Lobarkaine
100+ Head-Fier
Hi NimPHONOmanic,After 1 months of shipping delay, the much anticipated HZSOUND WAIST DRUM just arrive.
And man, while the last Bell Rhyme earbuds was good but not exceptional....the hype should grow quite fast with those.
I was afraid it use same driver than DQSM Hermit, but housing is way smaller and tonality as well as timbre have nothing to do. We have the HZ house sound here, crisp, open , transparent and detailed yet superbly balanced and with quite dense and natural timbre. This is another IEM that hit way above it's price range and i'm very happy to have convince Keephifi to sell them ASAP.
Need more listen, but first impressions is one of a very refined neutral yet dynamic and holographic musicality. I will compare them to HZsound Hearth Mirror for sure, even if i can already say the Mirror are sharper and crisper and more W shape while this one perhaps more Harman target in the balance since mids are fuller sounding. Just wow man...HZ are in BIG league now imo
Another proof of their acoustic expertise is the very wise choice of ear tips, all of them sound good but deliver slightly different focus in tonality,
Housing is so small that if deeply inserted it will be perfect sleeper.
34$ really? You can order from here, shipping being fast 99% of the time (which wasnt the case for these IEM that obsess me since they appear on Taobao)
https://keephifi.com/products/hzsound-waist-drum
very interesting your first impression about Waist Drum, I'm waiting your review.
Looking at your suggestion about Audiosense Aq4 I've find the AQ0 only one graphene composite diaphragm and It remain the only contender with the TK300 2 ba 1dd for my basshead iem search.
Now waiting for the Mirror arrived at home the NiceHCK DB3 incredibly well sounding for the price. USD 19,23 for deep enough controlled full body bass, trasparent airy mids and highs enough detailed, clear and correct tonality, good instruments separation.
Only cons the 8khz peak but during the burn in it seems tamed down, maybe my ears are adapting or maybe 'cos I've changed Final tips and a NiceHCK 8 core copper silver plated cable...
(Now I'm earing the Tannhauser Overture at full volume )
Anyway a surprisingly good iem.
Forgot...It is peaky about bad recordings.
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