I know there have been other reviews of this excellent IEM, but I think I may be the first to do a long, personal review of it in English first. The main reason is that it has been a Japanese-only release, but I am made to understand that this is about to change.

Well, it is a 3 driver, 3 receiver, 3 cross over unit in hard acrylic which uses a unique pin array which is more sturdy than most of the competition and attached to a great, non-oxidising cable.

For the record, it is now my go to custom iem, but not for everything. Technically, it is stunning, but as you will see in the full review, I find that its stimulating tones are maybe bettered by its competitors when - to use a table tennis term - touch and finesse are needed. The 333 sounds phenomenal in all music genres, but its fun lines are best with faster, dynamic music.

Construction and cable quality is a best-yet which works great for glasses and non-glasses wearers. The units themsevles are beautiful, strikingly clear, and solid, not hollow. This is good and bad. Bad in that there are fewer reverberations in the shells, so less tactile input.

For a conclusive pithy one liner: FitEar 333 got kissed.

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Here is the Review of FitEar's Private 333.

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Shigzeo-
I just read your review. Great write up. I still haven't delved into the world of customs... I'm a bit nervous to. I couldn't quite gather from your review which reaches lower in absolute bass, the 333, or JH13. And how does each phones' bass compare to the universal reference, the good ol' Atrio?

I think if I went custom, I would probably look into the FutureSonics custom. I bet that large 14mm dynamic driver, housed in its own custom shell, would seriously rock the house.

Great review. I really like the look of those things. I hope they get stateside soon.

cn11, if your nervous about customs you could look into reshelling something cheaper that you already own or could get cheap. I reshelled my SE530's to find out if I would like it. I do and now plan on something much higher end in the future here.

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Thanks for the response. I plan to do exactly that. I was lucky enough to get a couple orders placed on that 'deal of the century' TF10 sale (remains to be seen if any of them actually ship though), so I would like to have one set to keep as universal and compare directly to a pair re-molded. It's a great chance to do a such a comparison, with concrete differences. I'm thinking of picking up a Null Audio cable as well. Anyway, if that 'experiment' proves out the benefits, then I may start to consider a truly high end custom like the 333's or JH13's.

Sorry to go OT...

Very well written review shigzeo! It's great that you were able to compare it to the JH 13 which seems to be king of the customs lately. I have not ventured into the customs arena yet but with reviews like this, I can make a more informative decision. Cheers.

nice review shigzeo.

recently, I had an opportunity to audition demos of Fitear private 333 and 435 at my local shop. They are indeed very detailed/too revealing and transparent. I like their vocal representation, simply stunning, emotional, hear them breathe. Strings instruments are outstanding on these. I think this is the strong point(highs) of Fitear.

I prefer the 435 than 333. To me, they are more balanced in terms of high,mid,low. oh yes, built quality is flawless.

Yes, they are stunning earphones to say the least. And, I have news that Mr. Suyama is working on deals with at least one international distributor, but that will not be finalised till a bit later. I think Charlie probably knows which one I am referring to.

I have not heard the 435, but I know a few people rave about the 333 further. Cheers.

Really nice build and another excellent review, of course

Love the cable, look heavy duty.

tested the demo set at jaben... through raw iphone 3g... they sounded awful lol. maybe i didnt get a good fit = =``` or i expected too much. or iPhone is just not good enough for them ...

Out of the iPhone, they may have loss of bass resolution. Amped, they are phenomenal, but like the JH13Pro, sound good from a portable source. But, amped they are different completely.

I have not tried them with iPhone but, with iPod touch 2G, there is no loss of bass resolution from the headphone output. Every BA headphone enforces some weird change onto the headphone output of a non-amped source.

I will get a chance to look about FitEar's lab to see what Mr. Suyama is up to. Will take prisoners (pictures).

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wow... look for to your interview with mr. suyama.