Chris you’re doing it to us again 
(the mods) new folk 
typing their first post too quickly or adding links…system say ‘no’ and auto throws a flag…So welcome to all our new HFGF members and please any other of Chris’s posse can you please type your first post slowly…
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Hello there!
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Ok waiting for Fat Freq Mistro Mini V2 in summer saving will start now my brain says. But my heart says otherwise and my brain gets clouded.
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In a video Timmy talked about a prototype of Letshuoer and it was 1DD + 11BA.
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Chris looks like you made a good impression on Zeos with the Kai!
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Hello music lovers 
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Why is there a bunch of random new members? These bots?
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Entries for a giveaway includes coming here and saying hello.
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This is like the z12 thread all over again
I’m praying they aren’t more than $600
QKZ x HBB Khan
Another Take on a 2 Dynamic Driver Sub Focused IEM. Same Old thing or a fresh take?
KIRK Yelling “Khan!” At 120db
Pros:
- Build quality and shell is nicely
designed and looks quality. - Definitely has sub bass when bass is
present but not forced. (Reminiscent
to a 12" ported sub system in your
car) - Mids. and treble are nicely balanced
in the mix and not too recessed or
forward to keep up with the lows. - Comes with Hard case and decent
cable. - Tuned exactly as designed and
perfectly achieves its intended goal!
Cons:
- No Cable termination
option 3.5mm SE Only. - Not a fan of TFZ
connectors would have
better with reg 2 Pin 0.78
but the TFZ has less chance
of damage so theres that.
Again most of the cons are
minor on the Khan I am just
nitpicking. - Shell shape and design not
the most comfortable for
me and probably others
longer nozzle length makes
it sit out more in my ears. - Nozzle size is massive with
huge lip , makes getting a
tip on and especially tip
rolling a interesting battle! - Not the same speed of
bass like a Beryllium
Coated One ( Cadenza )
Some might like this more
so not really a con but for
my preferences it is. - Stage is fairly compressed
not very wide and stage is
on a single plane and
mostly in you head center
with not much depth or
height but again maybe not
a serious negative as some
l prefer a intimate stage. At
this price point this is what
you would expect. I prefer a
much wider & deeper stage
with good height
differential again this is all
subjective and my
preference’s.
Hello all: Thanks for reading my feedback.
I share my impressions as I hear them with my ears.
As all our ears are different shapes & sizes so what I hear as bright or bass heavy -you might hear as dull and Vise-Versa; just something to be mindful of.
What makes my ears happy as a sound signature is slightly more aggressive U shape. I love my Bass Sub and Mid Bass love it all actually; and in large quantity. With the Bass I prefer a faster decay the faster the better as to not bleed into the mids., I am treble sensitive and prefer a darker warmer replay with good extension.
I prefer the fast speedy bass of the Beryllium Coated Driver of my Xenns Mangird UP and KiwiEars Cadenza. Of course there are exceptions in the market - as I also find the bass of the Bio Diaphragm used in the Yanyin Canon special - has some special sauce like a 8" subwoofer that feels like a 12" Has the slam and some serious sub bass! And the super cool Copper Alloy Shell IKKO Obsidian OH10 does some magic to the bass.
My music Library is widely varied from; Metallica, Great White, Cowboy Junkies, Pink Floyd, Adelle, Melisa Ethridge, Fleetwood Mac, Five for Fighting, Manskin, Poncho Sanchez, Jimmy Smith, Chopin, The Crystal Method just to name a few.
That dripple being said:
And as such here is my take on the: Khan (Bought with my $)
Sources: E1DA SG3, Shanling UP5, Geshelli JNOG J2 with AKM4493 chip.
DAP/TRASPORT: From Lenovo Laptop with Amazon Unlimited ULTRA HD, iBasso DX160 ,Samsung S22 Ultra with DSD Files.
Amps: LoxjiP20 tube amp and Topping A90D
Tips Used for Best Result and subjective: Short Wide Bore are definitely recommended on this one with the longer nozzle easy to get into your ear-holes I used a M BGVP W01 tip normally I use L but that Nozzle!
EVALUATION SCORE FOR SOUND IMPRESSIONS: (1-10) ( 1 Lowest - Poor 10 Highest - Mind Blown )
OVERALL SCORE: Out of possible 130 Points : 100.5 / 130 77% Old School Grade B+
BUILD QUALITY: (8/10) Light & Flawless nice shell smooth no flaws and fantastic shape best of all the sub $50 I have tried.
SUB - BASS Quantity: (10/10)
SUB - BASS Quality: (9.0/10)
MID - BASS Quality: (6/10) Recessed by design
MID - HIGH Quality: (7/10)
TREBBLE: (8/10) Too hot & spicy for my preference’s I ended up putting on a double 350 Level filter and happy with the results.
EXTENTION: (8/10)
STAGE: (6.5/10) Stage is fairly compressed not very wide and stage is on a single plane and mostly in you head center with not much depth or height but again maybe not a serious negative as some prefer a intimate stage. At his price point this is what to expect. I prefer a much wider & deeper stage with good height differential.
- WIDTH: 6.5
- HEIGHT: 6.5
- DEPTH: 5.5
COHERIENCY (Drivers Blend in together) : (10/10) The twin drivers work well together; well designed implementation and crossed over with nice overlap.
MICRO DYNAMICS: (5/10) - (How well does the IEM convey a emotional and skillful use of change of volume in the musical piece your listening to make it interesting and bring a tear to your eye.)
MICRO DYNAMICS: (5/10) - Elements of good Micro-Dynamics (Drums have the snap and impact your feel in your chest and this was observed to be best achieved with a slower attack on the bass notes to add weight and blend the proper attack relative of the rest of the mix; Also how does the IEM express its ability to replay the song mix in a way you can enjoy the dynamics in different volumes not only with the various different instruments ; but as well as give you a sense of space of whether or not your listening to a live recording or a large , medium, small recording studio.
- (How well does the IEM give you the sense of emotion in the overall relay: Does the emotion of the entire song change tone with verses having various rises? Did the engineer make the choruses feel more powerful?)
SOURCE & RECORDING PLAYBACK QUALITY MAKES A MASSIVE DIFFERENCE. AND ONLY SPECIAL IEM’S CAN GET HIGH MARKS ON ABOVE!
MY VALUE SCORE: (20/20) (SOUND/$$$/EMOTION/FIT/COMFORT ) My score purely subjective to current selling price and competition at time of review) 100% AGAIN BASED ON MY PRECIEVED - PRICING / VALUE EQUASION
(1-20) ( 1 Nobody Should Buy This - 10 Good Value as over-all package this IEM will appeal to some who will love It - 20 Easy a blind buy for value if your looking for this sound signature.
- Everyone should have a IEM tuned this way in your library and at the Khan’s price point it makes it a excellent value nothing missing here.
SUMMARY FOR : QKZ x HBB Khan
COMPARISIONS: None as I don’t have another IEM with this driver configuration or tuning like (Crin’s Colab the Truthear x Crinacle ZERO) and didn’t think it fair to compare non like tuned products.
FINAL THOUGHTS:
The Khan is not my preferred style of tuning , I prefer a warmer replay with lots more fast mid bass and a relaxed treble extension. That being said I really did find the Khan enjoyable to listen to; and defiantly a worthy value to spend your hard earned greenbacks. The Sub Bass really is the star here and there is nothing wrong with the rest of the tuning. Stage could be a lot better; the emotion in the replay could be more dynamic but again for the costing really hard to complain about.
Well done QKZ and Chris. BRAVO on a great collaboration!
Cheers J.
TheDeafMonk.
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What a great resource of information!
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I think “Z” did that to get mor folks on HFG cuz it is a honey pot for his links or he just wanted to grow site?
I did this 2 years back to try and get more folks to even be aware that HFG existed.
Several of em are still here and have been,to this day, in here or they chat in Headphone section or talk about Clasical or other topics.
Sorry to @Ohmboy but a guy who just wants to win is gonna comment once and another guy might someday take Ohms spot by contributing and helping fellow music lovers and gearz slutz. And Cuz Ohm tooka barge to a perfect spot and said ***** this forum stuffz
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HiFiGuides rule vs HeadFi Promotional Shill Central!
Check out Deltawave if your on desktop and you have time - has some great advanced functionality and metrics - think you would enjoy from reading your source battles.
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What I’m displaying below is bordering on blasphemous to most, so don’t kill me now but I messed around with EQ on Squiglink, and my curiosity got the better of me…
A mish-mash between the Fourte & Target.
I don’t hate it.
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That’s the one with FOUR dip switches right? Or maybe wrong?
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