# FiiO JA11
- **Product Page**: https://chi-fi.top/dac/fiio-ja11
- **Category**: Headphone DACs
- **Brand**: FiiO
- **Price**: from $15 USD
- **Summary**: The cheapest headphone dongle here, with EQ and mic support
- **AliExpress**: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_c3LDZK6x

## Pros
- The cheapest dongle in the catalog, from FiiO's own store
- Headset mics and in-line remote buttons work through it, unlike the KA11 and FC1
- 5-band parametric EQ in the FiiO Control app
- Tiny metal body and a braided cable, about 5 g
- Neutral to slightly warm sound with no hiss, in one reviewer's listening

## Cons
- Low power: 30 mW at 32 Ω (maker's figure), made for earphones, not hard-to-drive headphones
- No volume buttons on the dongle
- The EQ and settings app is Android-only
- One reviewer's early unit needed a firmware update, installed from a Windows PC, to fix the left/right balance

## Specifications
- **Release year**: 2024
- **Outputs**: 3.5 mm
- **Max sample rate**: 384 kHz
- **Max bit depth**: 32 bit
- **DSD support**: Yes
- **Output power at 32 Ω**: 30 mW
- **Signal-to-noise ratio**: 115 dB
- **Platforms**: Android, iOS, PC, Mac
- **Weight**: 5 g
- **Colors**: Black, Silver

## Details & Specifications
The FiiO JA11 is a tiny headphone dongle from FiiO's budget Jade Audio line (the dongle itself says "Jade Audio", not FiiO). It plugs into the USB-C port of a phone or laptop and gives wired earphones a 3.5 mm jack. Unlike most dongles at this price, it passes through a headset mic and the buttons on an in-line remote, and FiiO's app adds a 5-band parametric EQ. One reviewer describes its sound as neutral to slightly warm, with no hiss.

It's built for earphones. Its rated power is low, so hard-to-drive headphones are better served by the [FiiO KA11](https://chi-fi.top/dac/fiio-ka11). There are no buttons on the dongle, the app is Android-only, and one reviewer's early unit needed a firmware update, installed from a Windows PC, to fix its left/right balance.

- DAC chip not named by the maker
- 30 mW per channel at 32 Ω (maker's figure)
- 3.5 mm headphone output
- Up to 32-bit/384 kHz PCM and DSD128
- Signal-to-noise ratio of at least 115 dB (maker's figure)
- Output impedance under 0.5 Ω (maker's figure)
- Headset mic and in-line remote supported
- 5-band parametric EQ in the FiiO Control app (Android)
- Aluminium-magnesium alloy body, braided cable
- About 5 g
- Black or silver
- USB-C; works with Android, iOS, Windows and macOS
- Released in 2024

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