Packaging and Accessories

DUNU operates a web shop, and the FALCON PRO shipped directly from the company. As such, we also take a look at the shipping packaging consisting of a brown cardboard box aptly sized for the product box inside, with DUNU-marked tape to leave no doubt about what is inside. The product box gets plenty of bubble wrap all around for further protection, allowing for the retail unboxing experience to be pristine. I was told this is not necessarily a final version, but DUNU could have easily fooled me given the box got the typical plastic seal treatment to kick things off. The product box for the FALCON PRO is closer to the CORSAIR radioactive yellow than I'd like, but I suppose it does help distinguish it from others in a retail store.

On the front, and indeed going around the sides too, is a mix of the current and older DUNU logos strewn about like a bad alphabet soup. The product name and Hi-Res Audio certification greet us on the front at the bottom, with more relevant product information on the back in two languages. It is also here that we notice all this is on an outer sleeve over the inner box that needs to be pushed out the top or bottom for further access. This inner box is all black and again in cardboard, with a shiny DUNU logo printed on the front as seen above. DUNU is clearly a fan of two-piece packaging, as this box is also comprised of a lid that lifts upward and away.


The very first thing you see after opening said box is the case itself, but let that be a teaser while we look below first. We see shaped foam pieces on two corners to hold the case securely, with a pamphlet that talks about the new DUNU Q-Lock LITE cable system. The rest of the paperwork found underneath for some reason consists of duplicates and a QC sticker.


The accessory box has the DUNU logo on it, and you will become quite familiar with the brand name given it is on pretty much everything inside, including the five wax paper pouches that hold some of the many accessories coming with the FALCON PRO. There is also a drawstring fabric pouch similar to what we saw included with the Campfire Audio IEMs, in a light brown with the logo on the side. One of the aforementioned pouches is longer than the rest and contains a cleaning brush, as well as a 3.5 mm to 6.35 mm (1/4") metal adapter which comes gold-plated for oxidation resistance and with the DUNU logo on the body. The company also throws in a branded microfiber cloth to further help with the cleaning process.


The other four pouches each contain sets of ear tips, of which DUNU quite generously includes many. We have many types of silicone ear tips, including what appear to be TENNMAK Whirlwind tips in different sizes. These make for a good range of firmness options for the outer flange, too. However, missing is a set of foam ear tips. Still, these make for a richer assortment than I have found included with many other IEMs to date, including far more expensive ones.


Right, let's get back to the case now. To me, it's a gorgeous mix of a teal and turquoise exterior with a shiny DUNU logo out of discrete lettering on the front. This is a semi-hard case with a nicely contrasting zipper, and the case opens up to reveal even more accessories on top of the IEMs and cable itself. There is a large, separate compartment from a smaller one, and there is enough space for the IEMs and cable in the larger one, the fabric pouch from before with some replacement ear tips, and even some spare adapters as relevant.


What spare adapters, I hear you ask? This is part of DUNU's new Q-Lock LITE system we got the pamphlet for earlier, and it consists of replacement connectors to the source, each inside more of those wax paper pouches. Here, we find a balanced 2.5 mm right-angled connector as well as one in the 4.4 mm format. These are push-fit type connectors, differentiating the Q Lock Lite system from the higher-end screw-lock system DUNU employs with higher-end IEMs. There is also a set of colored replacement O-ring seals, related more to the replacement nozzles which we also find here. These come threaded onto a thick steel plate with laser-etched markings to denote which is which, and the middle set is missing, so it presumably is pre-installed on the IEMs out of the box. There are differently colored O-rings here, but let's more closely examine those in due time, before this unboxing section gets too long.


Ah, but before we do, let's talk about the packaging for the most important items here. DUNU has flooded us with so many goodies that the FALCON PRO itself almost got lost in the shuffle. The IEMs come with the cable pre-attached, and inside a larger plastic zip-lock bag with two smaller ones over each of the IEM buds. Separating the cable from the buds requires carefully prying apart the used MMCX connectors, which now reminds me of all the included accessories DUNU actually has not provided, including an MMCX removal tool as with a few other companies (IKKO, FiiO, etc). This would have certainly been handy here, but carefully hold the IEMs in one hand such that the other hand is on the cable connector and parallel to the body of the IEMs and tug backward deliberately without swinging around much, which should have the connectors pop out and separate. This allows for a closer examination of the cable by itself, which we will do on the next page.