FiiO Snowsky Retro Nano Bluetooth DAC Amplifier

The FiiO Snowsky Retro Nano is a cassette-styled Bluetooth DAC/amp that receives LDAC and aptX Adaptive from your phone and drives wired earphones through a 3.5 mm jack or a 4.4 mm balanced jack rated at 220 mW per channel into 32 Ω. It suits phone listeners who want to keep their IEMs and lose the cable.

Who the FiiO Snowsky Retro Nano is for

• Phone listeners with wired IEMs: It receives LDAC or aptX Adaptive from the phone and drives the earphones you already own, so commutes and walks go cable-free without buying a separate set of wireless buds.
• Balanced-cable owners: The 4.4 mm balanced jack is rated at 220 mW per channel into 32 Ω, more than double the 3.5 mm jack's 100 mW.
• Long days away from a charger: The 10440 lithium cell is user-replaceable, so a charged spare can take over after roughly 7.5 hours of Bluetooth playback.
• Laptop and desk listening: Over USB-C it works as a driver-free USB DAC up to 96 kHz, and USB power can run it with no battery fitted.
• Gift buyers and retro fans: A tape-recorder look, an animated cassette UI on a 0.96-inch color screen and 8 sound presets make it the fun piece of the kit.
• Skip it if: you mostly listen wired at a desk and want sample rates above 96 kHz; USB mode tops out there, and it's one more device to keep charged.

FiiO Snowsky Retro Nano key specs

• Bluetooth: Bluetooth 5.1 (Qualcomm QCC5125)
• Codecs: LDAC, aptX Adaptive, aptX HD, aptX LL, aptX, AAC, SBC
• DAC chip: Dual CS43131
• Outputs: 3.5 mm single-ended, 4.4 mm balanced
• Output power (4.4 mm balanced): ≥220 mW per channel @ 32 Ω (≥130 mW @ 16 Ω)
• Output power (3.5 mm): ≥100 mW per channel @ 32 Ω (≥120 mW @ 16 Ω)
• USB DAC mode: USB-C, driver-free, up to PCM 96 kHz
• Battery: Replaceable 3.7 V 10440 lithium cell (450 mAh cell included)
• Battery life: ≥7.5 h over Bluetooth (AAC); ≥9 h in USB dongle mode
• Weight: 28.3 g with battery

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