Bartig
500+ Head-Fier
Funny. I received my ED16 yesterday and after the first hours of listening, I don't think they're definitely better than the ZSR. The sound may be more balanced, but the highs are also rolled off more and there's a bit less pronunciation to the music, I think. Less spacious, less instrumental separation. The ZSR just had 'it' when I first put them in, the ED16 didn't.Thought I'd check in with an update on my ED16 now I've had them for a bit.
Bit peed off that I can literally only use one style of tip on these, being a Sony hybrid type thing in a large.
Absolutely no other tips will seal, which is a pity as isolation is probably among the worst out of my collection, but hey ho swings and roundabouts I guess, Just a tad annoying.
And I'm still not sold on the shell design, way to sharp at the bottom.
Be careful putting these in as they can hurt.
I've noticed with these the more time I've spent with them that some songs can sound a touch boring....not that being a bad thing as it could be the recording, but these definitely benefit from a warm sounding player.
Not that they are bright in anyway either, but as they are somewhat balanced and tend to be a touch on the "Cold" side, the warmer player helps them to shine, For me anyway.
The bass is nice tight and punchy and goes deep when needed.
Mids are full clear and full of detail.
The treble is nice and detailed too with a lititle roll off and not fatiguing In any way.
Actually you could certainly use these as a stage monitor for sure, they are very suited for this.
All in all I'm quite pleased with them, most definitely better than my ZSR by quite some way, and a very pleasant musical sounding monitor.
When I first put the ZSR in and there wasn't much praise for them, I thought: time will tell how good these are. It's already coming.Good to know, if you compare ZSR with ES4 it's like night and day difference.
This is my first time I'm trying IEMS and just for £20 ZSR is surprisingly beautiful sounding iems ever made imo.
I think the ES4 needs proper burnin then it might open up the sound, for now I think I just wasted my £10 lol.
I'm now waiting for my XDUOO XD05 then ill find out how they really perform with good headphone amps, I will post my impression soon.
As for the ES4: they're decent. I'm afraid I may think the same of the ED16. But let's give it some more tracks...
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