FiiO BTR11 vs Fosi Audio N3

Short answer

  • More power: the Fosi Audio N3, with 138 mW into 32 Ω; the FiiO BTR11 has 30 mW. The Fosi Audio N3 drives 13 headphones to 100 dB that the FiiO BTR11 cannot (Audio-Technica ATH-R70xa, Beyerdynamic DT 880 Edition (600Ω), Beyerdynamic DT 990 Edition (600Ω), 10 more).
  • Hiss with sensitive IEMs: cannot be compared — the maker of the Fosi Audio N3 publishes no noise figure.
  • Price: the Fosi Audio N3 costs $14 more; what that buys on these numbers is set out further down, under What the price difference buys.

Both are Bluetooth receivers, $36 against $50.

The Fosi Audio N3 reaches 100 dB on 562 of the 567 models here, the FiiO BTR11 on 549.

Every published figure, next to each other

SpecificationFiiO BTR11Fosi Audio N3
Power into 32Ω30 mW138 mW
Power into 150Ω6.2 mW30 mW
Power into 300Ω3.0 mW15 mW
Power into 600Ω1.5 mW7.5 mW
Output impedance0.5 Ωnot published
Output noise8.0 µVnot published
Price$36$50
Headphones it reaches 100 dB on
out of 567
549562

Not published means the maker leaves it out, so that axis cannot be compared.

Where each power figure comes from

LoadFiiO BTR11Fosi Audio N3
32 ΩPublishedPublished
150 ΩDerivedDerived
300 ΩPublishedPublished
600 ΩDerivedDerived

Both makers publish a power rating. FiiO BTR11 publishes at 32 Ω and at 300 Ω; Fosi Audio N3 at 32 Ω and at 300 Ω. The other rows are worked out from those.

The two publish at the same loads, which is the one case where the rows of this table can be read straight across.

What the labels mean.

The headphones that tell them apart

13 headphones reach 100 dB on the Fosi Audio N3 but not on the FiiO BTR11 — Audio-Technica ATH-R70xa, Beyerdynamic DT 880 Edition (600Ω), Beyerdynamic DT 990 Edition (600Ω), 10 more.

549 of the 567 models here reach 100 dB on both.

Headroom and hiss on 8 models, both sources

Headroom is at a 100 dB SPL peak.

The widest gap on the list is the Audio-Technica ATH-R70X: Fosi Audio N3 has +8 dB of headroom there against +1 dB. 7 dB is about 5 times the power, which matters for peaks rather than for how loud the music sits.

The hiss columns are empty for Fosi Audio N3 because that maker publishes no output noise figure.

HeadphoneImpedanceNeedsFiiO BTR11 headroomFosi Audio N3 headroomFiiO BTR11 hissFosi Audio N3 hiss
Shure SE8469 Ω0.04 mW+28 dB+30 dB33 dBnot published
Campfire Audio Andromeda 20209 Ω4.0 mW+8 dB+10 dB13 dBnot published
Audeze LCD-2 Classic70 Ω0.79 mW+12 dB+19 dB11 dBnot published
Beyerdynamic DT 1990 Pro (250Ω)250 Ω0.63 mW+8 dB+15 dB6 dBnot published
HiFiMAN HE400se25 Ω7.9 mW+6 dB+11 dB5 dBnot published
Audio-Technica ATH-R70X470 Ω1.6 mW+1 dB+8 dB-1 dBnot published
Sennheiser HD 600300 Ω6.6 mW-3 dB+4 dB-5 dBnot published
HiFiMAN Susvara60 Ω50 mW-5 dB+2 dB-7 dBnot published

The gap in dollars, against the gap in numbers

The Fosi Audio N3 costs $14 more than the FiiO BTR11. Out of the 567 models here, that difference buys 13 more models driven to 100 dB.

Nothing runs the other way: there is no axis here on which the cheaper of the two does better.

Only published figures count here; blank axes are counted separately.

Both pages in full

Each in full: FiiO BTR11 and Fosi Audio N3.

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