The new Frontier Series earphones from FiR Audio bring unparalleled openness and space. The new line-up consists of three new offerings: Neon 4, Krypton 5, and the flagship Xenon 6 which all come in Universal-Fit and Custom-Fit models.The new series features the ground-breaking Kinetic Bass technology, a hybrid-conduction system that takes the In-Ear Monitor sound experience to a whole new level. Kinetic Bass is bass you can feel.
Conventional In-Ear Monitors (IEMs) can often lack depth and feel because they only provide you with half the sound. When you listen to music in a natural open-ear environment, you hear sound in two ways: air conduction and bone conduction. Air conduction is sound that you hear with your eardrums. Bone conduction is the conduction of sound through the bones in your head as it reaches the inner ear (cochlea). Hybrid conduction is when you can hear with both, air conduction and bone conduction.
Kinetic Bass is accompanied by Open Acoustics system, a design that removes all sound tubes, ATOM venting technology which allows venting of air pressures that are built up in the ear canal, and Rigid Technologies which feature modular components to provide audio professionals and hobbyists with an expedited stress-free after sales experience. More about this new technologies can be found on the FiR Audio website.
The Neon 4 is for the lover of smooth, creamy sounds. Which it achieves without sacrificing resolution. The Neon 4’s highlight lies in its lush, upper mids and trebles. As well as a stellar sense of space and positioning from its ATOM XS module. Place these characteristics on a snappy, speedy bass foundation for an immersive, detail- oriented listen.The Neon 4 features a machined aluminum shell, a sapphire glass faceplate, equipped with 3 balanced armature drivers, a 10mm dynamic driver for lows, fed into FiR Audio’s Kinetic Bass port.
Specifications:
1x 10mm Kinetic Bass Dynamic Driver
1x OpenDriver Balanced Armature Driver for bass
1x OpenDriver Balanced Armature Driver for mids
1x OpenDriver Balanced Armature Driver for highs (with Sound Reflector)
The pinnacle of 5-driver carry-sized sound. The Krypton 5 is technical performer with outstanding quality and clarity. Handling each note, instrument and layer with delicacy and care. Snappy impactful bass forms the backbone to the Krypton 5’s textured presentation. Making for a crystal-clear, enjoyable audiophile IEM. The Krypton 5 features a machined aluminum shell, a sapphire glass faceplate, is outfitted with 4 balanced armature drivers, a 10mm dynamic driver for lows, fed into FiR Audio’s Kinetic Bass port.
Specifications:
1x 10mm Kinetic Bass Dynamic Driver
1x OpenDriver Balanced Armature Driver for bass
2x OpenDriver Balanced Armature Driver for mids
1x OpenDriver Balanced Armature Driver for highs (with Sound Reflector)
A full-range IEM that brings the scale and grandeur of a natural setting back to any recording. One for the purist who relishes each sound in its most natural, dynamic state. It features a stainless-steel shell, a sapphire glass faceplate, equipped with 4 balanced armature drivers, a 10mm dynamic driver for lows, fed into a Kinetic Bass port. Tied together by an electrostatic driver that elevates the track’s finer details. Lifelike resolution, unlike anything you’ve ever heard before.
Specifications:
1x 10mm Kinetic Bass Dynamic Driver
1x OpenDriver Balanced Armature Driver for bass
2x OpenDriver Balanced Armature Driver for mids
1x OpenDriver Balanced Armature Driver for highs (with Sound Reflector)
1x OpenDriver Electrostatic Driver for ultra highs
FiR Audio Neon 4 Universal MSRP €2399
FiR Audio Krypton 5 Universal MSRP €3099
FiR Audio Xenon 6 Universal MSRP €3999