Linsoul KZ 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, Dark 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.

I've been using these for about a year and a half, and they're the best earbuds I've EVER used. I'm very picky about the sound of headphones, as I'm a casual music producer. These have a very balanced and accurate sound from my experience. I have heavily pierced ears (9 on my left, 3 on my right) so over-ear headphones are not an option for me anymore, unfortunately. These absolutely fill the void left by them, however.For producing music, the audio is clear & accurate. For listening, they cover everything you'd need them to. They fit in my ear well, and have a few different size options. As time goes on, the buds do tend to fall out and get stuck in my ear, but after a year or two it is probably a good idea to update them anyway.The BEST part about them though, by far, is that you can buy a bluetooth adapter separately and use them wired or wireless. And for the audio quality & price, it's absolutely so worth it. These are such a good price as well, that if they ever break or need replacing, I wouldn't be opposed to just buying the same ones seeing as, compared to really good blue tooth earbuds, they come in at a great price.Highly recommend these, or really any good IEM earbuds.

Very impressed for the price, considering what the 1more triple usually goes for, it's crazy to hear how good the more budget friendly stuff can be. With the usual price of the V80 and ED16, I'd say the ZS10 Pro is worth it.(Note: Using 1more Triple's silicone tips with a somewhat shallow insert depth and good seal. So the bass vent/port is unblocked):Really like the bass on these. To me it has only a slightly overdone mid-bass by maybe 1db. The lower/sub-bass is definitely not neutral, but it's great. I would call the bass closer to neutral if it was around -3db. The dynamic driver seems to have great resolution/speed compared to the other 3 sets I am used to (1more, V80, ED16), the ED16 has maybe 80% of the quality of the ZS10 Pro's dynamic driver, but the other two are just completely outclassed. Really nice impact here and the mids are still perfectly clear. "Bass texture" is not something I've really thought much about until hearing these but let's say the ZS10 Pro is a 9 out of 10, the 1more would have to be down at a 6/10 and the ed16 around an 7.5/10.The mids sound great to me. Treble is only elevated a bit compared to mids. I guess it would be called U shaped, but with a fullness in the mids so it doesn't feel recessed to me. (edit: Male vocals might be slightly recessed, but male vocals still the best of out these 4. Female vocals sound great, by far the best out of these 4 sets.)The ED16 were my favorites of the 3 sets mentioned, with various tips used to tame the sibilance and treble. But the ED16 had a thin sounding mid-range even though it wasn't overly recessed. The ZS10 Pro has a nice full body to the mid-range that sounds great versus the other 3. While the V80 (using tips to bring the treble down a ton) is similar vocal presence to the ZS10 Pro but the V80 is congested sounding.The highs are done really well. I have a handful of tracks that I check for sibilance and pierce; a problem on the ED16 and V80 but the ZS10 Pro are crisp and clean without overdoing it. To me it's just right, giving all the detail without any of the problems of ED16/V80, where the 1more is a bit dark even though it has extra energy in the upper treble. (again, using the 1more Triple tips [~5mm bore, about ~3mm extension from the iem nozzle] so I can't say how stock tips are because they don't fit unless I shove them in so far that the bass vent/port is blocked)Unfortunately I don't have any specific stuff to gauge imaging and/or soundstage. Comparing the ZS10 Pro back to back against each of the other 3, in general listening, it sounds like it justifies the price compared to ED16/V80. Separation seems like the best I've heard, picking out stuff that wasn't obvious in my listening before. (with the 1more Triple being just plain outdated compared to even the ED16.)-- Some extra info:I've used these with the 8-core TRN cable and stock cable, seems the impedance differences of these cables makes the highs a bit sharper on the TRN 8-core, so I've settled on the stock cable. I'm mostly running this out of a Fiio Q1 with an old Sandisk E260 feeding the Q1. Due to the high sensitivity I can hear just a tiny bit of noise off the Q1, but no where near enough to be distracting.Listening to stuff like: NIN/HTDA ('99-now), CHVRCHES, HEALTH (2015-now), billie eilish, gorillaz, audioslave, linkin park (2007-now), Oh WonderThe nozzle size on these is the Comply T400 size. Spinfit cp145 goes on just fine. Nice lip on the end of the nozzle, holds the tips nicely.Seems to sound great no matter what tips I throw on. Cheap foams, to 1more's custom foams, to standard silicone (narrow or wide bores) etc. The sound signature changes a bit of course, but none of the tips bring the sibilance or treble to uncomfortable levels and some tips even make these sound neutral to me.The pre-installed tips are pretty nice, I dislike the usual "starline" KZ tips (S,M,L set of starline are also included and are softer than the starline that came with my ED16), however the pre-installed are only the single pair and they are medium size which is too small for me.Nozzle length is nice, housing is surprisingly compact, I would imagine it fits most ears.Interesting BA driver locations of the 2 mid BAs and 2 High BAs. 1 small BA in the nozzle. Second small BA off to one side of the dynamic but close to the nozzle's base. And 2 slightly larger BA off to the other side of the dynamic, also near the nozzle base. The BAs down by the dynamic form roughly 90 degree angle with the DD. Thought it was interesting compared to the pictures I've seen of the CCA C10 and old ZS10's BA setup.