How much would i be realistically losing going with the FiiO JT7 instead of the FT1 PRO?

[solderdude]

Hey, @solderdude, what do you think about this? Apparently, the right channel has a bad THD issue in at least some units. I was going to buy them today, but this made me pause.

View attachment 496760

https://www.reddit.com/r/headphones/comments/1phevd3/just_bought_and_measured_jt7_94_db

It's just one copy that seemed to have a bad driver.
Mine and the one from @Jeromeof were fine.
Remember these are budget entry level priced headphones.

 

[InfiniteJester]

It's just one copy that seemed to have a bad driver.
Mine and the one from @Jeromeof were fine.
Remember these are budget entry level priced headphones.

That's what I thought, but, as they mention you in that thread, I was interested in hearing your opinion.

 

[kazuviking]

Finished the second cable for the JT7. For comparison it have zero microphonics when moving or slides on my t-shirt and doesn't feels like absolute crap when touched. Made from old usb(orange) and microphone cable(black).
CONS: Its heavy AF.

 

[flagshipper]

JT7 vs Edition XS
So which value king is better?
Both have their distortions, XS is full of ringing and rustling, and JT7's one driver cracks on subbass (just like Mr.Boizoff detected by measuring both drivers). So byebye, consistency.
JT7 is so small, look at the picture. I wouldn't say it's more comfortable, the pads accomodate ears, but they're itchy and clamping force is high. What's better is top of the head pressure combined with the lower weight. Build is simple, but probably better than notoriously cheap XS build.
JT7 is less demanding, 70% of volume needed on QX13 vs XS. "Soundstage" bit smaller, but works well in 3d imaging test. Not so detailed as it's simply mid centric. You get to hear vocals better, all kind of warm. Similar decent bass, bigger difference in brightness. Placement of headphones matters much more than on Edition XS. It weirdly blocks some outside noise, while XS is full passthrough. Some micro rustle at 5000Hz. IEMs at this cost would outdwarf them both in sound and driver quality. I'll keep JT7 just to pay less for flaws and JT7 is actually less flawed And it has better latency than Maxwell

 

[kazuviking]

clamping force is high

Imo its way to little especially for the stock pads.

one driver cracks on subbass

Looks like i got one that actually passed QC considering i have a solid 12dB sub bass boost on and no distortion. Now it rumbles but have fuck all bass weight tho.

 

[kazuviking]

Ok this is getting ridicilous. The plastic started creaking like crazy where the folding hinge is. Filled it with grease used for espresso machines and it helped but still horrible.

 

[Jiraya369]

build quality/longevity and it's not like the fiio ft1 pro is a shining example of that either LOL

 

[Jiraya369]

Ok this is getting ridicilous. The plastic started creaking like crazy where the folding hinge is. Filled it with grease used for espresso machines and it helped but still horrible.

yikes i was just answering the post's main question and this happened lol

 

[wisack]

How is the soundstage compared to DT 900 Pro X? I saw it measures very similarly, but my gripe with the 900 is small-ish soundstage.

 

[solderdude]

Soundstage is highly personal.
It is dependent on how one's brain is able to 'create' an 'image' from 2 signals.
So don't expect a big difference but one can never know unless one tries it.