Listened on the FiiO M11 PRO. Volume at 35%

Second session on FiiO BTR5

WTF as stated in the title..I was not expecting these at all. The treble produced by the Piezo electric driver is friggen unbelievable. I could hear things in my library of music that I have never heard before. No kidding, there are songs that I am “intimately” familiar with. I heard sounds in them that I have not heard before. I compared to my other most resolving set the fearless S8Z, these are more resolving. Check my song notes below to find out more. But in a nutshell; Treble is fantastic one of the best I have heard. Mids are really good I could listen to Norah Jones all day. Bass was OK, it was present and tight. I felt sub-bass was missing but the treble and mids made up for it and I really wanted to keep listening to everything I tried.

I tested with many tips, all of the included ones, Foam, Reference and Atmosphere (whatever). The reference ones did give me the most analytical sound, the atmosphere just kind of took the edge off and the foams worked well, good bass and treble. I ended up with a pair of stiff black rubber/silicon tips that are much like JVC Spiral Dots and that seemed to give me the best Bass response.

Comes with a small but good sized case that works fine and has a zipper so you can safely carry in your pocket. It also comes with a very, very nice cable. Tips are OK but you will probably want to look elsewhere and do some testing with different types.

These are highly resolving IEM’s. They will bring out all the good in the music and all the bad, no way around it. For me these are keepers.

Songs that I used to test and my notes:

Amy Winehouse – Know You Now: Bass OK (these are slightly V shaped) Treble and detail “fantastic”. Stage was wide and imaging was really good. Vocal were just about right (for my taste)

A-Ha MTV Unplugged – Take On Me: Voice was “excellent” you could hear the vibrato in his voice and it sounded like I was there in the room.

Portishead – Dummy Album: Listened to the whole album, brought some details I didn’t know were thee.

Alexis Cole – A Beautiful Friendship: Symbols at beginning and snare drums, treble was not forward but yet so well reproduced and reveling that I was amazed. Her voice was also great, and the stage was good.

Metallica – Ride the lightning: What the hell the guitars were crazy detailed. I loved this song on these, I did feel that more bass would have been better.

Norah Jones – the entire come away with me album: The whole album because I could not stop listening. Everything was perfect for me on this album. I would not change anything.

Pink Floyd – On The Run: The lady announcing the gate status over the PA system, I could hear every word. It was clearer to me than any other set I have listened to.

Beyonce – Lemonade Album: Listened to the whole thing, bass was not where I would like it but details and mids were great.

Lady Gaga – Joanne:  Great detail and space at the beginning and throughout the song.

Eydie Gorme – Los Nosotros:  Her voice was excellent and smooth they also brought out every bad recording spot in the song.

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