FiiO DM15 R2R CD Player vs Sony's Greatest Discman
49K views · Aug 22, 2026 · Science & Technology
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@technostalgism · 1 month ago (edited) · pinned
If you enjoyed the video, Subscribe to the channel. It really helps. <br>FAQs ANSWERED:<br>- My T-Shirt: <a href="https://technostalgism.com/go/store/">https://technostalgism.com/go/store/</a><br>- ESP: Probably compressed. Fiio recommend you keep it off for critical listening. As said, there's some buffering even with ESP OFF - and I tested this by actually walking with it. It's not normally skipping with ESP OFF. Fiio also mentioned that for standard audio CDs, ESP provides 60 seconds of pre-reading; for MP3 discs, 120". Enabling ESP improves playback stability, but does not significantly enhance disc reading performance.<br>My theory - a short uncompressed buffer - generally does the job. Turn ESP on only for extreme environments. <br>- Yes, the DM15 has gapless audio CD playback.<br>Thanks for watching!
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@snazzysailor · 2 weeks ago
This is what I call a review. Excellent job!
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@ThilanUdalagama · 1 month ago
best review for DM15 R2R! <br>the effects, diagrams, effort is 100%
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@atariandre5014 · 1 month ago (edited)
I bought one and returned it after a few days. Pairing Bluetooth with a car is not possible, the very reason I wanted it. But worse: when I connected it through digital out to my Cambridge Audio CXN it sounded very mufled all treble had seem to be gone compared to when I hook up my CA Azur 740C digitally to the CXN. This is crazy. You may assume the tiniest of nuances when hooking up CD players as transports only, but not such a huge difference in sound. <br>Also: the buttons are terrible and the display was flickering regularly. <br><br>I bought a Sanling EC Zero AKM instead and it’s much better in almost all ways. Also rips to USB sticks larger than 32Gb which the FIIO can’t handle.
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@peraphanjittrapirom9820 · 1 month ago
have the dm13 and loved it. awesome review
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@AndrewGamblin-go5oe · 1 month ago
1st viewer - what a professional video production, well done.
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@stevochang · 1 month ago
Incredible review! I learned a few things I didn’t even know about my unit!
@aleksei.akhachev · 1 month ago
thank you so much for such a detailed beautiful review!
@highfidelity1989 · 1 month ago
Awesome video ❤ Thank you for sharing!
@xeudio · 1 month ago
Awesome video!!! Thank you!
@Graciashauf · 1 month ago
Great video! Nice and in depth
@boltmix21 · 1 month ago
Solid info. Thanks
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