Hydro

i'd look at cca hydro v shape set, big punchy bass but still remains clean and is very technical due to the drivers (8ba + 2dd) and their implementaion. mids are more open and present with detailed and extended treble shells are abit on the chonkier side though so if you have smaller ears or prefer a smaller iem i'd probably pass

They really could have do away with the tuning switches, it is mainly for low frequency, while the bass is not at the level you will feel the need to tune it down. So far it is very clear and detailed, very suitable for vocal focus tracks like most of what I would listen to like JPOP including anime songs, Chinese POP or even KPOP. For those electronic tracks with strong bass, I think I would enjoy more with CCA Hydro.

I think I prefer KZ Zenith compared to PRX... there is something with PRX sound that I do not quite like.. hard to pin point to what it is. KZ PRX is detailed but somehow I dun quite like it as much. And you definitely need to use a more powerful source to run it like balanced output from a DAC AMP, I mean you can use 3.5mm if it provides enough power. My favorite IEM is still CCA Hydro.

The CCA Hydro is a very good iem, and very underrated. Comes with mic or without, and even with a HQ cable for 10$ more. It fits within the 200$-250$ segment for less than half the price.

I'm very impressed with the CCA Hydro iem's. I've bought 3 sets of iems during the summer sales. Whereas the hydro is the cheapest of the 3 sets I've bought (others are juzear 61t and kiwi ears punch). Still the hydro sounds like a very good competitor against sets wich are around the 200$ segment.

cca hydro has a rly nice upgrade cable for a few bucks more. i wouldn't call the build very cheap it's good for the price, just the connector is something to be careful with.

edc pro, zenith, cca rhapsody/trio, zs10 pro 2 and cca hydro are all competitive.

separation a bit harder since headphones have wider stage and iirc sundara had good separation, but detail for sure, my cca hydro and truthear nova i had have more detail than both sundara and lcd-2c. kima 2 I've heard is good it looks a bit warm, maybe not detail focused, but should still be fine. if you want detail i would get something like nova, hydro, em6l, defiant, maybe ziigaat crescent, xenns tea pro for higher end and still bassy.

CCA Hydro has a very engaging tuning for hip-hop, rly good bass punch, pleasant tonality.

If you have larger ears, I would go with CCA Hydro. They’re great, and can be adjusted to fit your preference using physical switches on the IEMs to change the sound profile.

I dont own kz zs10 pro 2 but I have zs12 pro x. and its the banger. it just have one extra BA than zs10 pro 2. I power them with cs43131 dac and its just amazing. the most expensive iem i have right now is cca hydro. I love them the most and use them the most. I use fiio ka13 for powering it.

At that price, as24, am16, or cca hydro. Autoeq towards a neutral target like ve7, mh334sr, or anything similar from canalworks, westone or shure. I recommend multi ba only sets as they tend to be low distortion and handle eq very well in my experience.