For DQ6 owners.
Recently Iām enlightened by removing many nozzle acoustic filters on IEMs. For the most of the case, the sound will be more ādirectā and ātactileā, with a cost of few decibels of bass floor
Now itās DQ6ās turn.
Result: yes, something new from DQ6.
Since DQ6ās acoustic filter is fragile, removing DQ6 operation is irreversible process. If you have 2 DQ6, or simply interested in ācohesive bass responseā, thumbs up
P.S. after using UM silicon tip and hooked with aptx 5.2, KZ SKS now officially become my most favorite IEM of all KZ/CCA series listed below:
Iāve been following KZ since 2017, so this is the best one for past 5 years from KZ, wow a $29 IEM beats all.
note: connecting with iphone using AAC, not that good. Only aptx. Also to take full benefit of coherence of SKS, a very thin eartips with wide open borr that resonates well are required (UM blue core silicone tip fulfills that)
Tonality: S-, just barely misses 12khz+ presentation but it canāt be blamed for single 30019 to participate.
Technicalities: ultra wide diffusion field, great positioning, excellent coherence from top to bottom, enough resolution, only shy on instruments separation, but vector and momentum presentation is also very good.
Over all technicalities B.
SKS ranks A- range.
An anomaly from sub $100. Only Tri Starsea $129 sub $300 hit A- in my ranking. See Audio Yume($169) only hits B+. Moondrop Blessing2 hits A+ (87/100), Dusk hits S- (90/100). And all other S ranges are TOTL class.
So this is quite strange set that only cost $29 and yet strangely good.
KZ
-ZST Pro
-ZS5
-ZS10
-ZS10Pro
-ZSN
-ZSN ProX
-AS10
-AS12
-AS16
-ASX
-ZAX
-EDX
-S1D
-DQ6
-SKS (Best tuned KZ ever, A+)
-Z1Pro (in transit)
CCA:
-CS10
-C10 Pro
-CA16
-CS16
-CSN