Ozzy announced today that he had to cancel all his tours due to struggles with his health. In tribute I dusted off the the C12's, plugged them into a USB wired connection on the BTR3k and found my old EQ presets in Pulse Effects. FUUUUUUUAAAAWWWWWW I forgot how excellent (and brutal) the...

My GK10 are still going strong. I love this pair of IEM :purple_heart:

Long term update: - CRA: left channel CRA plastic pin housing just disintegrated one day a few months ago. I didn't quite get along with the V-shape very often so they didn't get much use. - NRA: just yesterday, the right channel of my NRA twisted off and collapsed inside the shell after a...

I have this same issue on my laptop w/ PowerDAC v2.1. The USB is very sensitive to movement, which I attribute to my cheap arse laptop. It's ghetto but I ended up taping the input cable to my desk to prevent movement. problem solved ... :stuck_out_tongue: I still love my PDv2.1 and wouldn't...

Hello CCA fans - touching base with a long term reliability update: CRA - the C pin housing disintegrated on one side, exposing the copper on the right side IEM. My cables don't slip off thankfully, but it's annoying to finally suffer the dreaded cracked pin housing that so many others have...

I'm out of cheese to pass around with all the whining in this thread. I hereby cast a hex upon the heads of KZ detractors with a dozen downgrade TWS purchases in their future from name brand suppliers. May your wallets be emptied and after experiencing the greatest of kilobuck hifi cons may you...

It's not as epic, but the last release, Hushed and Grim, has some fantastic tracks that evoke a bit of the same sound they explored on Crack the Skye. Brann's vocals have only gotten better. There's a guest solo on there, too, by Kim Thayil.

ordered. All the reviews for as16 are positive in that it's a neutral to neutral - bright IEM. Should be a very good buy for classical.

at that price it's a fantastic buy. I was in for about $80 USD equivalent when I bought mine, and I'd pay that again for a replacement.

^ I find that randomly ordering bottles of perfume online sent in the missus' name helps significantly with my IEM habit. Still no GK80 for me, unfortunately. La Post is le clueless about where my package is. They didn't have a problem accepting payment for the duties online against the...

Among KZ/CCA I still have listen to regularly: CRA, NRA, ZEX Pro, BA10, C12, and the ZAX, which my wife uses mostly. I have zero balance issues with any of them despite regular use. Is there a chance that your source might have an issue? the 2 minor issues I've had are: ZEX Pro: the metal...

true but if it's warm and velvety mids that you're after, you gotta upgrade to chipotle tier. * my inner 10 year old is having a great time, here *

there are a couple other kz's with a BA tweeter in the nozzle and a same model inside the main body of the shell. i forget which ones. pretty much all the variations that can be tried have be... errmm, no that was those other dudes at GS Audio that launched like 50 iem at the same time and...

Bloated midbass, surely ...

you should be more upset for paying $400 for what should've been $40.

PowerDAC version, not the ESS variant. It warms up the mids, rolls the treble extension a bit, and adds a few dB of gain across the range. Works well for the Mirrors. I EQ everything so I bought the PowerDAC specifically to have access to the HPToy mobile app that provides all this tweaky...

Yeh no way that dq6 or any variant is as good as the ZAX. It's big drawback is a rather abrupt pinna gain and bottom end that seems a bit loose relative to updated 10mm units from KZ. If they put the NRA unit into the zax it would be amazing. A XUN unit would also be an impressive upgrade I...

Didn't you 'n me invent that theory? .... 😂 haha

I'm thinking about ordering a couple of pairs more of the ZAX. IMO this was more interesting as a multi-BA IEM since it used several different model drivers in the configuration compared to ZAS or the AST/ASX series. On a balanced cable and amp the ZAX is the closest I have to something that...

I'll see your ED9 and raise you a KBEAR ST1 for $1 more. Those are every bit as good for me as the CRA, but they've got a fixed wire and 1/8" plug. Re:tech yes and no. Driver tech is indeed basically the same but manufacturing tech's capabilities in miniaturization and precision s radically...

At the thick outer circle of people engaged in any hobby is the consumer's emotional cycle from building anticipation, the purchase event and experience, and the emotional release during a honeymoon phase with the product. It has nothing to do with the subject of the hobby. It's about fulfilling...

lol - especially waifu! the absence of waifu was a big reason I've stuck to trying new KZ units. My wife would never stop making fun of me. I'd have to immediately destroy the box and find a way to conceal my shame after admitting to another purchase. Sorry to disappoint, but no. LOL

This is worse than KZs BA scandal and you've been rightly calling it out for awhile. I feel like we have to take our pound of the blame, though, as consumers. We can blame it on fashion and keeping-up-with-the-Joneses type thinking, but all this mania is driven by ... 1) us, COVID confined...

That's how it's done. Great story about the stage prop role of his Hasseblad. Hilarious! There are a lot of people that spend big bucks on f1.* lenses instead of hunting for sharp copies of f3.5 or f4 lenses at 1/3 or 1/4 of the cost. Rookie mistakes and the tell-tale sign of a wealthy amateur...