[gbrgbr]

It's just 9 bucks at aliexpress.
https://www.aliexpress.com/af/KZ-ZS3E.html

If the cable is good, one could get this instead of buying a A-Para cable.

Actually I am posting to info that Chinese New Year coming up (Jan 25 to Feb 5 ?). Orders will be delayed at most Chinese stores.

 

[SybilLance]

Yeah. If you zoom into the photo, you can see the engraving on the side that says ZS7 1DD+4BA.

Oh Slater! Our responses missed each other by seconds. Yes, I did zoom in, but I was so seeing green that my brain got bamboozled.

Anyway I just came from one of those threads I keep straying into trying to canvass whatever to buy for my gift and I came upon Brooko giving his mild reproach on the topic of burn-in. That was the very first thing I encountered when I started lurking here. Very glad it stuck and I've been most impressed with him ever since.

I still haven't received anything from said shop. Quite difficult to communicate with, ordered three times consecutively because it keeps getting cancelled and I just found out now that they're sold out for the foam/silicon hybrids so my latest order is probably going to get cancelled as well. I think the method you mentioned before might be the only way to get anything approaching decent service with them. I've even tried communicating with them in other platforms, via text and fb and still it's the same bs. It's extremely frustrating that it's easier to communicate with people that have a limited english vocabulary located in another country than it is to communicate with a local shop who speaks the same language as you.

Lol! I totally get you! Until now there's been no answer to my follow-up query on how to order the Spiral Dots in MS size that I intend for the C10 and the AS06 since they said they have it but it's not posted in their product inventory.

And I'd call that method The Silent Method.

Edit: combined posts.

 

[maxxevv]

Actually I am posting to info that Chinese New Year coming up (Jan 25 to Feb 5 ?). Orders will be delayed at most Chinese stores.

Chinese Lunar New Year falls on the 5th Feb.

Most of the Chinese businesses in China will cease operations for 1 week before and till (at least) 1 week after that. Which means stop work between 25~29th Jan and start again after 11th and as late as the 18th Feb. Its a similar story with the postal service there.

Good to note that if people wish to avoid disappointingly long waits. The more savvy shops will stop all orders before their last work day. So best is to check with seller first before committing to a purchase.

 

[SybilLance]

Chinese Lunar New Year falls on the 5th Feb.

Most of the Chinese businesses in China will cease operations for 1 week before and till (at least) 1 week after that. Which means stop work between 25~29th Jan and start again after 11th and as late as the 18th Feb. Its a similar story with the postal service there.

Good to note that if people wish to avoid disappointingly long waits. The more savvy shops will stop all orders before their last work day. So best is to check with seller first before committing to a purchase.

Hmm...yes. That would give me time to, what's the precise word?, ruminate on where I am as regards my strange predilection for more earphones. The last 3 I've gotten: the perky ZSN, the specialist AS06 and the outstanding C10 seem more than sufficient already. That 3-driver piezoelectric that Clear enthusiastically recommends for balanced, neutral sound may be the last I'll let my poor husband get for me for sometime...

Perhaps the next one—and I'll be buying—will be one of those Shure electrostats or some other TOTL IEM...

...and then that's it.

Edit: added final line.

 

[drey101]

And I'd call that method The Silent Method.

If my curiosity is strong enough and overrides my annoyance with the shop, I might go do this Silent Method already.

Chinese Lunar New Year falls on the 5th Feb.

Most of the Chinese businesses in China will cease operations for 1 week before and till (at least) 1 week after that. Which means stop work between 25~29th Jan and start again after 11th and as late as the 18th Feb. Its a similar story with the postal service there.

Good to note that if people wish to avoid disappointingly long waits. The more savvy shops will stop all orders before their last work day. So best is to check with seller first before committing to a purchase.

I've always been curious how a business would survive an annual shutdown of operations for an entire two weeks. I'm guessing that it's not really the shops themselves that shutdown, but their postal service?

Hmm...yes. That would give me time to, what's the precise word?, ruminate on where I am as regards my strange predilection for more earphones. The last 3 I've gotten: the perky ZSN, the specialist AS06 and the outstanding C10 seem more than sufficient already. That 3-driver piezoelectric that Clear enthusiastically recommends for balanced, neutral sound may be the last I'll let my poor husband get for me for sometime...

Perhaps the next one—and I'll be buying—will be one of those Shure electrostats or some other TOTL IEM...

Don't forget the Auglamour F300 which is also under 30 USD Clear's **** is also quite tempting, and if I see it in Shopee, I'll probably gobble it up as well.

 

[maxxevv]

Other than food and perhaps the entertaintment industries and of course the essential services such as transport and security, the whole country goes into shutdown mode.

Ever wondered how people from Asia viewed the X'mas / Gregorian New Year shutdown in Europe and the US ?
Its the same thing...

 

[SybilLance]

If my curiosity is strong enough and overrides my annoyance with the shop, I might go do this Silent Method already.

I've always been curious how a business would survive an annual shutdown of operations for an entire week. I'm guessing that it's not really the shops themselves that shutdown, but their postal service?

Don't forget the Auglamour F300 which is also under 30 USD Clear's **** is also quite tempting, and if I see it in Shopee, I'll probably gobble it up as well.

Although I might be swinging by MM sometime next month, I'd dare not attempt The Silent Method lest it may degenerate into The Silent Movie Method.

Re: Chinese New Year and its effects, I suppose it takes personal experience and a keen insight into the ways and means of Chinese manufacturing to really get a grip on such things. I simply wait. Perhaps Clear or others more familiar with it could profer valuable input on this.

And, Clear's **** would provide that distinctively different sound character I'm looking for, I believe, much more than the other one.

Btw did you download the AliExpress app?

 

[SybilLance]

Other than food and perhaps the entertaintment industries and of course the essential services such as transport and security, the whole country goes into shutdown mode.

Ever wondered how people from Asia viewed the X'mas / Gregorian New Year shutdown in Europe and the US ?
Its the same thing...

This. Well put.

I'll be watching the other AO women's semifinal. Cheers!

 

[drey101]

Other than food and perhaps the entertainment industries and of course the essential services such as transport and security, the whole country goes into shutdown mode.

Ever wondered how people from Asia viewed the X'mas / Gregorian New Year shutdown in Europe and the US ?
Its the same thing...

Point taken, I guess I'm just a bit surprised with the length of time they shutdown. Christmas + Gregorian New Year does amount to past a week of shutdown so it wouldn't be that different.

Although I might be swinging by MM sometime next month, I'd dare not attempt The Silent Method lest it may degenerate into The Silent Movie Method.

Re: Chinese New Year and its effects, I suppose it takes personal experience and a keen insight into the ways and means of Chinese manufacturing to really get a grip on such things. I simply wait. Perhaps Clear or others more familiar with it could profer valuable input on this.

And, Clear's **** would provide that distinctively different sound character I'm looking for, I believe, much more than the other one.

Btw did you download the AliExpress app?

Also true, that there might be nuances in how manufacturing itself is affected.

I've already downloaded the AliExpress app, already have a bunch of items in it (that I'll probably fine tune reduce according to what's available in a single shop) that I can't find from shopee namely, the DMG Vented Filters, the ****, DP100 earbuds, diy SR2 earbuds, and even the KZ ZS7. Only I'm just being stubborn as I know once I've purchased anything from Aliexpress, it'll turn into a flood of 'low cost' good deals that I won't be able to resist purchasing.

 

[nxnje]

ZS7 are a real step up from the ZS6, i have to say.
Still testing then as i have to review them and i'm really loving it.
Gonna share more impressions with some more listening

 

[Zerohour88]

I've always been curious how a business would survive an annual shutdown of operations for an entire two weeks. I'm guessing that it's not really the shops themselves that shutdown, but their postal service?

Don't forget the Auglamour F300 which is also under 30 USD Clear's **** is also quite tempting, and if I see it in Shopee, I'll probably gobble it up as well.

The shops also goes into holiday at this time, since there's no point operating without postal (also, they don't do much holidays and the CNY is one of the few times they actually have to make an effort to go home and make a family gathering, the chinese are quite big on that part of their culture).

I usually get some form of notice before they go into shutdown, this was what the forwarding guys told me "Notice -- CNY shutdown at China side 29/Jan - 14/Feb". Luckily my F300 is shipped already

This. Well put.

I'll be watching the other AO women's semifinal. Cheers!

I'm sad Fed, Halep and Nishikori all got knocked out, but at least it means another Djoko-Nadal final, which is always a thriller

 

[skajohyros]

not very - the Zs7 has a different treble and upper mids than the Zs5 (either version).

How does the soundstage compare?

 

[kookaudio]

Hmm...yes. That would give me time to, what's the precise word?, ruminate on where I am as regards my strange predilection for more earphones. The last 3 I've gotten: the perky ZSN, the specialist AS06 and the outstanding C10 seem more than sufficient already. That 3-driver piezoelectric that Clear enthusiastically recommends for balanced, neutral sound may be the last I'll let my poor husband get for me for sometime...

Perhaps the next one—and I'll be buying—will be one of those Shure electrostats or some other TOTL IEM...

...and then that's it.

Edit: added final line.

Definitely agree on “perky” for the ZSN
As for AS06 I have been having them for 3 days and to me they sound... bad: bass shy and nothing particularly well done. Disappointing.

 

[Blinxat]

Hi! I mostly do over ears. I got the KZ ES4, I am suprised how good they sound for the price. But what would be a a considerable step up in treble resolution and separation and "air"? I hear ES4 as pretty good in balance, but has some mid shout and lacks some treble sparkle. Say up to 150 EUR/USD.

Tin T2 maybe?

 

[BrunoC]

Hi! I mostly do over ears. I got the KZ ES4, I am suprised how good they sound for the price. But what would be a a considerable step up in treble resolution and separation and "air"? I hear ES4 as pretty good in balance, but has some mid shout and lacks some treble sparkle. Say up to 150 EUR/USD.

Tin T2 maybe?

T2 is a good option, but I recommend the ZS7 if you want a more "fuller" and enaging sound. It's top quality.