Congratz on your new shiny! I hope you are glad you (re-made) the plunge into buds?!So I haven't owned a pair of earbuds since high school, and I won't mention how long that's been. I was intrigued by a couple reviews of the FF3 and wanted to try them, so picked up a pair which arrived yesterday. I will say, I'm impressed with what I'm hearing so far, using only the donut style covers, listening off a fiio x7m2.
Some of the positives:
Great impact - as mentioned earlier, drums sound powerful and hard hitting. Great "thump" factor.
Soundstage - I was listening to some classical, and a singer was responding from far stage right. It made me look to find him.
Comfort - one reason I wanted to try an earbud is that my ears begin to hurt with larger iems after a bit. I'm a big fan of the Monarch mk2,
but it begins to hurt my ear after an hour. No discomfort, and no issues with these slipping out of my ears.
I'll say that at a higher volume level the treble did get a bit hot for me on some tracks, which I didn't expect based on the previous reviews I'd read. I'll also say that the mid range tonality is good, but a step down from some of my over ear favorites. But hey, this is a great piece of gear for around $100.
I think you might be hearing upper mids, rather than hot treble because these are actually a tad bit laid back in the treble area. Try using the bass foams. You would be surprised at how much this is tamed with those ( I was totally shocked by it).