[Voxis9292]

... was too tired and forgot that I'm not in the correct thread ... -deleted-

 

[Wiljen]

Does anyone have the Zhinyin Z5000? There's only one review in this forum and it sounds interesting ...

Great question for the Chi Fi thread as it isn't a KZ product and it has been discussed there quite a bit.

 

[Voxis9292]

Great question for the Chi Fi thread as it isn't a KZ product and it has been discussed there quite a bit.

Thanks for letting me know ... sorry

 

[Slater]

So would you call this a ZS6 clone or a CA Andromeda clone ?? *head scratcher*

This is interesting:



ZS6 is different in this area:

 

[Zlivan]

Shells look just slightly different, but who knows wheather the sound is any different. Decent package though, not sure if I like the mmcx instead of 2-pin socket.

Yes, that inner part is different, but could that affect sound assuming everything inside is the same?

 

[ViperScull]

I've spent one week with the ED16, I'll make a quick review in a few days.
One question for the ed16 owners. I've noticed the volume is quite low, mostly taking into account the low 8 Ohm impedance. I have to raise the volume to 85% or so when walking on the street.
Is it the same for you?

 

[Slater]

Shells look just slightly different, but who knows wheather the sound is any different. Decent package though, not sure if I like the mmcx instead of 2-pin socket.

Yes, that inner part is different, but could that affect sound assuming everything inside is the same?

Who knows, would just have to listen to them to know. There could be totally different drivers inside.

 

[Zlivan]

There's a vent hole on almost every other picture but that one.

Correction, all close-ups have vent holes, some of the others don't.

Well, there's only one way to find out

 

[mbwilson111]

I've spent one week with the ED16, I'll make a quick review in a few days.
One question for the ed16 owners. I've noticed the volume is quite low, mostly taking into account the low 8 Ohm impedance. I have to raise the volume to 85% or so when walking on the street.
Is it the same for you?

Do you mean with a phone? I assume that would vary with the device. I only have used mine with a good DAP or my pc desktop dac/amp. This is true of everything I have, not just the ED16. Sometimes I add a portable amp to a dap for higher impedance gear. With my Cayin N3 I use low gain at around 40 volume.

 

[Tunaa]

Thanks for replying - I just edited my post with context: I am looking for natural tonality that ATR/ZS3 kinda had, and was worried when ZS10 was criticised at https://www.headfonia.com/review-kz-zs10/

I will check out ES4 - does it have incoherence like the similar ZST hardware? Actually I have heard both the B400 and Comet, which new KZ do you think strikes a similar balance in terms of relatively natural tonality, resolving just enough detail and sounding fun (there's a ZSA too?!)?

Thanks for the help! Shoutout to the DP-S1 too haha.

Skip the ZSA, ES4 much better in all ways.

 

[B9Scrambler]

Skip the ZSA, ES4 much better in all ways.

And yet some would say the opposite.

 

[HungryPanda]

I actually like both ZSA and ES4, ED16 and ED15 are great too

 

[gemmoglock]

Skip the ZSA, ES4 much better in all ways.

And yet some would say the opposite.

I actually like both ZSA and ES4, ED16 and ED15 are great too

Thanks all for the comments! I have an ED16 on the way to complement my ATR and almost-dead ZS3. When the wallet is less empty I am keen to pick up a ZS6 as a momento of the time when KZ used designs similar to Campfire Audio

 

[Wiljen]

Thanks for letting me know ... sorry

No need to apologize, I've done it too. There is so much info here it can be tough to sort and process it all.

 

[Zlivan]

Who knows, would just have to listen to them to know. There could be totally different drivers inside.

Hey, guess what, I ordered one...
Since I've managed to skip ZS6 somehow I reckon I could try this one. Hopefuly they are not worse than KZ's take on Andromeda
Will report when I get them.

I got them for $32, I guess that's not too bad for icluded bundle...