LinsoulKZ ZS10 Pro, 4BA+1DD 5 Driver in Ear Monitor, HiFi Wired Earbuds, Gaming Earbuds, Hybrid IEM Earphones with Stainless Steel Faceplate, Detachable Cable for Musician(Without Mic, Black)

I have all the full-size headphones and amps I need now. I've never been a massive fan of IEMs or earbuds, due to comfort issues, breakage/fragility, losing them, or lack of bass, or thin sound. Then again, I never invested in any high-end IEMs like Shure, let's say. I've got Hifimans, Fostex TRP40s, Sennheiser closed,and even a new pair of Pioneer DJ headphones that are great but not super comfy, alas. But why wouldI need more headphones or an IEM? I wasn't going to pull the trigger, no matter what. I'd love to hearsome electrostatic headphones, but I am not paying 2 grand for them.Then Zeos from YouTube was raving about these a few weeks ago,and I just went and hit purchase, no hesitation. I was confident they would sound amazing, if he was praising them, and lo and behold, they bleedin' well do. Oh, do they ever. And this resolves the question of why buy more headphones, because once you hear these, you'll realize why, and the answer is, now you own a pair of IEMs that cost under $70 that sound and perform like a premium $300 pair of headphones, if not better, and are totally portable, if you don't feel like lugging those giant AKGs, Audeze, or Fostex around all day long, as tempting as that might be.They sound like a compressed (I mean, focused and more intimate!) version of my Hifiman or Fostex's,with substantially better and deeper bass response than either. Soundstage is decent, if not massive. Detail/separation in both channels is excellent to REALLY excellent. Deep, and tight bass, Plus detailed warm mids, and crisp, rich highs, but not strident or annoying, or fatiguing, at all. The power and bass response these are capable of puts a lot of over the ear headphones to shame. I can only imagine what the higher end Linsouls sound like, T1s ,etc., as well. But, I'll take these! These also put to shame the wretched Audio-Wrecknica M50xs I made the mistake of buying a few months ago, and instantly returned to Guitar Center, after they nails on a blackboard high-end-ruined my ears and sanityafter a day or two of auditioning. Absolutely hideous plastic junk, those headphones. Unlistenable. Unless you like metallic, screechy mids and highs, and NO bass whatsoever. By contrast, I put the Linsouls on, and they sounded great right out of the box. This is very rare indeed.For the money spent, these are one of the biggest steals in the audio industry currently. Hands down.The comfort level is decent, for IEMs, depending on what caps you use. I guess the cable might do with someupgrading but I'm no going to bother, it's fine for me. You can if you want to. On my Creative Labs G6amp, you only have to crank the volume up to maybe 4-8 to be super loud on most sources. Listeningright now to Dave Brubeck's Take Five at maybe vol. 4 and it sounds unreal. I had to back off a bit on the bass and power on the G6, and tame these a bit, but they sound amazing at any level. Hardly any distortion that I can discern.Brushed metal alum. outside, transparent body on ear-side. Fit pretty snug and aren't too annoying,like many IEMs. I got the basic Silver and clear version, with mic (which I have almost no use for). Are theyas pretty as a Mondrian? No, but they look cool, so I don't know what people are bitching about. Cord seemspretty quality, and non-tangly or janky, and the connection posts seem solid thus far.Build quality overall seems quite good. But I would invest in a small case for these, as any IEMs are a bit fragile or given to catching, etc. They seem to be comfortable for listening at a few hours on end, if necessary, also a huge plus. Listening to tracks from Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Van Halen, Bob Marley, Sisters of Mercy, and Steely Dan, lossless or otherwise, restored a lot of the bottom-end that is sometimes lacking on even my best mid-fi planar headphones. And I'd still go so far as to recommend the Linsouls for jazz, or classical as well. The warmth and detail is present enough for it. Outside noise isolation is quite good, for budget IEMs with no active NC.There's definitely something to be said for IEMs. Now I realize what the fuss is about, especially when they perform as well as these do, it's a totally different listening experience to the already wonderful Fostex or Hifiman over the ears, open or closed, plus these are 10000x more efficient than planar headphones. Also, if you demand really solid, deep and tight bass for the music you listen to, these are absolutely the IEMs for you. You will not experience bass responsewith the Fostex or Hifimans like this, I can assure you (unless you EQ and amp the piss out of them), though I love both of those headphones dearly. Yet it's not exaggerated, it's just there if you need it.For portable use and just plain music enjoyment, I cannot imagine spending $55 and getting anything much better than these Linsoul Pros. I also recently picked up a pair of cheap JBL $18 earbuds, they are darned good, a lot better than you would think, but still, nothing NEAR what these little bad boys are capable of delivering. These are on a whole different level. They sound stupendous. Through the Creative Labs G6 amp, these sound like a great pair of, perhaps, Klipsch or Paradigm bookshelf speakers, with a bit of extra "subwoofer" kick! I cannot recommend these more heartily. This is $55 very well spent for any audiophile on a budget, no question about it. And, you don't need to spend another $120 on a headphone amp to enjoy them, a nice bonus. Linsoul has hit it out of the park. The 5 microdrivers will decimate you! How they accomplished it, is not important. How stonking these sound and perform, is what's important. Buy them now. P.S. Question came in today about running with these: I haven't or walked that muchyet with these, but, I think they'd be ok for running or walking exercise outdoors, although totally wirelesssport earbuds might be better for real hardcore gym or exercise applications, like better XBass Sony wirelessgym earbuds, etc. Although the Linsouls seem to fit snug and stay in place well. But they are cabled, sothere's that to consider if you're going to use them for running. For a treadmill, I would say they'd be just fine.

Short version – the KZ ZS10 Pros provide great listening with rich bass, embracing vocals and notable highs. Using the iFi Audio Hip-Dac and Apple Music I choose these over my Shure SE-535s, the HD660S and Sundara, KZ-AS12 and Sony MDR-1AM2. Most of the time. The provided cable is a bit short and tends to tangle. I’ll replace it when it becomes more important than just listening.Not an audiophile, or any kind of expert or specialist when it comes to headphones or to music. I like particular music genres more than others and am really not a heavy listener. When lossless came out on Apple Music it was the metrics of what was being offered that drew my attention. What possible difference could Hi-Resolution Lossless using 24 bit at 192 kHz make? Why would I even care?I mainly listen while biking, running, flying or exercising and am more concerned with not shorting out my earbuds with sweat or dropping them onto the street when the wind really blasts. If you’re on the move the value of lossless will be apparent, but it’s not that critical to extract everything you can from the lossless encoding and the headphone specs.The jump from the CD-ripped music at 320kbps and iTunes 256kbps songs that make up my library to Apple Music and lossless has been dramatic. (My entire stored library is now archived to a backup drive and everything in all my playlists comes from Apple Music’s lossless cloud of songs). Even without what I can now hear with lossless, the massive music library provided by Apple Music is worth the subscription. With lossless, the music is transformed.These relatively inexpensive KX ZS10 Pros are outstanding for me. I only bought them at under $50 to try out because of their great Frequency Response spec and the solid Amazon reviews. They have become my go-to headphones, and the baseline I use to compare with anything else.The frequency response from the specs is stated as 7Hz-40kHz. Regardless of any analysis about human ears being stuck in the range of 20Hz to 20kHz I enjoy the sound of those with wider range, and by a lot. I find that the bass seems more deep and rich, the highs more detailed and realistic. So, the range on these is excellent.Others in my listening adventures include the KZ-AS12, Sennheiser HD660S, HiFiMan Sundara, Shure SE-535, and Sony MDR-1AM2. Also a bunch of other much less expensive earbuds and headphones, but comparison isn’t really useful with this collection. I’ll also watch Joshua Valour, ABYSS Headphones, DMS and Darko Audio on YouTube and check out the breadth of opinions about headphones on Reddit. Mainly to learn more and to figure out what I may be missing. And continue the quest for a next level listening experience. (Have not approached an Abyss Diana or one of the Audeze LCDs. …yet).I personally find that IEMs, earbuds, are my favorite way to listen to music. So far none of the over-ear headphones has dissuaded me of this view. These KX ZS10 Pros have a really nice fit for me. Using memory foam earbud tips these seat and seal nicely and I’m barely aware that I’m wearing them. And I can easily wear them for hours. All of the over-ear headphones mentioned are comfortable, but they all do tend to become less comfortable over time, mainly due to heat.To net out my experience, these KZ ZS10 Pros blow away the Shure SE-535 (my up to now favorites, and my long-time traveling companions) and the KZ-AS12s. Better and richer bass, more lively engagement with the music. The HD660S and Sundara are both excellent, but I did not find them enough different from the KZ ZS10 Pros to warrant spending so much more or dealing with my own comfort preference for IEMs. The Sony MDR-1AM2 has a frequency response of 3HZ to 100,000kHz, which I do notice. They do not have quite the same overall quality of sound as I found with the HD660S and the Sundara, but the Sony’s are clean and consistent. Most of my listening uses Apple Music on my iMac and I use the Acoustic preset in the Equalizer to deepen the bass and accentuate the vocals. The MDR-1AM2 with the balanced cable also offers me a great listening experience, just a bit less in comfort than the in-ear KZ ZS10 Pro.Exploiting lossless tracks requires more than the built-in DAC on my iPhone or iMac. My choice was the iFi Audio Hip-Dac Portable USB DAC and Headphone Amplifier. It has the power to drive all of the headphones and IEMs I’ve tried, has a “bass boost”, excellent volume control, and includes a balanced 4.4mm headphone jack (which is great for the MDR-1AM2s). Also, battery powered for mobile use although it pretty much spends its whole life connected to the iMac. For me, so far, this little DAC/AMP is outstanding. (Although I keep looking at adding more options and more power … but I keep reminding myself that I really don’t listen all that much).As I said, my listening is somewhat limited. The songs that have really accentuated what lossless can provide and how these KZ ZS10 Pros perform include Eyes of the World and Bleed to Love Her by Fleetwood Mac (two of their songs I had never listened to until engaging with lossless on Apple Music and exploring these headphones), Enough of the Night by Jackson Browne, Knee Deep by Zac Brown Band with Jimmy Buffett, Keith Don’t Go by Nils Lofgren (who I don’t really listen to, but the acoustic opening for this song puts the guitar inside my head), and 4ware by deadmau5 (added to my list because of a lossless headphone review site that tests using it …). Elvis With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra offers an entirely different level of appreciation for Elvis with this remix album, in lossless. Lossless Lionel Richie (Sail On, Ballerina Girl, Stuck on You …) offer both delicate guitar and rich vocals. The Killers, The Weeknd, Uncle Kracker and sometimes Mat Kearney become over saturated using the Equalizer settings, but lossless versus 256kbps offers a significant difference in listening experience.