INTRODUCTION

   If you enjoy listening to music while on the road or even while at home then you probably own a good pair of earphones or a good headset already. Still as some of you are well aware, we're always looking for the best price/performance ratio in just about anything in the electronics industry and to date I can't say that we've come across an audiophile grade pair of earphones that doesn't require you spending half or more of your monthly pay check. Sure we've had several interesting and impressive pairs of earphones reach our lab over the years but that doesn't mean we'd stop looking around for more and so recently we stumbled on a not so popular Chinese manufacturer by the name DUNU and after reading several interesting reports on their products by both satisfied customers and media we decided to take a closer look at their Falcon-C Hi-Res Earphones.

   DUNU was originally an OEM/ODM manufacturer established in 1994. DUNU focuses on development, manufacture and marketing professional earphone and ear bud products. Now DUNU has become one of worldwide famous earphone manufacturer and has the capability to develop driver units. Moreover, DUNU takes the lead in developing 6μ?5μ and 4μ, different high-accuracy composite and metal membranes, which enables DUNU to breaks the technology monopoly by Japan and German manufacturers. In the mean time, DUNU acquired many International acoustic research achievements and International Patents. With years of experiences, DUNU establishes its Leading in earphone and acoustic manufacture field. The head-quarter in Taiwan is the sales, R&D and administrative center. DUNU cultivates self R&D actively, holding the key technology and operating in with full rapid communication step by step in every process. Thus, DUNU earn customers’ trust through the whole journey.

  The new Falcon-C is DUNU's flagship Hi-Res Audio IEM based on two 9mm CNT (carbon nano-tubes) diaphragm dynamic drivers (10Hz-40KHz frequency response with 16Ohm impedance and 108dB +-3 SPL) housed inside ergonomically shaped black matte finish enclosures made out of liquid metal which are in turn connected with a 1.2 meter long detachable hand crafted braided silver-plated copper 6N OCC cable that features sturdy MMCX gold plated plugs on one end and an 3.5mm angled gold plated jack on the other. DUNU is not the first manufacturer to use liquid metal for their enclosures but honestly when it's up to 3 times more durable than stainless steel and offers better acoustics I don't understand why we don't see it more often in the industry (price is probably one of the factors but we're not talking about low-cost models here). DUNU also packs 3 different types of ear-tips with the Falcon-C designed to tune their audio according to your personal taste/preference (for example the popular SpinFit ear-tips improve bass while the silicon ear-tips improve mids and highs). So time for us to see exactly what the Falcon-C by DUNU are all about.