Fox2twenty
Formerly known as iPhone IEM
Good news.They might not be for everyone, but I really do think a set of foams puts the ZS6 right where it needs to be. I'm faaaaaar from a treble head.
Good news.They might not be for everyone, but I really do think a set of foams puts the ZS6 right where it needs to be. I'm faaaaaar from a treble head.
According to the link you gave, by 4khz you have passed all the fundamentals of almost all instruments but what about harmonics. You haven't crossed the harmonics. Why would one tune a earphone to not show some of the harmonics of instruments?By most accounts the ZS6 tends towards a somewhat V shaped tuning? So definitely not reference.
As for the deep cut, that's right around the sibilance zone, but at 4kHz you're already past most instrument fundamentals, I believe?
Here's a neat chart that tries to describe what different frequencies do to various instruments
http://www.independentrecording.net/irn/resources/freqchart/main_display.htm
You can check out other graphs, they all look squiggly like that.According to the link you gave, by 4khz you have passed all the fundamentals of almost all instruments but what about harmonics. You haven't crossed the harmonics. Why would one tune a earphone to not show some of the harmonics of instruments?
I did. Not all of them have such huge dips in higher frequencies. They do have small peaks or small dips but the zs5/ zs6 has a huge oneYou can check out other graphs, they all look squiggly like that.
Compensation schemes and scale have a lot of effect there. The salient point in a comparison graph is how they differ - which is the sort of useful information you can more universally draw from a FR plot since you don't need to carefully consider the measurement setup (which hakuzen described btw, uncompensated, and you can look up the FR variances on his coupler since it's an IEC standards compliant one).I did. Not all of them have such huge dips in higher frequencies. They do have small peaks or small dips but the zs5/ zs6 has a huge one
Great expositionCompensation schemes and scale have a lot of effect there. The salient point in a comparison graph is how they differ - which is the sort of useful information you can more universally draw from a FR plot since you don't need to carefully consider the measurement setup (which hakuzen described btw, uncompensated, and you can look up the FR variances on his coupler since it's an IEC standards compliant one).
The graphs being posted here as you can see have about a 50 dB spread on the Y axis - this lets you see what's going on in better detail.
As an extreme example, a lot of graphs manufacturers like to post have a 140+ dB spread so everything looks nice and smooth.
Finally got it done - Zs6 review is up. https://www.head-fi.org/showcase/kz-zs6.22686/reviews
HifiChris - I'd be interested in knowing if this matches your finding thus far.
I have to agree with @HiFiChris , that satin finish red one is to die for
Here's some serious bass reggae for you @BurningSkies
Just curious to know... Is there peeled off coating those bright corners on the earphones... You made it_.. Or just came in this condition from plant.
JB also has some great concert videos
Ah, Midnite. Good stuff. Seen him a few times!
Here's what I do. Should be pretty good on your earholes for testing your ZS6's.
Full album here:
that is the factory finish after about a weeks worth of use. They have a few little scars from being tucked in a shirt pocket.
You're comparing graphs from different sources and different compensation schemes...No, but it is true that overwhelmingly most of Chi-Fi IEMs have quite bad response graphs. I mean, look at this wiggly stuff:
http://reference-audio-analyzer.pro/en/report/hp/kz-zst.php
http://reference-audio-analyzer.pro/en/report/hp/kinera-bd005.php (this one is actually one of the least messy graphs I've seen, along with Urbanfun hybrids which can be found on audiobudget.com, along with graphs for a lot of other IEMs. Though audiobudget's graphs are made with much worse equipment, probably no artificial ear canal that has the same acoustic parameters as human flesh)
vs.
http://reference-audio-analyzer.pro/en/report/hp/ultimate-ears-fi-5-pro.php
http://reference-audio-analyzer.pro/en/report/hp/etymotic-er4-2x.php
http://reference-audio-analyzer.pro/en/report/hp/shure-se-535.php
Of course, of course, the price difference is gargantuan, but nonetheless it's obvious that big names actually fine tune their stuff, while the Chinese just stick random drivers into random casings.