES]

I guess it's really hard to beat the king of DAPs our Lord M300 when it comes to battery life. I hope that something else will top it at the price point at someone point because that would mean we could see the same rapid evolution in the DAP space at the M300 price point that we have seen with IEMs in similar price points over the last 2ish years

[@maximilianocampos6736]

I am a visually impaired user and literally navigate blind on android using Talkback. I am new to DAPs and actually was wondering if there are accessiblity features on the player such as turning Talkback on or off? Thanks.

[@SuperReview]

It's hard for me to answer well since I don't personally use the accessibility features -- if something is missing, I probably won't notice. But checking on my M300 in front of me, in Android Settings > Accessibility, there are quite a few options available, including "Audio descriptions" and "Text-to-speech output." I hope that's helpful.

[@Helmond2017]

I think every dap should come with user replaceable battery option.

[@SuperReview]

Buy the ones that do and don't buy the ones that don't.

[@Helmond2017]

@SuperReview good point!

[@dkabracadabra]

i hope fiio will improve peq ui. there's an exercise: try to add all dusk peq profiles and check them:) it's doable but one can easily overwrite previously added values and loose some points.

[@SuperReview]

Yeah generally audio companies are not great with UI design.

[@miscwork-qb7pd]

Look at the battery tech from new phones, up to 6-7000mAh in a sleek form factor. New DAPs coming out need to start matching that

[@SuperReview]

TBH I think a 5,000mAh battery in a DAP could give a week of battery life if they're more focused on efficiency than audiophile memes with the audio architecture.

[@Haydos]

They don't have the budget of phone companies to make really optimized designs but yeah they will need to catch up or they will be left behind

[@heloiamerk]

Does Poweramp bug out when you use the physical previous and next buttons for you? Doesn't happen with UAPP

[@SuperReview]

No, though sometimes the play button won't resume playing when the screen is off, not sure if a Poweramp or Hiby issue.

[@kittykittygumdrops]

Do you buy new music in hi res? Or mostly streaming?

[@SuperReview]

I get music (FLAC) from Bandcamp, Qobuz, and CDs. I prefer to not have hi-res files, they're too large for no useful purpose.

[@SinistralArcVI]

I ordered one. I figured since I wouldn't be using Wi-Fi id be okay.

[@Cons2911]

Is there a dap with desktop mode? Maybe 2 usb, one for power one to output audio to a dac? I have a dac I use with my pc, but sometimes I just want to listen to music, don’t need the entire pc for that

[@danielmarcelo9779]

Fiio m23

[@Cons2911]

@danielmarcelo9779 urgh, let me Google this on (so many fiio) But if my memory serves me right this is expensive

[@avenuePad]

It won't file transfer nicely witb my Mac. "But that's just an Android thing." No, that's a Mac thing. I know, semantics. But it matters. Macs, and Apple products in general, are almost purposely made to not work well with non-Apple products. And I say that as someone who has a Mac. I'm likely going back to Windows for my next computer. I'll get a MacMini to keep my toes in thr Mac world. Anyway, OpenMTP is a great way to file transfer between Mac and Android. It's free and open sourced. Cool review!

[@SuperReview]

I'm not into tribal platform wars. Android uses a protocol not supported by MacOS. They offer a utility app to make up for it that has never worked for me.

[@inconspicuousalien519]

This is starting to become a meme for me but can this drive my hifiman edition xs headphones that are 18ohm, and 92db?

[@mikewjt5027]

Hey are u ganna review the tea pro?

[@SuperReview]

No, not planning to.

[@teachonlywhatiseasy]

looks like a good player. not sure how many people have these illegally downloaded flac files sitting on micro sd cards but DAP's like these are nice to see with android 12 or 13. all you need is an iem that is transparent to the source to see if this is better/different than HIby DAP's in this price range. Also itd be nice to see how long this takes to boot and if there is feature for auto shutoff if it can be used as a car dac ( bluetooth receive)

[@AlexBeyer-hq1rx]

LOVE MY M300 and I spent $300 on the EVENGELION R4. Which is BEAUTIFUL, but so chonky. One thing I do not like about the M300 is that most of the stuff that would qualify it as a HIFI player is locked behind their music app. Where the R4 has all of those settings in the drop down, and has a UNIVERSAL EQ where M300 only has a Hybi Music Equalizer. WHICH stinks. Since that's clearly only a SOFTWARE LIMITATION. I don't like when companies artificially gimp their products to strong arm encourage you buy the more expensive one. Also the Special Edition R4 comes with one extra gig of ram and double the internal. Which kind of made it well worth the $50 premium outside of looking beautiful in its purple and green color way.

[@SuperReview]

To be fair, I'm not sure it's just an arbitrary software limitation -- the M300 seems to use pretty standard Android audio architecture, whereas R4 (and Hiby's other players) use more custom setups. Possibly that complicates things.

[@AlexBeyer-hq1rx]

@@SuperReview MAYBE. But internally the only nerfing the M300 has over the R4 is dual DAC chip. Though, realistically, those are 100% software features not hardware CODEC/DRIVER specific features. NOW, the counter argument to that could be, one of "PURITY". Why add features to a lower specced device (only in dedicated dac since again, all the other stats are 100% the same), and tarnish the "quality" the "hiby" name carries?

[@hunteer963]

Man i would expect better Standby, it's like the battery is always in use.

[@Snake-eyez97]

i currently have the hiby m300, it does have a small screen and does have a slight lag on it. I've been keeping my eye on the fiio jm21 player since it released. I use bluetooth like 95% of the time due to me using my DAP while I am at the gym. My question for the people who already have the fiio Jm21, is this worth an upgrade from the hiby m300. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated!

[@R0semarry_fps45]

I have m300 and jm21 already, but for you maybe you can hold your m300 and wait until jm21 got new software update for the battery problem

[@know_how_games]

I got the r3 ii 2025 because I didn't know this existed, did I make a mistake?

[@someguy3060]

If only you could easily swap the battery pack out

[@josecintron85]

Currently (01/13/2025) it is just $179.99 on Amazon US. Metallica on the list for the win!

[@HedgehogDude18]

Noise floor has been something that’s kept me from going back to FiiO. My main IEMs are Campfire Andromeda and Solaris which are very sensitive. I had a FiiO M11 and a Q5 years ago which I could notice a noise floor even with non sensitive IEMs. FiiO definitely seems to opt for more power vs a clean noise floor on their players.

[@HedgehogDude18]

Also, you know what the quietest source I’ve ever heard is that results in zero audible hiss for sensitive IEMs? The Apple dongle of all things 😂

[@heloiamerk]

Oddly enough, with my CA Andros, I'm getting more hiss on the 3.5mm than the 4.4mm on the JM21.

[@SuperReview]

Apple dongle is pretty good noise floor performance. The Hiby M300 does even better, I believe.

[@HedgehogDude18]

@@SuperReview have strongly considered giving the M300 a try as a smaller on a go solution. My current dap is a Shanling M6 Ultra and really like it but it is a little big for jean pockets.

[@mokisan]

Imo r4 still better As an iem user i dont care much about power

[@mesankanair6372]

Bought the JM21 and it’s performance was disappointing to say the least. The battery drain issue is very real - even with WiFi off it drains quickly when on standby. Power from the balanced output is weak, forget this if you have planars. Worst part the device refused to update to the latest version. My emails to Fiio for assistance went unanswered. I have since returned it and upgraded to a Ibasso DX180 - it is more money but worth every penny (miles ahead in terms of performance). Buyer beware!

[@h1a8]

So if I use Apple Music then will the Fiio app equalizer work? I only use Apple Music

[@SuperReview]

Nope.

[@danilaros]

That’s one of the advantages of Hiby R4 I guess, the EQ is system wide. I been using the R4 for about 3 months and is been great so far.

[@ddundeez]

​@@danilaros how about the heat issue? I have read that heat has come along with the 4.4mm plug.

[@danilaros]

⁠@@ddundeezI use de 4.4 mm out and I didn’t have any issues so far…

[@MRuns-q5t]

Looks like a solid device. BTW what was the subliminal message at 21:29? Sounded like something said 5 all. lol.

[@SuperReview]

Yeah it came out bad, I accidentally said "Hiby" and used robot voice to say "Fiio."

[@kevin1873]

I caught that too and came to the comment section to see if someone else caught it 🤭

[@unruler]

3 GB of RAM is probable reason for crashes and apps shutting down in background, it's just not enough RAM. I have 4 GB on my tablet and I struggle to keep more than 2 apps running in background. It was ok 5 years ago, now it's outdated.

[@SuperReview]

3 GB should be fine, my Hiby R5 Gen2 has only 2 GB of RAM and I have no such issues.

[@liutony4872]

My Iphone SE 2016 is collecting dust, so Ive got the battery replaced. It would be interesting to compare the SE with all those DAP.

[@samismith8752]

I used to use one as a DAP and it was mostly great. Nice and small, great screen, very snappy, easy to use, quality headphone jack. Biggest problem is that you can't expand the storage. Mine was 64GB and my sd card has about 700GB of music so it really only served a purpose as a streaming only DAP.

[@liutony4872]

@ I see, thanks for the advice.

[@JustLearning]

I think the battery life sounds good. Loosing 25% a day is not bad. But then again I do not listen for hour on end. Maybe an hour a day.

[@mayonotes9849]

Imo it is really bad, especially after a year or two where the degradation is much more noticeable. If sitting on idle it shouldn't last more than a few %, instead of whopping 1/4 of your total battery.

[@hkmrsrg1367]

I've never seen you review a DAC in the maybe 2-3 years that I've watched your videos. Did I miss them or you don't really review DACs?

[@SuperReview]

I've reviewed a few mobile ones but lost interest in them years ago.

[@hkmrsrg1367]

​@@SuperReview do you think they make that big of a difference or are they pretty much the same sound-wise after a certain price? I remember crinacle showing no interest in DACs either. I'm a bit conflicted on the matter, whether I should upgrade my 10USD DAC to a 100 USD or not because I couldn't test a DAC to know which camp is right on how much audible difference DACs are.

[@epitome1968]

1:56 "That's just an android thing" 😂 Nah, blame apple for not letting it happen. They get you into their environment by isolating you from others.

[@SuperReview]

And somehow remain compatible with every other non-Apple external storage device I've plugged in.

[@epitome1968]

@@SuperReview Ok 🤥

[@wagando-u6f]

What the best iem for Asmr ? thank

[@otopeixe]

This or Hiby M300?

[@SuperReview]

29:00

[@Burn_In_Oled_On_Purpose]

I saw the price for the fiio jm21 at $149.99 and at $179.99 and now $199.99. I wonder what the official price since it keeps showing up online at 3 different price points for the same device with the same exact specs and features.

[@SuperReview]

Yeah, I asked about MSRP and was initially told $150, then $199 (hence the robot voice chiming in in this video). On Ali, I see it for $230 or $180 🤣

[@georgearn1]

Thinking of switching my Shanling M3 Ultra, which is stuck at android 10, to this device

[@SuperReview]

I personally am not very concerned with the Android version on these players, my main DAP is Android 8.1 and it runs all the apps I use.

[@patrick600]

Speaking of repeated the Cure on a list - in my experience the "Album Artist" property in metadata can mess up things.

[@SuperReview]

Yeah, that's a good guess -- usually I'm pretty good about making "Artist" and "Album Artist" read the exact same thing because different players use one or the other.

[@TheNightquaker]

Based Niagara Launcher user

[@SuperReview]

So good. I didn't realize how expensive it got though!

[@FabioKasper]

I'm surprised FiiO is still sending stuff your way, even after the FA19 fiasco a few months ago. 😂

[@SuperReview]

They are so close with this one.

[@theonlyegg]

6:48 the R4 has this exact same problem only i constantly restart the song instead of turning off the screen. Had it since launch, still happens all the time. Infuriating.

[@SuperReview]

🤣

[@zevil89]

Im an audiophile but I dont understand why people bother with these devices. Its a redundant device. Just buy a small external DAC and use your phone which has better battery, software and mobile streaming.

[@SuperReview]

Buttons. And I prefer iPhone for my phone but it's not good for an offline music library. But mostly it's buttons.

[@mayonotes9849]

This DAP looked too good to be true until I hear the battery part, really disappointing in my opinion especially with the drain.

[@Cons2911]

I like the Eva version.. but it’s more expensive

[@HobbyTalk]

Does it brick with firmware update? Jk, sorta…

[@SuperReview]

Hm?

[@theonewhostonks]

Heyyy might ask for this on my birthday

[@SuperReview]

Happy birthday.

[@theonewhostonks]

@SuperReview Oh, my apologies for the confusion, my birthday isn't til the end of March😂. I appreciate it nonetheless, however!! Thank you!

[@Eternal-ReTuning]

20:30 the only section that matter to me..

[@NelsonMichael]

Not including global eq from the get go is such a miss

[@danilaros]

Yep. Hiby R4 is better in that regard. The EQ is globally applied.

[@trucex]

super review you should listen do Hellfire from black midi

[@SuperReview]

How come?

[@Lead_Foot]

Battery drain is disappointing since they actually decided to use a more modern SoC that should be more efficient.

[@SuperReview]

Yeah, I really think the SOCs are not the cause of battery drain on these players, the M300 has a smaller battery, with less efficient SOC, and battery life is much better.

[@saucyg6371]

Unfortunately, i will be waiting for android 14 devices that way battery life will be increased

[@SuperReview]

I would not bet on Android 14 making an improvement in battery life, I believe Android is not the issue here. The Hiby M300 has a smaller battery, a less efficient processor, and yet double the battery life.

[@hpwrotethis]

Sounds like a lot of problems. M300 better. Maybe I need to buy it again.

[@TheFragranceNiche]

M300 would be perfect if it had balanced. I have many high ohm headphones that do actually benefit from balanced. Not from a sound improvement type of thing, but from just efficiency of power delivery. For iems I think m300 is an absolute beast!

[@TomOnEverything]

I have both. M300 is a toy compared to the JM21.

[@hpwrotethis]

Also who is that robot updating certain numbers in the video. Are you getting replaced by AI soon,?

[@SuperReview]

I had the wrong MSRP when I recorded and learned afterward that it's $199, had to bring in Fred.

[@joegarcia6276]

Nicee how do u like it vs the m11s ? When' ru doing the m23 ?

[@MrFarts4evr]

the battery? why even sell something like this? epic fail.

[@SuperReview]

TBH the high end of audio players has even worse battery life. Seems like not something customers prioritize.

[@akhyarrayhka4048]

dap needs better battery life no matter the price

[@arnelcomia2060]

What happin to cowon dap.?

[@CompoundNihilist]

Your reviews are great, but please be aware the M300 had a firmware update that made all the buttons fully functional, previous track and forward were remedied.

[@SuperReview]

I am aware of the firmware update but I disable that feature because it sometimes misinterprets the input, I'd rather have a dedicated button.

[@PhonkHub-r3d]

1:57 "thats just an android thing" yea sure, blame the corporate greed of apples choices to try force u to buy more apple products, on android, you can get cool android products with more functionality at half the price of an iphone :/ sry not sry also eu had to force apple to use usb c & thats funny XD

[@SuperReview]

I'm not into platform fanboyism. I'm sure Android has a good reason for choosing MTP as their protocol but they chose something that's not supported by MacOS, while every other USB file transfer device I've tried (SSD, SD cards, etc.) works fine.

[@PhonkHub-r3d]

@@SuperReview ah lol. I personally like android, used to have an ipod touch & loved the thing & used to play WoW on my aunts MAC while i was younger. Thou id gotta admit, mac has a good eco system within apple products but once i made the move to android & windows/linux in highschool i learned what I was missing out on. & i learned about emulators, was able to just rip some nDS games & put it on my phone, at that time i didn't have a DS. Thou ill admit i had less issues with apple & i would have gotten a ipod touch again but i saw the prices of apple. Now im just waiting for my 1st dap HIBY r4 x Evangelion

[@PhonkHub-r3d]

it was around 523$ to get it shipped to cad with express shipping. I wish the cad didn't go to s**t xD