FIIO FT5

Fiio FT5

The all-new FT5 is FIIO's first magnetostatic (planar magnetic) headphone. Planar magnetic drivers are located between dynamic and electrostatic headphones. Like dynamic headphones, there is a kind of coil on the planar driver. Like electrostatic headphones, the diaphragm is a special kind of thin film at the micron level. The FT5 is processed at chip scale of 28nm, leading to an aperture about 6μm thick. These characteristics of the planar driver make it possible to create headphones that are not only highly detailed but also easy to drive.

90mm Planar Magnetic Driver

The FIIO FT5 uses an outstanding 90mm magnetostatic driver. Compared to a traditional dynamic driver, a magnetostatic driver converts sound energy into sound waves in a more balanced way, by vibrating in a much more uniform manner. Vibrations are distributed throughout the driver diaphragm and little distortion occurs due to the stiffness of the diaphragm material. Thus, the FIIO FT5 can express audio signals truly and accurately.

Micron-plated aluminum-silver alloy coils

During the development of the FT5, R&D engineers had to consider not only the interaction of the coils with the 6μm thin aperture, but also the density and conductivity of the coils themselves. After researching and testing several commonly used materials for plating planar coils, FIIO engineers concluded that the lighter aluminum alloy material was best for the coils. They also determined that mixing silver metal would also improve the conductivity of the coils, making it easier to power the driver without sacrificing the high-frequency detail and rich sound characteristic of good planar magentic drivers.

High sensitivity and easy to control

The FT5's driver is both light and strong, allowing a high sensitivity of 110dB/1Vrms@1kHz, i.e. 96dB/mW@1kHz. This allows the FT5 to be easily controlled, even by portable players.

392 wires of high purity silver-plated monocrystalline copper cable

The FT5 comes with a 1.5-meter cable made of 392 wires of silver-plated monocrystalline copper, each wire 23AWG in diameter. The copper wires provide solid and highly detailed sound, with lossless sound delivered completely directly to you.