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    Knowledge Zenith (KZ) impressions thread

    Thanks! Will try to get the pro one during 11/11 Aptx is the high bitrate but it goes to one side who then passes the data to the other. On your phone you will only see 1 paired BT either L or R. This introduces a bit more lag, and also potentially more interference as one side will have to...
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    Knowledge Zenith (KZ) impressions thread

    For those who have the BT20s regular or pro, does it have aptx tws or just aptx? Any lag? Is the pro model worth it over the regular? Seems the only difference is the charging case, which admittedly is nice, but it's roughly double in price on taobao.
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    Knowledge Zenith (KZ) impressions thread

    Not sure where larger vents are, just looks like a tight mesh to me, so it's not entirely open but there is enough room for some air and sound to flow. IMO it's a good balance, we use IEMs partly for the isolation and if it was fully open many ppl probably wouldn't like it. Edit: just tried the...
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    Knowledge Zenith (KZ) impressions thread

    KZ ZAX in the house! Still need to run them in but initial impressions are very good. Some key points: - vents are real, sound does come out of the vents. There's a tight mesh of course so it isnt like a fully open back but the airyness is there and isolation is less than normal IEMs like my...
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    Knowledge Zenith (KZ) impressions thread

    been a looooong time since I posted here, my last KZ purchase was the AS10! anyway, just ordered the ZAX as I was browsing items for 9/9 sale on taobao and came across it, the black ones look awesome! just hope they aren't too big, I had to sell my ZS10 before as they hurt my ears after a...
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    Knowledge Zenith (KZ) impressions thread

    I concur on the fit issue. It doesn't stay in too well and after just 20-30 minutes it will hurt my ears when I smile e.g. using it to watch SNL... A shame since the SQ is really quite good, but I might go back to ZSR as my daily driver...
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    Knowledge Zenith (KZ) impressions thread

    just get the trn bt cable with aptx, unless you specifically need AAC
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    Knowledge Zenith (KZ) impressions thread

    I was under the impression that no apple products support aptX coz they use AAC?
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    Knowledge Zenith (KZ) impressions thread

    I bought mine on taobao, together with my ZS10. There are indeed 2 versions, older module only supports SBC, the newer one supports aptX. I don't see any physical distinguishing features between the 2, other than from the shop listing, so I would say get it from a reliable source in case there...
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    Knowledge Zenith (KZ) impressions thread

    The black pair I got do look nicer than the official pictures which look more like renders. Also from what I can see through the transparent case, the DD, the pair of mid BA and the pair of tweeter BA are all separated by plastic walls inside the housing, so there are like "channels" from each...
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    Knowledge Zenith (KZ) impressions thread

    The only thing I'm sad about ZS10 is no more kickass packaging (I got the nice black box for ZS5)....tho I guess their margins are thin enough already.
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    Knowledge Zenith (KZ) impressions thread

    They added the lip to the ZSR too...but maybe the ZS10 shells were made prior to this, as rumors for the ZS10 (then called ZSR pro) were at least a few months if not a year ago...
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    Knowledge Zenith (KZ) impressions thread

    Added an update to my earlier post. Soundstage is one of the widest I've ever heard on IEMs. I thought ZS5 was a big improvement on ZST for soundstage already, but ZS10 is even wider... Imaging and separation is also improved over ZSR, likely due to the crossovers. Vs ZS5 I feel like ZS5 has...
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    Knowledge Zenith (KZ) impressions thread

    Tried the TRN Bluetooth aptx module with the ZS10 as well, works very well, I'm struggling to hear differences LOL. And yes Apt-X works, it shows up on my phone saying apt-x is the protocol being used. Range is better than the KZ module, though too many thick walls in between will still result...
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    Knowledge Zenith (KZ) impressions thread

    ZS10 is in da house! Braided stock cable (with mic confirmed) is heappppps better than the old sticky rubber cable. It's about 3cm longer than the ZSR stock cable and 10cm longer than my ZS5v1 stock cable (w/ 3 button remote), so that's nice. Very brief first impressions vs ZSR and ZS5v1 ZS10...
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