TRUTHEAR - Rosefinch

**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.

Simply Rosefinch if you want rattling bass in your eardrums. But, are you sure you want that? While I do understand that you have Chu 2 for casual listening. But wouldn't it be better if you have something that is both bassy and sounds good for other genres?

If you don't like Rosefinch tuning, unfortunately you can't fine-tune it like us. I'm using Castor Pro because OG Castor wasn't EQ friendly due to limitations on its drivers. We have a way to test different IEMs tunings (80-90% based on driver configuration) via Squiglink database. So, if it sounds good in our IEM, we can go for that IEM knowing what to expect. Look https://preview.redd.it/yj0in47nas8e1.jpeg?width=1079&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bcc0d4feab1ddae71151134245520927718aed17 iOS doesn't have any such apps. So, you are stuck with stock tuning.

My other IEMs are the Hidizs MP145, KZ PRX and ZAR, Rosefinch, Zero Red, Zero 2, and ancient Ety ER4S. I mostly just listen to the Punch, MP145 and ZAR for portable. I love classic rock the most like Grateful Dead, Steely Dan, Beatles, Dylan, Zeppelin, etc. But I listen to everything, love classical and jazz, and EDM and Hip-hop and bassy pop, soul.

The Rosefinch is terrible. Looks great. Sounds like shit

TinHiFi T3+. The other was a KZ 12 pro x, something like that. It’s impossible to remember their model numbers, and it’s been a while. A Rosefinch wasn’t far behind. The T3+ found an appreciative home, the Rosefinch went to someone else, but outside of an initial thank you, I never heard about it again, and KZ12 whatever went straight back to Amazon for a refund. And it wasn’t a cheap KZ IEM, it was in the upper level of their budget pricing.

The bass on the new Blue 2 is supposed to be good if you use foam tips, but has very mixed reviews. The Delci has good bass, but not really basshead levels. The Rosefinch is very inexpensive but is a true basshead set, just not well rounded. More, ti me, a one trick pony. The Castor Pro Bass edition always gets mentioned, but honestly I don’t find the bass that impressive for the hype. It’s there, just not quite what I’d expected. So while not full on basshead, I’d still put the original Delci out there for good bass but not sacrificing the rest of the music. All of those are available in 3.5mm cables. I would advise, however, on a PC is a dongle of some sort. Even an $8 Apple dongle will do. The audio out on most pcs are almost afterthoughts, have a high impedance which can be unbalanced for sensitive IEMs, and pick up too much RF noise off the motherboard.

I have a few bassy IEMs. Namely my Rosefinch and the very cheap QKZ ZXT. But I am starting to like the amount of bass my EDC Pro has. It's bassy, but not anywhere near a true basshead IEM level. Even the PRX's bass is growing on me. It's funny that I started my journey into IEMs two months ago as a basshead. The more bass, the better. But over two months, finding myself wanting a more neutral sound, or at least a relaxed V shape. Even in my Subaru with the good sound system, I find myself turning the bass down now. Let me evolve a bit before choosing another.

If you are willing to EQ, the Waner actually, otherwise, Rosefinch for full blast Rumble, or QKZxHBB for a still somewhat correct sound. Castor is more punchy than rumbly.

they are all around the same honestly, is more or less about how much you take care of them, but probably Waner or QKZxHBB a bit better over the Rosefinch.

I couldn’t stand the Rosefinch personally, but if all you care is bass no matter what, then you may like it. It has a not-so-popular connector type, which may be important to consider if you do cable matching. I loved the Castor Bass. The QKZ x HBB is not that bassy, doesn’t fit this category. For super punch, E20 on sale is a better performer, especially with EDM & Hip-Hop. It graphs similar-ish with the Deuce. I am curious what other IEMs people recommend.

Yes, the Chu II has a standard 2-pin connector. You can use its cable with the Rosefinch but not vice-versa. It is the same connector the E20 has. KZ uses QDC, a different type of connector, but definitely more popular than TFZ.