Neutral and cool tuned. Very convenient. Not for everyone.

The dilemma with headphone reviews is yes, listen that is taken very subjectively true. To that we of personal taste, the most decisive criterion, and often a lack of opportunities for comparison. What John Doe is good, is for ordinary often not the last word.

Yet it gives me the Ultimate Ears Super.fi5 pretty easy to give my impressions sound again and allocate quite a clientele who can have their fun with this earphone.

Let us begin with the crucial point - the sound - and then work our way through to accessories, feel and processing:

The Ultimate Ears Super.fi5, priced already classified in the upper middle class exist internally or from a single driver, which ensures a completely neutral, but slightly cool sound. The frequency band is tuned very evenly. The .fi5 act something boring, especially when it comes to wearing warm instruments or dynamic passages before.
The subtlety and clarity is beyond any doubt. Instruments are clearly recognizable and consistently keep their position, although the stage, trying the .fi5 build, very narrow and rather in, instead of being shown in front of the head. This is due to their high attenuation of ambient noise. Tanks and S-sounds are represented hissing free and the resolution is very fine and detailed.

Listeners who previously had bass driven earphones, such as the popular mainstream models CX300 Sennheiser, will definitely miss the bass, but also be surprised at the sudden clarity and high resolution that can be achieved with premium earphones.
It should be noticed how the music was overwhelmed with the mainstream models from Bass.

Unfortunately, it's exactly the lower frequency region which causes the UE Super.fi5 being boring through the neutral and cool vote.
It comes over no heat. With live recordings are lacking punch and dynamics in order to be able to immerse themselves in the action.

So here are the ghosts are divorced and my recommendation is: who is on clear, clean and cool sound, gets a lot offered here.
It is not about or underemphasized. Only in very full orchestras of .fi5 comes sometimes in a little trouble in the midrange. But this is "whine" at a high level.

Who but warmer and more dynamic like, should refrain from the .fi5.
Lover of Bass-driven music or "bath-vote" is completely discouraged.
I, who love to listen to Jean Michel Jarre would not have been happy with the cool vote. I feel the .fi5 after some time even as too strenuous for my ears.

A little on the edge, but important to know: High-quality earphones, as the UE Super.fi5, are merciless when it says expose bad players.
Due to their low internal resistance the .fi5 of cheap players tend rushing to clear, what is not the quality of earphones, but which of the player in question. In return, there are high volumes even with low power dissipation.
As Rauschfrei I can definitely attest to the iPod nano 4th generation and iPhone 3G.

Let's talk about accessories, haptics, processing:

The .fi5 are 4 pairs of silicone essays in 3 sizes and 2 pairs of foam ear pads sets in, which provide the best fit and probably dampen most outside noise. It really should be there for everyone.
When using the .fi5 could be used also showing up both down, than. In this case, the cable is guided around the ear. The seat is thus really very comfortable and safe.

One more thing: The use of the bed there is no obstacle, you can through the slim design very well be on the earphones, without that they would start to press.

Little reassuring is the plug of .fi5. The cable ends in a rather hard piece of plastic and reports I can about a possible cable break at this point, although not confirmed, but understand.
A solution to the problem, it could in my view be to draw a piece of heat shrink tubing over the connector and some mm over the cable so that it assumes an exculpatory function. The plug of the Philips SHE-9800 is built on this principle and keeps properly.

The cables are securely attached to the earphones and not interchangeable. The earphones themselves are color coded - red = right. This is very handy.

For the safe custody and transport is attached a simple plastic box, in the rolled up into the UEs fit. Not pretty, not very valuable, but adequate in terms of function. Furthermore, a small tool to clean the sound channels.

In summary:

The Ultimate Ears Super.fi5 offer a very detailed, differentiated, this rather cool and neutral sound. The resolution is very good and very large orchestra prepare the .fi5 sometimes notice some difficulties. Due to the very high attenuation is not wide stage can form. Nevertheless, instruments are easily determined and remain at their positions. The .fi5 show less dynamic and different neutral when playing in the bass range.
The finish is neat but slightly below the level that you would expect in this price range. The transition from cable to plug affects vulnerable.
The accessory is rich with its many earpads sets, the shipping seems little wertig, but served its purpose.

All in all a very good earphones, but which is not suitable for everyone. Buy recommendation for those who are on the cool, neutral sound.
No buy recommendation for listeners who prefer warmer and more dynamic sound.
Definitely not recommended for those who are on extended bass.