fleasbaby understood what I wanted to point out and what were my questions.
On the other hand, golov17, you are still replying with these robotic messages. I don't want to offend you, but this is what you are doing.
Like - buy, not like - not buy, go buy anything else, etc.
These are not answers to my questions.
Sound Quality
It isn’t easy to describe the sound signature of Zen. If MX985 is about immersion and warm where TM7 is about lush and liveliness, then Zen will be about PRaT. If you don’t know about what PRaT means, well, it is basically the ‘toe-tapping’ factor in music. The kind of factor that makes a certain headphone more ‘danceable’ than other on the same music. One of the reason is perhaps Zen has one of the best bass impact and attack I have heard on any earbud. It is not purely a quantitative matter as Zen isn’t exactly what I’ll refer as bass heavy, but the transient is certainly excellent. The vocal range is actually slightly further away when compared to TM7 (and even more when compared to the very sweet MX985), though it holds on to its own and doesn’t sound thin at all. If anything, I’ll say Zen’s vocal range is still pretty good. It gives a sense of depth while still keep a good amount of texture. In contrast, I’ll say Yuin PK1 sounds much thinner in the mid-range. Treble is quite good as well. Not as sparkly as TM7 but I don’t sense any darkness or dullness either. Soundstage is somewhere between TM7 and MX985 - not the widest, but still above average.
I'm reading this description and for me, this guy is trying to say that all in all, they do not surpass TM7 or MX985 in any way, so he came up with this ideea of PRaT, that they are involving or something. Isn't immersion the same thing? Isn't liveliness the same thing?
He also says that they have good bass, with attack, but slightly recessed mids compared to the other 2, quite good treble(quite good, but you have 2 competitors here, nothing above them), above average soundstage.
I have a feeling that he is missing some mids, and some treble, and some soundstage expectations.
Ok, so in conclusion, we can all agree, that this headphone is there, in the same league with TM7 and MX985. Nothing spectacular though, except the bass, but on the other hand the other 2 outpass(smaller or larger margin, but outpass it) it on multiple other aspects, mids, treble, soundstage, etc.
Ok...so sound quality is there, similar for all of them, a matter of personal preference. Some will prefer the Zen, some the MX985, some TM7, but no one will reject any of them totally, since they play in the same SQ league.
Now comes my question. What gives the Zen the right to have the same price with a pair of MX985? Is there any super-expensive technology involved?
Besides the sound quality which is on par with the other 2 contenders, everything is below MX985: packing, quality of materials, warranty support, brand, etc.