LZ-A4 Impressions and Discussion Thread

[Ahmad313]

No, black back and red front for me

Have you receive your PM4,??? 

 

[peter123]

  Have you receive your PM4,??? 

Nope, nothing yet. Today it's exactly three weeks since they announced that all pre-orders had been shipped out. I really don't understand how they ship them. I've got a sister who lived in the UK for 15 years and I'm pretty sure that I've received at least 50 economy small package deliveres from her through these years (birthdays, Christmas etc, I've got four children ) and they've always arrived in 3-7 days. I was really hoping to be able to include a PM4 comparison in my A4 review but I just couldn't wait any longer (need to have some time with them first as well) so I'll post it here instead when I'm ready. 

 

[MarcelCaramel]

Hey guys, first time posting here, been a lurker for a while. 
 
I'm rather new to audiophile world and I have a couple of questions.
I just bought a pair of LZ-A4 to pair with my iPod classic 7th gen and I was wondering how much these IEM would benefit from adding an amplifier to the iPod. 
Also, would it be worth it to invest in a Fiio X5 2nd gen to get the most out of it? Is my setup alone enough to get the full glory out of the LZ A4 given that the files I'm playing on my iPod are lossless? 
 
Thank you for your help,
Marcel

 

[Lohb]

  Hey guys, first time posting here, been a lurker for a while. 
 
I'm rather new to audiophile world and I have a couple of questions.
I just bought a pair of LZ-A4 to pair with my iPod classic 7th gen and I was wondering how much these IEM would benefit from adding an amplifier to the iPod. 
Also, would it be worth it to invest in a Fiio X5 2nd gen to get the most out of it? Is my setup alone enough to get the full glory out of the LZ A4 given that the files I'm playing on my iPod are lossless? 
 
Thank you for your help,
Marcel

They sound surprisingly good out my Macbook Air but I'll only be using them with an amp and DAC as I know good can sound much better with dedicated equipment.
Fiio have a new A5 amp and Cayin C5 is also a great small amp for the price....C5 has a more character signature style to it, warm almost tubey presentation.
I'm not sure how good the DAC section is on that older source iPod equipment though....

 

[MarcelCaramel]

 
They sound surprisingly good out my Macbook Air but I'll only be using them with an amp and DAC as I know good can sound much better with dedicated equipment.
Fiio have a new A5 amp and Cayin C5 is also a great small amp for the price....C5 has a more character signature style to it, warm almost tubey presentation.
I'm not sure how good the DAC section is on that older source iPod equipment though....

So from what I understand, they would benefit from using a dac+amp combo. But is the sound quality that you would gain worth investing 600$ (Fiio X5II+A5)? 

 

[High-End-Addict]

  So from what I understand, they would benefit from using a dac+amp combo. But is the sound quality that you would gain worth investing 600$ (Fiio X5II+A5)? 

ANYTHING would benefit using a dac amp combo outside a Mac Book. 
Because standard apple audio output is crap.
If you plan to use a large headphone , A mojo , an oppos HA2 or a Burson AIr are ideal partner.
 
If you want to use small iem , a small audio quest DragonFly would do the trick at a smaller budget.
 
LZA4 are ideal partners of DAP's and don't need no amp at all.
 
 

 

[MarcelCaramel]

 
ANYTHING would benefit using a dac amp combo outside a Mac Book. 
Because standard apple audio output is crap.
If you plan to use a large headphone , A mojo , an oppos HA2 or a Burson AIr are ideal partner.
 
If you want to use small iem , a small audio quest DragonFly would do the trick at a smaller budget.
 
LZA4 are ideal partners of DAP's and don't need no amp at all.
 
 

Thank you very much. Now, I just need to figure out if the upgrade from iPod Classic to Fiio X5II is worth it  

 

[High-End-Addict]

  Thank you very much. Now, I just need to figure out if the upgrade from iPod Classic to Fiio X5II is worth it  

easy question: iPod outputs are crap, like macbook outputs and iPhone outputs are... so go my friend , go !

 

[MarcelCaramel]

 
easy question: iPod outputs are crap, like macbook outputs and iPhone outputs are... so go my friend , go !

Haha, well, rest in peace wallet. Thank you.

 

[Lurk650]

ANYTHING would benefit using a dac amp combo outside a Mac Book. 
Because standard apple audio output is crap.
If you plan to use a large headphone , A mojo , an oppos HA2 or a Burson AIr are ideal partner.

If you want to use small iem , a small audio quest DragonFly would do the trick at a smaller budget.

LZA4 are ideal partners of DAP's and don't need no amp at all.

Haha looks like mine! My HA2 sitting off to the side while my Burson Air is connected to my MacBook. I'm actually trying to sell either my Burson Air or my X3ii and HA2 as a combo, more so the combo than the Air

 

[peter123]

Have you receive your PM4,??? 

Got it today and unfortunately it's broken. When I took them out of the ears to try different filters the left filter stayed in my ear and now I'm not able to fit any filter properly to the left earpiece.

We'll, I'd guess it's pretty obvious what I'd recommend lol.....

 

[Ahmad313]

Got it today and unfortunately it's broken. When I took them out of the ears to try different filters the left filter stayed in my ear and now I'm not able to fit any filter properly to the left earpiece.

We'll, I'd guess it's pretty obvious what I'd recommend lol.....

So sad friend ,  it's really so painful when get something like this after a long time waiting ,  i am wonder why trinity unable to manage proper quality control for their products and pm4 is their 2nd flagship iem and peoples had pre- ordered for it since June and after 6 months of waiting i think 50% of buyers get defective iems ,,,, 

 

[peter123]

So sad friend ,  it's really so painful when get something like this after a long time waiting ,  i am wonder why trinity unable to manage proper quality control for their products and pm4 is their 2nd flagship iem and peoples had pre- ordered for it since June and after 6 months of waiting i think 50% of buyers get defective iems ,,,, 

Yeah, I'm sure they will take care of it but it shouldn't happen in the first place. I'm actually more disappointed than surprised. Ordered in May and was of course hyped to finally get them but it passed lol....

 

[audio123]

  So sad friend ,  it's really so painful when get something like this after a long time waiting ,  i am wonder why trinity unable to manage proper quality control for their products and pm4 is their 2nd flagship iem and peoples had pre- ordered for it since June and after 6 months of waiting i think 50% of buyers get defective iems ,,,, 

pm4 is not even a flagship iem

 

[notamethlab]

pm4 is not even a flagship iem

If it is or isn't, that doesn't excuse it from having QC issues