KZ - D-Fi (Tunable Version)

I have the red too, and i hate it, i just find it unbearably boring. The KZ d-fi has almost the same tuning and is 10x more fun at 1/4 of the price. About the pure, according to the comments i read, it's not an upgrade, it's just different, the people who liked the hexa just found the pure as "muddy"; but at least for me, i won't buy a truthear ever again, it's just the same recipe as ever, cheap cable, cheap eartips, a waifu in the box and the price $60+.

My first was kz d-fi. But they have short nozzles and they fall out of my ears immediately. The first and only time i have such problem. Can't say much about sound, since i simply can't listen them because of this. Next was moondrop chu2. Complete waste. They sounds so damn thin i absolutely hate them. I would ranked them 1/10 Next was kiwi ears cadenza. They sounds... Tolerable i guess. 3.5/10 or maybe 4/10 Tripowin piccolo - that was not a bad buy. Interesting, unusual mid centric (or w-shaped) tuning, i liked them, but not enough to use them as my main. 5/10 or 5.5/10 After that i lost my interest to iems for a year. But month ago i bought kz edx lite. I bought them because they cost for me $0.35. I had zero expectations since they normal price is like $4-5 and they were cheaper than anything i tried before, and i though if i didn't like more expensive iems there is 0 chance something so cheap would be good. But then i tried them i was immediately blown away how good they sounds and ofc much better than i expected. 7/10 Couple of days ago i bought kz edc pro. And i think they will became my main. Their resolution is just much better than in edx lite. Use edx lite in next day feels like watch 480p after 1080p. Honestly both has pros and cons, in sum i liked lower half of spectrum more in edx lite, but higher half of spectrum in edc pro. Edc pro less universal, electronic music sounds great, but any real instruments sounds less natural than in edx lite. Female voices, higher male voices, electric guitars and some dubstep synths sound thin. Kick sounds harder. Its not about quantity of kick, they just sounds different, and i like softer kicks in edx lite more. Edc pro sounds much more V-shaped, they brighter and kick take more attention than in edx lite. Soundstage is much better, in edx lite it almost dont exist. So, while i think that edx lite is equally good in every genre with any instruments etc, unlike edc pro, but the resolution is just much better in edc pro. 7.2/10 Basically reddit meta was waste for me (including tws - moondrop space travel and over ear - koss ksc75, didn't like any of this) So i don't trust reddit anymore

KZ Castor or KZ D-Fi if there's a sale

They're very popular because of their price/sound quality ratio. You'd usually have to pay 20-30usd for that quality from other brands. There's a summer Sale now on Ali. You can get the Castor or the Castor Pro or D-FI for less than 10usd each if you have enough coins

I've been advised by three people now that diminishing returns start at 150-200$. At that point, it's better to start looking at headphones. You can get really good technical performance from the under 100$ category. The gap is too small to justify the price gap. I'd say $500+ is for people who can afford to flex their wallets. I've been using the KZ D-FI for 2 years now, and I recently just ordered the Kefine Klean as it was the most recommended under 50$. After that, I'm going to try the Simgot EW300 and KZ AS24 (Tuning) to see how they perform and how big the gap between them and my D-FI. After that, I'm stopping there because personally, I don't have a legitimate reason to spend more than 100$ on earphones. You'll never know until you try it.

I used the KZ D-FI on DDDU Tuning for basic mixing and monitoring.

The Zenith is the best one by a large margin for me, the Gale would be my second choice (EDX Pro 2 has the same tuning and about 2-3dB more bass, I prefer the balance of the Gale though, both are an incredible value for the price (+/-$8-9)). I have or had at some point the Hydro, PRX, Saga (both), Castor (both), Libra (hi-res and balanced), ZVX, ZVX Pro, Vader Balanced/Trio, ZS12 Pro X, EDC Pro, D-Fi and Polaris, of this sets I like the Saga Balanced the most.

I started with kz dfi, had some imbalance issues later on. Now using EW200.

Hey! I bought the Castor bass version and KZ D-Fi and I’ll be honest, I never even used the Castor. D-Fi sounded very good to me for edm. I found the D-Fi more punchy and the Castor more boomy (it was not dark, just the bass was boomy). I prefer a punchy bass, thats why I used D-Fi, but you might like different. I don’t know anything about the Konoka CVJ, but I recommend you look for these IEMs on Aliexpress, especially now (on the 11.11 SALE), you may find some pretty good deals, just dont forget to use coupons

My first chifi iem was a KZ D-Fi, and I still use it regularly, plugged in a Bluetooth module. It's light and confortable, suits perfectly in my gym routines.