(9) New over-ear headphones and speaker preview
FiiO's earliest product was actually speakers, but it was positioned as a consumer-oriented small digital speaker at that time, which was abandoned because of fierce competition.
Now our brand and products are positioned as high-quality HiFi products, and product lines are relatively abundant to meet expectations and needs of our old users. After the release of the FiiO K5 Pro, K9 Pro, M17 and other products which were welcomed by users, consumers have been starting to expect that we can also develop speakers and over-ear headphones to match these products.
Therefore, we will formally launch FiiO's over-ear headphones and speakers this year in response to users' calls.
1. FiiO HiFi wired over-ear headphones FT5, targeting the mid-end market, expected to be released in September
At present, the design is basically completed, and it is estimated that the internal test can be started next month. It adopts an open acoustic structure, a 60mm large-diameter dynamic driver, and the cable also uses the Furukawa PCOCC-A high-purity monocrystalline copper wires that we prepared a long time ago, and supports 4.4mm/XLR plugs as standard. The exterior design is surprising, following the latest design styles and elements of FiiO's previous earphones/earbuds.
2. FiiO active speaker SP3, also targeting the mid-end market
The available time is unsure, but we will strive for that before the end of this year. The SP3 is FiiO's first 2.0 system active speaker, the diameter of the bass driver is 3.0 inches. The reason why 3.5, 4.0 or other common sizes are not used is also to consider the connecting issue, because it needs to be connected with FiiO's desktop digital DAC/Amps, so the 3.0 inches is just-right. If the market feedback is positive, we will make it a series with speakers of different calibers, such as 4.0, 5.25, and even 6.0 inches.
The speaker market is very mature. It took us a long time on the appearance design. According to the current design, the first step will be more stable to meet the needs of FiiO old users using FiiO products. I believe that with FiiO's pursuit of quality, service, and targeted sound tuning, the product can be guaranteed. The appearance of the product also has its own character and recognition.