YinyooKZ AS16 PRO in Ear Earphone, 8 Balanced Armature Drivers Stage Studio Hifi IEM in Ear Monitor, Noise Isolation Wired In-Ear Headphones 3.5mm Gaming Earbuds for Musician(With mic, AS16PRO Cyan)

The best headphones I have purchased,better than my shures, cheap price for quality headphones

First a little background. Years ago, I purchased some Etymotics ER4p's and have been quite happy with them. Even when the plastic ear tubes degraded and crumbled (I'm not kidding), Etymotics repaired them at no cost, even out of warranty. Soon after I had custom ear tips made for my ears, which was a brilliant upgrade. However, the Ety's are flat EQ, and not much bass as many will attest (I'm not a bass head, more of a treble head perhaps). After over 10 years of reliable service, and trying units with more drivers really appealed to my ears, but not the $2000+ price point.Balanced Armatures (BA) provide speed, and if you don't know what that means, then you may be in need of some learning. For someone who owns electrostatic speakers like myself, will likely desire their headphones to attempt the same, or similar. Dynamic drivers (found in > 99% of headphones out there) won't cut it, way too flabby. Planars are likely the best option (electrostatic being the best option again) but are often difficult to drive by a portable unit. BA's can sooth that niche.So the search began, and I tried various units with a combination of drivers. The 5 BA units I tried sounded good, a fuller sound than my Etys but didn't possess the resolution. I then tried some 8 BA units, this is when the magic really took hold. That was until I saw the price tag ($1500 USD and up). I almost purchased the Westone 8's but my wallet wouldn't open. So back to my Etys and off I went.I started digging around and stumbled across various Chi-Fi units. Trying to get my hands on some highly regarded ones was a bit of a challenge, but the KZs are well represented on Amazon, and generally well regarded. I started with the 5 BA version known as the AS 10's. As I half expected, the sound was not *quite* as revealing as my Etys, but they worked very well and exceeded the Etys in many areas, and were "fun". The brand had proved itself, so I eyed these AS16 units, and some googling of reviews convinced me to give them a shot.Well, as others will note, the manufacturer makes some pretty wild claims. Sorry KZ, you aren't (yet?) at the level of even Westone 8's but...... you aren't close on their ~$2000 CAD price either. So, is that bad... a definitive no!Considering their price, they are as "fun" as the AS 10s but have much more resolution. As noted, I'm not a bass head, but I certainly appreciate "good" base, this is where fast comes in. To recite a quote from the Austin Powers move Goldmember: Tight like a tiger. The treble to me is good. I agree with some of the reviewers that they could be bright or reveal silence, is perhaps somewhat true but it's not the headphone's fault from my experience. Treble is needed to get good resolution, so it's a hard line to walk. These seem to pull it off quite well.If there's a complaint, it's the mid-range. There could be a bit more "air", but this is subjective, mainly to the music being listened to. I'm not saying there's anything particularly wrong, but I "feel" there could be a bit more air or space in the mids, likely a tuning issue. However, this also depends on what you are listening, and some music shines, really shines.However, there's nothing inherently wrong. You can sense the audio engineer laying and mixing the tracks (which some won't like this level of resolution). I am hearing things in the music that I've not heard before, which is what I'm looking for. There is no particular issue with balance for me.Comfort, I'm good with them. I wore them for 4 hours today and no complaints (arguably more comfortable than the Etys with the custom mold). Some complain about their weight, they don't seem heavy to me, and I may suggest rolling ear-tips to better grab. Style, the least of my worries, I actually like them.So why 5 stars? If these were in the $1000 range, they would lose a star, -2 stars if in the $2000 range. These units are remarkably good for the price. One note is I'm comparing my Etys in a balanced configuration, not single ended (as I am doing with the KZs) so this may be a factor in what I'm not hearing. I have a balanced cable coming, so I may find a drastic change, and if so, I'll update this review.Final opinion, if you are a fan of BA headphones, like good/excellent resolution, and don't want to empty your wallet of $2000+, then you really need to try these, they won't disappoint. Well done KZ!Update Aug 2021: Just looking over my reviews and realized I promised to update this when I got the balanced cable. Well, the difference is a brilliant improvement with balanced over single ended, as expected. The cable is also far nicer than the included cable. There are complaints from many about the included cable, which I never spent any significant time with, the balanced cable was installed, and has never left. These are my go-to headphones and have had no itch to upgrade them (but a new DAC is coming in a couple of days as my source is time for an overhaul).If anyone is wondering what cable to get, look at these (should be under 30$ for the 2.5mm 2 pin version):https://www.amazon.ca/Linsoul-Tripowin-Silver-Earphone-QDC-2-5mm/dp/B07ZQC1FS2/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Linsoul+Tripowin+Zonie+16+Core+Silver+Plated+Cable+SPC+Earphone+Cable+%28QDC-2.5mm%2C+Gold%29&qid=1629339685&sr=8-1

Nos han vendido que tenía no se cuantos BA. Imposibles de meter en ese recinto. El cual está hecho de un plástico mediocre. Y un cable q me recuerda a mi walkman Aída allá por los 90. 140euros. La calidad de audio no existe solo tiene medios y graves tardíos. Hay sibilancias constantes además de chirridos y espureas de distorsión de armónicosLos he probado con olivas complys y cable de plata 16 canales balanceado con un Fiio M11. Y un A and Kern KannMe da coraje las opiniones seleccionadas y las q dicen q se pueden comparar con iems de 1000 euros.....Por un poco más tienes los Fiio con 4BA. Shure. Un poco más caros. Pero dejaros de pruebas de estos equipos.No suelo opinar pues el que quiera que comparta mi experiencia y estudios. Deberé recibir algo a cambio como es lógico. Sólo deciros que he diseñado esquipos de estos. Y no os confundamos. La calidad vale pasta. Estos kz. Ni 20 euros

ottimi, suono pulito e ben definito, senza esaltare alcun tipo di frequenza in particolare, come in effetti dovrebbero fare gli in ear monitor, dato il loro scopo è di monitorare il suono! ho letto alcune recensioni negative in giro, in quanto dicono che siano troppo "acuti", ma non è così! se non li infilerete bene, li sentirete come una trasmissione radio da walkie talkie. basta spingerli per bene dentro all'orecchio per avere un ascolto pressochè perfetto. compratevi anche i tappini in memory foam. vi cambiano la vita, ve lo assicuro, rispetto a quelli in gomma. io ho preso i KLIM da 4,9mm e calzano perfettamente. Io li uso con il mio AXE FX3 per suonare la chitarra e mi trovo benissimo, soprattutto in estate. resa sonora impeccabile. basta cuffie sopra le orecchie!

Suona molto bene,a mio parere ben bilanciata e con buona definizione, unico problema è in relazione ai gommini:Con i suoi cuscinetti in silicone funziona bene,ho sostituito gli originali con cuscinetti in memory foam (che uso normalmente sulle altre cuffie,top end shure e sennheiser) ed ho avuto la spiacevole sorpresa di ottenere bassi impastati e confusi al limite della ascoltabilita, ci ho messo un po’ a capire che erano erano i cuscinetti (provati i klim e i comply ) ,non so perché, è la prima volta che mi capita un problema del genere e sulle as10 non accade , non è un problema se trovate comodi anche i gommini in silicone (i bassi sono buoni ) altrimenti dovrete verificare se capita anche a voi questo guaio (potrebbe essere anche la forma del mio orecchio ).Le dimensioni sono molto grandi ,può forse essere scomodo per chi abbia padiglioni piccoli,la forma dal lato interno è però molto “smooth” rendendo possibile appoggiare l’orecchio senza disagio a dispetto delle dimensioni.il suo cavo funziona bene ed è molto morbido, ho subito montato un Bluetooth az09 pro che funziona molto bene anche comparato con gli shure e Fiio che uso con le cuffie “buone”.tutto sommato da consigliare assolutamente a chi non voglia rinunciare a godere di buona musica senza portarsi in giro un capitale.