Fiio BTR 5 Bluetooth Headphone Amp: The CURE for a Missing Headphone Jack!

TREAT YOUR EARS! What are you supposed to do if your phone is missing the headphone jack? What do you do if your laptop has a mediocre headphone jack? Fiio has a Swiss Army Knife Bluetooth DAC that might be right up your alley! The BTR5 is a monster audio gadget. Let's take a look!

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[davidburns]

Seriously this little guy is super nifty. I am shocked people don't talk about fiio more. I had audiophile friends completely rag on them at my University. Seems like a solid audio company.

[laniemon]

I've been using the BTR5 predecessor, the BTR3 for almost 2 years. Love it for it's utility & awesome sound. When it breaks down probably will go either with the BTR3K or BTR5 as replacement.

[shawnwilliams]

I've had the BTR5 for a couple of months now and couldn't be happier with it, it truly will surprise you on the number of headphones it can drive with ease. One of my favorite use cases is hooking it up with IEM's, no more dongle life and it certainly can push IEM's to their full potential with excellent sound quality.

[mrfrosty]

I am delighted by how good these devices are. I was a little skeptical before I used it, when it paired straight away to my Sony Xperia phone using LDAC I was very impressed. The device maintains a stable connection all day and sounds great. I used my AKG K550 with it and they were plenty loud at about 60%. If I had no idea how much it cost and was allowed to try it out for a few days I would assume it cost a lot more than it actually does. The excellent Fiio Control app is easy to use and allows you to get the most from the device. The device allows me to use a wider range of headphones without the nuisance of a wire going from my ears to my phone or player.

[hectorg.]

This is a great solution for those of us that carry a DAP around besides our phone, this much more portable (and less expensive)

[stringstorm]

The BTR5 is a bit underpowered when driving planars but it can. But once you pair this with a portable headphone amp, you pretty much have a wireless planar headphone, its nuts.

[crft-k]

I've been using the BTR3 for quite a while, and I got the BTR5 as soon as it came out. The BTR5 is incredibly good. I paired it with the FiiO LC.2.5BS cable too, 40cm long with MMCX connectors for IEM's that have those. End result, a headset usable to talk with, and ludicrously good audio for music.

[davidburns]

Gonna have to restructure my loans after this week given all the dumb purchases I want to make

[AdamEhrentraut]

Hello! If using my galaxy s22 device and amazon music hd, will I get any better sound quality over YouTube? Right now I simply connect my phone to my monitors via a USB c to aux cable which plugs into my speakers. Again, is this going to be any better than YouTube? And what can I do to step it up?

Thanks!

[alexaraya]

LAtency? Can it be connected to a guitar amp without noticeable lag?

[ksump]

I have used my BTR5 for a few years now. I just love it! Great sound and great for phone calls.

[hkhudadad]

Been using this for a month now and it's the best solution for me, i had the fiio x7 mk 2 which was their 800€ flagship musik player from 2017 to 2019 from fiio and this tiny boy can hang with it and i am using this more than my x7ii, this is just much more convenient and the sound is ridiculously good for it's size and price

[agaskew]

Looks interesting :) I have had an Audiolab M-DAC Nano for a year or so - check it out. These little DACs are brilliant for quality up scaling and driving bigger headphones. You can also hook these up to your amp/speakers via a 3.5mm cable and stream to your HiFi.

[luisd.]

Wow, I was just looking for some new audio solutions. This is definitely interesting, thanks Juan.

[ThomasHoffDE]

Love seeing you showing this with the Surface Duo. The Duo is why I am buying this. I don't want the wear and tear on my USB-C connection on the DUO but love my Sennheiser HD and IEM headphones. Great review - thanks

[josephshim]

I love the BTR5 and the earstudio es100. I've enjoyed an array of cans and IEMs on them. From Audezes to Sennheisers they power them well enough to forget you are listening to bluetooth; even if you might look more than a little silly with gigantic planars, dancing around your house. They are my go to for high quality portable audio.

[deepsgowda]

Can these DAC/AMP drive Marshall Killburn 2 bluetooth speakers and car audio system through 3.5 mm audio jack ?

[wtfssgcdfbbcfff]

Could it run a pair of dt 880 600 ohm edition headphones???

[fizywig]

Can the BTR5 transmit Aptx Lossless using Blue Tooth 5.4 protocol to a pair of Bower and Wilkins Pi8 earbuds? And will it overide Phone's Android software processing ( hardwired codec of phone is SBC) to allow full Hi Res signal from Tidal App on phone?

[josev]

What will produce louder audio this FIO BTR5 or the HELM DB12 AAAMP? Is because my car was a RCA Connection and My stereo place loud music on a cd but not with my auxiliary cord?