Nice write-up. I got mine last Friday and have been enjoying them quite a bit. I really don't care for the suede pads at all.

Thank you. I am really liking them with the leather pads. Nice timbre for classical music.

I am enjoying them with new rock, classic rock and jazz. And I like the look, the feel and the heft.

The look and the feel are absolutely premium and far, far better than the price tag.

I really enjoy the FT5 also - though, for me, the pads are a little smaller than I would have liked - but it's a great headphone - can't wait to see what FiiO do in the next few years.

How are they in terms of sound leak?

@KSB1978 , I don't know, maybe I should ask my wife and let you know.

That would be awesome. I generally use my headphones after my family goes to bed, so I'd prefer closed headphones or ones that leaks very little.

Me too. They do leak a little but nowhere that much to wake your family given that they sleep in a different room.

They do leak a good amount. I was just playing 60's pop songs and not particularly loud. My wife was singing along word for word from five or six feet away on the couch.
That is usually Sennheiser HD660S2 leakage.

Oh, i am always listening in a dedicated room so sometimes i am not sure about the sound leakage.

Not me. My lazy boy in the living room is sound central.