It's not boomy at all - it's well textured, has good separation, with decent impact, great sub-bass extension, and a moderate mid-bass hump. Decay is somewhere in the middle, not as fast as some BAs, but not slow at all. Very good low-end presentation, IMO.
Let me know when it hits Amazon. I just hope that the Philips Fidelio X2's don't go on sale on Black Friday otherwise I won't be spending any more money for a good while hah!
So, I have the KZ whirlwind and flocked tips in. Not much difference from what I was using already on the CKS1100. Shorter, wide bore firmer tip still gives a bigger stage, the firmer core helps keep the bass tighter and the shorter nature helps with the bass balance, i.e. not pushing them bassier. Handsome looking tips. KZ medium is maybe a bit smallish and the jump from medium to large size is quite a bit more than from the small to the medium. There is room for a M/L size just like with the Spiral Dots.
The flocked tips are another story. They tune the sound a bit. The flocking is inside the bore as well as outside. They are more bullet shaped with a smaller bore size and longer. They pushed the sound a row or two back and really make the CKS sound cool and balanced. What they really bring to the table is in what frequencies the tame or make more apparent. Certain tips can make the guitars shine with the CKS and these take that to the limit. Super guitar and higher bass evidence due to cleaning up that area or maybe thinning it out. Somewhere in the mid-bass is being tamed. Some of the richness and thickness of the CKS is gone with these tips so, for my taste, that is great with thicker or bassier sources to continue keeping the CKS most balanced and no need of trying to lay off the most seal/insertion depth with these tips.
Both pairs should be in your kit regardless of the phones you own. KZ tips work even better on my FXT200 than they do on the CKS.
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