Knowledge Zenith (KZ) impressions thread
Sep 24, 2019 at 7:15 AM Post #48,047 of 63,966
KZ, please, oh, please start making smooth sounding iems. Do it for our hearing!

Smaller companies are doing it already and you're probably the biggest Chifi company.

I can say the ZSX has absolutely eliminated that metallic treble problem. Dunno about the others. I can listen to paper-thin black metal no problems.
 
Sep 24, 2019 at 7:19 AM Post #48,048 of 63,966
KZ, please, oh, please start making smooth sounding iems. Do it for our hearing!

Smaller companies are doing it already and you're probably the biggest Chifi company.
Well, the ZSR and ED16 are two smooth sounding iems.
Just a shame they haven't made any higher tier one of that kind (meanig zs10pro/zsx tier).
 
Sep 24, 2019 at 9:47 AM Post #48,049 of 63,966
Yes, I think I do as well. The ZSX reminds me of my favourite ZS7 with a bit more detail and treble extension. Soundstage is wonderful too. C12 is a little more technical and I seem to enjoy my music more on the ZSX.

Your killin' me here Nim, 11/11 is still 47 days out:scream_cat:
 
Sep 24, 2019 at 9:52 AM Post #48,050 of 63,966
I can definitely agree on the musicality of the ZSX. Despite being a Chi-Fi 5ba/1dd hybrid for not much money, the coherence is really impressive.

I tend to separate headphones into two categories: the ones I turn up because some aspect of the FR is lacking and I want to get more of it, and the ones I turn up because they sound so great I just want more of them. The ZSX is absolutely in the latter category. They sound fantastic at minuscule volumes but I keep gradually ticking the volume upwards just because wow. Day 2 and I'm definitely in love.
 
Sep 24, 2019 at 10:13 AM Post #48,051 of 63,966
KZ, please, oh, please start making smooth sounding iems. Do it for our hearing!

Smaller companies are doing it already and you're probably the biggest Chifi company.

They already have. ZSX and C12.
 
Sep 24, 2019 at 10:19 AM Post #48,052 of 63,966
Sep 24, 2019 at 10:34 AM Post #48,054 of 63,966
Wow. The behind ear are terrible for glasses wearers. Those pipes look shiney and huge, I know Haha, All this makes the earbuds disproportionately tiny in appearance.

I wear glasses and I never have any problem with my bt20s that us much bulkier than the kz here.
 
Sep 24, 2019 at 10:47 AM Post #48,055 of 63,966
Wow, those are badass looking. If they can actually make a functional Bluetooth adapter, I’m all over those!

Agreed, and I'll bet the tubes are there for better battery and reception, so let's roll. I'll buy a set soon as they're out.
 
Sep 24, 2019 at 11:01 AM Post #48,056 of 63,966
OH NO, they have done it again !!!! The RIGHT bud is on the LEFT side and vice versa!!!

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So, there's 3 colors, being released 10/8 (black) 10/14 (grey) and 10/21 (white)
Looks like price is my predicted 79$ ... with 3 dealers on AE so far showing 59 / 69 and 86$ ...
 
Sep 24, 2019 at 11:33 AM Post #48,058 of 63,966
OH NO, they have done it again !!!! The RIGHT bud is on the LEFT side and vice versa!!!

LMAO I almost mentioned that with the ZSX box. The earpieces themselves are labeled correctly but in the box the left/right is backwards.
 
Sep 24, 2019 at 11:34 AM Post #48,059 of 63,966
I wear glasses and I never have any problem with my bt20s that us much bulkier than the kz here.

Same here. I wear my BT20 with glasses all the time. You’d think it would be uncomfortable as heck based on photos of the BT20, but once you wear them with glasses. you don’t even feel them.

So, is it safe to assume these are a module and IEM combo?

Seeing as how there hasn’t been a single photo showing the shell and adapter as separate pieces, I would say it’s a fairly safe assumption that they’re fixed together and not removable. We’ll just have to wait and see once they come out though.

Update: Does anyone read Chinese? What do all of these features say? Anything about a removable cable?

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Sep 24, 2019 at 11:42 AM Post #48,060 of 63,966
OH NO, they have done it again !!!! The RIGHT bud is on the LEFT side and vice versa!!!



So, there's 3 colors, being released 10/8 (black) 10/14 (grey) and 10/21 (white)
Looks like price is my predicted 79$ ... with 3 dealers on AE so far showing 59 / 69 and 86$ ...

I think they do that because it looks nicer in the case. I can totally understand how it would be irritating as heck for the OCD amongst us though.

No one has anything even close to a 5-driver hybrid TWS on the market, not even the Western big boys! Those color choices and design are very sophisticated and premium looking.

It’s too bad some members have “stopped buying KZs”. With the ZSX, the C12, and now this sexy beast, it seems that KZ has been hitting home run after home run.
 
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