rom Posted February 4, 2020 Posted February 4, 2020 I'm a bass player looking for a budget pair of IEM. I saw some Chinese brands like CCA and KZ with multiple drivers but I'm not sure how they stack up for musicians. also checked out the MEE Audio mx4 pro but haven't seen much reviews on those for bass players. any suggestions?? Quote
EBS_freak Posted February 4, 2020 Posted February 4, 2020 KZ ZS10s or AS10s. They are pretty much the best you can get for headroom and bass for the money. 2 Quote
jrixn1 Posted February 4, 2020 Posted February 4, 2020 I first tried Shure SE215 but then went to KZ ZS10 after reading the recommendation in this forum. The ZS10 are really good and I prefer them to the SE215. 1 Quote
rom Posted February 4, 2020 Author Posted February 4, 2020 thanks for the recommendations guys! are more drivers necessarily better? the CCA 10 have 1 dyamic driver and 4 balanced armatures.. is that a good thing? or would a 3 or 4 driver IEM be jsut as good? Quote
EBS_freak Posted February 4, 2020 Posted February 4, 2020 There's 2 things in play with multidriver IEMs. Headroom. Headroom means less distortion (both perceivable and unaudible) - which gives a better and less fatiguing listening experience. However... When you start adding drivers, unless utilised with a properly designed phase aligned crossover (which is pretty difficult), you may get weird sounding IEMs, that can be plagued with phasing issues. Whereas KZ are not the best sounding IEMs for critical listening, for on stage use, headroom is king. Quote
rom Posted February 4, 2020 Author Posted February 4, 2020 thanks for the explanation, makes a little more sense now! Quote
Trimmo91 Posted February 23, 2020 Posted February 23, 2020 I use KZ zs10 pro iems and they are fantastic. I play upright in a 4 piece doo wop band so need to hear vocals and bass clearly. The zs10pro do this effortlessly. Great budget iems. Quote
BassTool Posted August 2, 2020 Posted August 2, 2020 I discovered this thread and took a punt as backup for my Ultimate Ears Triple fi IEMs, for just £40 I bought these from Amazon, just happened to get free Prime for a month too, so they arrived next day. WOW! Not only do they look great, they sound absolutely amazing for the money. I've tried them with PC, ipod, and phone and I cannot believe how good they sound for the money, they give my far more expensive UE in ears a run for the money, just wanted to thank fellow basschatters for this thread, these Kz ZS10 pro IEMs are brilliant IMO 👍 Quote
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