Basically my main options are wait to get actual studio headphones or get a decent pair of IEMs
Pretty much yeah, I think at your budget iems would make more sense until you can grab something like the tried and true monitoring headphones
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Makes me wonder why the finals aren’t on the actual guide. It says that the KZ ZSN Pro’s are the most “neutral”
I personally wouldn’t agree with this, but they would also be a solid pick
How so? I mean the guide is tied to these forums hence why I’m surprised I’m hearing them here and yet they ain’t on the actual buyers guide.
They are very v shaped iems. I wouldn’t call them neutral but for the price they are pretty good
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The guide is not that great, and it rarely gets updated, and it has a few problems. I don’t really use it anymore.
Then you also might be surprised to find a fair amount of people on here that aren’t the biggest fans of z as well lol
Ironic lol. Good to finally interact instead of browsing reddit, watch YouTubers, and blogs without much context. But soundwise how would y’all divide the ZSN Pros and E1000?
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So the zsn pro is as @RiceGuru mentioned somewhat vshaped and also detail forward (can get harsh at some times), so it does have pretty good technicalities for the price. The final e1000 is more neutral to the ear, with a more natural yet neutral sound. It’s not as immediately resolving as the zsn pro, but imo it isn’t lacking for the price either.
Okay but whatever else z’s failings may be, he sure knows how to get a good forum going lol
Not knocking him, just stating from what I have seen lol
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Can’t deny that logic
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Define immediately resolving if you would mind
So I mean it’s pretty obvious that when you put them in, they have detail. They like to present that detail right to your face and very upfront. The final still has good detail, it’s just not immediately shoved in your face, it’s there but you have to listen for some of it instead of it all being shoved in your face. A more forward presentation like on the kz can be both good or bad, good parts being that you get everything all the time, the bad parts might be that it doesn’t really sound that natural or lifelike and also can be overbearing with some tracks.
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Tbh listening for the detail is sometimes better than getting all of it at once, because that what some mpows have done to me and Jesus does it hurt
Yeah that’s my experience as well lol. There are some situations where that’s valuable for music production but from my experience an overly detail forward headphone isn’t as desirable as you think it would be
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Instruments and music are supposed to have subtly not ALL IN YOUR FACE WITH TREBLE AND BASS YEAAAAA. Aka mpow and beats
Not sure I would have any more clients for mastering if I shoved everything in peoples faces lol (which a surprising amount think they actually want, until they hear what that sounds like of course)
Hence why like, when I’m going to master with a sound bar I have it right in my face and move along the bar to pick up the different sounds. And with how y’all are saying the e1000 are practically the best for beginners in mixing I think I might just drop the cash on it