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Hey Reddit! I’m a music lover from Ukraine. Less than a year ago, I discovered IEMs, and this community became my guide. Thanks to your engagement on my previous posts, something surreal happened: FiiO reached out to me. They sent over their QX13 DAC, and a pair of unreleased IEMs - the SnowSky Oak Nano. No scripts, no requirements. Just a chance to test them. The unboxing itself was also surprisingly nice. FiiO included a ton of accessories: multiple sets of eartips (ten\* different types/sizes from what I counted), a leatherette carrying case with a soft velvet-like interior, interchangeable nozzles, detachable plugs (balanced by default, but you can swap to a standard 3.5mm jack), a USB-C adapter, and even a small cleaning brush. I’ll be honest: I’m not a professional reviewer. But I really wanted to 'play the part' this time. I started listening to the Oak Nano and taking notes: "Spacious sound, nice textured bass,but not as technical as in my planar IEMs, plenty of treble... definitely leans more towards a fun V-shape than dry analytics." Another one thing I noticed is that these have a semi-open design. This means your music will be slightly audible to people sitting right next to you if you’re cranking the volume. But I totally get why they did this - the trade-off is worth it. It vents the air pressure so you don't get that "vacuum" fatigue, and it makes the soundstage feel way more open and natural than your typical closed-back IEM titanium shell felt light and premium, though I did find myself worrying: will these get freezing cold in a Ukrainian winter? Will the temperature swings cause condensation inside? **Then, my girlfriend stepped in** If you've seen my older [comments](https://www.reddit.com/user/Zelen1y_25/search/?q=girlfriend&type=comment) [(link)](https://www.reddit.com/r/iems/comments/1sir8cb/comment/ofsqbzb/), you know her struggle: standard IEMs simply don't fit her ears. She’s been stuck with flathead earbuds for years. But as we unboxed the Oak Nano set, she saw the massive variety of eartips and asked, "Wait... maybe one of these will finally fit me? I want to hear what you’re always talking about." A miracle happened. The smallest tips fit her not perfectly,but bearable. I plugged the Oak Nanos into her iPhone via the QX13, and she just... disappeared into the music for hours. I know what you’re thinking: "Is this guy just going to give every pair of IEMs to his relatives now?" Trust me, that wasn't the plan. I wanted to do a proper technical comparison with my S08. But life (and my girlfriend) had other ideas. At first, I wanted the gear back. I had a "job" to do! I wanted to check soundstage and check separation. But then I remembered a comment from my post yesterday: "Loving music is what matters... all this audiophile crap is missing the forest for the trees." It clicked. I’ve been so obsessed with DAC chips and micro-details that I forgot the "magic." Watching her hear things she never knew existed in her favorite songs was better than any spec sheet. She didn't care about the ESS Sabre chip (until the QX13 drained her battery, lol) - even though she said it wasn't quite comfortable, but she was just catching a vibe. So, to hell with the "charts" for today. The review can wait. For now, I’m just enjoying the fact that she finally "gets it." Love the music, not just the gear P.S. Has anyone here spent time with the older FiiO FD series (especially the FD7)? I’d love to hear your long-term thoughts on what to look out for!

I had the brilliant idea of taking these apart this morning just to look around, parts seemed easy to replace if needed so I felt comfortable probably voiding my warranty given the price and convenience of repairing myself. I won’t need any repairs, but I have discovered that removing the sound damping on the inside of the earcups cleaned up the muddiness I was feeling with this headphone. It went from being my darkest to being up there with some of my most neutral. So I wondered about removing the walnut earcup next. This seems to mostly affect the bass and sub frequencies, making some songs sound like a small concert hall with the open back. I need to find a good system to compare back to back having the earcups on vs off, but it’s really intriguing that these headphones already EQ well, but now I can quickly mod them into a totally different experience practically on the fly. It’s 7 screws, off and back on again. I don’t recommend doing this if you are worried about the warranty, I only did this because I am not worried about the warranty. I have yet to have any issues with any of my 3 FiiO products, no this is not a paid promo. Curious to hear thoughts, I am sure I’m not the first to do this so I’m curious what others have tried, I’m already thinking different shapes or internal wall surfaces, even different wood for the earcups.

1st pic: Left was the Old JBL Quantum 300, right is my new Fiio FT1 Pic 2: Very worn out old headphone. Used it for 3 years Pic 3-4: just some pics This Fiio FT1 was my first Audiophile headphones, I was only using cheap earbuds / gaming headphones before this Honestly, the upgrade was huge, the new headphones’ audio felt rich and has decent bass. My old headphone only had a strong bass but less rich Runs surprisingly well even on my motherboard’s front panel io, no DAC or AMP The microphonics of the new headphone didnt feel as bad as the reviews mentioned, especially while listening to music or playing games. I only hear it while it’s rather quiet. Overall, I really liked the upgrade and felt that it was quite worth it. Honestly, I’m never going back to gaming headphones in the future haha, didnt expect the difference to be this big Disclaimer: I’m not sponsored or anything, I just genuinely liked this upgrade haha

Those of you who have had the FiiO FT1s for a while, what do you think of them now? How is the build quality holding up? Have you made any modifications or changes that have improved your experince with them? Do they still live up to the hype? I am considering getting a pair but all the reviews I can find online are just from short term testing so thought I'd ask here. Cheers!

I have recently bought blue 2 only for music and to play CS2 with it. It performs exceptionally well. There is a "built in mic cable" version and without one. Built in version has 2 cables, 1 with and 1 without. Do NOT use the bass impedance adapter that comes with it (it is not that good, at least for my liking). My Fiio JA11 DAC (USB C connected to motherboard) goes really well with it. Ample amount of power. If you need to EQ for manual tuning in PC, download Peace Equalizer + interface Equalizer APO (it is free). https://preview.redd.it/fizu0dze5z0g1.jpeg?width=2448&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=698813686d3086485b969564ba7cccbe9f769ee8