firoze
100+ Head-Fier
- Joined
- Dec 19, 2006
- Posts
- 214
- Likes
- 11
Thanks for the feedback and the pic James, I am glad you found the magic potion to get the best out of them
Unfortunately Audio is still a very inexact science, so getting a good sound is an balancing act, each component having to compliment the other. Its just that some components take more effort to get the best out of them, but then the sonic results can be spectacular, as with the FAD's.
What makes me want to audition and perhaps buy the FAD's is that they appeal to my purist sensibilities; and also their design philosophy - a single high quality driver in a very rigid enclosure, the emphasis on a clean impulse and transient response; rich harmonics; reproduction of low-level detail; ambiance. These things are more important to me than a flat frequency response or "neutral" sound. From what has been described about the sound of the FAD's here, they seem to be just my cup of tea...
The only concern ref the FAD's is my large ear canals - I have to use the largest size Olive Tips with my SE530's to get a proper seal. I wonder how big the FAD's metal tips are... most probably they will be too small for me and I might need to resort to using silicone tips like you do James.
Am looking forward to dfkt's impressions about the earphones....
Regards.
Unfortunately Audio is still a very inexact science, so getting a good sound is an balancing act, each component having to compliment the other. Its just that some components take more effort to get the best out of them, but then the sonic results can be spectacular, as with the FAD's.
What makes me want to audition and perhaps buy the FAD's is that they appeal to my purist sensibilities; and also their design philosophy - a single high quality driver in a very rigid enclosure, the emphasis on a clean impulse and transient response; rich harmonics; reproduction of low-level detail; ambiance. These things are more important to me than a flat frequency response or "neutral" sound. From what has been described about the sound of the FAD's here, they seem to be just my cup of tea...
The only concern ref the FAD's is my large ear canals - I have to use the largest size Olive Tips with my SE530's to get a proper seal. I wonder how big the FAD's metal tips are... most probably they will be too small for me and I might need to resort to using silicone tips like you do James.
Am looking forward to dfkt's impressions about the earphones....
Regards.