KZ - Saga Bass Enhanced Version

Under $10 the best is the KZ EDC PRO (edx pro is another iem), use it with Kbear 08 eartips. In Aliexpress (sometimes using coins) you can get for $8-15 the ND planet, KZ Castor Pro/OG, KZ Libra Balanced/Hi res/X, KZ Saga balanced/bass, KZ ZVX pro, all of them have good reviews and comments. The Kbear 07 and 08 eartips are good for them.

My saga bass enhanced version's right ear gets muted and muffled after about an hour of usage. I have to put them out and wait a minute or two, which I believe is because of metal extending and making pressure buildup. Do yours also have this issue ?

I would personally pick the KZ Saga and KZ Castor pro. Also tangzu Waner, I wouldn’t bother about the others. I have reviewed the KZ Saga if you are interested in reading: https://www.head-fi.org/showcase/kz-saga.27626/review/36462/ In the credit that left I would buy eartips, cases and cables

Under 50$: Tanchjim Zero Ultima DSP, KZ Saga Under 100$: Sliivo SLA3, Letshuoer S12/Artti T10, Kiwi Ears Airoso, Under 200$: Kiwi Ears Aether It is really hard not to love these!!

**KZ Saga Bass Edition:** If you want bass, alongwith no compromises on Mids and Treble. KZ Saga is overall the best due to its superior tonality. You can listen to various genres unlike the others. **QKZ x HBB & Rosefinch:** Strong Sub bass, warm vocals, lacks details in treble. This is great for Hip Hop, but might not enjoy other genres. The same goes for Roseflinch. **KZ Castor/Castor Pro:** Castor has more Mid bass, punchy bass. Decent rubble. Thin mids, shouty treble. Castor Pro is more balanced, it's the best of both worlds, KZ Saga has better tonality, but Castor Pro has slightly better technicalities. It's very EQ friendly. https://preview.redd.it/0vpgb08z7r8e1.png?width=2400&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2d12b0acf442af8984f685492e0f7fe1c82a41e8 KZ Saga is overall best imo, due to how it's tuned.

If your budget is tight, and you only want Bass QKZ x HBB is what you need. If you want Bass and open up other genres aside from Hip Hop, KZ Saga is good at that. Saga has more bass and tonality than Castor Pro, but Castor Pro has slightly better technicals.

It seems the Chu 2 is a highly regarded iem here, well if you go outside your comfort zone, I mean see outside the box there are many better budget options to consider, here 7hz Salnotes Zero 2 is a slightly more bassy version of the Chu 2, a good allrounder Blon Z300 is basically a very balanced set with good sub bass and a clean unspicy treble, comes with a decent 4.4mm balanced cable  QKZ xHBB is my fav budget basshead, it can produce immersive reverberating sub bass rumble with the right matching eartips (Spinfit CP100 for me), it also has good soundstage and imaging, with clean vocal and treble clarity too The KZ Saga is a rare KZ with a very well balanced neutral tuning, not lacking or boosting any part of the frequencies, with the right matching eartips it can qualify as an budget audiophile quality basshead, especially the bass version CCA Trio can be considered as a small upgrade from the Castor Bass with less overwhelming bass intensity and a more balanced set with a clean un-muddy sub bass focus Truthear Zero (blue) are mostly balanced sounding, with good imaging and soundstage, has good bass punch and texture

No one mentioning the EDC Pro or newer Saga? I have all three you have listed. Of the three, I like the Wan'er the best, but only if you cover the front vent to give it a bass boost. Stock, it's great for movies and K/J-pop. Cover the front vent, it's now good for EDM (think PulsRadio Dance's poppish EDM) The Castor Pro Bass is a bit too V shaped for me. The bass and trebles are the best of the three. And has the most technical build {2 DDs) and requires more power, so buy a good DAC with 30mW per channel. And you can EQ the mids to give you an even better sound. The Chu 2 is decent Just... decent. Nothing special. I'll get hate for it, but to me, the sound boring. So I'd rank them in this order 1 Wan'er (with front vent covered. If not covered, then go with Castor Pro Bass) 2 Castor Pro Bass (probably best of three for gaming) 3 Chu 2 ...or buy the new KZ Saga and be done with it.

You like bass, I assume. Plenty of options. KZ EDC Pro (warm, but well tuned), and for a slight upgrade from that, the KZ Saga (more bass, more treble, slightly less vocals). The GK Kunten (which sounds like a slur for a loose woman) is on my next-to-buy list.

Yes it’s great maybe the best for hip hop if you pick the right one My choices KZ edc pro - super budget option 5$ just sounds good overall. Kz castor pro bass (black) - 10-15$ give you that mid bass punch and slam Kz saga bass - 10-15$ give you that sub bass rumble and thump Kz zs12 pro x (with the tuning switches set to Up up down down) - overall amazing bass sound and texture but it’s 30-50$ CCA hydro - the king but it’s 80-100$ My personal pick is zs12.

I own the Kefine Delci AE, BLON BL03, Saga Bass Edition, Tin HiFi T3+, and CCA C10,sennheiser mtw 3 Among them,  Delci AE  is slightly better, but none of them sound like my FiiO FW5. Yes, it’s a Bluetooth set, but it still sounds better than all of my IEMs. The soundstage,bass and detail are truly impressive. If you're not a hardcore audiophile, you’ll probably enjoy the FW5 even more.whoever says a bluetooth earphone can’t be better than an IEM, the FiiO FW5 proves them wrong. If the goal is pure enjoyment, the FW5 is fantastic.

Yeah HBB hype cannot be taken literally, there's a reason why the ND Planet is so cheap, the tuning might be good idk but its technicalities simply cannot match more expensive IEMs considering they must have used a cheaper driver. I actually bought the KZ EDC Pro because HBB hyped it, the EDC Pro has a fantastic tuning on par with IEMs many times its price, but technicality wise even $15 IEMs like the KZ Saga wipe the floor with it.

Qkz x hbb … dull bass and cheapest sound ever. Maybe they are little better for gamers. As an music admiring adult I was more than disappointed… they are going on eBay soon. Jumped on the hypetrain with that shitters and won’t do that again. Had to shoot me two new sets to get over that disappointment emotionally: Tripowin Piccolo and KZ Saga. They are both so much better than the Qkz x hbb.

That’s exactly what I noticed while desperately changing through all the ear tips I had at hand. They are very tip sensitive at least in my ears. Further they have a strange fit and a nozzle that is very uncomfortable especially in my left ear channel. I wanted to like them, took the Hype Train and ordered. But (and it saddenes me, really) they are not for me, since even my TWS have a subbass and bass that is awesome and well defined and not bleeding into mids and treble. Now I am enjoying the KZ Saga Bass I got last Saturday – they’re nearly perfect for me and my ears. There is no need to brain burn them and get used to them. And their finish is premium, too with the black metal shell. But of course I will give the Qkz x HBB another chance tonight since I rotate through my IEMs and TWS all day. And if it’s given that the QKZ x HBB simply aren’t for me and my ears cause I am getting older and my hearing changes, then I‘ll put them back in their box, pack a second cable without Mic and two new and fresh and better sets of Ear Tips in and put them online for sale. Hoping someone out there will enjoy them as you and the other nice commenter above you. I thought I would enjoy them, too.