The Tri Clarion eartips on the FD7 are surprinsingly good. They are comfy and fit well to my ears. The soundstage is very open, bass is pleasant, the highs and mids are top notch. Love this little gems.
Many thanks to Duncan for your suggestion!
My biggest issue with FD7 if you can even call it that is that its extremely cable picky. Sure it can have multi BA levels of microdetail but the cable needs to be just right. Lots of silver cables are designed to smooth out the sound but you need a open and something as aggressive as the stock cable but without the extra warmth that comes with the the stock fiio silver cable.
Copper on the other hand since its teathering on slightly slow can potentally make it extremely full bodied and fun but then you loose out in alot of the fine detail. If you start going OCC I havent tried many but it tends to make it overy bright yet overy smooth.
So yeah at the end of the day the stock cable is still the best unless you want to squeese that last bit of detail out of the FD7.
My biggest issue with FD7 if you can even call it that is that its extremely cable picky. Sure it can have multi BA levels of microdetail but the cable needs to be just right. Lots of silver cables are designed to smooth out the sound but you need a open and something as aggressive as the stock cable but without the extra warmth that comes with the the stock fiio silver cable.
Copper on the other hand since its teathering on slightly slow can potentally make it extremely full bodied and fun but then you loose out in alot of the fine detail. If you start going OCC I havent tried many but it tends to make it overy bright yet overy smooth.
So yeah at the end of the day the stock cable is still the best unless you want to squeese that last bit of detail out of the FD7.
To be fair, there isn't much of a difference, and - some of it (as I cannot hot-swap, and do a direct A/B), to me the Pro 2022 is warmer / tighter with smooth highs, the stock cable is brighter / sharper and the 4.4D cable is pretty much the same as the stock cable.
Personally, if I had my time again, I would NOT buy the Pro 2022, but - where I did, and - I can perceive a difference (whether confirmation bias or otherwise), which to my ears is pleasing.
It might be worth noting, if wanting a new cable, that - if you can get it - the cable that came with the FDX (the original RE Pro) is said to sound the same as the Pro 2022, but - be more malleable.
To be fair, there isn't much of a difference, and - some of it (as I cannot hot-swap, and do a direct A/B), to me the Pro 2022 is warmer / tighter with smooth highs, the stock cable is brighter / sharper and the 4.4D cable is pretty much the same as the stock cable.
Personally, if I had my time again, I would NOT buy the Pro 2022, but - where I did, and - I can perceive a difference (whether confirmation bias or otherwise), which to my ears is pleasing.
It might be worth noting, if wanting a new cable, that - if you can get it - the cable that came with the FDX (the original RE Pro) is said to sound the same as the Pro 2022, but - be more malleable.
My biggest issue with FD7 if you can even call it that is that its extremely cable picky. Sure it can have multi BA levels of microdetail but the cable needs to be just right. Lots of silver cables are designed to smooth out the sound but you need a open and something as aggressive as the stock cable but without the extra warmth that comes with the the stock fiio silver cable.
Copper on the other hand since its teathering on slightly slow can potentally make it extremely full bodied and fun but then you loose out in alot of the fine detail. If you start going OCC I havent tried many but it tends to make it overy bright yet overy smooth.
So yeah at the end of the day the stock cable is still the best unless you want to squeese that last bit of detail out of the FD7.
My tip of the month with the FD7 is the Tangzu Sancai - very open, with a tight bottom end, worth the price of entry even at the surprise inflated U.K. prices.
Keeping on this topic, allow me to share two of my favorite eartips with the FD7.
This goes especially for the folks that enjoy firmer materials and wider outlet diameters so the eartips interact as little as possible with the sound.
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I just go with comfiest and close matching design.
