LinsoulQKZ x HBB 10mm Titanium-Coated Diaphragm HiFi in-Ear Monitor Earphones with Semi-Open Cavity, Detachable Recessed 2Pin Silver-Plated Cable, Noise Canceling for Audiophile(Without Mic)

I bought it for fun and use at the gym and throw it away. Surprisingly good built quality. Fits great, comfortable and comes with cheap light cord that never draws attention to itself. But the music sound like somebody put a huge blanket over the unit. It's stock tuning is very flat and balanced, but very veil and not much details or separations. Also has too much boomy mid bass dialed in, but you can also hear big deep bass somewhere waiting to be released.Spent a few hours with an equalizer and tuned the heck out of it using my awesome AKG N5005 as a reference and now this cheap $20 unit sounds better than IEM costing $500 or more. Tons of huge thundering sub base that never bleeds into the mids, smooth vocals and soso highs because I didn't have access to a good equalizer. Try as I did, but couldnt get instrument separations to match the Akg or my Ananda headphone, but with the huge clean sub bass adding more dimensions to music, the extra spaciousness is not missed. It sounds amazing now, very satisfying to listen to for hours.This unit maybe cheap, but it came with all the right internals to be a really great IEM built in. It's true potential is just waiting to be brought out. Its like Dr. Banner changing to the Hulk.However, to enjoy this awesome sound, you have to play all your music while under equalization. If you just plug it into any device without equalizer or any ap like Spotify and others that don't have a good equalizer. This unit will fall flat and sound like the $20 pos it was tuned from the factory and you won't like it.If you want something that sound much better than these right of the box and spend less without resorting to equalization. Get the AKG iem that came free on samsung phones from a few years ago. Amazon and eBay has them for only $12. Make sure they're the genuine units and not the knock offs.

If you’ve ever listened to any IEM from KZ, this would be what KZ should be doing. Achieving such tonal balance from a single DD. Treble is good, the bass slams but in a tasteful way.It’s in the price range of the CHU, but it’s not the same category. I’d get these if you love R&B, Hip Hop etc. The CHU works best for vocal forward music.Great sound overall and my new chifi fave.

The removable chord could be better comfort wise, but given that the IEMs are so high quality for 40$ I really can’t complain. The stock eartips are fully functional but aftermarket foam ones seem to do better for most needs. The ear nozzles are rather wide so if you have small ears you may want to look into getting foam tips simply for comfort.Sound wise, you don’t need an amp at all, although I have heard they can benefit from them. The tuning of the IEM is absolutely wonderful and tuned at a slightly more bass than treble Harmon. They are extremely clear and fun for any set under 100$ and compare favorably to my 190$ Moondrop Kato for clarity. In some tunings you might find something about an IEM tiresome, but not these and not for me. I wouldn’t call their sound to be “warm” necessarily but I would say that my 20$Salnotes Zero do make some tracks more exciting, but at the cost of them being tiresome with treble, in particular cymbals. Not so with these.I’d say it would be a good budget blind but for any HIFI fan and also comfortable enough in their tuning and price to just blind buy as a gift for some friend that might appreciate them.

I have a different pair of IEMs that is my favorite but wanted to try some others just in case. In a few situations where I couldn't use my favorites, I have tested 3-4 different IEMs and these have been my favorite substitute overall.Sound - Heavier bass than others, although still not quite enough for my taste but that's more of a fault of IEMs as a whole than these. The sound is smooth and good quality.Comfort - The part that goes into the ear is a bit long for my taste. It's not that big of a deal for me because I only wear IEMs while playing drums for ~20 minute periods, but longer term listening could be uncomfortable. Luckily if you have a cable that wraps around your ear, they shouldn't fall out.

If you love bass and the emotion it instills in your songs, this is the set for you. It has a very powerful, thick low end that makes most music, and video games sound alive. Not the best for quieter music with subtle details, but you know what you're getting into with this set. high end is clear, but not the focus leading to a very non-fatiguing listening experience. Unfortunately for me, the wing on the top of the iem makes these uncomfortable for me to wear more than 20 minutes, which sucks because I love the fun sound these have. Your mileage may vary, but fit is a make or break for me, and these will probably be going back for something else. If you want clarity in an iem under 50, shout-out to the Simgot EW200. The shell on those are also so small, and comfortable compared to the QKZ'S. But if this set fits your ears, I highly recommend them!