Fiio FT1

Excellent value and good sound quality headphones – After reading many positive reviews I also bought these on the basis of the many Fiio products I own. These headphones are certainly up to the usual Fiio standard for build and sound quality, especially considering the price point $269 [around ~$239 when they were on special]. Nice carrying case plus both balanced and unbalanced cables are… Read more

useful inclusions. I’ve used these mainly with the balanced cable via an Ifi hipDAC from a Samsung tablet running Emby server over wifi from a PC and I’m really happy with the warm sound quality and clarity on a variety of genres [don’t know about classical or opera which I don’t listen to]. I was also pleasantly surprised by how low bass reproduction goes and how easy these are to drive using a number of audio players. No sound leakage to annoy others in the room. I’ve worn these for 2 hours+ sessions so far and found them comfortable and quite light. If I was being picky the metal parts could be of a higher standard and more padding on the head band would be good but really can’t complain at this price point. Very happy with the purchase and tangibly better sound quality than more expensive headphones which I’ve bought over the years. Definitely worth a listen.