Author:denis1976
Review from:Head-Fi
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Pros - Excelent sound quality
No microphonics cable
Looks gorgeous
Top built quality
Cons - No balanced cable included
Hello, first thing that i want to say is thank you, thank you to FIIO for provide me this experience, and for the help they gave me to unblock the FH5 from customs in Portugal, great people make great things and thats the case of FIIO and this FH5 is the proof of that.
I will pass the technical things because is allready explained in Fiio home page, so there are 3 balanced armature plus dynamic drive...period.
The package is very good, the IEMS are beautyfull build , top quality, very good cable with no microphonics the fit is very good i sometimes forget that i have them on...just music my friends.
All the listening where made with my Astell&Kern Ultima sp1000cu.
The SOUND:
Well ...this is a mature sound IEM, 90% of my listening where made with the "balanced" tips, i thing that this tips are the most neutral ones, the highs are open with air but not like the F9 or F9Pro , there are no peaks, no aggression, nothing. I could ear it all day long, the mids are neutral with a little of warmth the voices and instruments have a very good dimensional reality , the instruments are layered and voices have flesh, the bass goes deep and has punch , with the "bass" tips you get a little more bass but i thing that with the "balanced" you get a articulation and layering in the bass that is awesome
The stage is wide and deep
Lets listen to some music and compare it with the Ibasso IT01 and Final Audio E5000
First thing is, they are very easy to drive, 60 to 65/150 out of the Ultima in SE is enough for me
Dead Can Dance "Opium"
Fiio FH5-dense wide sound stage, organic voice , the sound is all arround you,the scale is great,very good
Ibasso IT 01-the soundstage is less wide, the instruments are more thin ,the voice is less thick and more artificial, good, fun but not has good has FH5
Final Audio E5000-the volume needs to be puxed to 100, the sound is organic sweet, the density is like FH5 but is more soft and sweet, very good, here is a mater of taste, i like the 2 very much
Venke Knutson-I Wonder
FIIO FH5-great voice reproduction she right in front of me ,good air and acoustic feeling,the strings are perfectly layred, excelent
Ibasso IT01-Voice with less body more distant, good air but smaller soundstage, everything looks smaller, good
Final Audio E5000-volume puxed (allways) great sweet voice ,organic it makes into tears...very emotional, less air, more intimate, very good
Esperanza Spalding -Judas
FIIO FH5- good punch,layred bass , natural voice reproduction, good rythm, very good
Ibasso IT 01- good punch ,bass not has layered, voice not has natural, good rythm, good
Final Audio E5000-punch that blows your head,very layered bass, voice more organic,less rythm, very good
Soo...Fiio made its best IEM???i can't answer to that, i didn't heard them all, if Fiio made an outstanding IEM?
Ooohh Yes , yes all the way, five stars to this awesome IEM at a AWESOME price
Congrats to FIIO ,i will buy ones
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