Based on Phoenix ar $129 MSRP, Relentless is expected to be higher. I may get it at $149 or below I hope KZ will finally get their lesson and totally stop sending samples to reviewers to further lowering their cost for the best values and less fuss. Totally fake alegations with ZEX pro and DQ6...

16 bit 44.1 kHz - the standard CD-quality files are: https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/modern-digital-audio-understanding-dither-and-oversampling-in-hi-res-age.1056460/ The guys had to claim hearing about 22 kHz. Wasted my time watching it, as 99+% of youtube... unless I am missing...

Not exactly. PR is the cavity that by its design can enhance and/or suppress some frequencies based on a Helmholz resonator. Interfering with the PR holes will affect only some frequencies, similar to ocarina. Here, after fast search, a relevant strory that can give you some ideas...

Great two comparisons - with cars and fashion bags - to understand the IEM market: The cars are regulated to have minimal well-defined standards based on safety and performance, and performance/features per price are well defined. Fashion business is notably diiferent. For instance, fashion bags...

100,000+ (!!) posts - a nice milestone to reach, a testament to sustained engagement and the point to celebrate - congrats to all the contributors! If to take Watercooler's (WC) penchant for statistics: 100,000 posts in under 12 and a half years (12 years and 4 months or so) that is more than...

You summed it up perfectly! ST7 is an impulse acquisition; not a disappointment; not wow, not perfect. Most irelevant to share, I had a bit hard time to figure it out (still do) - I am feeling more and more that just fadt flipping of two or several IEMs does not work well due to adaptive nature...

ST7 impressions. First, I could not get the ear pieces out of its tight foam packing without some glue around - my first experience of this kind. The shell seems all-plastic, quite small fits well. I like that TRN continues with old brass nozzles compared to new integrated plastic nozzles of KZ...

Nice! I am not sure about any neutral ESS- or AKM-based sources (slowly learned to strongly appreciate Cirrus chips). If one needs crazy warm, noisy/velvet AKM-like ESS implementation - Shanling UA2 is so much that (my first and last Shanling product). E1DA (I have SG3) is quite neutral, as...

My two cents (and that is hardly sufficient for any fork) that if different cables can "be heard/distinguished" - then it can be either audiophilically enjoyed all the way or considered to be a deficiency of the chain that to me makes all the sense to correct/avoid. I do have IEmatch, and it...

KZ ZS10 pro 2 - comparisons: 1. Old ZS10 (my first KZ IEM, about 6 years ago): surprisingly, treble of ZS10 is not that bad and is still adequate, while the bass is loose/tubby, and the new generation of KZ DDs offers so much more. I do not have ZS5 or 6 (Andromeda imitations were not to me)...

I am happy I did. Actually, it was not right away by any means (I was thinking that it will be Rhapsody 2.0, not my cup of tea), but after @r31ya shared first reviewer impressions that treble is there - I totally subscribed :) I am quite amazed that they tuned these 4-BAs to a nice ZS10-pro...

ZS10 pro 2 arrived (surprising 5-day delivery from kz.tws): While both bass and treble are quite accentuated (V-like), the mids are much more there unlike in old KZ. Pro 2 indeed! Treble is prominent but quite smooth with the same 4 BAs (Rhapsody heritage). Compared to Rhapsody, the bass is...

Exactly! The bass preference varies significantly among audiophiles and is a great point to address. Hence, tuning switches and nozzles make all the great sense to me. Switches manage distribution of current/energy to different drivers or serve as impedance adapters. AS24 switches are perfect...

EDC, you've asked? KZ got your totlly covered! Practical choice of black (less conspicuous for signicant others and agent Smith-like jobs) and fashionable purple/blue for the extra sparkle in life! No overtuning and full emotional resonance, as always- exactly what one can rely on KZ...

Please, do not tell Watercoolers - their sanity may be challenged... Totally got the blind testing ban now - sanity of believers must be protected. Though, as per the greatest wisdom of all that I learned from the Watercoolers - totls (and most of HiFi) are like fashion business - if one...