FD7 in the house. I have been burning these in for 24 hours straight with my best burn in tracks. The sound from last night to today is clearly audible. No way was the stage as good as I am hearing them now last night on open listen.
The FD7 out of the 3 dynamics is clearly playing on a different level. Has the widest stage out of the 3. As wide as the stage was on the FD5. FD7 is wider, partially due to the pure silver cable and partially due to the sheer resolving ability of pure Beryllium.
The FD7 is the best balanced tuning out of the 3. Folks worried about bass bleed and such have nothing to worry about. The bass is boosted but is not overly cooked. In fact it has a very natural rich slightly warm tonality to it that I find fantastic. I can tell the driver being used is superior to anything Fiio has ever used in the past. Combine that with one of their best balancing, default nozzle and you get a very enjoyable sound.
Not only is the width of sound the greatest I have heard to date by a Fiio made earphone but so is the height and depth of sound. It trounces over the FD3 in that regard. FD5 gets closer but really the strength of pure Beryllium is a sense of stage and air that is unmistakable. It does have a slight vocal lift which is a good thing. Treble is well behaved this time yet detailed and it does have some authoritative bass with really good texture as pure Berylliums does bass extremely well.
Imaging is also the best I have heard from a Fiio dynamic, really its strengths are its technical ability with a non fatiguing sound. It has a safe tuning but it can do that and still give you the goods as far as detail goes. Again its imaging is the best I have heard from a Fiio dynamic. Mids timbre is accurate and tonally very pleasing to hear. Bass end has enough emphasis to make bass genres shine. Its balancing is very good to where if you listen to a large variety of music as I do. These are right up your alley.
To me it is simple. If you love your dynamic sound. Your dealing with a true full beryllium dynamic for not even half the cost of some of the big players. It will come down to what type of sound your going for. I will have more to say with more burn in time but so far so good. I haven't gotten around to trying out all the different nozzles. Will do that soon.
So one very positive aspect I can report here is that the FD7 responds extremely well to aftermarket cables. Its included 4 core pure silver cables was a design choice to enhance detail of the FD7. This being said they sound even better with higher end aftermarket cables. Again this shows how resolving these drivers are. I am sure we are just scratching the potential of the FD7 here but. POTENTIAL is the word I will leave with you guys as these will ramp up with better sources and your best cables.
And please for the love of GOD. BURN YOUR DAMN BERYLLIUM DYNAMICS in.
