With nearly a week's usage, I think I (kinda) have found my endgame (that is until I find another product/offer which is irresistible for my ears/purse ) IEMs in Moni One Hybrid.     Overall Clarity, Imaging, Instrument Separation and Detail Retrieval (musical aspects for which I am sucker...

@peter123 - You are spot on, bud!   Just tried Dual flange silicone tips (not the stock ones that came with Moni One) with deep and wide bore (I was using these on **** 4 in 1 for better sealing/fit) on Moni One.   BTW, mine came with bass port mod by default (there is a plastic ring fixed...

Have received my Moni One, this morning (bought for 50 US$ during 11-11 sale). OOTB with stock tips using Wynk app on Oneplus one (at 50 percent volume, no EQ) for an hour, these sound very clean and coherent. Bass (both sub and midbass) is very controlled and not overwhelming. Mids appear...

While I don't agree with all your viewpoints, but I will on this one, though     IIRC, @CoiL too pointed this (about pages being filled with loads of less objective personal opinions) out few pages back.   I am myself guilty of it sometimes, as English is not the first language for many of...

Nope.   ZS3 still tops for me (very closely followed by ATR) in terms of SQ and Fit for my tastes/gears.   My concern with ZST's graininess in treble (plus recessed mids) still persists and the only thing that I somewhat like about them is their tight bass. There is something wrong with my...

ZS3 with starline tips - Slightly Soft and a wee bit more in quantity (compared to ZST's tighter albeit less quantity bass)   Kinda agree with the measurements posted on ZST few pages back, that's how I hear mids on mine (somewhat scooped out).   #YMMV

It was the result of a pricing error (few sellers who got old stocks of A2S mistaking them for LZ02A and priced accordingly) in AliEx 2 months back.   Few of us took the chance, it was a real deal in the end. 

I got your point, mate. I am not denying it.    I have even acknowledged (few times before in this very thread itself) that besides the point of each listener having differing audio setups, hearing, and preferences, there is also the possibility of "faulty" product that could play spoilsport...

Nope, my point was about within KZ range that I have got. With the modifications suggested for ZST (that is to buy a new set of cables costing 7 to 10 USD and Ortofon tips costing anywhere between 20 to 30 USD) will shoot up the overall price like crazy (that is roughly between 40-50 USD as a...

You are right, but for 20 USD I would want them to sound at least a tier better than my existing KZ IEMs or comparable to my other similarly priced phones.    FWIW, my 2 USD KZ R1 bought around year and half ago, easily outperforms my ZST in their overall clarity (that is a blasphemy, right!).

I already have **** 4in1 (bought for 28 USD), HLSX 808 (bought for 32 USD), LZ A2S (bought for 18.5 USD). They are fantastic hybrids with each providing unique sound signature and presentation (without any costly modification).    About to get my hands on Moni One (bought for 50 USD) which...

Ortofon will cost nearly double the price of the ZSTs themselves. And among the tips, I am a big fan of JVC's Spiral dots (I have never tried SpinFits) which works fantastically well for most of my IEMs (except for ZST).   For a supposedly under 15 USD IEM, investing all these extra...

Yes, bro. Wait for some price reduction on these at GB before deciding on them.   May be when it is at ZS3's selling price of 7+ USD then you could go for it (you can use the shells for your mod purposes if not for their sound)

As I mentioned earlier in one of the posts here that it could be the case of notorious KZ's QC.   So, mine in all probability could be a lemon.   Wish you have a good one, though  

Yep. That's the one.    In my case, I use them mainly with ATR and ZS3. To my ears, these provide perfect sealing and a sense of better coherency from the overall sound.   ZST, despite whatever tips (I have quite a few in my collection) I have tried (and been on use for good part of the last...