FIIL DIVA headphone experience: Wang Feng spent a year to become a better product manager

In less than a year, Wang Feng brought out his second pair of headphones.

Unlike last year when he talked for hours into the teleprompter at the press conference, Wang Feng is now more adapted to his role as chairman and product manager. The newly launched FIIL DIVA headphones are indeed more exciting than the first generation.

Hi-Res and a better carrying case

The packaging style of FIIL DIVA has not changed much from the previous generation of products. It is all white, an Apple style, but the addition of a few logos on the surface greatly enhances the connotation of the headphones.

The first is Hi-Res. Hi-Res Audio is a high-resolution audio proposed and defined by Sony. It uses audio files with a resolution of 192kHz/24bit or higher. Its purpose is to express the ultimate music quality and reproduce the original sound. Although the quality of headphones is a matter of personal opinion, supporting Hi-Res at least shows that FIIL DIVA has a good foundation.

In addition, Qualcomm's apt-X technology also provides a strong guarantee for the sound transmission quality of Bluetooth wireless connections. This is the best Bluetooth audio solution at present except for Sony's own unique LDAC technology. The MFI certification is also not missing on FIIL DIVA, so Apple device users can buy it with confidence.

The carrying case is an indispensable part of headphones. FIIL DIVA continues to include it as a standard product and optimizes the design. The carrying case is designed with grooves that fit the shape of the headphones, which makes it look more upscale.

Lighter and more compact

FIIL DIVA has entered the stage of full-series wirelessization. The weight of the whole machine is about 215g, which is nearly 1/4 lighter than the previous generation wireless version, making you more willing to take it out.

Of course, an important reason for weight loss is that FIIL DIVA has become more compact and smaller. Without the huge earmuffs, the part that contacts the ears is almost designed into a flat surface. Although the wrapping is not bad, it still feels different from ordinary head-mounted monitoring headphones.

FIIL DIVA still uses reliable metal materials in some moving parts of the headphones. The headband is also very flexible and not easily damaged during daily use. However, the damping feeling when pulling outward is extremely subtle. If your head is not large enough to stretch the headphones to their maximum size, it is very likely that the left and right earmuffs will be one higher than the other.

Wireless performance without blind spots

FIIL DIVA's wireless design is extremely up-to-date, because even iPhone 7 and other devices may have to cancel the 3.5mm headphone jack. Instead of adapting to the special specifications of mobile phone manufacturers, it is better to just use Bluetooth to handle everything.

It is inevitable that some people will talk about the sound quality. According to the habit of most users who only listen to music on their smartphones, when the Sony MDR-1ABT with the killer LDAC is used on the iPhone, ordinary people can't actually hear much difference from the "color-matching" Beats Solo2 wireless. FIIL DIVA is based on such usage scenarios, and its actual sound quality performance is at the upper-middle level of Bluetooth wireless headphones.

The particularly outstanding advantage is that FIIL DIVA has ideal wireless connection efficiency, and the delay is basically non-existent. After a week of use in various environments, external interference only occurred at Beijing South Railway Station. At that place, there was no signal even for China Mobile 4G.

In terms of battery life, FIIL DIVA is the longest-lasting wireless Bluetooth headset we have ever used, bar none. The official claim is 33 hours. In daily life, this means you basically listen to music for 2 hours on your way to and from work, and you don't have to worry about charging on weekdays. If it really runs out of power, you can also find a headphone cable to connect it and continue using it. In addition, in wired state, FIIL DIVA will not improve the sound quality.

Various black technologies

From a product perspective alone, FIIL DIVA is much more eye-catching than the previous generation of products because of the addition of various novel features. When dogs play with black technology, they still hit many user pain points.

As an active noise-cancelling headphone, the side of FIIL DIVA clearly shows the pickup hole for noise reduction, and the headphone itself can be selected between three modes: noise reduction, monitoring and open, by turning the button. In open mode, it is no different from ordinary non-noise-cancelling headphones, so you will not miss the station sign prompts of the subway speaker. So, to be precise, this is a headphone that can both reduce noise and not reduce noise.

The most noteworthy thing is that the smart start and stop function is definitely a major innovation that will change your listening habits. When you get home and take off your headphones, FIIL DIVA can automatically sense this action and pause the music. It also supports third-party music software. In the first period of time after using it, we are still used to turning on the phone screen to verify whether the music is really paused. Fortunately, the accuracy of FIIL DIVA is almost 100%. Once you get addicted, you basically can't do without it.

However, gesture touch, which is regarded as another black technology, is not only not too black (there are already many headphones that support touch on the market), but may not be easy to use for most people. Due to its low precision, the volume adjustment by sliding the headphone shell often cannot reach the expected position, and the active control pause operation is not completed by touch, but requires pressing the power button of the headphone. It was a bit confusing at first which functions can be completed by touch, and even made us want to open the instruction manual. There is also a mobile phone APP that comes with the headphones. It is too complicated for a headphone to create an APP to reflect intelligence. Regardless of how much improvement FIIL's APP can bring to the headphones, it is actually good to directly connect FIIL DIVA to the mobile phone via Bluetooth and use it simply.

A new benchmark for domestic headphones

There is no doubt that the mid-to-high-end headphone market, which has been firmly dominated by foreign brands, has finally captured the attention of some young people due to the entry of Wang Feng's FIIL brand.

The second-generation product FIIL DIVA has been comprehensively upgraded. Technological innovation has brought about a substantial upgrade in the user experience, showing that half of the Chinese music scene has become more and more skilled in making headphones. The crowdfunding price of 799 yuan is closer to users than the previous generation of products, indicating that the FIIL brand is also gradually adapting to market demand, which will help build a wider user group.

As a winner of Toutiao's Qingyun Plan and Baijiahao's Bai+ Plan, the 2019 Baidu Digital Author of the Year, the Baijiahao's Most Popular Author in the Technology Field, the 2019 Sogou Technology and Culture Author, and the 2021 Baijiahao Quarterly Influential Creator, he has won many awards, including the 2013 Sohu Best Industry Media Person, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Beijing Third Place, the 2015 Guangmang Experience Award, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Finals Third Place, and the 2018 Baidu Dynamic Annual Powerful Celebrity.