[Dsnuts]

Ian here has created a dedicated thread for the GK10. It is a great idea since these are about to blow up.
https://www.head-fi.org/threads/geek-wold-discussion-gk10.958787/#post-16469658 See everyone there.

 

[AmericanSpirit]

CCZ Plume: $239 ($199 at keephifi)
-4BA+1DD Penta-driver hybrids
Out of box impression:
-warm and coherent ( timbre impression if noted as a color: Marigold)
-warm-neutral with added spices
-highly resolving but not analytical
-good at emotional presentation but that means it exchanges transparency and finesse
-well-tuned, orientated to natural yet slightly added spices on treble, no flaws in tonal balance so far
-CCZ appears to share some component ODM with KBEar / TRI, the nozzle(similar to Lark) / ear tips (similar to Believe) looks familiar
-I love the audiophile targeted cable stock with 2.5mm balanced, and very RARE 2.5mm bal to 3.5mm SE / 4.4mm bal high-end adapter!(I'd always wanted this!!! 2.5mm bal to 3.5mm SE is exactly what I need)
-bass-driver used is a high-end grade I can tell right out of the box)

-currently pairing with KBEAR 8 core pure-silver cable

-Low-output impedance is preferred when driving

From an observation by Audio-sound@hatena, the output impedance will change frequency responses (chart is based on Audiosense DT600).


Zoomed to mid with harman curve added


Also the author found the higher the output impedance the imaging gets worse on DT600’s attack/decay(using 500Hz square wave)
@0Ω

@85Ω





The tonal balance reminds me of slightly spiced up version of AirPods Pro, well tuned to natural and acoustic instruments, classic and jazz sound emotional.

Tuning is toward lower mid centric with two gain compensating dips around 4kHz and 6kHz, treble peak is around 5kHz, this indicate Plume is a spot hitter for audiences with 2.5kHz pinna gain, which coincides to Apple’s and Harman curve’s 2.5kHz gain target.

The nitpick I would say so far is, with stock cable, air presentation is a bit rolled off, so it compensates some transparency with it’s warmth and intimacy. I switched to KBEAR’s 8 core pure silver cable (was around $32) to seek a tad more transparency.

Will report back once burn-in completes, and compare with Blessing2.

Finally, I got my answer about the tonality of CCZ Plume tuning, it reminded me of something very nostalgic and heartfelt, yes! It’s Westone tuning!

 

[AmericanSpirit]

I can do GK10 / ZAX / AST

Actually I just ordered ZAS, should receive it in couple of weeks.

 

[r31ya]

A bit more bass in the beginning but different treble tuning?
ZAS should at least have better quality bass from Xun Dynamic and softer treble from the black BAs.

 

[audio123]

Initially didn't bother to try the Geek Wold GK10 at all as I thought it will probably has similar sonic performance as IEMs in that price range but succumb to it in the end eventually. Glad I finally tried it. Fresh out of the box, it has an engaging and fun sound. What a bargain for its price.

EDIT: The more I listened to the GK10, I cannot imagine this is only under 50 USD. Its sonic performance is way beyond its price.

 

[ian91]

Initially didn't bother to try the Geek Wold GK10 at all as I thought it will probably has similar sonic performance as IEMs in that price range but succumb to it in the end eventually. Glad I finally tried it. Fresh out of the box, it has an engaging and fun sound. What a bargain for its price.

EDIT: The more I listened to the GK10, I cannot imagine this is only under 50 USD. Its sonic performance is way beyond its price.

Tell me about it! It's an absolute gem at this price and several echelons above, infact.

 

[Barusu Lamperouge]

Initially didn't bother to try the Geek Wold GK10 at all as I thought it will probably has similar sonic performance as IEMs in that price range but succumb to it in the end eventually. Glad I finally tried it. Fresh out of the box, it has an engaging and fun sound. What a bargain for its price.

EDIT: The more I listened to the GK10, I cannot imagine this is only under 50 USD. Its sonic performance is way beyond its price.

That red one looks fantastic! Glad I also ordered the same.

Tell me about it! It's an absolute gem at this price and several echelons above, infact.

Now the hype is getting real! Hope there's no crazy unit variation or QC issues. Fingers crossed.

Has anyone got a graph for GK10? Will be interesting to see.

 

[audio123]

Tell me about it! It's an absolute gem at this price and several echelons above, infact.

I simply cannot understand how is the GK10 priced less than 50 USD.

To think that I almost skip on it as it seems like one of those many IEMs at that price range but damn, this is just a no brainer for its price. Unreal.

 

[ian91]

I simply cannot understand how is the GK10 priced less than 50 USD.

To think that I almost skip on it as it seems like one of those many IEMs at that price range but damn, this is just a no brainer for its price. Unreal.

Glad to know I'm definitely not going crazy...

 

[audio123]

Glad to know I'm definitely not going crazy...

I tried so many IEMs and this got to be the biggest surprise. Don't know how they did it at that price. This is without doubt a no brainer purchase. Can't believe I am impressed by an IEM at this price point but the sound won me over. The price to performance ratio is insane. I can confidently recommend this IEM to anyone.

 

[ZAXon 7]

i'm trying to understand what does 'performance ratio' and 'great sound for the price point' means in the gk10 case, sadly i'm pretty much unexperienced and only own the zax so it's quite hard.
from what i've read, for example, the bl-03 is a tier below the zax in terms of technicalities, while tuned very differently so am i correct if i assume that the gk10 belongs to the same tier of zax/zas in terms of detail, separation, dynamics and soundstage but with much better balancing and tonal/timbre accuracy?

 

[Strifeff7]

i'm trying to understand what does 'performance ratio' and 'great sound for the price point' means in the gk10 case, sadly i'm pretty much unexperienced and only own the zax so it's quite hard.
from what i've read, for example, the bl-03 is a tier below the zax in terms of technicalities, while tuned very differently so am i correct if i assume that the gk10 belongs to the same tier of zax/zas in terms of detail, separation, dynamics and soundstage but with much better balancing and tonal/timbre accuracy?

Correct,

 

[RikudouGoku]

 

[nymz]

Beautiful!

 

[chickenmoon]

I saw these yesterday on Hifi-Go. The company who makes them is Daruma-Audio and it looks like they could be well that KBEar's japanese connection as they say on their site they did OEM for other brands and shells are like that of Believe and Diamond and the guy who runs this company seems to be chinese.

https://daruma-audio.co.jp/