Looking at the Aliexpress website it now appears there are 2 completely different ANV being offered. The original which is an awesome earphone and an ANV that looks a lot like the EDSE with a Mic and Flat wire.
Curious.
Mine seem to have improved too, i still have the kinda lower treble toned down and midbass turned up on my phone, but sound decent with no eq through my laptop
Also to anyone, are the zs1's the same as the passive zn1's? If so how do either of those compare to the ed9, ed10 or ate's? And hows the fit conpared to the ate's for most people?
Mine seem to have improved too, i still have the kinda lower treble toned down and midbass turned up on my phone, but sound decent with no eq through my laptop
Also to anyone, are the zs1's the same as the passive zn1's? If so how do either of those compare to the ed9, ed10 or ate's? And hows the fit conpared to the ate's for most people?
Hi guys!
I own almost every KZ which are considered good (EDR1, ED3, ED9, ATE, ED10, ANV) among other good chinese earphones like the Rock Zircon, but I have to admit that KZ ANV (g.k. version, CKW1000ANV replica) is absolutely the best of all. I wonder how can it be so lightly recommended, since to my hearing it is easily better than ED10 or the Zircon, and it is impossible (for me at least) to go back to those above after spending some time with the ANV. Yes, it lacks a little in the low-end, but yet very natural sounding, has better soundstage than ATE (!) with non fatiguing treble and offers an absolutely clean, airy presentation. I made my research and it seems (Amazon reviews) that the KZ version shares the same characteristics in its sound as the AT CKW1000ANV, which comes to me as no surprise since I had a lot of open AT headphones. If I had to choose between all versus the ANV, I would easily choose ANV. Bought it like a month ago for 10 USD, and I consider this my best purchase ever.
Ps: I'm fond of AT's sound in general
Without mods I find the treble to be way too hot and mids too laid back to be natural. If your hearing is worse because of your age you might not notice but I do
Their fit is very good though.
I am 31 BTW. Yes, the upper mids/lower treble is forward/upfront, but I wouldn't call them hot, you should try ATH-W1000X, that has some hot troble for comparison Highs are smooth and detailed, and since they are right in front of you, you may find the mids to be recessed. But I don't think this is the case, they are fine where they are with the lower frequencies, since this "multi layer" sound is what makes it's soundstage awesome and the sound to be truly enjoyable for anything acoustic/atmospheric. Yes, the ATE shares some nice depth too but it can be too dull in its closed form factor (tried, but I couldn't open it up - and let's be honest, that way it would be something like the K1000, not a headphone/earphone, but some earspeaker). If you are familiar with the "AT sound", they do this all the time, bring something closer, push something a little back, and therefore you have sense of space, which most classic earphones lack. For me, ED10, Zircon and all the others sound much more artifical due to the lack of ease, smooth treble and space the ANV has.
