Fiio has taken the wraps off three new devices at CES 2025 and they cover the gamut. There’s an ultra-affordable portable player, a powerful headphone amp/DAC/streamer combo, and the company’s first full-size network music streamer that boasts a huge 7.8-inch touchscreen display. All three will be available in late January.
Editor’s note: The JM21 was previously listed at $149. This has been corrected.
This is Fiio’s first full-size streamer, and the company is making great use of the S15’s size with the inclusion of a huge 7.8-inch touchscreen that nearly takes over the entire front panel. It displays Fiio OS, which is based on Android 12, and you can use it to control and see the streamer’s many options.
Powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 (4GB RAM/64GB ROM), the Roon Ready system uses an AK4191+AK4499EX DAC combo and can be loaded with onboard storage thanks to its M.2 hard drive slot and cage. Fiio says it includes the company’s own DAPS (digital audio purification system), which is based around a custom Android audio core and a low-jitter clock coprocessor. Apparently, it works at a system and application level and can match sampling rates of PCM and DSD music.
It’s bursting with both wired and wireless connections including:
Local playback is compatible with up to 384kHz/32bit PCM and DSD256 (native), while the USB DAC can process up to 768kHz/32bit PCM and DSD512 (native). The same specs are available in USB Audio mode.
Technically, the FiiO K17 is a headphone amplifier, with 4000mW-per-channel of power and front-facing outputs for a variety of headphone connections. However, it’s also a capable streamer. The 3.93-inch touchscreen displays slick-looking VU meters by default, but streaming, Bluetooth and local USB playback can also be accessed.
You get the same AKM flagship DAC chips (AK4191 + AK4499EX) as the S15, and plenty of digital and analog inputs and outputs, including an RCA-in for use with a turntable. It ships with a remote control, but you can also use the FiiO Connect app for customization of all settings and touchscreen images. Want to use it as a full system? Just add powered speakers.
We’ve seen a lot of folks feeling nostalgic for their iPod days, which means the Fiio JM21 might be the right device at the right time. At just $199, this Android 13 portable music player has an ultrathin (13mm) design, and boasts a claimed 12 hours of battery life.
With dual CS43198 DACs, 3GB RAM, and 32GB of expandable storage (up to 2TB via MicroSD), it can store and play far more music than any iPod model could. It also has dual headphone outputs: 3.5mm unbalanced and 4.4mm balanced.
Fiio hasn’t released the full specs yet, so we’re not sure about things like Bluetooth support or whether it can play DSD files natively, but here’s what we do know in terms of specs:
Instagram is making its way to yet another screen, and this time, Apple TV is getting a taste of the Reels rabbit hole. The company has launched a dedicated Instagram app for Apple TV, bringing Reels, longer videos, and live shows to the big screen. So, if watching one quick clip on a phone somehow turns into an hour of scrolling, there's now a much larger screen for that.
Instagram brings Reels and more to Apple TV
Audio-Technica, a brand well known for making some of the best studio and professional headphones on the market, has just come out with the ATH-AWX7000, which the company itself claims to be its "finest headphones ever." The new flagship closed-back headphone has debuted at an eye-watering price of $3,799. It combines hand-finished Japanese woodwork with a newly developed 58mm driver.
The earcups are made from Kiso cypress, a prized wood historically used for Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples. Each housing is finished by hand with traditional Echizen lacquer, which brings out the grain and is expected to darken over time. The frame and sliders are finished in a deep navy kachi-iro shade traditionally associated with samurai.
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