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Totally derailing the thread a bit, but it's good to see @Slater back in the iem game after the surgery. Wishing you good health going forward.
Guys, I have IT01 in my ears (which are great btw) but I`m quite surprised how well ZS5v1 stands up against them!
Very first impressions, I hear IT01 being more V-shaped and more bass, littlebit "smaller" soundstage (less expansive) and better low-mids.
ZS5v1 seems more neutral and "airy" with somewhat better ambient soundstage/space separation.
This is by very short OOTB listening though and might change later...
Before I get started I love bass but solid and exact bass not hyped up as in the latest model I just received, these (remember guys this is just to my ears and I have a penchant for mid-range as well) have way to much bass for my taste, it literally destroys what I hear as great mids and highs For my ears the bass simply steals the show, sad part is I think they are absolutely beautiful iem's and the fit is perfect
ZSR has tip lip
Cool, I don’t remember my green ZSR having a lip. I’ll have to double check when I get home.
As far as the bass being too overwhelming, that’s extremely easy to tweak and tune. Just open up the vent hole as much as needed to get the bass where you want it.
No need to waste a perfectly good IEM that you love otherwise (fit, mids, treble, etc).
Guess there is no reversing once I expand that port so I better do small increments!
Already enlarging it, anything inside I should worry about damaging
Just received my 2nd set ofs gray ZS6's . Here are a few observations. The new pair has the lip on the nozzles. Yay! They don't sound noticeably different than the old ones, but the nozzle is bigger around on the exterior. The inside diameter is identical. I have some Dunu DN1000's and used a pair of the silver metal ring spacers on my old ZS6 to push the tips out towards the end of the nozzles for tighter bass and more comfort with the sharp angles on the ZS6 shell. The spacers will not fit on the new ZS6 nozzles. Too fat. The lip allowed be to bias the tips outward without the spacers so it's a win in my book. Happy!
Good advice as always. Thanks Slater.FYI, if you still want to space out the eartip on the new one that has the spacer, you can use an oring (like from a keyboard).
You can also take an old silicone eartip (or a size you don't use), flip it inside out, trim a section of the core off, and use that as a spacer.