The recent CCA C10 Pro had a similar design. But as they say don't judge a book by its cover. I thought the CCA C10 Pro looked dope, but the sound wasn't very good. It was even more bright and hot than a typical KZ/CCA, with sibilance in spades and poor instrumental timbre.
I rather take an ugly duckling IEM that sounds excellent. I hope this ASX can sound as good as it looks, but it is also rather expensive for a KZ (> $100 USD).
The recent CCA C10 Pro had a similar design. But as they say don't judge a book by its cover. I thought the CCA C10 Pro looked dope, but the sound wasn't very good. It was even more bright and hot than a typical KZ/CCA, with sibilance in spades and poor instrumental timbre.
I rather take an ugly duckling IEM that sounds excellent. I hope this ASX can sound as good as it looks, but it is also rather expensive for a KZ (> $100 USD).
So the TRN vs KZ driver nuclear race has restarted in earnest. Even TWS sets are not exempt from driver wars LOL. Though as usual, driver count ain't as important as tuning and implementation.
I like their ambitiousness in moving from the budget market to try to enter the midfi market. The KZ ASX is > $100 USD, so would be interesting to see KZ muscling into the big boy's territory (their last venture into the > $100 USD market wasn't too successful in the KZ AS16).
TRN V90 was quite well received, so I'm looking foward to this S version which is I think is essentially a "pro" version. I didn't really like their last 2 multi driver behemoths, the TRN BA8 and TRN VX, they were technically proficient, but had too hot upper mids/treble and were quite expensive at launch (so not as good price to performance ratio).
So, tough to choose. Not sure which is better. ASX looks nice but it is not "Professional" like the ASF. ASX has a lot of drivers but they weren't serious and "professional" like with the ASF.
So, tough to choose. Not sure which is better. ASX looks nice but it is not "Professional" like the ASF. ASX has a lot of drivers but they weren't serious and "professional" like with the ASF.
So, tough to choose. Not sure which is better. ASX looks nice but it is not "Professional" like the ASF. ASX has a lot of drivers but they weren't serious and "professional" like with the ASF.
The ASX is what others will be answering to. AFAIK you couldn't get more than 8 drivers under $150 until now, and here's KZ going with 10 drivers for <$90 (from the right place).
Something that worries me about the ASX is that it only has one bass BA whereas most pure BA sets with that many drivers use two. It may not be an issue but they're probably gonna go with a subdued bass, analytical sound.
The ASX is what other will be answering to. AFAIK you couldn't get more than 8 drivers under $150 until now, and here's KZ going with 10 drivers for <$90 (from the right place).
The ASX is what others will be answering to. AFAIK you couldn't get more than 8 drivers under $150 until now, and here's KZ going with 10 drivers for <$90 (from the right place).
Something that worries me about the ASX is that it only has one bass BA whereas most pure BA sets with that many drivers use two. It may not be an issue but they're probably gonna go with a subdued bass, analytical sound.
I do not know.
The lowest price per BA driver is now A10 (your favorite Tripowin) and KB10.
I love them (they may work well only with 1/3-1/2 of usually not treble-hot classics, but where they work for me - they immensely enjoyable in their exaggeration of harmonics) - so I got few more recently, just in case.
In March with the confinement, I decided to spend $500 outside KZ/CCA, I got two ~$200 all-BAs (Knowles, Sonion) and few more BQEYZ, etc.
What I learned that for me AS16 and C16 (and several other KZ/CCS) are very competitive (and arguably win for the money) and I will now stay with KZ/CCA enjoying the ride
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