Deep Bass Earphone: FiiO s new Stainless Steel and Diamond FD5 Review By Sam Campbell
Hands-on with the Fiio FD5 In-ear monitors (Photo: IBTimes / Jeff Li)
If the release of the EM5 seemed like a nostalgic one-off project, the new FD5 shows that Dynamic Driver (DD) driven earphones has a future - a bright one at that, especially when combined with some new technology that has the word diamond in its name.
But is it just hype? We go hands-on to find out.
What is Diamond-like Carbon ?
Before dismissing the term Diamond-like Carbon as a translation mishap, my decision to educate myself on the Internet on what DLC is paid off. It s a fairly new material technology that features a structure of carbon atoms that gives it the strength and hardness resembling diamond - and FiiO managed to make its driver dome out of the stuff.