Fiio BTA30 Bluetooth Dac v Chord Mojo
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ต.ค. 2024
- Part 1 - Intro Part 2 - Capabilities Part 3 - Setting up 2 Bluetooth Headphones to use with your TV Part 4 - Rel World Latency Test Part 5 - Forcing a MAcbook to transmit Bluetooth through higher quality AptX codec Part 6 - Sound Quality
This was exactly what I needed.
Hi, what are you going to be using it for?
@@GeekologyChannel i'm gonna use it to stream to my hifi setup. Still waiting for my netwerkstreamer to arive.
It'll be a great companion for that
For those who want to get this device. Im using it in TOSLINK IN and BT OUT mode. Volume knob allows to change vomule totaly independently on the volume you can control via headphones therfore its posible to lower volume much lover or boots volume much higher then with other devices of this kind. I had 3 devices of this kind before and all of them featured volume control but it was the same volume that headphone controlerd. Same scale. Its great feature !
Excellent addition to my review, thank you
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Good review. I have mine paired up with a fiio bt5 DAC connected to good headphones for ldac audio.
Thank you. It was made a long time ago. I'm glad you like the fiio they make excellent stuff
Puedo usar el aparato solo como DAC? De la PC al aparato fiio y de ahí al Amplificador ¿?
Sí amigo. la salida es a través de los enchufes rca
Does it have any surround feature for headphones when streaming movies ? Such as Apple’s Spatial Auido or Dolby Atmos for Headphones ?
No it doesnt have surround
Hi! I currently own the Audioengine D1 dac and I 'm in the market for a dsd capable dac for my hifi system (mainly files and tidal streaming). I 'm not much of a headphone listener and don't own any good wireless headphones yet , it will be mainly used for listening through the hifi's speakers. Is it a good choice as a DAC given that it has you covered if you add wireless headphones in the future or is it lacking in sound quality and I must search a more dedicated DAC? Thanks.
It should serve as a good add on to your D1 DAC. It is extremely good value and it doesn't sound cheap
@@GeekologyChannel My current dac is a 10yr old design so I thought I'd sell it and rely solely on the Fiio.
@@geopapa80 the adventure continues 🙂the fiio has more facilities than most DACs - it came close sq wise to the Chord Mojo, but the Chord Mojo was better. The Mojo is not as good as the HiFiMan HM1000 Red, but that also is more expensive. The Fiio sounds like it's what you need . Start with that and see whether you like it. I think you will
Hi. First of all thanks for the review. I´m thinking about buying a BTA30 because I´m streaming flac from my Fiio M6 to my car audio DSP by Aptx codec (it´s the highest possible). Could you tell me if it deserves get a BTA30 to upgrade from Aptx to AptxHd/LDAC? thanks!
Hiya, if you think of all the other uses you can put it to aswell as a superior sound quality than your aptX M6, I'm sure you'll be pleased with it😁
You compared pears to apples. The bta30 is a tool to connect different methods of data delivery be it Bluetooth, optical, digital, analog, WITH the capability to be a DAC. But this is not it's main use, being a DAC. The mojo is a DAC/amp. Don't get this one expecting it to power high impedance headphones and to be a dedicated DAC. For example I am using it to send Bluetooth audio from devices like ipads or cellphones to it and out through spdif to my DAC/amp.
Thanks for your thoughts.
sorry noob here. you mentioned that it doesn't do analog in, but isn't that a coaxial in/out jack at the back? i was thinking of using this as a Bluetooth transmitter by connecting my projector's (back of the room) 3.5mm aux out to this so that it can transmit to my bluetooth soundbar at the front of the room.
It's digital only
I'm confused - you used optical out to test the sound quality of a DA converter? Doesn't that mean the amp is doing the conversion?? In other words wouldn't the optical signal from the two devices be exactly the same???
SPDIF is still a digital connection, the DAC is still taking on the job of converting. The amp deals with the analogue output stage, the dac deals with the bitrate that comes through the cable
I don't quite understand you. A DAC converts from a digital signal to an analogue.
You mention yourself that SPDIF is digital. Therefore YOU do bypass the Fiio DAC or else you couldn't transmit the analogue signal that has been converted to analog by the DAC.
You are using the DAC in your amp
@@peterlandbo2726 Exactly. If it's any consolation the Filo DAC is a great device and I highly recommend it especially for the price. If you can figure out how to set up the bloody thing that is.
Exactly
The fiio is a dac amp yes indeed
Great video.
Can BTA30 transmit the TV audio to a PC via USB? I wish to output the TV audio -> BTA30 -> PC -> Bose Companion speaker. Is this possible?
Only using Bluetooth out could this be done. If you can get Bluetooth receiver on your PC then no problems
Can it be combined with the FiiO SP3 speakers as these haven’t got Bluetooth?
Why yes of course 🙂 simply go from RCA out on BTA30 to RCA line in on SP3
@@GeekologyChannelWhy? Because the SP3 have no Bluetooth
@willy1957 the rca leads will send the sound to the speakers . The sp3 will not need to be Bluetooth
great video! thx
No problem!
Great stuff! Thanks ☕!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I'm looking for something that with the click of a button i can go from my speakers to my Bluetooth headphones without going through windows to change it every time i feel like using BT. Kinda like you would with a regular DAC and wired headphones....you can just click a button and go from speakers to wired headphones assuming they are plugged into it. Would this work or anyone have an ideas?
Is it possible to connect an active sub trough the rca out and a a pair of active speakers trough the optical out, and have them playing at the same time, while usning the bluetooth receiver? Thank you.
Yes they will all output at the same time
So I got ANC900BT from my gf and I want to get the lowest possible latency. TOday my Fiio BTA30 came in and of how was I surprised that my headphones connect in SBC or AptX only. I was completely sure that I read it somewhere on Audio-Technica's site that they have AptX Low Latency as well. Well, looks like they don't. Is it somehow possible for Audio Technica to release a soft update that allows to use AptX LL? I'm kinda new to all this sound stuff, especially if it comes to wireless.
Hate to say it, but if your headphones aren't doing what you want them to do, get them refunded. There's a big market out there and plenty of choice for good wireless sq. HiFiMan Deva if you want a good starting point and you don't mind the lack of isolation from open back headphones
On the BTA30 with two aptX LL compatible headphones/headsets at the same time do the all run in aptX-LL?
Yes. I was able to run a Deva and an Ananda BT in LDAC, as was evidenced on the video
@@GeekologyChannel Thank you. You inadvertently answered a question many have had about LDAC in multi stream audio output but just to be sure do you think the multi stream audio output would be Low Latency (aptX-LL) to both Headsets if all devices are compatible?
@@AlabasterCold for anything that's a deal breaker I'd ask fiio. I've demonstrated the BT at top resolution so I've done my bit😁
Optical port on my TV is already taken by my Active Speakers. Any other way to connect it and do i lose any functionality by not using optical?
You'd need to disconnect the active speakers I think
@@GeekologyChannel Well, thats out of the question then.
You could buy an optical splitter if you wanted to keep everything connected
@@GeekologyChannel I have an optical splitter. Can't use both at the same time so one would have to be powered off. Ex:TV Toslink and CD Player.
Will it connect to the line out on a cd player and connect to sony headphones
It will only connect to a digital line out. It has no analogue line in. Sony CD Walkmans tend to have optical out but cheaper cds only do analogue line out
Sony headphones? Bluetooth headphones? Assuming you have optical out or coaxial out from your cd player and a pair of Bluetooth headphones (which are both big assumptions) the answer is yes . If you haven't, the answer is no
i cant seem to get the transmitter to work. ive gotten a replacement so its unlikely to be a hardware issue
Nothing works at all? It switches on surely?
If the device is on, and you take away it's powrer, and then give it back its power, (DC usb) - will it automatically turn on?
I want to use it as receiver in my car, sitting in the back, connected via optical out to my cars DSP.
There is an auto power on option that you can enable via the Fiio control app for android (and possibly ios?). So I would say yes.
@@MolOlsson it does! I use it
Well done you 2😁 that's ingenious
Btw it is still working great. Awesome product.
Is there something wrong with this page? I tried commenting and it showed it when the page refreshed but when I refreshed it again, it had disappeared!
Very strange, that worked but no matter what I try, the post I wrote keeps disappearing! Anyway, suffice to say I have one of these to use my WH-1000XM4 headphones with my PC using LDAC and I am very happy with it. Note that there is a firmware update available for it on their website.
I'm glad you're enjoying it. Perhaps when I get more time I'll spend a bit more time with it but reviewing takes a huge portion of my spare time up
This fiio or ify zen aire blue?
The BTA 30 is different than the Air Blue
@@GeekologyChannel I want to buy one of the two, which one do you recommend to connect a vintage stereo and the TV? and hear with better quality of sounds...peleas help me
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@@GeekologyChannel muchas gracias por tu ayuda... thanks for your help
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Can you buy two use one as a transmitter and one as a receiver?
You could do that, tell us how you get on, and what's your project?
I want the same. Please tell us if it works.
I have bought them and tried. It works. Unfortunately pairing is a little bit painful process for equipments without display, so its important to make sure that there are no other available Bluetooth around while pairing. But after they have been paired, they remember and rejoin quickly.
@@istvan1970 amazing! thank you so much for reporting back. Which 2 things are you using?
@@GeekologyChannel A pair of this FiiO BTA30. Earlier I was afraid to buy them because I had no idea how they can be paired to other devices that do not have displays, but your video helped, so I thank you :)
Helllo, Im looking for way to reduce audio volume. Does anyone know if this device is capable of it? My setup is this: Playstation 1 (modded with HDMI output) - HDMI Audio segregator (Vention) - TOSLINK to EVOLVEO AudioConverter XS with Bluetooth 5 to bluetooth headphones. My problem is that even the lowest volume is too loud. Some headphones do have trouble to even adjust the volume. Volume controls on EVOLVEO AudioConverter XS doesnt help in this. FiiO BTA30 caught my eye becouse of its volume knob. I want to reduce the volume by a lots. I tried to reduce the volume in some games and I can go to 1/5th and then I feel its right. What do you think, can this device help me to reduce the volume?
The headphones could be the problem. Have you tried more than one pair?
@@GeekologyChannel i tried 3 headphones
@@TMracer73 hopefully someone else will advise, I don't know the answer, I think the only answer would be to try it, but I'm doubtful
@@GeekologyChannel i would gladly try it unfortunately its unavailable in my country. Makes things more diffucult. Thanks for your time !
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Wow!
Thank you