KZ ZS10 HiFi Hybrid Auricolare

I ended up buying 2 more of these to a couple friends of mine, so I'll just paste my previous review (my thoughts on this IEM's still the same, if not better lmao)

Package (7/10)
The package it's pretty straightforward, you get the earpieces, three sizes of ear tips and the cable
No case is included, and it's quite annoying to put everything back in the original box, you should buy a case if you don't have one

Design and Build (8/10)

In my opinion, they look pretty cool and I love the fact that they are transparent, but, at the same time, they feel kinda cheap because of the plastic housing
Even though they look cheap, they are durable and look awesome

Fit and Comfort (9/10)
This is where we might disagree, this IEM's will fit perfectly on some people, and terribly in other
They fit REALLY well for me, they don't hurt, even with prolonged hours of use
The isolation is nice, I didn't expect it to be this good since the housing has three roles for the dynamic driver

Sound (8/10)
I ran some tests with the ZS10, including frequency response, spectral flatness, dynamic range, quality, driver matching, and wiring
In all of the above tests, the only bad thing that was noticeable was the recessed mid during the spectral flatness test, but it's not a large difference, these frequencies sounded just a little lower than the others
The driver matching went really well, this means that both earpieces have the same quality, clarity and frequency responses
With a nice EQ, you can get an even better sound and clarity, boosting some of the mid-range frequencies make these earphones sound amazing

Value (10/10)
I bought them while they were on sale, I paid $30, and for that price range, this is without a doubt one of the best IEM's you can get.

Jan 06,2019

Great sound in the low frequency range, the bass isn't too overpowering unlike other earphones these days. That said the sound isn't neutral by any stretch, the highs and vocals are not always dominant even when you have a track that naturally tends to have dominant treble and vocals. The sound signature needs getting used to but it's good in its own unique way. Instrument separation is quite noticeable and impressive for this price range. Sound stage isn't wide and it can't be because of this in-ear canal rubber cushion bud design, this isn't a con per se just a natural feature of all in-ear canal rubber bud designs out there.

Speaking more on instrument separation, you can even make out some of things that you'd only normally hear on something like an expensive open-back monitor grade headphones like Sennheiser HD598s and above. Quite impressive that these buds can achieve that given its sale price. Definitely punching above its price class. The other best part being the braided and replaceable Mic enabled cables, this helps with the longevity of the earphones.

Despite the 32ohms impedance, which is good to limit noise, the earphones are not hard to drive from a Samsung Note 4 or anything with a decent built-in DAC. I usually don't need to go over 65% volume in a quiet environment and not over 80% in the metros.

The packaging of the product is outstanding, it certainly gives off a nice worthy premium feel, put it another way the product packaging would have you thinking it costs at least 70USD.

Overall a great buy at USD29.99 but at its non-sale price of USD41.79 you are better off looking at more established Audiophile brands should you find deals on those.

Dec 18,2018

I ended up buying 2 more of these to a couple friends of mine, so I'll just paste my previous review (my thoughts on this IEM's still the same, if not better lmao)

Package (7/10)

The package it's pretty straightforward, you get the earpieces, three sizes of ear tips and the cable
No case is included, and it's quite annoying to put everything back in the original box, you should buy a case if you don't have one

Design and Build (8/10

In my opinion, they look pretty cool and I love the fact that they are transparent, but, at the same time, they feel kinda cheap because of the plastic housin
Even though they look cheap, they are durable and look awesome

Fit and Comfort (9/10)

This is where we might disagree, this IEM's will fit perfectly on some people, and terribly in other
They fit REALLY well for me, they don't hurt, even with prolonged hours of use
The isolation is nice, I didn't expect it to be this good since the housing has three roles for the dynamic driver

Sound (8/10)

I ran some tests with the ZS10, including frequency response, spectral flatness, dynamic range, quality, driver matching, and wiring
In all of the above tests, the only bad thing that was noticeable was the recessed mid during the spectral flatness test, but it's not a large difference, these frequencies sounded just a little lower than the others
The driver matching went really well, this means that both earpieces have the same quality, clarity and frequency responses
With a nice EQ, you can get an even better sound and clarity, boosting some of the mid-range frequencies make these earphones sound amazing

Value (10/10)

I bought them while they were on sale, I paid $30, and for that price range, this is without a doubt one of the best IEM's you can get.

Jan 09,2019

Hello,
I recrived my earphones in last week. The payment confirm and shiping was very fast. The earphones are very good. They look very smart and modern.
I love wearing it, somebody tells that they are to big to ear. In my opinion for me they are perfect, for my wife they are too big but for standard size man they are very good. The biggest advantege is that they have cable routed over top of ear - in standard earphones if you pull cable of your earphones you pull of earphone from ear, in KZ you don't have problem with it.

They cable is strong, not to long or to short, just very good. The plug is 90 degress rotated soo they are perfect to use in your smartphones but..

I find a small problem. They did not work correct with some smartphones. I searching info and everything what I find is that te phones from X**mi work correct only with X**mi phones soo if you have smartphone like X* i must know that when you listening music form YT, watching movie or something like that with using KZ earphones you will see that your volume rise and fall automaticaly. You can change your settings to change te button assigned to another function but in second case your songs will change automaticaly for another from playlist.

Also I read that in version without cable (bluetooth version) people did not see this problem.

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Sound - perfect!!!
Quality
Price
Wearing

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Problem with X-mi phones(the problem stems from the phone but I think, you must know it before buy).

Feb 21,2019

Package (7/10)
- The package it's pretty straightforward, you get the earpieces, three sizes of ear tips and the cable
- No case is included, and it's quite annoying to put everything back in the original box, you should buy a case if you don't have one

Design and Build (8/10)
- In my opinion, they look pretty cool and I love the fact that they are transparent, but, at the same time, they feel kinda cheap because of the plastic housing
- Even though they look cheap, they are durable and look awesome

Fit and Comfort (9/10)
- This is where we might disagree, this IEM's will fit perfectly on some people, and terribly in other
- They fit REALLY well for me, they don't hurt, even with prolonged hours of use
- The isolation is nice, I didn't expect it to be this good since the housing has three roles for the dynamic driver

Sound (8/10)
- I ran some tests with the ZS10, including frequency response, spectral flatness, dynamic range, quality, driver matching, and wiring
- In all of the above tests, the only bad thing that was noticeable was the recessed mid during the spectral flatness test, but it's not a large difference, these frequencies sounded just a little lower than the others
- The driver matching went really well, this means that both earpieces have the same quality, clarity and frequency responses
- With a nice EQ, you can get an even better sound and clarity, boosting some of the mid-range frequencies make these earphones sound amazing

Value (10/10)
- I bought them while they were on sale, I paid $30, and for that price range, this is without a doubt one of the best IEM's you can get.

Dec 13,2018