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Is it already available for purchase? Could you post a link?kz new cable w/ trn-style earhook, finally!
and at very low price for 8-core one!
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kz 2pin/MMCX lightning cable
Is it already available for purchase? Could you post a link?kz new cable w/ trn-style earhook, finally!
and at very low price for 8-core one!
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kz 2pin/MMCX lightning cable
If the trade of keeping the 3.5 panel jack on smartphones is giving us very small and bad quality plugs with failing springs and contacts, and underpowered DACs and amps, I rather not have the space taken by a lousy hole and use a good quality dongle and/or BT. Charging at the same time? Make wireless charging the standard.
I really like the ZS4. Had some problems with sibilance in the beginning, but with foam tips they go down quite a bit. Also, the brain burn-in seems to have come in play for me, they don't affect me as much now. The bass is great.BTW has anyone here tried the KZ ZS4 yet? I've been reading ThePhonograph's review on it and they seem very good.
Can any ZS4 users tell me whether or not the treble is sibilant or piercing (in relations to other chi-fi)? And if someone here has also used the ZS3, would you say that it's a major upgrade?
My LG V30 jack has started to annoy me as the left channel keeps cutting out and I have to twist earphone jack to sort it outI've never had a female jack fail on me. It's usually the male that gets damaged. Not to mention the fact that you cannot wireless charge the phone or the headphones while using it.
quality matters: 8/10 bt adapters suck, and even if it supports aptx ldac or whatever, the phone has to support it as well. Too many drawbacks in my opinion atm..
1 = 2 + 3I really like the ZS4. Had some problems with sibilance in the beginning, but with (3) foam tips they go down quite a bit. Also, the (2) brain burn-in seems to have come in play for me, they don't affect me as much now. The bass is great.
I have two ZS3 pairs, and I think the ZS4 is a major upgrade to the sound: more controlled bass, better mids (although still slightly recessed) and much more highs. Some users complained about some lack of coherence in transitioning from the dynamic ranges to the balanced armature frequency ranges, (1) but I don't have such perception.
1 = 2 + 3
...but that doesn`t mean ZS4 does not have transition/coherence/sibilance problem.
They have sibilance and crossover/transition between DD and BA is not right.
While foam tips can solve some sibilance issues (depending on user hearing), I can not approve attitude "Your brain will burn-in" - it is You ears that take the physical real damage in the end (high frequencies will damage hearing first). Human brain is able to adobt and "correct" many things but out physical body will still take the hit. Fact & real life.
Better to deal with cause than symptomatic treatment.
Of course everything in audio is basically subjective in the end and ppl think what they want. Just wanted to share my opinion and wish ppl would keep their hearing
My LG V30 jack has started to annoy me as the left channel keeps cutting out and I have to twist earphone jack to sort it out
Thank you very much, @CoiL .Will try to find You some good example songs but I claim it mostly compared to other gear I have by listening different kind of music. Going back or coming from IT01 it is all immediately noticeable.
ZS4 cymbals is main thing that disturbs me - it doesn`t sound dynamical and natural.
Out from memory..
for sibilance maybe these to test:
(edited out by replier)
maybe those tracks aren`t good, idk atm as I`m behind laptop with no DAP/IEMs.
KZ improves their 2-pin connector and people @#$%. Sounds about right.
Thank you very much, @CoiL .
I'll listen carefully!
Just to make sure - they are not just faceplates for beauty - that open holes structure and inner plate "piston air-pressure reflector" design enhance SQ quite noticeably, towards more neutral but still slight U-shape sound signature. Also wood selection plays role - special selected hardwood (walnut) in layers (wanted Lilac which is little better but hard to get right pieces).Really love those IT01 face plates
Just to make sure - they are not just faceplates for beauty - that open holes structure and inner plate "piston air-pressure reflector" design enhance SQ quite noticeably, towards more neutral but still slight U-shape sound signature. Also wood selection plays role - special selected hardwood (walnut) in layers (wanted Lilac which is little better but hard to get right pieces).
Sorry for OT.
My LG V30 jack has started to annoy me as the left channel keeps cutting out and I have to twist earphone jack to sort it out