Hi, just picked these up too! Do you think that a LG V35 will be strong enough for these? Its my only audio source right now.

@Peddler Nice write up! You've given some great insight as what to I should expect out of the FD1 and seeing how we are close in age, our hearing may be similar.
I looking forward to comparing them to other iem's in this price range, especially the Tin T2 plus, which I also have coming.
Again, thanks for the detailed review!

I think the LG should drive them perfectly fine as they feature an excellent headphone amplifier on board

I wish they’d make an earphone with a proper insert depth.

Thanks Peddler! I cant wait to hear how these sound.

Great review Peddler! You've provided a lot of insight without creating bloated text - despite the fact that I'm not in the market for more gear, I'm interested to hear these now!
@randommustang - just to reinforce Peddler's reply, my V30 can comfortably drive both my Nighthawks and Ananda (both full size headphones), although I do perform the empty load trick. Your phone will have no problem at all with these IEMs. Excellent choice of handset for music, BTW!!

@misteral201103 What is the "empty load trick"? Sorry if I sound like the newb that I am.

I think it's where you use an adaptor cable so you can connect a pair of 50 ohm headphones to the phone to trigger the high output mode then swap the headphones for ones with a lower impedance whilst still maintaining max output.

@Gus Bxxxwood - it's even easier than Peddler suggested (for headphones at least!) - disconnect the cable from the headphones, then connect the cable to the phone. The phone will register a huge resistance and switch to full "quad dac" mode to use all power to drive the cans. Then reconnect the cable to the headphones and off you go. The phone will drive full size cans anyway, but the extra oomph makes a little difference in the quality.

Any comparisons? There are really solid Chi-fi iems like the KZ ZSX now so how do these compare?

@Peddler
@misteral201103
Thanks! Will give it a try. Planning to upgrade to LG V60 in the near future. Would that be a good choice?