{"id":146357,"date":"2022-06-30T18:19:53","date_gmt":"2022-06-30T17:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=146357"},"modified":"2022-06-30T18:19:53","modified_gmt":"2022-06-30T17:19:53","slug":"the-new-fiio-ff3-earbuds-promises-transparent-sound-for-100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/the-new-fiio-ff3-earbuds-promises-transparent-sound-for-100\/","title":{"rendered":"The new FiiO FF3 earbuds promises transparent sound for $100"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FiiO Electronics Technology Co.\u00a0Ltd\u00a0introduced\u00a0the FF3, a dual-cavity drum-type in-ear headphone.\u00a0The two parts of the body, shaped like timpani, are connected by a narrow passage, which FiiO likens to a flute.\u00a0The shape, reminiscent of musical instruments, made the headphones themselves more musical &#8211; the manufacturer insists on this.\u00a0The back of the case received a patterned overlay made of safety glass.<\/p>\n<p>The FiiO FF3 case is made of polished 316L stainless steel with PVD galvanized black (Elegant Black) or silver (Cosmic Silver) color.\u00a0The larger of the &#8220;timpani&#8221; houses a speaker with a voice coil wound with ultra-thin Japanese-made Daikoku copper-plated aluminum wire.\u00a0The beryllium-coated LCP diaphragm with polyurethane surrounds on this speaker is quite large &#8211; 14.2 mm in diameter, one and a half times larger than that of in-ear models.<\/p>\n<p>The fact is that the FiiO FF3 headphones are not in-ear headphones.\u00a0They belong to the now forgotten class of earbuds and are simply put into the ears.\u00a0Ear plugs are also included.\u00a0But they are not called Ear-Tips, but Sponge Covers and differ not in size, but in the nature of the sound: there is an option \u201cwith bass boost\u201d, \u201cbalanced\u201d and giving \u201ctransparent sound with an emphasis on high frequencies\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_146358\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-146358\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-146358\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/FiiO-FF3.jpg\" alt=\"FiiO FF3\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/FiiO-FF3.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/FiiO-FF3-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/FiiO-FF3-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/FiiO-FF3-560x315.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-146358\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FiiO FF3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The FiiO FF3 cable, made from high purity silver-plated copper strands, terminates with a patented interchangeable Fabrilous connector &#8211; you can choose from an unbalanced 3.5mm stereo mini-jack or a balanced 4-pin 4.4mm plug.<\/p>\n<p>The FiiO FF3 in-ear headphones cost about $100.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FiiO Electronics Technology Co.\u00a0Ltd\u00a0introduced\u00a0the FF3, a dual-cavity drum-type in-ear headphone.\u00a0The two parts of the body, shaped like timpani, are connected by a narrow passage, which FiiO likens to a flute.\u00a0The shape, reminiscent of musical instruments, made the headphones themselves more musical &#8211; the manufacturer insists on this.\u00a0The back of the case received a patterned overlay [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/the-new-fiio-ff3-earbuds-promises-transparent-sound-for-100\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":146359,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-146357","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hi-fi","8":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}