Both are Bluetooth receivers, $199 against $199. This page puts them side by side on the only three things a maker can be held to — power, output impedance and noise — and then asks the question that actually matters: which headphones do they treat differently?
The FiiO BTR17 reaches 100 dB on 566 of the 567 models here, the FiiO BTR7 on 565.
| Specification | FiiO BTR17 | FiiO BTR7 |
|---|---|---|
| Power into 32Ω | 280 mW | 160 mW |
| Power into 150Ω | 60 mW | 35 mW |
| Power into 300Ω | 30 mW | 18 mW |
| Power into 600Ω | 15 mW | 9.0 mW |
| Output impedance | 1.0 Ω | 1.2 Ω |
| Output noise | 3.0 µV | 3.0 µV |
| Price | $199 | $199 |
| Headphones it reaches 100 dB on out of 567 | 566 | 565 |
A figure marked not published is missing from the maker’s own material, which is not the same as being good or bad. Where one of these two publishes a number and the other does not, the comparison on that axis cannot be made at all — and saying so is more useful than guessing.
1 headphone reaches 100 dB on the FiiO BTR17 but not on the FiiO BTR7 — Moondrop PARA.
23 headphones are left alone by the FiiO BTR17 under the one-eighth rule but coloured by the FiiO BTR7 (64 Audio Ocean, 64 Audio U18s, 64 Audio U6t, 20 more).
565 of the 567 models here reach 100 dB on both. That is a power count and nothing more; whether either source suits a given headphone also depends on the two lines above.
Each has a page of its own with every power figure traced to what the maker published and a full headphone list: FiiO BTR17 and FiiO BTR7. Or put either against your own headphones in the source comparison tool.