KZ ZS10 pro 2 arriving tomorrow. Let's see if @PhonoPhi 's strong review of them holds up? Merga and Hydro right behind, and should be here by end of week. TRN Conch is TRN's best selling IEM. Even more so that the ST7, which surprises me, but in a way, with all the accessories that come with...

p.s. One of their biggest DRAWBACKS is the power is on the weaker side. Most need amps if you truly want to push them with power, but mostly, I use them amped or unamped.

First and foremost, and anyone else with a Sony, feel free to back me up, the Sony "house sound" is creamy smooth, musical, and still packs excitement, just in a "mature" sort of way. It's not a bright or strident sound, or disjointed, but very harmonious, smooth, and musical as I mentioned. Not...

LOL These comments made me LOL for reals! I think CCA/KZ took a bath on that NRA, because they never came back with a Pokémon of that IEM using the MST/EST that was in the NRA. Nope. Completely forgotten.

So if I douse the CCA NRA with bleach, will it improve the sound, because at the moment, they sound like crap. LOL

Yeah, between short nozzles, which make fit tricky, and the extreme swing between the two nozzle sound sigs (I wish there was a middle ground nozzle), I just prefer to put them to bed for awhile.

Funny you mention the wooden box, because I just placed the Oriveti OD200 in the box just now. Listened to that Slash album with them, and though I really enjoyed the visceral feeling of the OD200, I prefer other things, they lack air with the silver filter, but the black filter gives them too...

That would be a freakin' dream!! Don't get me started! An updated improved A17?! Sheeet....I'm be a first day buyer! I have that very same combo as your first pic up top, though I have a black A17 now and not the Silver (my now dead OG is the Silver one, and the Senns).

At that price...tempered.

Quit trying to get me to cave and buy one LOL I already have 4 incoming, bro! :thumbsup: :ksc75smile:

Don't call me Al. Oh you mean Ai! LOL

That A17 is such an unsung hero. My portable buddy, but no slouch in technicalities. My old one died after 8 years in 2023, so I immediately went into the market and replaced it. Year 9 with one of these in my possession.

LOL Love that description! The difference between a Red Robin Burger and Wendy's (though tbh, I love both for what they are lol)

You're my go-to guy recently, so I'll be waiting for your review. Cheers!

Well, one seems to have that special sauce Elysian treble, and the other one seems to have tamer more rolled off treble according to the graphs and comments, so I'd say if you love your treble, the Noir might be your pick, and if you're someone that like more bass with less emphasis on the top...