CCA C12

I’ve been listening to my Fh7 earphones for 10 months and decided to change things up. I had planned to do a “Bang for the Buck” review of earphones/cables early last year, but I got ill, had two major surgeries and have only recently gotten back to about 90% of well. Anyway, these CCA12 iems hadn’t even gotten warmed up before I became ill, but after ~48 hours of random music at varying volumes, they are extremely crisp without annoying sibilance. The bass is strong but not rumbling. Three things you must realize is I have old man ears (higher frequencies are attenuated), my current DAP is an iBasso DX160, and my tips are Kbear 07. I tried a number of AliExpress available budget/midrange cables and my results are fairly consistent across cables, given that cables can favor different frequency ranges. If you’re a basshead, these might not be your choice. The bass is strong but it won’t blow you away. The strength of these iems is in the clarity of each sonic component. That being said, vocals are somewhat diminished, but the signature seems more of a “w” than a V. For their current price, you could make much worse decisions for buying cheap iems… YMMV, but I don’t think you’ll regret buying them.

Veredict

CCA tried to make a more smooth V-shaped profile, so they toned down all the spectrum as an attempt to neutrality - and it can work fine for some people. However, that can make the sound kind of gray, due to the lack of treble extension, midrange and presence.

Lows: 6,5
Mid-bass: 6,5
Mids: 6,0
Treble: 6,5
Resolution: 6,5
Soundstage: 6,5
Build quality: 8,5
Fit and comfort: 8,0

CCA is brand of KZ which makes great works. C12 is one them.

Let's start with package: it's simple, with silicon tips( KZ tips ), box and some paper stuff. Actually enough for me. The cable is typical KZ cable. I buyed with cubic braider silver upgrade cable which is great and worth every penny.

About Sound:
General impression is really good for such a cheap earphones. General signature is V shaped. Clear sound with good layering, actually layering and seperation can be best of price range here. Bass bleed is minimum, sometimes appear but not really make annoying. Sound is not in fuller or massive way. More like analytical but not fatiguing. I think CCA make a great balance about sound.

BASS:
Bass is very powerful, Sub bass can goes deep. Weighty and massive. Bass lovers will be satisfy easily. Mid bass is hard and punchy, actually bit more than natural, in aggresive way. Generally i like the bass. Layering is also good on C12. Bass not incase other frequencies.

MİD: Mid section is clear. Not in warm or cold way. It's more like referance. Vocals are really clean that's pretty suprised me. Tonality feels little bit colder.C12's mids does not bother but at the same time i cant say the most fluidy or smooth.

HİGH: Highs are not harsh or too bright. There's a good balance. Well extended and detailed.

SOUNDSTAGE: For me above average. Both widely and deeply, really satisfy for price. Feels airy and comfortable about stage. I really like them.

FİT İSSUE: Fit is nice. Like ibasso it01. Maybe there's better on area but C12 gives you also very good fit.

COMPARASİON:

**** **** : **** is one of strongest price performance in area. CCA C12 is generally better than ****. More aggresive on bass, better seperation and layering and stage. **** feels narrower on stage, and clarity level is not C12 level but **** gives more fluidy and smooth sound which oppurtunity to longer listening season.

BQEYZ KC2 : KC2 is warm sounding earphone. Mids are fuller, high and bass section is not detailed or layered as C12. Generally C12 is better sounding earphones but depends to your expactations. Also KC2's fit is really problematic.

TIN T2 : CCA C12 can be upgrade for T2. For me every section on T2 is bit better on C12. Firstly huge bass response on C12 makes difference. Layering and stage is better too.