ātreble is a bit too aggressiveā
āsometimes the treble might get hotā
āthe treble is too elevatedā
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ok, so I have to apologize because English is not my first language, I have been living in the US several years, but it is clear that I must be wrong.
When I read harsh I understood something scratching, distorted, shrilling, uncomfortable. But I am seeing that harsh can be translated also as just āhardā or āroughā.
What I mean is: you can say that bass is too elevated, too aggressive, but it still can be clean and smooth.
So, in that sense, I would not say that FHEās treble is rough or harsh, it is just elevated, overepresented when you listen some kind of music at specific conditions. It is elevated in the metallic clap on electronic music. It can be ok at normal volume, but when you push it up, then it is when it can become hot (in the sense of tiring after a while), or aggressive (making you taking down the volume) , but still it sound pretty smooth and well defined.
I think that I have found a very good example on Injection from Allignment. This is probably my most listened song in 2021. At 2:40 it goes down to build a drop. At 3:00 the bass comes strong, spacious, energetic. The FHE does an amazing job here. It is great. You can increase the volume a lot. Then at 3:30 the metallic clap comes and it can be a little bit too loud. It not shrill, shouty, I would not say harsh, but, again English is not my first language. In any case, it gets much better when you lower the volume, everything sounds more balanced, and the treble is just there doing its work. Itās not annoying.
If I had to be more precise, I donāt know if makes sense to say that treble can become unbalanced when you push the volume up.
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That bass al 1:00 sounds delicious. And, overall, the song sounds really great on the FHE. Good soundstage, timber. Very good fit, hehe
What do you think about the treble? (first impressions are always subject to changesā¦)
I still have to do more tip rolling, because I remember the Azla tips to be on the brighter side, when I tried them on the Clarivoyanceā¦
Also, I use a Hidizs S9 Pro. I think that it sounds cleans and powerfull, but maybe other sources make it sound more relaxed on that treble. In any case, it sounds just great directly from the headphone jack on the phone.
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What tips are you using?
I found the trebles at the first time very harsh and metallic, but than i roll some narrow bore tips like spinfit100 l and m size and now Iām pretty much satisfied with the highs. maybe the burnin process will tame more them a little.
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Its the Tri i3 stock tips.
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Did anyone test it with the btr5 does it tame the highs and lessen the bass compared to other dac/amps ?
No needs to lessen the bass, its not a basshead iem ,basically it has an anemic sound
I donāt want to lessen the bass or tame the highs I want the opposite, I m kind of bass head , I just want to know if the btr5 does that so Iāll know which dac/amp to choose with it to at least keep the bass and treble as they are or make it even more , and if anyone tried with the balanced output on the btr5 , how does it sound ?
Donāt buy this overpriced 
. No body of sound. Absolutely no midbass slam. But the highs are the most horrible : Harsh ,metalic, unnatural, fatiguing. Ridiculous.
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Well, I am on the opposite side. The more I listen them, the more I like them. Thatās the beauty of this hobby. Different music, different tastes, make different preferences.
I think itās just preference, I donāt find anything ridiculous or horrible on them. You just donāt like them, and thatās perfectly fine. I think they are great, considering that they are on the 149$ bracket.
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how can you tolerate these screamig highs ? What kind of eartips you use ?
I am using the Azla Sedna Earfit Standard L size. These are supposed to be on the bright side.
I use a Hidizs S9 Pro dongle DAC connected to my Android phone. I listen music on Spotify.
I like warm and dark sound signatures, like the Modhouse MKIII, the Campfire Cascades or the Audeze LCD2Classic. I consider myself very treble sensitive.
Can you give an specific example (song and moment) that you find too screaming?
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Every track is harsh in which has high notes or cymbals. Every track lack of midbass. No midbass bleed ,because no midbass . Bad bad tuning. Try Blon BL01 for 15 dollars rather. The BL01 can push the bass at low volume, the fiio canāt.
Ah that makes alot of sense, you are after big boomy bass and strong mids and no treble, if thats the case stay as far away from Be/Be coated as possible as the main reason for using belelium is for thightness and control.
Actually if you can still find it sony XBA-N3ap might be your golden ticket.
There is also senheiser IE300 but that one is super out of the general price range of FH:E
Do you heard the fhe ?
No but I do have the FH3 and based of my friends impressions of his FH:E the midbass slam is certenly there but its alot cleaner and precise then the blon memes which is why Iām guessing you think there is no midbass since it doesnt last long enough and cover enough of the upper mids.
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Your friends ever heard the Sennheiser or the Sony ?
Show this to your friends
https://hbb.squig.link/?share=Fiio_X_Crinacle_FHE,BLON_01
The fiio is clearly much better technically, itās not question, but who cares if the fatiguing screaming armature highs are allways there.