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FiiO FW1 True Wireless Balanced Armature Earbuds

Now FiiO Electronics Technology Co. Ltd, the renowned personal audio device specialist, has a completely wireless in-ear headphone, the new FiiO FW1 True Wireless Balanced Armature Earbuds.


With the advent of so-called True Wireless headphones, the comfort of listening to music has improved considerably, according to the Chinese company FiiO Electronics Technology Co. Ltd, a specialist for personal audio devices.

Yes, they took some time to present such a model, they say, but now the wait is over and they can now present the new FiiO FW1 True Wireless Balanced Armature Earbuds.

How could it be otherwise, of course, the new FiiO FW1 True Wireless Balanced Armature Earbuds has features that make it an innovative, modern solution, which has always been a key aspect of all solutions from FiiO Electronics Technology Co. Ltd. A specially adapted Balanced Armature driver is at the heart of the new in-ear headphones, which are designed to deliver a natural, consistent reproduction of detail and dynamics across the entire frequency range. The FiiO FW1 True Wireless Balanced Armature Earbuds are equipped with a powerful battery to ensure long playing time.

Of course, the new FiiO FW1 True Wireless Balanced Armature Earbuds is designed to be used not only in everyday life, but also for sports. The manufacturer therefore speaks of an especially lightweight in-ear headphone that weighs only 4.3 g and also has an ergonomically shaped housing so that it can be used comfortably for hours. The housing has a robust design and is resistant to dust and moisture.

As the name suggests, it contains a Knowles Balanced Armature driver, which is manufactured to FiiO Electronics Technology Co. Ltd. specifications to provide an optimised frequency response and impedance matching to guarantee the promised powerful bass, rich mid-range and detailed treble.

For signal transmission, a Qualcomm QCC3020 Bluetooth 5.0 module is used, which supports HSP, HFP, A2DP and AVRCP as protocols, as well as the codecs SBC and AAC, and also aptX. The DSP integrated in this module was used for the already mentioned special tuning, as the company points out. For the signal transmission, they rely on the so-called TrueWireless Stereo plus the Dual Mode Bluetooth Transmission Support. This means that the connection is not established via one earplug, which in turn drives the second, but rather the two earplugs are coupled separately, so that a significantly more stable signal connection with a higher data rate is guaranteed. This also makes it possible to use only one earpiece, whether left or right, for example to make phone calls.

For optimal transmission, great attention was also paid to the antenna design, which was integrated directly into the housing by means of Laser Direct Structuring, or LDS for short. This is primarily intended to prevent interference that would impair the signal quality.

As already mentioned, the new FiiO FW1 True Wireless Balanced Armature Earbuds can be used to make calls, and to access the smartphone’s voice assistants, be it Apple Siri or Google Assistant. The developers used high-quality microphones, which were also equipped with Intelligent cVc 8.0 Noise Cancelling to guarantee the best possible speech intelligibility.

A particularly outstanding feature of the new FiiO FW1 True Wireless Balanced Armature Earbuds is its battery life. According to the manufacturer’s promise, no less than seven hours of music enjoyment is guaranteed. Of course, a transport box is part of the scope of delivery, which not only serves as a charging station at the “wall socket”, but also functions as a so-called power bank when on the move, which in turn has an integrated 420 mAh battery. This is supposed to achieve a total playing time of up to 21 hours, whereas the FiiO FW1 True Wireless Balanced Armature Earbuds can be charged in only two hours.

Charging is of course done via USB, whereby a USB-C cable is used, which is part of the scope of delivery.

A bit disappointing, however, is that FiiO Electronic Technology Co. Ltd. is shipping the new FiiO FW1 True Wireless Balanced Armature Earbuds with only three pairs of Ear Tips, in Small, Medium and Large sizes. Normally, the manufacturer is more generous in this respect and equips its in-ear headphones with a variety of different ear tips…

For extra convenience, the new FiiO FW1 True Wireless Balanced Armature Earbuds feature one-touch operation, which means that just one touch of the finger on either the left or right earpiece is enough to control all relevant functions, be it playback, volume, or answering/ending calls.

The new FiiO FW1 True Wireless Balanced Armature Earbuds is expected to be available in stores shortly, with Germany and Austria among the few markets worldwide to be served in the first instance. According to the manufacturer, the demand is far too high to be able to fully serve them right from the start.

Getting to the point

How could it be otherwise, of course, the new FiiO FW1 True Wireless Balanced Armature Earbuds features features that make it an innovative, modern solution, which has always been a key aspect of all solutions from FiiO Electronics Technology Co. Ltd. For example, a specially adapted Balanced Armature driver is at the heart of the new In-ear headphones, which are designed to deliver a particularly natural, coherent reproduction with detail and dynamics across the entire frequency range. The FiiO FW1 True Wireless Balanced Armature Earbuds are equipped with a powerful battery to ensure long playing time.

Manufacturer:FiiO Electronics Technology Co Ltd.
Distribution:NT-Global Distribution GmbH
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Michael Holzinger

Michael Holzinger, founder and editor-in-chief of HiFi BLOG and sempre-audio.at, has been working for years as a journalist in the fields of IT, photography, telecommunications and consumer electronics.

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