Great review, I got my Fan3 couple of months ago and I spent some hours to understand and train my brain to the BC , after that it was just unbelievable how amazing this iem has became…
Ooohhh yeah..at last 😅 Thanks for a great review as always. Got mine few days ago... already had the fan 2 which i liked but after just 10 hours or so of listening, i also find that the fan 3 is in another level Thanks again ❤
Do you think it's worth the extra money? I have the Fan 2 and am pretty happy with it. Not sure if the 3 is worth the diference (i bought the fan2 with 50% off). Maybe 11.11 will make it worthwhile 😅
I also bought my set with a 50% discount, so for a $174, its a no brainer upgrade ;) I also opted for the space modular cable ..it was also half the price which was $50 instead of $100. 😊
Great review Akros! I love my Fan 2 but always wanted a touch more bass and a little more treble, Done with the Fan 3! Fantastic sounding. I have always wanted the ISN H60 but wonder now if it would be worth the purchase since the Fan 3 arrived? Thanks again for all your hard work Akros!
Great review Akros. thanks so much. as someone who owns a penon fan 2 (my start to the audiophile journey xD) i hope penon keep launching these great iems. i like their sound signature. I love the sound on the penon fan 2 but i changed the cable (its awful imo) and i also had fit issues with the iem itself... kept switching tips to find something that suited me more and kept the damn thing in place. ahah. still love it ps. penon does quite a few promos throughout the year and i bought the fan 2 50% off last christmas. :) just need to create an account on their website.
I'm trying to decide between this and the Performer 5+2. They are both the exact same price at the moment on Aliexpress. What would you choose, having heard both? Thanks!
@@balzinderchhabra8804 both have more similarities than differences. I think that what you listen too will probably help you decide. More musical ....more technical Neither are technical prodigies, both are very musical.
The Fan 3 and Shock made me ignore most other sets without bone conduction. I picked up the DMA as well, and I'm hoping the upcoming ISN EBC80 will be the Shock+H60 upgrade that will make me stop looking at new releases for a couple years.
Thanks for another penon review, hope you may bring the review of a sibling the Tansio Shock with a strange shell that cannot compete in beauty with other Tnasios but offers a lot of flexibility to make your custom sound + bone conduction.
You got me hyped for this one, though knowing Penon, I'll wait for the 50% discount coupons that are sure to land in their newsletter. Still thoroughly enjoying the fan2.
When i hit Checkout on Aliexpress it rounds to about 230$ total. But yeah, i'll wait to grab it for cheaper too. No point in spending 350$ for a product that goes down to 170-180$ from what i've read on Head-Fi. Classic Aliexpress nonsense, Fan 3 is about 70$ cheaper than Fan 2 for whatever reason. Funnily, even w/o "price adjustments due to VAT", just looking at Penons store, Fan 3 says 277$ and Fan 2 340$.
Thank you very much for this review. Before investing in the Oriolus Isabellae Set. I'm looking for a set closer to this one. With all your experience, can you guide me please? Maybe top 5 under $250 close to 90% :-)
The Fan 3 has the most accurate sound reproduction, timbre and tonality, for the money, of all the iems I own, and everyone in the iem game should buy a set. Unlike Akros, my Fan 3 required no burn in and no brain burn with bone conduction on, as though Penon had already burned it in for me right out of the box. Perhaps set variance? Fan 3 is a movie iem in my opinion, with the BC on it widens the sound stage and enhances Dolby Atmos / DTS X, and with the ergonomic fit, it's amazing for long hours of movie and TV marathoning! @Akros, have you watched a movie with the Fan 3 yet? I highly recommend it. Dunu SS tips or Penon Liqueur Silicone tips, improve the Fan 3. Also, you forgot to add the graphs at the end of the video.
I loved my Fan 3, was my first Penon Iem, crazy good for my library which is old rock and rock ballads mostly. But after watching your videos and researching I will be upgrading to Penon 10th anniversary this week. I also had the Hype 4 and preferred the mids on Penon, while Hype was still a more technically advanced and competent I enjoyed Fan 3 more. It’s all about that tuning! 😊
@@amanieux Hype 4 has way more bass, I liked that and the overall technicalities. The bass on the Fan 3 is nice, but it is a way more polite presentation. Fan 3 was great mid volume due to that, but I very often listen at low volumes while working, practicing my craft. And boosted bass helps to keep the immersion. Despite all that I sold both and will be getting something new on these 11.11 sales. Thinking ISN H60 or maybe EST50
@@amanieux Got My H60 with OCC849 Cable. It's almost exactly what I wanted. It has bass that rivals Hype 4, and more midbass to be honest which i like a lot. It's also an energetic iem. Very nice lively sound, full and vibrant. But to me it has more natural vocals than the HYPE4. Consider it a little worse looking, but more natural sounding Hype4. Although they need tip rolling to find the right match, as the 5-6khz are might be too prominent on some. Stock tips work great, but I found good luck with Divinus Velvet, new LS tips from Penon, or my trusty Spinfit W1. Although Spinfit can be the most spicy of them all.
To reach the goal of 10,000 subscribers and not change the format of videos, you need to focus on the mass market, popular inexpensive (200 USD max) headphones, and it is desirable to do reviews faster than others (or more or less simultaneously with other reviewers). Penon is cool, no questions. But few people will buy it, compared to the army of KZ fans. For example, if you do a review of the new Castor Pro, views and subscriptions will definitely grow. You can compare it with the much-hyped EDC Pro/Saga/Dawn, as well as the new FiiO JD10. The new FiiO FP3 planar is also of great interest to everyone. FiiO made a planar! Wow! People love FiiO. People love KZ. It is clear that this is not as interesting as Penon, etc. for review. But such is reality)) Good luck! You deserve SO MUCH MORE than 10,000. I can say that for CERTAINLY after 17 years of experience in this hobby.
@@MaLaLiberty my friend what PENON allows or not is beyond me. I am not a biased person or afraid to speak my mind , so if you are implying that I am " biased" let me say that I am not for sale.....sure as hell not for a IEM.
Hm? Penon is extremely niche and they send review units to just handful of people. I'd agree with your statement if we talk about Moondrop but most of Penon lovers buy their products themselves. Heck, the Fan 3 has like 2 reviews on TH-cam, Penon doesn't seem to have interest in sending everyone and their moms a set for publicity/recognition whatsoever. Look at ZiiGaat, Penon is no different - underwhelming unboxing experience (better than ZiiGaat ofc), packing top quality drivers and unique tuning without focusing on external nonsense. TLDR : People love them for their sound instead of gimmicks.
@@akros9333I know it wasn’t an attack towards you but a consequence of their actions. I don’t personally know you, so I am not in a position to judge if it is genuine or not. Both ways you would have said the same. Anyways, I like your reviews keep going on.
Beware of Penon's after-sales service which is bad and does not respond to emails. Obliged to open a Paypal dispute at my level for an order most likely lost
@@akros9333 Hello. Thanks. I warned Penon who asked me to wait. An order that seems lost since October 16. I had to post on HEADFI to get a personalized response. Another guy has had the same problem for over a month.He also talked about it on Headfi
@@jtool4 They must be contacted by email directly. I only received my cable yesterday. An ISN G4. With a completely screwed MMCX connector. I will return it for refund. Fed up with penon
@@jtool4 friend I accept and respect your opinion. Personally I find the FAN3 implementation great, if you don't and if others share that opinion, that's fine....we are all entitled to it. As for the price let's me honest here....anything above 100usd is no longer worth the money. A decent sub 100usd IEM will satisfy 95% of the population, 99% of the time. It's us the somewhat unstable ones that try to find reasons to justify spending crazy amounts of money....here's a good analogy for.you, a Toyota Camry will take you from A to B perfectly...some of us want to.believe a Bentley Continental does it better!!!
@@akros9333 Sure but when the Bentley has known reliability problems, under preforms and is constantly in the shop.... Why bother toting its comfortable to sit in?
why do you say BC implemention on fan3 is a failure ? i don't read that on headfi reviews. at $350 i t may not be worth it but we can get 50% rebate and get it at $175 is it worth it at this price ?
I would say you are still better off going another route at 175. What's interesting is penon refuses to post any negative reviews, that may be why you don't see the disappointment from these. My davinci I got after these blew the fan3 out of the water across the board. I say they were s failure because it's less then a 5% difference at best, why pay for something that's minimal? Even in this review the reviewer said it's minimal.
@jtool4 I agree , DaVinci is a better IEM, but as I also say, PENON is not for every, they have their style and their fans. Also they always accomplish what the design premise set out to do. But this is as simple as the following.....I'll take a BMW (DaVinci) over a Hyundai ( Fan3) any day even if price is the same.....but some might take the Hyundai because they like it better for some reason. It must sound good to you and that's what counts when push comes to shove
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Great review, I got my Fan3 couple of months ago and I spent some hours to understand and train my brain to the BC , after that it was just unbelievable how amazing this iem has became…
Jumping in to listen to your take. I just finished, and concur with you; also find the H60 more energetic and prefer the Fan3 for longer listening.
Such a fun set!
Ooohhh yeah..at last 😅
Thanks for a great review as always.
Got mine few days ago... already had the fan 2 which i liked but after just 10 hours or so of listening, i also find that the fan 3 is in another level
Thanks again ❤
Do you think it's worth the extra money? I have the Fan 2 and am pretty happy with it. Not sure if the 3 is worth the diference (i bought the fan2 with 50% off). Maybe 11.11 will make it worthwhile 😅
I also bought my set with a 50% discount, so for a $174, its a no brainer upgrade ;)
I also opted for the space modular cable ..it was also half the price which was $50 instead of $100.
😊
@@ilanspiro1645 whoah. Nice
@@JoseFerreira-zb7whyes it’s well worth the upgrade!
@@ilanspiro1645 how did you get the 50% discount?
Great review. Sounds a lot like my BGVP DMA (but on a pure 6/7N pure copper cable). Will you do a compare?
Looking forward to more bone conduction IEMs from you, thanks Tony
Great review Akros! I love my Fan 2 but always wanted a touch more bass and a little more treble, Done with the Fan 3! Fantastic sounding. I have always wanted the ISN H60 but wonder now if it would be worth the purchase since the Fan 3 arrived? Thanks again for all your hard work Akros!
Great review Akros. thanks so much.
as someone who owns a penon fan 2 (my start to the audiophile journey xD) i hope penon keep launching these great iems. i like their sound signature.
I love the sound on the penon fan 2 but i changed the cable (its awful imo) and i also had fit issues with the iem itself... kept switching tips to find something that suited me more and kept the damn thing in place. ahah. still love it
ps. penon does quite a few promos throughout the year and i bought the fan 2 50% off last christmas. :)
just need to create an account on their website.
Cable was absolutely horrible. Just switched to a normal $15 cable so I can finally enjoy these earphones.
Will you be reviewing the Muse M5 Ultra? Would be interesting if the Fan3 pairs with it well.
I'm trying to decide between this and the Performer 5+2. They are both the exact same price at the moment on Aliexpress. What would you choose, having heard both? Thanks!
@@balzinderchhabra8804 both have more similarities than differences.
I think that what you listen too will probably help you decide.
More musical ....more technical
Neither are technical prodigies, both are very musical.
The Fan 3 and Shock made me ignore most other sets without bone conduction. I picked up the DMA as well, and I'm hoping the upcoming ISN EBC80 will be the Shock+H60 upgrade that will make me stop looking at new releases for a couple years.
You and I both.. Shock is so good!
Thanks for another penon review, hope you may bring the review of a sibling the Tansio Shock with a strange shell that cannot compete in beauty with other Tnasios but offers a lot of flexibility to make your custom sound + bone conduction.
Thanks for your honest thoughts on this special IEM! So there´s a good chance that I will love this set if i loved the Fan2 before???
@@munter68 I think you will, unless you prefer the less treble detail present on the FAN2 better.
You got me hyped for this one, though knowing Penon, I'll wait for the 50% discount coupons that are sure to land in their newsletter. Still thoroughly enjoying the fan2.
They had them at Preorder
When i hit Checkout on Aliexpress it rounds to about 230$ total. But yeah, i'll wait to grab it for cheaper too. No point in spending 350$ for a product that goes down to 170-180$ from what i've read on Head-Fi.
Classic Aliexpress nonsense, Fan 3 is about 70$ cheaper than Fan 2 for whatever reason. Funnily, even w/o "price adjustments due to VAT", just looking at Penons store, Fan 3 says 277$ and Fan 2 340$.
Thank you very much for this review. Before investing in the Oriolus Isabellae Set. I'm looking for a set closer to this one. With all your experience, can you guide me please? Maybe top 5 under $250 close to 90% :-)
How is the venting on the Fan 3? The Fan 2 sounded great, but the pressure build-up caused issues for me, and I had to sell mine.
No pressure buildup
Do I get it right? Fan 3 has more prominent midbass than 2? Midbass focus was my biggest issue with 2 next to overly warm and thick vocals.
Thank you Akros for another fine comparison, I'll settle on Fan 2, I'm not ready to part with that amount of money for bone conduction.
can you do the front vent mod on fan3 to boost a bit subbass ? ( i see a vent on the top but is it a front or a rear vent ?
The Fan 3 has the most accurate sound reproduction, timbre and tonality, for the money, of all the iems I own, and everyone in the iem game should buy a set. Unlike Akros, my Fan 3 required no burn in and no brain burn with bone conduction on, as though Penon had already burned it in for me right out of the box. Perhaps set variance? Fan 3 is a movie iem in my opinion, with the BC on it widens the sound stage and enhances Dolby Atmos / DTS X, and with the ergonomic fit, it's amazing for long hours of movie and TV marathoning! @Akros, have you watched a movie with the Fan 3 yet? I highly recommend it. Dunu SS tips or Penon Liqueur Silicone tips, improve the Fan 3. Also, you forgot to add the graphs at the end of the video.
Tony, is it worthwhile upgrading the Penon OS133(?) stock cable to the Penon Space?
@@bernardtan427 yes it's worthwhile
When are you going to show the graphs for the Penon Fan 3? Do you have an alternate site for those?
@@ShipwreckCoves will be done this week.... promise!! Apologies for delay!
Cool. It would be awesome if you uploaded your graphs to squiglink but I suppose that would crash the internet. 😉
I loved my Fan 3, was my first Penon Iem, crazy good for my library which is old rock and rock ballads mostly.
But after watching your videos and researching I will be upgrading to Penon 10th anniversary this week.
I also had the Hype 4 and preferred the mids on Penon, while Hype was still a more technically advanced and competent I enjoyed Fan 3 more. It’s all about that tuning! 😊
how does hype4 and fan3 compare on bass quantity ?
@@amanieux Hype 4 has way more bass, I liked that and the overall technicalities. The bass on the Fan 3 is nice, but it is a way more polite presentation.
Fan 3 was great mid volume due to that, but I very often listen at low volumes while working, practicing my craft. And boosted bass helps to keep the immersion. Despite all that I sold both and will be getting something new on these 11.11 sales. Thinking ISN H60 or maybe EST50
@@amanieux Got My H60 with OCC849 Cable. It's almost exactly what I wanted. It has bass that rivals Hype 4, and more midbass to be honest which i like a lot. It's also an energetic iem. Very nice lively sound, full and vibrant. But to me it has more natural vocals than the HYPE4. Consider it a little worse looking, but more natural sounding Hype4. Although they need tip rolling to find the right match, as the 5-6khz are might be too prominent on some. Stock tips work great, but I found good luck with Divinus Velvet, new LS tips from Penon, or my trusty Spinfit W1. Although Spinfit can be the most spicy of them all.
vs pula anvil 114 that also has a BC ?
Just received it. Will review and compare and then let you know
Bgvp dma is awesome too, but the BC isn’t very noticeable on it. Very different than fan 3.
It's definitely noticeable on the DMA! I'd take it over the fan 3 any day.
It's my first pennon iem and liked a lot , listen to the Kraftwerk 3 d album
To reach the goal of 10,000 subscribers and not change the format of videos, you need to focus on the mass market, popular inexpensive (200 USD max) headphones, and it is desirable to do reviews faster than others (or more or less simultaneously with other reviewers). Penon is cool, no questions. But few people will buy it, compared to the army of KZ fans. For example, if you do a review of the new Castor Pro, views and subscriptions will definitely grow. You can compare it with the much-hyped EDC Pro/Saga/Dawn, as well as the new FiiO JD10. The new FiiO FP3 planar is also of great interest to everyone. FiiO made a planar! Wow! People love FiiO. People love KZ. It is clear that this is not as interesting as Penon, etc. for review. But such is reality)) Good luck! You deserve SO MUCH MORE than 10,000. I can say that for CERTAINLY after 17 years of experience in this hobby.
Sadly penon don’t allow bad reviews. So, of course this ain’t a bad review. What can we get from this? 😂
@@MaLaLiberty my friend what PENON allows or not is beyond me.
I am not a biased person or afraid to speak my mind , so if you are implying that I am " biased" let me say that I am not for sale.....sure as hell not for a IEM.
Hm? Penon is extremely niche and they send review units to just handful of people. I'd agree with your statement if we talk about Moondrop but most of Penon lovers buy their products themselves. Heck, the Fan 3 has like 2 reviews on TH-cam, Penon doesn't seem to have interest in sending everyone and their moms a set for publicity/recognition whatsoever. Look at ZiiGaat, Penon is no different - underwhelming unboxing experience (better than ZiiGaat ofc), packing top quality drivers and unique tuning without focusing on external nonsense.
TLDR : People love them for their sound instead of gimmicks.
@@akros9333I know it wasn’t an attack towards you but a consequence of their actions. I don’t personally know you, so I am not in a position to judge if it is genuine or not. Both ways you would have said the same. Anyways, I like your reviews keep going on.
@@MaLaLiberty point taken.... didn't intend to perhaps be a little harsh, but I am a little tired of getting these sort of comments.
My apologies! 😔
Tony is a straight shooter. He gives his honest opinion, be it positive or negative.
no graph part...
Beware of Penon's after-sales service which is bad and does not respond to emails. Obliged to open a Paypal dispute at my level for an order most likely lost
@@wissembarki8637 sorry to hear you had problems. If you want I can try to help you. Please share what was the problem you had.
Thanks for the head-up
@@akros9333 Hello. Thanks. I warned Penon who asked me to wait. An order that seems lost since October 16. I had to post on HEADFI to get a personalized response. Another guy has had the same problem for over a month.He also talked about it on Headfi
Shit. Mine just arrived this morning for return. Should I just start a dispute?
@@jtool4 They must be contacted by email directly. I only received my cable yesterday. An ISN G4. With a completely screwed MMCX connector. I will return it for refund. Fed up with penon
What’s a drangon?
Этот товар не стоит своих денег.
These are probably the worst IEMs for $350. The BC on them are trash, read other reviews.
@@jtool4 friend I accept and respect your opinion. Personally I find the FAN3 implementation great, if you don't and if others share that opinion, that's fine....we are all entitled to it. As for the price let's me honest here....anything above 100usd is no longer worth the money. A decent sub 100usd IEM will satisfy 95% of the population, 99% of the time.
It's us the somewhat unstable ones that try to find reasons to justify spending crazy amounts of money....here's a good analogy for.you, a Toyota Camry will take you from A to B perfectly...some of us want to.believe a Bentley Continental does it better!!!
@@akros9333 Sure but when the Bentley has known reliability problems, under preforms and is constantly in the shop.... Why bother toting its comfortable to sit in?
why do you say BC implemention on fan3 is a failure ? i don't read that on headfi reviews. at $350 i t may not be worth it but we can get 50% rebate and get it at $175 is it worth it at this price ?
I would say you are still better off going another route at 175.
What's interesting is penon refuses to post any negative reviews, that may be why you don't see the disappointment from these. My davinci I got after these blew the fan3 out of the water across the board. I say they were s failure because it's less then a 5% difference at best, why pay for something that's minimal? Even in this review the reviewer said it's minimal.
@jtool4 I agree , DaVinci is a better IEM, but as I also say, PENON is not for every, they have their style and their fans.
Also they always accomplish what the design premise set out to do.
But this is as simple as the following.....I'll take a BMW (DaVinci) over a Hyundai ( Fan3) any day even if price is the same.....but some might take the Hyundai because they like it better for some reason.
It must sound good to you and that's what counts when push comes to shove