[ephrank]

Help me decide... ZS5 blue or grey?

 

[maxxevv]

Go to your friendly plastic modeling shop and select any paint colour you like !!

 

[HiFiChris]

Help me decide... ZS5 blue or grey?

Get the grey ones - they're easier to paint green.

 

[ephrank]

Right-Red, Left-Black colour scheme would be ideal!

 

[VinceHill24]

Guys, just a PSA.

It seems that counterfeit Xiaomi In-Ear Pro HDs are out now, and a HF member on the Pro HD thread has posted details including photos.

He recently bought them from GearBest (sadly), and there has been a 2nd member that has chimed in with another pair from GearBest.

This is sad news - 1) because only previously the Pistons were faked, but more importantly 2) that even GearBest is not immune to counterfeit goods. Whether they knowingly are involved or are even aware of it is unknown. In any event, be aware and be careful.

The most telltale sign is the lack of any BA drivers in the nozzle (in other words, just a crappy single dynamic driver instead of a triple driver hybrid). He posted photos of all of the differences.

Check the Pro HD thread for information and continuing developments: https://www.head-fi.org/threads/xia...ro-hd-2-1-hybrid.825485/page-48#post-13742769

Fake from gearbest seriously ?! I'm more inclined to think of it as serious QC issue where they forgot to put in the BA driver. Hmm ... maybe someone with the fake should ask Xiaomi directly to see if they have any idea about this coz if Gearbest is really genuine, they would've been acknowledged and authorized directly by Xiaomi / 1More and any faulty ones are probably just bad batches or poor QC. Unless gearbest secretly do some dirty stuff behind ie. Sourcing from some "supplier" or "factory" who claimed to be manufacturing for the originals but offered a much cheaper price instead.

I got my pair from GB too early of the year and there's no indication of fake. High is crisp and sparkly with some sibilant so i guess BA is there, though it hasn't seen the daylight for like half a year already lol

 

[Slater]

Fake from gearbest seriously ?! I'm more inclined to think of it as serious QC issue where they forgot to put in the BA driver. Hmm ... maybe someone with the fake should ask Xiaomi directly to see if they have any idea about this coz if Gearbest is really genuine, they would've been acknowledged and authorized directly by Xiaomi / 1More and any faulty ones are probably just bad batches or poor QC. Unless gearbest secretly do some dirty stuff behind ie. Sourcing from some "supplier" or "factory" who claimed to be manufacturing for the originals but offered a much cheaper price instead.

I got my pair from GB too early of the year and there's no indication of fake. High is crisp and sparkly with some sibilant so i guess BA is there, though it hasn't seen the daylight for like half a year already lol

I wish I had an explanation. But I'll let the photos speak for themselves (the telltale giveaway):

Genuine with blue metal screen and BA driver:



Counterfeit with blue FABRIC screen, smaller nozzle, and NO BA driver:



I don't think someone at the 1more factory just accidentally forgot to install the BA driver, swapped out the nozzle for a totally different one, and a different screen...

 

[VinceHill24]

I wish I had an explanation. But I'll let the photos speak for themselves (the telltale giveaway):

Genuine with blue metal screen and BA driver:



Counterfeit with blue FABRIC screen, smaller nozzle, and NO BA driver:



I don't think someone at the 1more factory just accidentally forgot to install the BA driver, swapped out the nozzle for a totally different one, and a different screen...

This is terrible. Luckily i got the ones with blue metal screeen with BA inside. Their reputation is gonna be affected with this if they don't address such issue with a proper satisfactory explanation.

 

[loomisjohnson]

+1 ...Haha! me too!

i did pick up the simgot, which i'm enjoying muchly. they're extremely well packaged and built, so may be some innate bias, but they tick most of the boxes for me and belie the notion that a single dynamic must necessarily trail a multi-driver hybrid...
as for the zs5, my final verdict is that it's impressive in its ambition and definitely a keeper--there's a lot it does right. i cannot say, however, that it notches the $>100 players it's attempting to emulate--that bass remains a tad unruly + it definitely, positively needs amping to sound correct.

 

[bjaardker]

Fake from gearbest seriously ?! I'm more inclined to think of it as serious QC issue where they forgot to put in the BA driver.

Unfortunately it's pretty clear that it's a knockoff. There are a bunch of differences in the packaging and other slight differences in the IEMs themselves (shorter/thinner nozzles, etc).

 

[Fox2twenty]

Unfortunately it's pretty clear that it's a knockoff. There are a bunch of differences in the packaging and other slight differences in the IEMs themselves (shorter/thinner nozzles, etc).

But I love Gearbest

 

[groucho69]

But I love Gearbest

That is not to say that GB is knowingly involved.

 

[Slater]

Correct @groucho69

George from Gearbest (a HF member) is currently investigating. Since they have ZERO history of counterfeits, I am certain it was unknown to them and that they will make it right!

 

[Fox2twenty]

Correct @groucho69

George from Gearbest (a HF member) is currently investigating. Since they have ZERO history of counterfeits, I am certain it was unknown to them and that they will make it right!

Phew! Over the last couple orders I've only been using Gearbest.. I love their PayPal checkout.

 

[groucho69]

Correct @groucho69

George from Gearbest (a HF member) is currently investigating. Since they have ZERO history of counterfeits, I am certain it was unknown to them and that they will make it right!

I expected nothing less of George. GB is one of my favorite stores for this and many other reasons.

 

[peskypesky]

Help me decide... ZS5 blue or grey?

I have they gray. They're a bit boring in person. Look like a part from a carburetor or air conditioner.

I may order a pair of blue ones as they have more visual interest.


Then again, the blue ones might just look like a part from a blue carburetor.