Hi everyone,
I recently purchased the Fiio K5 Pro. I allowed my Fiio K5 Pro to burn-in for 40 hours before doing these first Impressions.
Here are the highlights.
1.) I can now distinguish between the base used in every song. Especially songs that use different types of base.
2.) Treble sounds less sharp/metallic?
3.) Everything seems more smooth and more detailed than what I was using. It doesn't sound unnaturally smooth.
4.) I can differentiate more sounds than before.
Here are the thoughts based on Headphones:
Philips X2HR: Huge improvement. This is the one where now I can really hear the difference in all the base sounds. This is my daily driver, and one that is suppose to be easy to use. I didn't think I would hear such a difference, but I noticed a good difference. Used low gain for this.
58x: Another huge improvement. To be honest these sounded crappy before. Now they compare a lot closer to the Philips. It feels like they opened more.
Hifiman 400i (borrowing): I can now see what people like in these. Before I could hear things,, but now I have the detail I expected. The problem I have is the Philips X2HR is still my favorite. Considering getting a Sundara.
Here is what I have:
Auros Z390 Motherboard: ALC1220-VB
Senheisser GSX100
Fiio K5 Pro
I had a:
DX3 Pro
I know some of you will be curious about how the DX3 Pro compares to the Fiio K5 Pro. Unfortuantely, I was not able to compare them side by side. I didn't not get to listen to the DX3 Pro enough to really qualify the difference. To be honest I could not tell the difference between the Fiio K5 Pro and the DX3 Pro from my limited time with the device.
That's all for now. I figured someone else might be interested in this device, and it is currently hard to find information on it.
I recently purchased the Fiio K5 Pro. I allowed my Fiio K5 Pro to burn-in for 40 hours before doing these first Impressions.
Here are the highlights.
1.) I can now distinguish between the base used in every song. Especially songs that use different types of base.
2.) Treble sounds less sharp/metallic?
3.) Everything seems more smooth and more detailed than what I was using. It doesn't sound unnaturally smooth.
4.) I can differentiate more sounds than before.
Here are the thoughts based on Headphones:
Philips X2HR: Huge improvement. This is the one where now I can really hear the difference in all the base sounds. This is my daily driver, and one that is suppose to be easy to use. I didn't think I would hear such a difference, but I noticed a good difference. Used low gain for this.
58x: Another huge improvement. To be honest these sounded crappy before. Now they compare a lot closer to the Philips. It feels like they opened more.
Hifiman 400i (borrowing): I can now see what people like in these. Before I could hear things,, but now I have the detail I expected. The problem I have is the Philips X2HR is still my favorite. Considering getting a Sundara.
Here is what I have:
Auros Z390 Motherboard: ALC1220-VB
Senheisser GSX100
Fiio K5 Pro
I had a:
DX3 Pro
I know some of you will be curious about how the DX3 Pro compares to the Fiio K5 Pro. Unfortuantely, I was not able to compare them side by side. I didn't not get to listen to the DX3 Pro enough to really qualify the difference. To be honest I could not tell the difference between the Fiio K5 Pro and the DX3 Pro from my limited time with the device.
That's all for now. I figured someone else might be interested in this device, and it is currently hard to find information on it.
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