[AsheshM]

  OK not sure why but I've been listening to this Black Light Syndrome disc constantly for days now and randomly tried track 2 with the EDR2 and it was OK but they need burn-in so mute point. Tried the Puro IEM500 and just wasn't happening so threw on the ED3 Acme and BAM! this is sounding good now...rockin' deep bass and crunchy highs I'm liking these little b@$t@rds more and more...

which tips you are using with ED3? anything from KZ or aliexp???

 

[1clearhead]

My ear canals don't get along with stock KZ tips - I think my ear canals are too narrow. Only the foamies work if I pinch em right before they go in, the silicone ones give driver flex - even small. The olive shape is not for me I spose. These have been my go to tip since I got them on ATE and now on ZN1 Mini - will tip roll again for EDR2.
Biflange soft silicone tips with a wide bore - got them at EE and apparently they are Sennheiser IE80 styled tips.
Medium in left ear, small in right, good to go.

The double flange wide-bored tips you have pictured are the same exact kinds I'm using on my ATN (ZN1). They work wonders on comfort and SQ. Nice posting! 

 

[EISENbricher]

  @EISENbricher

Here's the KZ ATE (stock silicone tips):


 
Yep, that's the "calibrated", diffuse-field compensated measurement. Looks quite neutral with a roll-off in the upper treble (the dip around 6 kHz is around 5 dB less present, it is a calibration error) , doesn't it? But that's totally not how the ATE sounds in my ears. To me, it sounds, bassy, thick, dark, voluminous.

Exactly, I was totally expecting some kind of hump on the lower side. The word you used to describe ATE are just perfect. 

 

[B9Scrambler]

  @B9Scrambler
 
You're right with the guesses.
And it's green.

 
Ah yeah! The ZS1 just had to be the wonkiest of the bunch. No wonder I love it so much 

 Black sheep of the KZ family.

 

[j0p3Y]

My ear canals don't get along with stock KZ tips - I think my ear canals are too narrow. Only the foamies work if I pinch em right before they go in, the silicone ones give driver flex - even small.

'Driver flex'.. Is that the sound I get with some of my iems (with silicone tips) when I put them in my ear canal? Clicks like the membrane is pushed in too far. I was thinking my eardrum was giving me problems, perhaps not clean enough or a bit moist from showering...

 

[Ruben123]

OK not sure why but I've been listening to this Black Light Syndrome disc constantly for days now and randomly tried track 2 with the EDR2 and it was OK but they need burn-in so mute point. Tried the Puro IEM500 and just wasn't happening so threw on the ED3 Acme and BAM! this is sounding good now...rockin' deep bass and crunchy highs I'm liking these little b@$t@rds more and more...

Which one is the most neutral? And are the ed3 s3 or acme and others the same? I really lost in kz land regarding the ed3s...

 

[Mellowship]

  Exactly, I was totally expecting some kind of hump on the lower side. The word you used to describe ATE are just perfect. 

I found the ATEs very tip-dependant. For the past week I used them with the silicone stock large tips and they where balanced for my taste. A little bit veiled at the mids, but not too much that it would take away the enjoyment. Been listening to classic lately and these do a fine job with micro and macro dynamics and detail. 
Yesterday I did some tip rolling. Tried the stock foamsies but the fit was irregular. Double flanges (MEEelec) where also too irregular and prone to small variations of leakage though movement. The I tried the Sony Hybrids, large, and the sound went totally south. Dull, boomy, no treble, no nothing to write home about... And the Sony's are my favourite tips so far with many other earphones, mainly for fitting comfort and isolation. Back to the stock silicones I went. 

 

[AsheshM]

'Driver flex'.. Is that the sound I get with some of my iems (with silicone tips) when I put them in my ear canal? Clicks like the membrane is pushed in too far. I was thinking my eardrum was giving me problems, perhaps not clean enough or a bit moist from showering...

Same problem with my ED3. I was thinking some problem with my ear, but found it is issue with the right earphone only. How do i get rid of it?? 

 

[joemama]

  Wow HDS2 looks really interesting. These guys are going crazy!
 
http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/KZ-apparatus-of-5-8-MM-acme-micro-ring-in-ear-headphones-high-resolution-penetrating-voice/1246446_2033397274.html

Pass on them. Bought them when they first came out and they went to the back of the drawer after a listen both before and after burn-in. Lots of bass but that's about it.

 

[nolife1123]

 
Same problem with my ED3. I was thinking some problem with my ear, but found it is issue with the right earphone only. How do i get rid of it?? 

Same here with KZ ATE and **** UE, with multiple tips, tho they are falling out quite often and sound veiled/blurry UNLESS I move my bottom jaw to the right slightly, as much sense as it makes it relieves the pressure of the ear channel off of both of my ears and it actually sounds great, could likely be a tip issue with me, as I use the stock tips, since I don't have a collection of any kind. However, I couldn't really go any smaller either, I'm using small eartips and it's still producing driver flex and feels like a plunger inside my ear when inserting/inserted .

 

[vegetaleb]

  Same here with KZ ATE and **** UE, with multiple tips, tho they are falling out quite often and sound veiled/blurry UNLESS I move my bottom jaw to the right slightly, as much sense as it makes it relieves the pressure of the ear channel off of both of my ears and it actually sounds great, could likely be a tip issue with me, as I use the stock tips, since I don't have a collection of any kind. However, I couldn't really go any smaller either, I'm using small eartips and it's still producing driver flex and feels like a plunger inside my ear when inserting/inserted .

 
What about the ZS1? they fall out easily too?

 

[nolife1123]

   
What about the ZS1? they fall out easily too?

Don't have them, not a fan of extremely bassy earphones, prefer balanced neutral ones instead, but likely yes, I don't believe I ever got a single IEM to fit properly, not even the piston 3s.

 

[vegetaleb]

  Don't have them, not a fan of extremely bassy earphones, prefer balanced neutral ones instead, but likely yes, I don't believe I ever got a single IEM to fit properly, not even the piston 3s.

 
Yep me too, but if the ZS1 are good fit then ZS2 will be too and hopefully ZS2 will be a sort of ZN1 without the amp but with the mic, instead of super bass

 

[j0p3Y]

Same problem with my ED3. I was thinking some problem with my ear, but found it is issue with the right earphone only. How do i get rid of it?? 

right side here also... Coincidence I guess, 50%chance. Latest one was the ZN1 mini. Also **** UE does have this issue, but still nice fit. Also EDR2 has quite some issues with fitting in the canals. Not yet into foam, I guess I might try some cheap ones first (fit size)

 

[CADCAM]

 
which tips you are using with ED3? anything from KZ or aliexp???

I'm using tips from my Puro IEM500's...thought I was using Auvio's but checked and they are the stock medium(ish) Puro's. What size are you?