KZ - KZ ZST X

KZ's zstx. Had these for years, still good!

KZ ZST X. Ended up getting sunscreen all over them due to a leakage in my bag, and then threw them in the bin. Decent with an Apple dongle, not very good plugged straight in to my school laptop at the time. Tons of whitenoise and some static when touching the input. Would not buy again, but the sound quality was better than my Airpods pro at least.

Idk the actual brand, but I can tell you a replica type from the middle years, if it's like for cosplay or something. search kz -zst on AliExpress or wish, they're similar to these you show but are practically identical to older ones they used! They'll look like this https://preview.redd.it/1t9ygpsv5xde1.jpeg?width=398&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=470a104cac3060d4d57e03b9875a6d1fc293ba1e They're really good actually, both as headphones and iems, for me these are basically an exact mould of my ears. So comfy and naturally noise cancelling! I've used for both, for about 10y. You can get this type without the writing too I think but might need to dig deep!

https://preview.redd.it/7zzf00to6xde1.jpeg?width=818&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d31c332e5682c5a2e9afb8f767e95fe88c37287a This is the type i refer to :)

Ooooh. My first iem was a Shure 215 for drumming and then my first chi-fi was the kz Andromeda clone. I got rid of both and good riddance they suck ass. You know what doesn't suck the kz zst and the tin audio t4. Both are great

KZ ZST. Pre-ordered it in like 2014-ish, the purple-blue colored one. When i tried it, i just like put it in the box and sell it again. For me, it is really bright, it made my head ache

If you're trying to hear your drums through the interface, then you've got something setup wrong. I have a mixer now so I have all of my audio coming into channels 1 & 2 (L & R) from the computer then the other mic inputs go out to my in ears (KZ ZS10 Pros) That may be the difference. I do have some KZ ZST In Ears that were a little bit uncomfortable. But the ZSN Pros with the larger ear nubbies (which you should have gotten a littl pouch with different sized nubbies in it) fit perfectly in my ears. They came with no nubbies on them. I pulled 2 medium sized ones out and they weren't quite right. So I swapped them out for the largest pair in the package and that's what I've been using ever since. Now, as far as hearing your drums through the in-ears. Yeah, I do kind of hear them under what's coming through the in-ears themselves. But it's not distracting me at all because it's all real time so what the interface is picking up, I'm hearing it as soon as I hit the drums. I probably can't help you with software or device settings especially if you're using Windows or Mac (I use Linux) but essentially it's the same I think. you have to select the interface as your output device. This lets you record direct to the computer. I also am plugged directly into the mixer so I'm hearing everything (drums and the music I'm playing along with) going directly into my ears in real time. So, you may have a switch off or main volume knob too low or something because if you're going direct to the interface with headphones, then you should be able to hear the mics. You shouldn't even need a computer to hear the mics if your in ears are connected to the interface. I had a Behringer 1820i (8 port interface) and I was able to hear everything through hat interface just fine. Even the music I was playing along to. I set the main volume for that on the PC. Then that fed into the interface in the audio settings and I could control the volume for everything going to my ears with the interface. It's been a while since I've used an interface so I honestly couldn't tell you how I set that up unfortunately. But, getting the audio from the PC to the interface through USB should be easy enough as long as you have that USB Device setup properly and the volume levels are up high enough so you can hear them okay.

For edrums, isolation isn’t really a problem with in ears. Most in ears will attenuate enough of the pad noise. Of course this assumes you’re monitoring at an expected safe volume. If you’re monitoring at a very low volume, then even the best isolation won’t help you. Source: primarily an acoustic drummer using a handful of in ears for different tasks with a reason I don’t do pad exercises with even my KZ ZSTs. In any case, for that price, you could get a custom IEM somewhere. Flipears has like a 4BA CIEM for $700. Even with shipping that should still work out to be at or less than $1,000. Just to add, -26dB is about what you’d get from a non-vented custom IEM, which is about the best you can get isolation-wise. It’s good enough for people who work with jackhammers in their hands and get their mandatory PPE for free; it’s good enough for sticks hitting plastic.