Funk-O-Meter
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@addicted2music I would think either you've not found the right tips for your ears, or you just don't like the bit of "sizzly" top end in the FH7's. Also, make sure you've tried the red filters. I personally DO NOT believe in burn-in with BA drivers.
Just got my FH7's today and here's a quick opinion from a professional audio engineer:
These sound very good! Finally, I can say that about a reasonably priced IEM! Fairly balanced in tonality with all frequency bands well represented but for some added low bass and a noticeable bump the 8-10khz range that adds a bit of sizzle. I'm fine with this HF bump in general and it's only obvious when listening to a bright recording. The red filters do tame that a little, but only a little. I haven't found it harsh or problematic yet, but if you're real sensitive to sizzly treble you *may* not love these. Coherence is not great with these as is almost always the case with multi-driver IEM's due to engineers having few options for aligning drivers physically or with DSP. That's just the state of the art. These do as good a job as almost any at mitigating these issues and it makes me curious as to what type of crossover and filter networks they've engineered in.
As soon as I listened to these for a short while I tried to compare them to my FH-5's and instantly took the 5's out and boxed them up for resale. The 5's in comparison are noticeably mid and upper-mid forward in character and the high frequencies fall off quickly after 7khz or so. I can't go back. These make most all my other IEM's sound like they came with a Happy Meal. They even hold their own against my full-size cans.
The FH-7's are my new benchmark for a good sounding, durable IEM at a reasonable price. Up from where the FH-7 is priced, you'll start to quickly get diminishing returns for your investment. There may be something that performs as good at a lower price, but I'm not familiar with it yet. Anyone know of anything?
Edit: I just wanted to say I dig the filter design on these. While the difference from red to black is very subtle, the difference between red and green (which is actually no filter but just the screen) is noticeable. Examining the nozzle I discovered that the output port of the HF BA driver is RIGHT in the end of the nozzle and I admire how Fiio designed these little threaded filters that screw down covering only the output nozzle of the HF BA driver nozzle. Well done!
Just got my FH7's today and here's a quick opinion from a professional audio engineer:
These sound very good! Finally, I can say that about a reasonably priced IEM! Fairly balanced in tonality with all frequency bands well represented but for some added low bass and a noticeable bump the 8-10khz range that adds a bit of sizzle. I'm fine with this HF bump in general and it's only obvious when listening to a bright recording. The red filters do tame that a little, but only a little. I haven't found it harsh or problematic yet, but if you're real sensitive to sizzly treble you *may* not love these. Coherence is not great with these as is almost always the case with multi-driver IEM's due to engineers having few options for aligning drivers physically or with DSP. That's just the state of the art. These do as good a job as almost any at mitigating these issues and it makes me curious as to what type of crossover and filter networks they've engineered in.
As soon as I listened to these for a short while I tried to compare them to my FH-5's and instantly took the 5's out and boxed them up for resale. The 5's in comparison are noticeably mid and upper-mid forward in character and the high frequencies fall off quickly after 7khz or so. I can't go back. These make most all my other IEM's sound like they came with a Happy Meal. They even hold their own against my full-size cans.
The FH-7's are my new benchmark for a good sounding, durable IEM at a reasonable price. Up from where the FH-7 is priced, you'll start to quickly get diminishing returns for your investment. There may be something that performs as good at a lower price, but I'm not familiar with it yet. Anyone know of anything?
Edit: I just wanted to say I dig the filter design on these. While the difference from red to black is very subtle, the difference between red and green (which is actually no filter but just the screen) is noticeable. Examining the nozzle I discovered that the output port of the HF BA driver is RIGHT in the end of the nozzle and I admire how Fiio designed these little threaded filters that screw down covering only the output nozzle of the HF BA driver nozzle. Well done!
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