[Sebastien Chiu]

Get out of here with that Sebastien.

Lol!!!

The best earphones humanity ever made!

Congratulations! That's a heck of a piece to own.

 

[alank46]

I have a KR5 on the way, and I need an bang-for-buck adapter to connect the included 4.4mm plug to my headphone amp, which has 4-pin XLR or 6.5mm single-ended outputs. Any suggestions for something that won't degrade the sonics?

Thanks,
Alan

 

[Neweymatt]

I have a KR5 on the way, and I need an bang-for-buck adapter to connect the included 4.4mm plug to my headphone amp, which has 4-pin XLR or 6.5mm single-ended outputs. Any suggestions for something that won't degrade the sonics?

Thanks,
Alan

I've got this ddHiFi 4.4-XLR adapter that I use with my Jotunheim2, so far primarily with my IER-Z1R, and it works great.

https://www.ddhifi.eu/?product=xlr44b-xlr-4pin-to-4-4mm-balanced-adapter

Looking forward to testing out the Frontiers with this set up in a few weeks..

 

[Chill iLL]

I already reached out about it, but I noticed yesterday that my XE6 is missing part of its left faceplate under the glass, exposing the stainless steel shell beneath. I have the worst luck.

Thankfully FiR has amazing support and I'm sure they'll end up replacing it.

Haha I’ve got the same issue in a different spot.

 

[lycos]

Can anyone compare U18s to xe6?

Quite different signature.
U18s is more neutral.
Xe6 is warm with huge bass.

 

[Beh0lder]

@twister6 can you give us an update on Frontier Series reviews? Since as far as I know you are the only reviewer to receive the full lineup

 

[twister6]

@twister6 can you give us an update on Frontier Series reviews? Since as far as I know you are the only reviewer to receive the full lineup

I only borrowed the full lineup and already covered the design and the individual analysis and comparison in my detailed review of all three models. Now, I have XE6 with me, both uni and ciem, which have been featured in most of my reviews so far as part of pair up and comparison examples. Still planning to have a write up focusing on differences between uni and ciem models of XE6 since I get this question asked every other week

 

[Sebastien Chiu]

@twister6 can you give us an update on Frontier Series reviews? Since as far as I know you are the only reviewer to receive the full lineup

I only borrowed the full lineup and already covered the design and the individual analysis and comparison in my detailed review of all three models. Now, I have XE6 with me, both uni and ciem, which have been featured in most of my reviews so far as part of pair up and comparison examples. Still planning to have a write up focusing on differences between uni and ciem models of XE6 since I get this question asked every other week

Looking forward to seeing your comparisons - particularly on the NE4 uni vs custom because that's what I am getting!

 

[1BADJAD]

I'm fortunate enough to live 20 minutes from Fir Audio. After reading all the reviews & opinions on the Xenon 6, I could no longer resist scheduling a demo in the shop. Needless to say, I fell in love with them and ordered a set of customs in identical to my M5's (matte black with my local fav NBA team logo on them - Portland Trail Blazers). Bogdan was incredibly kind and personable (as always) and offered me a discount as a local repeat customer. I can't wait to hear that kinetic bass in custom form. Fir Audio customer for life!

 

[aaf evo]

I'm fortunate enough to live 20 minutes from Fir Audio. After reading all the reviews & opinions on the Xenon 6, I could no longer resist scheduling a demo in the shop. Needless to say, I fell in love with them and ordered a set of customs in identical to my M5's (matte black with my local fav NBA team logo on them - Portland Trail Blazers). Bogdan was incredibly kind and personable (as always) and offered me a discount as a local repeat customer. I can't wait to hear that kinetic bass in custom form. Fir Audio customer for life!

Listening now, you’re in for a treat

 

[1BADJAD]

Listening now, you’re in for a treat

CAN'T WAIT! Hmm...I suppose I'll have to. *^$#@$^&*

 

[aaf evo]

CAN'T WAIT! Hmm...I suppose I'll have to. *^$#@$^&*

So don’t… 5 day rush shipping. Did it for all 3 of the Frontier CIEMs

 

[1BADJAD]

It's all good! I'm picking them up at the shop when they come in...I was told 1 - 1 1/2 weeks. I have others to keep me mostly satisfied until then.

 

[toaster]

I'm fortunate enough to live 20 minutes from Fir Audio. After reading all the reviews & opinions on the Xenon 6, I could no longer resist scheduling a demo in the shop. Needless to say, I fell in love with them and ordered a set of customs in identical to my M5's (matte black with my local fav NBA team logo on them - Portland Trail Blazers). Bogdan was incredibly kind and personable (as always) and offered me a discount as a local repeat customer. I can't wait to hear that kinetic bass in custom form. Fir Audio customer for life!

in the waiting room with you, buddy...

Listening now, you’re in for a treat

stahhhhhhp!

 

[mvvRAZ]

Quite different signature.
U18s is more neutral.
Xe6 is warm with huge bass.

Hummm I'm a bit divided on this one

They both have a fair bit of mid-bass focus.
Both have linear and clean mids, with maybe a hint more upper mids on the Xe6, but not especially noticeable for me personally
Both have an upper treble focus.

A18S has more upper treble, Xe6 has more midbass. I'd say I like the signature of the 18S a little better, but the technical ability of the Xe6 is quite far ahead, so it's acted almost as a direct replacement for me