Fiio F9 Pro

Advantages: 1) Wonderful sound. In this price category I tried many options, these headphones are the undisputed leader (for me)
2) Balanced cable included. I listen through FiiO X5 III, so a balanced connection gives you the opportunity to unlock the full potential of both headphones and player
3) Appearance. It's a matter of taste, but I really like everything: different colors of the input for the cable for the left and right earphone, metallic color, waves on the case, pleasant coating. Everything is done very solid
4) Build quality. Defects did not reveal
5) Package

Disadvantages: 1) Sound insulation. With her all very bad. If we are talking about rock / metal, then everything is not so critical, but there is clearly not enough to listen to the classics
2) I did not find the perfect ear cushions for myself in the set

Comment: I chose the headphones for a very long time, the main problem was to find a model with a pleasant HF sound, since most of them were too bright and accented, which cut the ears. There is no such problem here. Personally, I am pleased with the sound of the whole spectrum: the bass is exactly as much as needed, and the MF is not upset, the treble is perfect. The sound is very surround, the stage is wide, you can not argue here. The stereo effect is the best on anything not heard (from the channel, of course). I also like the fact that at the moments when certain frequencies are strongly emphasized, this does not interfere with hearing the rest of the spectrum, there is no porridge. The sound for me is the main thing. so I do not think that I will part with this model anytime soon.

Advantages: 1. Juicy bottoms, quite real high frequencies, I don’t know how anyone, my ears do not cut plates, but rather intimately excite
2. Replaceable cables, in case the cat decides to commit suicide and chew them
3. You can sleep right in the ears, the shape is made so that it practically hides in the auricle.
4. Cable 3.5 is equipped with a microphone and control buttons.

Disadvantages: I do not want to shoot.
In the subway, of course, extraneous sounds can be heard, but guys, it is cool though, but still “gags”.

Comment: Read earlier comments.
1. Hearing is the same sense organ as the eye, it is unique for each person. The individuality of the eye emphasizes / enhances some spectrum of light radiation, the hearing is similar, it is more sensitive to some details, some less.
2. Gentlemen, what kind of iPhone SE? Are you seriously? What are you detailing the scene like to hear? Well, at least for the sake of respect for the manufacturer do not write. Are you really a real realistic sound lover? Well, go broke for a start on some Hi-Res player: Fiio X5 III, Pioneer XDP-30R or from this level, connect to the balanced output, plunge into the pool of unprecedented sound and then write reviews ...
3. Check out the bottoms in these "ears" on Apocalyptica - Nothing Else Matters (Instrumental version), or bottom juice and lightness of the top on Lindsey Stirling - The Phoenix, fall in love with these music virtuosos and respect the virtuosos that Fiio F9 Pro invented for you .

I have never regretted that I bought them 7 months ago, I presented them to one and the same connoisseur at work, I bought it on my son's birthday on August 14th!
After the acquisition, do not forget to give electronics 100 hours to warm up so that the drivers go to the design frequency response. Yes, they need to work 100 hours so that you can estimate their potential! This is acoustics, albeit miniature!

One last thing: Do not trust any reviews - trust your ears!

Thanks to Serge V. if he stumbles sometime))) on my review for prompting me to buy this gadget on NG 2018.

Advantages: Good sound

Disadvantages: - Peak at 8kHz;
- The complete lack of sound insulation;
- Pickyness to the source and quality of the track

Comment: At first it seemed that the headphones would not fit in my ears, despite the fact that the fh1 model, which was almost the same in design, was perfect. It was enough to put the standard cushions a little deeper into the sound guide - everything became wonderful.
Peak on high brings discomfort on poorly recorded tracks, i.e. not everywhere and not often, but very much cuts to the brain. Headphones play what is - if the track is recorded poorly or badly squeezed, then you will hear a dull mess. On quality files - beauty.
Noise isolation is not in principle. In general, everything that happens around is heard, from the noise of cars to simple conversations of passersby. In general, in a noisy street, all the beauty of the ears dissolves.

Advantages: 1. Excellent sound detailing (maybe even sometimes excessive). The width of the scene is the same. Neither the bottoms, nor the middle, nor the tops in porridge do not fall down. The sound volume is as much as possible in the "plugs".
2. The quality of performance. Everything is very well done, nothing to complain about. A large number of nozzles (I stopped at the "foam"), two cables with connectors of 3.5 and 2.5 mm. Exactly what is needed.

Disadvantages: The sound of an amateur: someone will admire, someone not. The sound is colored, especially the tops. Before buying, it is advisable to listen.

Comment: In my opinion, a review on High News fairly objectively describes these headphones. He took it without first listening to Ali for the price substantially lower than the Russian. Connected to EarStudio ES100 (cool stuff!). The benefits of warming up are, of course, palpable. The tops at first strongly strained, and the bottoms are too biting - the ears are not comfortable. Fortunately in ES100 there is an equalizer, empirically achieved the normal sound for yourself. Also helped to bust staff attachments and experiments with fixation in the ears. As a result, the sound is pleasant, and the ears do not get tired. Of course, there are headphones and more interesting, but for the money - a very good choice.

After several months of use, the attitude towards the headphones changed for the better: as with other headphones of this type, their position in the ears is very important. By long experiments it came to the conclusion that they do not need to be shoved into the ears like ordinary plugs. Otherwise, you get what you wrote above: a biting, flat sound. For me, it turned out to be the best option when they are not completely inserted into the ear, and the main "head" of the headphones rests on the auricle. Then there is some "airiness" of sound, soft bass ... A little straightened the equalizer curve. Of course, not very convenient: the position of the ears has changed slightly, the sound has changed. By the way, I read something similar in one of the reviews of the top “plugs” of Astell & Kern. For several days of testing, testers did not manage to find a position in their ears in order to experience all the advantages and costs of multi-channel “monitors”. In general, according to the "price-quality" criterion, they completely suit me. The next object of the experiments will be, probably, full-size headphones of a slightly higher class. I hope there will be no such problems with them ...

Advantages: I listen with Fiio x3 III. Before that there were dynamic beyerdynamics byron, Fiio F5.
FIIO F9 pro very light, high detailed, bass elastic. Midrange I would like more, but it is more likely cavils. Of course, the difference between the fittings and the previous ones I noticed immediately.
Balanced cable included.
Includes foam nozzles that allow for noise insulation above average. Almost fall short in this parameter to Byron, which in this regard are very good.
L-shaped plug.
Sit comfortably.Do not create discomfort.

Disadvantages: The balance cable is not braided but simply twisted, apparently, will unwind.
MMCX plugs rotate fairly freely. But maybe you should try another cable.
I noticed the tendency of foam nozzles to drop a little from the sound guides.

Comment: Pretty versatile. Classics Vivaldi, Ayreon, even Placebo played on a new, better. I regret not having switched to hybrids before. Very well pass the wind, string. But do not focus on vocals.
For the first reinforcement / hybrid is an excellent option.

Advantages: Comfortable, do not interfere. Good clear sound, all frequencies are there. Low noise insulation can be a virtue, especially in the workplace - to hear the question, it is enough to turn off the sound, without fussing with pulling out. Optimum sensitivity, with the iPhone SE, the volume is good, the noise is almost inaudible.

Disadvantages: Excessively bright high frequencies, which is manifested in the fact that hissing sounds in vocals / drums cut the ear more than we would like. But this is comparing with the Klipsch x7i, which has high frequencies, consider it not.

Quite poor insulation, for the Moscow metro is not too enough, this is a consequence of a half-open design with a dynamic radiator.

The absence of 2- or 3-flange nozzles in the kit, the lack of description of the characteristics of many similar to the type of complete nozzles.

Comment: Decided to purchase, seeing an excellent review on the head-fi. I compared it with my Klipsch x7i, which just makes noisy cable + not very convenient nozzles, also in the store for reference, I listened to Shure in a similar form factor, which are 2-3 times more expensive. The sound is not the most neutral (the same x7i is very neutral, but the high frequencies are maliciously pressed ... which can be both a plus and a minus), but quite complete and quite close to a 4-6 rebar radiator of a higher class. There is no wow effect in them, but it will not be even in ordinary good headphones twice as expensive.

Sit comfortably, if to adapt to wear; L-shaped connector is the most important. The volume buttons do not work with either the iPhone or the "native" Fiio X3II - unpleasant, but expected and tolerated, as long as the microphone module does not interfere.

EDIT: if you make a "chimera" from the nozzles from the same x7i (their hole diameter is smaller), it turns out great - the squeak is muffled, and the insulation and bass are more powerful. In general, experiment with nozzles!