The last one I actually reviewed was KZ EDX. So I was lucky enough to get a review unit from KZ and it's been quite a while or it's been a long time since I actually wanted to try another kz unit. Today we're going to be reviewing the knowledge ZEX. Songs like Black Sabbath's Symptom of the Universe is also very pleasing to listen to. All the metal songs I've tried have given very very satisfactory results, with great vocal performance. Taman Rashidah Utama - Wings: This is a metal song which is handled exceptionally by the ZEX. (Although it is probably arguably fine compared to IEMs like the ZSN or EDX.) His voice is constantly sibilant, and listening at high volumes is quite challenging due to his sibilant S's. Soundstage is wide for this price range.ĮSCAPE PLAN - Travis Scott: Travis Scott is the archenemy of the KZ ZEX. Joji's falsettos are controlled superbly by the ZEX, with a hint of sibilance at high volumes. Sanctuary - Joji: The low end is really good this song, not extremely boomy but just warm enough to be pleasant.
It's a very fine line, they could either have just enough treble extension to be eargasmic or just plain sibilant. Overall, the ZEXs are actually quite a good pair of IEMs, when they're not sibilant. When listening on one ear the cymbals can sometimes drown out everything else, which made it hard to listen to but that only happens occasionally. Coming from that, it took a while to get used to the ZEX's highs. The TRN MT1s were amazing for me, not too boomy but also not sibilant, but lacking in details. I'm both treble and bass sensitive - I have tried both the BLONs and the Tin T2s and I found them too hot or sibilant/sparkly for me. Personally, I prefer warm IEMs, but I also really enjoy a good vocal presentation. It's hard to explain - theres a heavily extended bottom end which is overwhelming at times. Theres also crazy bass, which can come off as bloated sometimes depending on the song. This might be because I am quite treble sensitive, and if you're coming from an pair like the ZST X's, you should be fine as this is less spicy.
Cymbals are also handled terribly by the ZEX, at high volumes they're very spicy. Travis Scott's voice is especially spicy on the S's.
It performs really well on metal and pop songs.įor the cons, there is a bit of sibilance occasionally, for example on ESCAPE PLAN. The mids are great, and the highs are really nice most of the time. The KZ ZEX is an interesting IEM - it is really warm but has great vocals, albeit a little hot, with great detail retrieval.
#Dirty loops bass splayer upgrade#
Having rocked the TRN MT1s for a while, I decided to upgrade to the KZ ZEX. There are genres that can take advantage of this tuning and present a very enjoyable experience. However, this kind of sound (read : fun and enjoyable) might exactly be the thing that rocks your socks off. Speaking of midrange, the ZEX will not pair well with music that needs lush and open midrange reproduction, partly because the bass hump shadows it, making the midrange sound a bit veiled. The treble seems fast and substantially resolving while the low-mid region seems to have slower decay. One peculiarity worth noting is that the treble sounds a bit disjoint from the rest of the sound, it is not the last word in coherence. There seems to be a peak in the treble region which adds a ringing to the cymbals and is quite unforgiving if the recording quality is poor on top of that. There is a strong midbass boost which hits quite hard but it sounds bloated to me and it masks details and throws the sound off balance. The ZEX tuning unfortunately isn't what I would call balanced. Mightily impressed by the budget offering from KZ, namely EDX, I was expecting an upgrade to the sound.
ZEX is very efficient and it works fine off phone.