# Ear Evaluation# Balance Persistent Interpretation Feiao X7 Mark ii Unpacking Evaluation
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as the saying goes: often walk in the circle, who does not know flying pride.
I know the brand Feiao, it is relatively late. At that time, I was a poor child who was squeezed by the employer's labor force shortly after graduation. I had saved thousands of dollars for a long time. When facing the portable player market that had just sprung up, I was like a child who had just gone from the countryside to work in a big city and opened my eyes.
then, I browsed through various comparative articles on the internet-now I think it is not a poisonous article, after all, the products at various prices at that time were far less abundant and available for selection. What are the 2000 or 3000 files? Naturally, I saw Feiao's flagship at that time-"gas stove" X5.
have often met Feiao's flagship flagship of the past dynasties: I came to the X5k press conference in Guangzhou as a burning friend and met Matt-"Mrs. Ma" Liao Zong, who is famous all over the world. At the end of the following two years, X7 and X53 were released in turn. Although they were not in Guangzhou, I took the same bus to participate in the same activity as Mrs. Ma in less than a month after the release, luckily, Mrs. Ma is used to taking her latest flagship with her when she goes out, so I naturally became the first and most convenient fan to hear the official version of the machine.
the release of the new flagship X7 Markii this year, the pace was less than half a year earlier than usual, and the press conference finally returned to Guangzhou, the stronghold of Feiao. Originally, I was going to accompany the @ Cang Frozen Sand, who came all the way from Tianjin, to represent the national brick bar. Unexpectedly, the flight was delayed on the day of the press conference. Teacher Cang arrived at the airport early in the morning. When the press conference was about to begin in the afternoon, he told me: Even if you rush in the past, you can only arrive in Guangzhou for dinner in the evening. Besides, my flight has not arrived in Tianjin yet. The post bar and microblog live broadcast of this press conference depend on you.
, friends of the bar saw the whole process of my busy live text broadcast......
speaking, everyone may be surprised. After the press conference, the audition room was almost crowded by various media and dealers. I had no chance to hear how the X7 MK2 voice performed, so that when a burning friend asked me this question later, I could only say that I had not heard it. Because of this, when I finally had the chance to play X7 MK2, I first opened a post to slowly update my listening feeling, and played carefully for a long time-ignoring the time consumed by some small accidents in the middle-before I began to write a complete evaluation.
in any case, since there is this opportunity and the reason is so special, then don't let yourself leave regrets.
, before talking about the performance of X7 MK2, review the key word of this Feiao conference: "balance".
on the surface, feiao uses the word balance as the theme, which is intended to use the 2.5 balance standard to run through the common points of the products released this time. However, in fact, after playing X7 MK2 for a period of time, I found that there was some mystery hidden in it-I don't know whether it was a coincidence made in heaven or the whole design was intentional.
unpacking
to be honest, Feiao's product packaging has always been fairly low-key, and X7 MK2 is no exception.
is plain and unremarkable, with a black background. The front is a fixed makeup photo of X7 MK2 plus brand logo, Hi-Res small gold logo and product model. The back is information such as some parameters and bar codes.
pulls out the inner box, which is a cardboard inner box opened from the side. When the lid is opened, the X7 MK2 body will appear directly in front of you-at this time, you can also feel that the size of the whole packing box is not grandiose at all, and it is one circle larger than the body body, and it is very appropriate to use every size of space. Take off the machine and the upper cardboard against it. All kinds of small boxes are very compact and close together. Take out all the contents like each other. It's really a big family. In addition to conventional items such as transparent silicone sleeve with clear water, machine body with toughened film, small publicity pages, instructions, after-sales cards, Micro USB data lines and coaxial patch lines, leather covers that are not standard for other brick manufacturers in other countries and need to be purchased additionally are also equipped with standard, screws and screwdrivers used to change chin modules plus a small patch, and needles used to take out TF card slots.
the largest accessory is a holster. I don't have rich experience in luxury leather goods, but if compared with common brick leather cases, the leather case with X7 MK2 should be of relatively high technological level in the official leather case of the manufacturer. The material with rigid outside and soft inside, delicate stitches and precise opening position give consideration to high-grade and practical. Of course, if the materials used are compared with those made by several manufacturers who specialize in making leather cases for bricks, they are still obviously worse, but the technology is already very good.
things like buying bricks to send screwdrivers look wonderful, but in fact... are really wonderful. After all, the concept of module replacement was created. The X7 series fixed the module after chin replacement by directly screwing. However, the screw is not a cross or a word, but a T5 hexagon screw... Well, this kind of non-daily screw is really convenient with a screwdriver. As for why I chose this screw, I don't ask, and then who can tell me, I tried to screw several times and found that the screw began to slide, what should I do?
on the whole, the X7 MK2 packaging gives me the feeling that it is an indescribable feeling between high-end and practical, complicated and simple. Perhaps this is also a balance.
design
laboriously put the sturdy and very close-fitting tight see-through outfit, ah no, it is a clear water transparent sleeve, stripped off the X7 MK2 body, and began to appreciate the beautiful jade body of X7 MK2.
are still the same as the familiar X7 generation. If the chin is pulled out, the screen ratio will be very, very high. When it comes to chin and screen ratio, I suddenly think of new bricks of all levels starting from this year and suddenly like to design a big chin for no reason. The X7 series is for the purpose of changing the ear module. It is easy to understand. Other manufacturers specialize in such a completely blank place. I can't catch up with this aesthetic.
speaking of the front, let's talk about the edge of the screen. I have to say that the gap is still a little bigger, and the edge of the screen is not covered when the clean water suit is on, so eating ash becomes an inevitable event. If you can do better here... maybe more like a mobile phone?
, I remember that after the X7 generation went on the market at the beginning, the line feeling of the square and the hard line and the design of the left and right six keys were completely symmetrical in shape, which made people like it and those who didn't like it fight for each other. As far as I am concerned, I like completely symmetrical design very much, but all machines with similar symmetrical key design, including X7, whether mobile phones or bricks, will be pressed by mistake for the first time. After all, the focal point of finger kneading is symmetrical, and the force at the same position on the left side needs to be balanced.
, it is estimated that this kind of ergonomic design has received more feedback. At the press conference, Mrs. Ma also admitted the fact that X7 was complained about. Therefore, in the overall design of X7 MK2 following the previous generation, in the original 6 keys, the power key is moved to the top, the two volume keys are changed into the side scroll wheel and placed on the left, and the remaining playback control keys are all moved to the left. The large area on the right is as flat as an airport.
for the position of this roller, my main brick said that there is something I don't know when to speak improperly......
the empty right side is not nothing, the double TF card slot is all on this side. These two card slots, which need a needle to take out, resemble the design of a mobile phone and look very tall. However, trouble also follows: as enthusiasts, changing TF cards is a common occurrence, especially in the process of equipment exchange, card replacement audition is a basic requirement. But who has nothing to do all day to take a card pick-up needle to go out? I still remember when Shenzhen enthusiasts had a party, I went from Guangzhou together with balls. On the way, balls had to use their own cards to audition. As a result, we were embarrassed to find that we couldn't change the cards. When I arrived at the meeting, the first thing I did was to borrow a needle from Mrs. Ma. I know they must have brought this thing with the packaging of the products on display, and it is estimated that only Feiao Belt......
socket, linear, coaxial and optical fiber output is integrated into one port at the upper end, and the earphone port is all in charge of the earphone module. The standard AM3A module of X7 MK2 has 3.5mm single-ended and 2.5mm balanced earphone ports, all of which are below, together with Micro USB charging ports.
X7 MK2 abandons the complete symmetry with rich aesthetic feeling, it still makes a balance between aesthetic feeling and hand feeling. In fact, from an aesthetic point of view, symmetry and balance cannot be equated by themselves. The ingenuity still needs to be realized slowly. It is not a conclusion that simply likes or dislikes.
use includes two aspects: hardware and software.
head is basically the same as the palm grip level, and thanks to the design changes, the X7 MK2 button feels very powerful. In terms of weight, I don't think it makes any sense to compare with previous generations or friendly products. Since it is so big, it should be compared with a mobile phone about the same size-very good, a little lighter, and it is very natural to play.
In addition to the accessories in the whole box of X7 MK2, X7MK2 also sent a Qualcomm QC2.0 standard fast charger when it was listed in China. Feiao should have purchased a batch of batteries to match fast charging. According to actual measurement, normal listening to songs lasted more than 9 hours from full power to dead power. Of course, decoding files in different formats, outputting different ports, connecting headphones with different impedance, turning on wifi or Bluetooth on the body will all affect the endurance. It took nearly 100 minutes from full discharge to full charge, which is of course not as average as 1 minute and 1 grid of electricity, after changing the ordinary charging head, the charging speed will be slow.
X7 MK2 is customized based on Android 5.0. At present, the commonly used music app is not even supported by Android 5.0. With a DevCheck installed, it can be detected that X7 MK2 is equipped with Ruixin Micro 4-core 1.4GHz chip scheme and 2G operating memory. In fact, the whole system runs smoothly and easily and kills other Android bricks-you know, other bricks with Android system are basically not open to third-party application installation or are deeply castrated and customized to be nothing like Android, however, Feiao's system from X7 to X53 to X7 MK2 is more comfortable and more comfortable to optimize......
well, as long as it's not so bad that I deliberately installed NetEase Cloud Music, then installed WeChat, and then shared the music to the circle of friends, or played "the glory of the king" on such GPU like some burning friends joked, the system is really doing well under normal use. Of course, there are still some small details that need to be improved if the standards of the mobile phone system are used, but it doesn't hurt.
sound
X7 MK2 conference is balance. What is the meaning of the word balance?
is, of course, the AM3A balance module. Compared with single-ended, the balance port is much higher at the output level, and the one-ear feeling in the sense of hearing is "the earphone is pushed away". Headphones with single-ended and balanced wires at the same time include Feiao's own F9, Foles's FLC8s and JVC's FW001. From the perspective of AM3A's own two earphone output ports, if only the quality is talked about, one side of the single port is quite satisfactory, while the one side of the balance port has been greatly improved: F9 analysis and sound field have surpassed its own single port. The sound of FLC8; the overall momentum of FW001 is exaggerated to say that it is like calm and turbulent waves.
In addition, if you look at some parameter data, you will find that the thrust of the X7 MK2 AM3A is a little lower than that of the X7 generation, but in fact, the control force is improved; and for high-resistance earphones, it is somewhat more than enough. Recently, there are exactly two high-resistance flat head plugs to play with, one is 150 Ω Shun Shi 01B and the other is 64 Ω micro-wing gold monk. The hearing feeling of the two plugs on the AM3A module is weak and low density. It can also be seen that the main attack point of X7 MK2 thrust is not on the high-resistance earphone.
said that such a ratio makes people feel that AM3A's single port is not as good as the balance port, this main balanced ear module does give a report card of "excellent single-ended passing balance.
premise is, quality.
why should I emphasize quality?
, I would like to talk about my second understanding of X7 MK2 "balance"-style.
the style of testing equipment, we will use the equipment at the other end of the system that we are familiar with to match the testing. My personal preference for testing headphones when listening to bricks is GR07c, EX1000 and N40, which are relatively balanced and easy to feedback the front-end sound style plugs.
listened to each other, and the attention has been trying to find their own specific interpretations, but they have not found anything at all. It sounds like my own understanding of these plugs in the past. So there is only one explanation: the sound style of X7 MK2 is that all aspects are balanced.
three-frequency equalization? In terms of energy sense, X7MK2 has not focused on increasing the high and low frequencies, and even has no meaning, and the low-frequency dive is not particularly deep, and the high-frequency extension is not too far; if you have to say which frequency band has more energy, it may be the intermediate frequency, but it is not too much to be called a very full state. This is fully reflected in EXK and N40. The fully-opened EXK shows outstanding toughness and listening resistance under the drive of X7 MK2. The density and line feeling of the sound are like the eight-minute full Mao Feng, which starts to stand upside down shortly after a cup of tea leaves are just soaked. It is fragrant but not strong. It is a state suitable for all ages. The N40 equipped with high-frequency filter screen inherits AKG's consistent characteristic of slightly weak intermediate frequency, and it is also similar, thickening the intermediate frequency is hopeless, but at least it won't be too thin.
moderate temperature and cold? X7 MK2's understanding of this problem is somewhat out of touch, and all voices are straightforward as soon as they come out. This directly led to the fact that when I was testing the match between X7 MK2 and GR07c, I started to wander my mind halfway and began to be distracted by other things. This is a state that is extremely close to many scenes in life. Music melts into my brain and mind-of course it is not bad, otherwise I would have been in the play long ago; but it is not good enough. I have already focused on it at the beginning. Up.
here, you must incidentally compare X7MK2 with X7 of the previous generation. To be precise, it is the comparison between X7 MK2 AM3A and X7 AM3. It turned out to be two brothers from a mother's womb. The style of the last two generations has been basically passed down by one generation, but X7 MK2 is more moist and better than X7 at the bottom of the sound, although I personally think X7 MK2 is still a little dry and lack of musicality. Perhaps according to Feiao's setting for X7 MK2 and even the entire X7 series, good music should be dissolved into the air around you without a mask or color?
of course, everyone has different opinions on the style and preference of the equipment. It is really impossible to say which grade of the performance is good, poor and failed.
, the third level of understanding of X7 MK2 "balance"-matching, is worth pondering.
, this is a somewhat creepy question: X7 MK2 not only needs to balance its own style, but also forces the matching headphones to have a balanced style!
, first dig out some good combinations--
EX1000. Although it was originally designed to try the X7 MK2 sound performance, this combination itself is very recommended. "Hotel California 1994 live", "Forgotten Time", "Flower House Girl", "Thousand Thousand Que Song", "Diablos in Musica : La Campanella"... Listening all the way, it gives people the feeling of plain light, the distribution of energy in each frequency band is relatively balanced, and each is very good. The air feeling of violin and the line feeling of human voice are obvious in one ear. If you have to find fault, this completely boiled EXK will occasionally have a few dental sounds on X7 MK2, but it is completely within my acceptance range. Generally speaking, the X7 MK2 listening to EXK is as comfortable as I was hiding in Sony store on the afternoon of 37 ℃, blowing air conditioner and listening to EXK.
N40. Not on the top, not on the bottom, the low frequency point ends, the natural connection transitions to the medium frequency that is not rich but not residual, and then lightly jumps to the high frequency that is not bright or dark. This is the feeling given to me by the combination of N40 and X7 MK2. The analysis of the sound field knot didn't surprise me, perhaps because I heard the feeling of N40 really taking off, but N40 is not a headset praised by quality anyway. The dynamics are enough and transient. Listen to Dvorak's Symphony No. 8 and No. 9 are magnificent and empty, but the passion is quiet. On the whole, everything is a natural stretch. This is not only the true character of X7 MK2, but also the self-expression of N40. The two complement each other.
F9. China Bank bought X7 MK2 and sent F9 headphones worth 698 yuan directly! Just a few minutes later than X7 MK2, it was released and had to be a free gift! However, this poor F9 has a performance different from that of ordinary entry plugs. The single end of the plug has already shown the potential of analysis on the basis of balanced tuning. After replacing the balance line with its own, the potential becomes small violence. The analysis shows a certain degree of graininess and the sound field is forcibly expanded. Such a quality-oriented style makes the details in the music no longer just details. When listening to "Hotel California 1994 live", I even feel that the applause and roar of the audience below are sometimes overwhelming. However, it is undeniable that X7 MK2 has already made F9 full of quality. As the official CP combination of Feiao, X7 MK2 F9 is really good.
, such as GR07c, which has recently been popular for the n th time, and open earplugs S2, which have been sold for several days by Philips's official flagship store as clearance price, which are also used to test the bottom of the sound. The sounds are quite in tune. Then a closer look will find that the timbre of these plugs is generally balanced, with X7 MK2 inserted and the hearing feeling is relatively balanced.
this makes me a little panic. What kind of performance will X7 MK2 give to those headphones with obvious tendencies?
FW001. The whole frame of FW001 connected to the balance port is beginning to take shape. The whole sound field and formation make people like facing a large-scale palace. But most of the momentum of FW001 lies in the control of low frequency collection and release, and X7 MK2 obviously does not eat this set-low frequency more? Cut a little here and reduce a little there; Good strength? A softer inside and a softer outside-in short, after listening, no matter single-ended or balanced, I really can't tell the FW001 that once amazed me.
FX99X. A very warm plug within a thousand yuan, or JVC, is very suitable for listening to rock music and electronic music. The plug was taken out just a few days after Linkin Park lead singer Chester Bennington hanged himself and opened my favorite "I'll Be Gone" to listen sadly. However, this match disappointed me a little and overshadowed the sadness of the death of my favorite lead singer: FX99X still retains a lot of low frequency, but it is difficult to get together and the force is too scattered. Although it is still far from the head boom, it has lost its due level. The intermediate frequency and human voice are even more inconsistent, and the Bennington dark metal voice is full of tension, at the end of the song, the long whistle of "I'll be gone" lost its anger but added a sense of powerlessness, which made the emotional tone of the whole song be reversed for no reason.
FLC8s. I didn't like the sound of this plug very much during the previous audition. The so-called 4*3*3=36 tuning styles. Apart from the position near the front end of the filter screen, I think it is still a little reliable. The sound of the plug in the other two positions basically has various problems-low frequency roughness, sound bottom thorn, etc. However, when using X7 MK2 for audition, the problem continues to be amplified. After debugging several sets of plugs according to the official recommendation of FLC8s, I finally lost patience and replaced all positions with plugs with the weakest bass effect. In principle, the background should be more transparent, the human voice and high frequency should be more ethereal, right? As a result, the permeability is OK, the purity of the sound has also improved greatly, but I am afraid it is a bit exaggerated to use "ethereal" to describe the human voice and high frequency-the sound is very light, very floating, but lack of agility, and does not reflect enough high-frequency extension, string luster.
in general, on the one hand, the balance port provides more powerful sound output, on the other hand, the quality of the sound line and the sense of hearing create another kind of balance, and its own balance also requires headphones to match in this direction.
It can be said that X7 MK2 is a bit capricious. However, we know that Feiao is a national brick manufacturer that has always adhered to its own sound route. X7 MK2 has already contributed enough hard-core qualities, and the rest can be seen to be its dominant desire for the performance style of music and sound.
faced with so many definitions of "balance", I suddenly want to say that X7 MK2 is a bit stubborn in balance. Balancing the design language and market feedback, balancing its own sound characteristics and musical sense, even the price level can be said to balance the thickness of many people's wallets and their expectations for sound......
this balance, stubborn, but also stubborn lovely.
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