FiiO A5 Portable Earrator Evaluation

in the earlier era of iPod classic, it was very popular in the circle that an iPod classic bundled with a portable ear to enhance the driving force of the player. Now, it is a rare animal to go out on the street and listen to a song with a Hi-Fi player without a mobile phone, but it is rare to bind a portable ear to one's own equipment, which is as rare as the "giant panda" level. Although the goal has never been changed in order to listen to sounds closer to nature, portable earphones seem to be getting farther and farther away from the mainstream market.

instead of comforting ourselves that the improvement of portable earphones to sound is not obvious, it is better to say that we are too lazy to go out and tie up a "burden". In addition, the current market Hi-Fi players have good earphones. Unless you insist on driving some high-impedance earphones or big ears, portable earphones are really unnecessary.

and the portable earpiece market also clearly reflects its niche, the general price is expensive, the shape of the brick. Is there no portable earmuff that is friendly to the people to satisfy users who do not meet the driving force of Hi-Fi players? FiiO stood up, from FiiO E12 to FiiO E12A, to today's FiiO A5 ,FiiO has become more and more skilled in the training of portable earmuffs.

is better than blue than blue.

FiiO A5 inherits the tradition of FiiO family and is simple and clear. The similar volume design of the previous generation FiiO E12 and iPhone 5 is passed down on FiiO A5. The size of 124 mm * 65.5mm * 14.5mm, tied to the iPhone 7 and even some 5 to 6 inch phones, looks quite harmonious. The weight of FiiO A5 reaches 168 grams, which is roughly equivalent to the weight of a mobile power supply.

FiiO A5 are much better than those of the previous generation. The shell is made of aluminum alloy with more delicate sandblasting process, and the hand feeling feedback is very smooth. Replacing the previous metal wire drawing process used in FiiO E12, although it looks full of metal, a slight scratch becomes difficult to ignore.

a little regret is that the four small rubber foot pads on the back of FiiO E12 were not designed to stay on FiiO A5. Instead, two large silicone pads, plus two pairs of silicone straps of different sizes, are quite stable to bind to the player. FiiO also took into account the protection problem of carrying out the door, and directly attached a storage bag. The name of the accessory factory is not for nothing.

FiiO A5 is similar to that of FiiO E12. The FiiO trademark is still facing up, with charging indicator light and working indicator light distributed on the left. The lower side is distributed from left to right with analog signal output port, earphone output port, gain high and low switching gear and volume knob. On the left side is the Micro USB charging interface and bass gain switch.

FiiO A5 looks quite low-key and simple. First of all, the volume knob canceled the previous metal trimming design and switched to a 45-degree string design with red plastic decorative parts, which reduced the metal feeling and increased the professional feeling. However, the earphone hole cancels the previous copper hole and directly adopts the stainless steel ring processed by CNC. However, the earphone hole does not seem to be made of copper and always has a slight twist.

as a portable ear amplifier is how much output power and endurance it can provide. FiiO is not bad here. The output power is as high as 800 mW / 32 Ω and the battery capacity is only 880 mAh, but it can provide 13 hours of endurance. Charging is also very convenient. Under the input of 5V / 2A, it only takes 2.5 hours to restore combat effectiveness. Charging with mobile power is all right. However, the random USB cable has only charging function and no data transmission capability.

does not sing, it will be a blockbuster.

if you want to improve the sound quality, most people will prefer to use independent decoded Hi-Fi players. Thank you for the popularization of Hi-Fi mobile phones. However, the transmission degree of the matching earpiece chip is not as familiar as the decoding chip. FiiO A5 uses a combination of MUSES02 and LME49600 op amps, which was widely praised on the DIY E12A of FiiO E12.

In fact, most people still have a little deviation in their understanding of the role of the earpiece, thinking that the earpiece is responsible for the driving force, only half of which is right. The real function of the earmuff is to play a "throttle" that accurately controls the output power. Unlike some built-in earmuff schemes, which only make a loud voice, the portable earmuff emphasizes the accurate control of retracting and releasing freely. This is the real value of the portable earmuff.

Considering the positioning of FiiO A5 portable earphones, the test mainly focuses on the sound source of portable devices, and FiiO X5k is used as the input sound source of FiiO A5. Sennheiser IE80 is selected for earplugs and Sennheiser HD600 is selected for audition.

FiiO A5 has two high and low gain gears. Generally, when driving earplugs or earphones with low impedance, it is recommended to use low gain gears and high gain gears for driving big ears. If a high gain gear is used to drive earplugs, the common problem of FiiO A5 and most earplugs is that the sound will be biased under low potentiometers; and because the sensitivity of earplugs is higher than that of large ears, low noise immediately becomes unacceptable. Therefore, it is still recommended to be honest and drive the plug with a low gain gear and a high gain gear on the big ear.

FiiO A5 low gain and FiiO X5k drive Sennheiser IE80, the overall dynamic and sound field has been greatly improved, even far higher than FiiO X5k's own high gain drive IE80 several levels. Especially the low frequency part, which improves the problem of FiiO X5k direct pushing low frequency without texture. Listening to the drums in "Drum Poetry", the drums are directly gathered into a point of weight, rather than the previous frivolity. For the mainstream popularity, the increase is not as big as the classical gap, but the sound field can obviously feel that it has expanded a lot more than before.

FiiO A5 high gain and FiiO X5k drive Sennheiser HD600, the real strength of FiiO A5 burst out. Although HD600's strong vertical performance cannot be very good, the horizontal sound field under the original line is basically pushed away. When listening to La Campanella, the overall sound relaxes naturally and is full of explosive power. The dynamic improvement is very large, which can be said to be different from FiiO X5k direct push. However, this driving force still cannot meet the HD600, but it is still possible to use this combination to listen to the popularity. Although the bottom of the sound is somewhat hard and the medium and high frequencies are slightly brighter, as a portable ear, such sound is already worth the fare.

portable equipment

in the current portable Hi-Fi player market, portable earphones born as supporting roles seem to be born with prejudice. However, users are popular in listening to the sound source, and are trapped in the sound source problem, so it is difficult to experience the promotion of the personal ear. A well-known personal ear is ugly and expensive, and the threshold of experience is too high. However, FiiO A5 provides better appearance, operation experience and ease of use among similar products. Coupled with the appropriate entry-level price, users will not have such a high threshold when they come into contact with the circle of portable earphones.

However, the portable ear holder is, after all, born as an accessory, and cannot change the quality gap of the sound source or even the information problem at the front end. If users have this demand and still drive earplugs, it is recommended to consider it after listening. After all, for FiiO A5, driving big ears is a serious area of expertise. If you always feel uncomfortable about driving your ear with your Hi-Fi player, this entry-level portable ear holder is believed to make you experience a more solid and powerful sound.

The article comes from unnecessary hope, please stamp the original link>>Click