THE FT3 & FT5

Both headphones are made out of metal alloys (aluminum for the FT3 and magnesium for the FT5), leatherette, memory foam and suede materials.

In terms of size, they are actually not that far apart and as for weight the FT3 weighs around 391g whereas the FT5 weighs around 456g.

FiiO has placed their logo on the exterior of both earcups and strangely enough even though the FT3 has leatherette cover for both the suspension system and the headband the FT5 has only for the suspension system (some people will like how this looks however).

Left and right markings are placed on the interior of both headphones with the ones of the FT5 being a lot easier to spot.

Needless to say, left and right markings are also placed right next to the 3.5mm ports located at the rear end of both earcups.

By default, the FT3 wears two medium sized suede covered memory foam earpads which you can swap for the bundled ones that have protein leather around them.

On the other hand, the FT5 has large earpads with left/right markings at their center which again you can swap for the bundled ones which this time over are entirely covered by protein leather.

By removing the earpad you can get a glimpse at how the twenty N52 neodymium magnets are positioned in each earcup.

As mentioned earlier even though the FT3 has leatherette used for both its headband and headpad the FT5 only has for the headpad (both look nice to me).

The leatherette covered carrying/storage cases are large enough to fit the headphones and their cables and of course the extra plugs.

Both the monocrystalline copper cable (3x3.5mm jacks) and the 3 extra audio plugs bundled with the FT3 are all gold plated.

Same of course is true for the FT5 bundle (worth pointing out is that by default the FT3 wears the 3.5mm plug and the FT5 the 4.4mm one).

For this review i primarily used the FiiO M15 and R7 music players.