Bro he has a video where he talks in front of the camera on his other channel, it's a video about "youtube hating him" on his the simspons edit channel
As Kuba Klawiter once said: "the key to finding good sounding (...) headphones is to not compare them". I think it is true, my headphones always get pulverised by everything, but if I don't know the difference between my 70$ ones and some high-ends, then I won't miss the amazing sound of the expensive ones
The cable getting chewed by rodents is the reason I don't buy wired ear/headphones. I really wish the replaceable cables were a more common feature on mid-range sets.
@@didinadidinek6268 Same!! Just got a new phone, first new phone I've ever actually had and I was super excited to try out the sweet AKG thingies. I love them! Atleast with the music experience I have, they're great!
Comparing to my tin t2 and blon bl03, I don't think they are bad. They sound good enough, truly, they have no soundstage, but they have good definition.
2:40 its even better when you have a pair with a woven cable, and the tips under the buds are metal, so when you wear your earbuds in the winter, especially under fuzzy clothes, they shock your ears and deliver the sweet sound of static discharge straight to your ears
@Whit-mh9nt "winter" is like the wet season, except all of the water is replaced by little pieces of ice called "snow" and the air becomes wet and dry at the same time. And during this horrible time, whenever you touch a piece of metal you might get electrocuted. Not every piece of metal, but any piece of metal.
Dank talking about the samsung pods: "And these are..." Me: "Oh I remember having those, they were the best buds I owned for a while!" Dank: "Terrible. Disgusting."
The AKGs that came with my S9+ were acutally quite good. The bass wasn't the best but the rest was enjoyable. Maybe he got a different pair, or I'm just terrible at recognizing good/bad sound lol
Akg nowadays is doing alright. They made some pretty good budget closed backs. K361 and k371. Old akg wasn't really able to make a competent closed back...
Those are fake Samsung earbuds. Samsung doesn't sell them anymore and they sold them for $100 new, so it's safe to assume they're all fake. The real ones have a matte, charcoal housing.
I think meze have just sold him on their build quality, meze products aren't bad but they consistently sound bloated and muffled, even their empyreans which I liked the most sound wise were far less enjoyable than an hd600. The meze iems were actually shocking as they were just very undetailed.
i always find myself rewatching these videos, not to relearn the information, but just cause your personality and charisma in these videos is genuinely so funny and inviting, this has to be my favourite channel on RUclips, love the vids!
I hate the feeling of IEMS because of how they feel and how it translates everything the cable touches directly into my brain. Now I'm starting to realise...its probably because the ones I was wearing were hot garbage with a shitty cable
Regular in-ear earbuds also have cables that make a lot of noise. Don't IEMS go around your ears? That should prevent most noise because I tried that with my basic in-ear earbuds and it worked. Those shitty earbuds did break really fast though. Maybe because the cable isn't made to go around your ears so there's more tension.
Mines like, 5-6$? They perform well with only 1 DD, a neutral tuning, but still does well with highs and bass. There's also no noise anywhere. Its just a matter of where'd you get one. China has made lots of cheap stuff and for some reason, sometimes, they are better in everyway when considering cheap stuff
Thanks to this video, I bought a cheap set of KZs. Best sounding earbuds I've ever had. Aside from my bassy Crusher Evos, probably my favourite headphones so far. Thanks, Dank!
@@wojciechd6765 Are you sure they are not biased in any way? Could be funded by Duracell to keep us all feeling safe and secure while they murder Pkcells left and right!
I finally got a cheap but decent pair of Sennheiser hd206 and holy crap I keep discovering small things like that in my favourite songs. The right ear bongo guy haunts my dreams now.
The mic test bits are fricking hilarious! I have a friend who also is an audio engineer and got me into audio, then that same friend also introduced me to your channel and instantly became a fan. More power to ya, Aussie audio guy!
The Samsung akgs came with my work phone and was better than my cheepo sony earbuds. The mic on it is better than the phone mic so they've come in handy. Waiting for some kzs. Just bought some sony earbuds and man they're worse for cord noise and it's driving me nuts.
I just got my first ever pair of KZ's and they sounds amazing! They're probably the best earphones I've ever had and I'm super pumped knowing that earphones can get so much better than this
Do your KZ's have white noise? I got my pair and for some reason, when I was listening to a streamer, it may be his mic or whatever, I get white noise. This constant buzzing noise in the background is driving me nuts
Have been using the KZ ES4 (20€) for about two years now. They are pretty damn good, compared to much more expensive IEMs I've tried. There is a bit of sibillance though. Got my sister the KZ ZSN Pro (24€ non X) and they are quite a bit better than mine. They sound more balanced and the materials feel better. You have good reason to be excited!
@@toastedphantom3007 Hey! Im thinking of buying zsn pro x's.Did they have any problems with their build quality, did you have any problems? I read some comments about kz's breaking very easily. Are they true?
@@cenay3043 I have no experience with the Pro X version only the Pro ones. Also I only used the ES4 for extended time. The only problem I came across was that my cable became hard and wire-like. I guess the plasticizers have worn out. I accidentally dropped them on a tile floor once and the casing of the left unit one broke open. Glued it back together and they still work like they used to. As I said, the ZSN Pro's aren't mine so I can't tell much about them.
Chi-fi has come a long way in a short time. They've gone from just ripping of single dynamic driver designs with mediocre results to designing sets with 12 balanced armature drivers per ear with 3D printed sound tubes to pipe the sound from the drivers to the nozzle. It's impressive how much progress these companies have made in just a few years, especially at the price points they're targeting. Most of that is thanks to companies like Bellsing, umm... ...'borrowing' designs for balanced armature drivers from Knowles and producing them with much lower production costs in China. People seem to be quite fond of the KZ AST, which is the 12 BA set in question.
Yeah I got some ZSN Pro X's based on this video and like wow it's like unlocking the rest of your music Listened to that Floating Points/Pharoah Sanders/LSO collaboration and they're surprisingly details with being able to hear footsteps and the creaking of the floor and chairs and Pharoah's breath through the saxophone, would've never heard that level with the old samsung in ears i got for a fiver
@@mndlessdrwer Chi-Fi is also entering a new era with the CCA NRA and KZ ZEX. They're bringing low power electrostatic drivers to the lower price segment now.
@@jacobnathanielzpayag3885 Yeah, though there's still some build quality and design limitations with those. Edit: I think my absolute favorite relatively attainable IEM has to go to the GS Audio GD3A, at $86+S&H. It's worthwhile, though, to add the extra $10 to the order to customize it with a metal nozzle for improved eartip compatibility. Alternately, the TRI Starsea with the DioFit Standard Leakage eartips make for an excellent performing pairing at around $150+S&H. Without those eartips, their performance is significantly impaired, and I wouldn't necessarily recommend them.
My years old CX300s that I've used for years for commuting with my iPod have finally died and you've convinced me of trying the KZs, im cheap and the CX300s are now 4 times more expensive somehow
I want to thank you for recommending the KZ'ds. I had no idea what audio sensations I was missing. Thank you for starting my path into the audiophile territory/rabbithole. :D Seriously they are so good I bought more to give as birthday gifts for the rest of the family. Keep up the good work on reviews, weird old tech and Garbage Time (how I first found you), keep being awesome :D
I'm so glad DankPods is able to explain how you can literally hear how some earbuds rub up against things. I have this problem with my Beats and I thought I was crazy!
Those KZ ZSN Pros are excellent. I recently got the official true wireless extensions for them and they work so well. Amazing what happens when you buy quality.
@@uvisblumbergs8911 I got the wireless extensions with my first pair of KZ ZSN Pros last year, and they work great. All in all, I spent £40/$48 on both the IEM's and the bluetooth modules. Not the cheapest true wireless solution, but between the cheap ones they sell at Poundland, and the Hundreds of Pounds you spend on Apple Airpods, they are actually a great deal.
@@sargera1 I bought the AZ09's for £25 and the KZ ZSN's for £22, so in total, it was about £47 that I spent last December. Obviously, there are cheaper options for true wireless earbuds, the best rated one on Amazon right now is £25. But what you do get with these ones are the option to switch to a cable, as well as a good battery and sound. I switched from Skullcandy Sesh earbuds to these, and I do prefer these.
"This one time I was workin at Mc Donalds mate and I uh I was just ready to quit, and I had to dump the fry oil, So I dumped it into the parking lot, hah man never seen a prius drift that fast before in my life, got sent into a pole m8, needless to say I dont work there anymore." -sam 2018
I like how you show just because one quality goes up doesn't mean they all do, as with the mic being better on the $18 pair than the $35. I have the AKG but only use them as a mic for casual PC gaming so it's good to know people can actually hear me 😅
@@unstableturtleduck the kz are not that good of an option tbh. For a little bit more you can get much better stuffs pretty easy (assuming you are in US) like tin t2, blon 03, final audio e3000, cca cc, etc. For kz, you have to be careful of the model you are getting cuz they have only 3-4 good ones out of hundreds they released every year
I worked as a high school night janitor and I used a later revision of those Samsungs you featured. I thought they were serviceable. One night though, I'm walking around, as a janitor does, and I notice something sparking ny ears. The buds have a littke cutout in the rubber for a small bit of metal, and the static electricity my body was building was discharging against my ears! I threw them away that night. That was months ago, and I have a set of the KZs coming in a couple days. Thanks for the recommendation, Dank!
The dog biscuit story has been my favourite mic test story you've done so far! It would be cool if you made one big video with all your mic test stories so far! All just thrown in back to back!
I got a pair of KZ after hearing you talk about them so long since the cable is ALWAYS the thing that breaks on my wired earphones first. Not the highest end model. The ZST. I appreciate them so much! Thank you for sharing about them. I got mine without a microphone but I love them otherwise. I’m investing in the wireless attachment for use on my iPhone without needing the adapter every time.
I bought the kz zsn pro x's off your recommendation they're really good, comfortable and sound amazing. Thanks for giving us some good ideas on cheap iems.
@@shahsoftinc.2459 His review describes it best, but i'd say they're balanced, not to much bass just enough to get you where you're goin. I use these to game, listen to music, and listen to podcast and they're great for that.
Had to go re listen to September to see what bongo man was. As a kid I always thought it was a cowbell, but with good sounding headphones and speakers its a slap in the face lol
@@spartanDJChalo Custom iems don't use eartips. The shell of the iem is literally molded for your ears only. You'd have to consult your local audiologist to get custom molds of your ears to ship to these custom iem companies
I'm Romanian and into high-end audio yet have never heard of Meze Audio until stumbling upon your channel (which I have been binging for the past few hours as of this message). Thank you very much for bringing them to my attention and for mentioning where they come from!
@@egoralikin4888 you would, but don´t need too. Just get KZ ZS Pro they are around 20$ and are a huge step up from regular in ears. I listen to my favourit music with them, and i heard things that where not there before. and with a DAC ( i use the Fiio brt3k, they are even better) both together cost around 100$ and i use them daily on my commute and back.
talks about beard then shows self picture. all this time ive imagined dankpods as mozzie from r6 siege... and ill continue to do so as he sounds more like him than his actor does haha
he deleted it because the guy who made the headphones he reviewed is a total racist piece of shit, and he didn't want to give him the exposure. here's some receipts: imgur.com/a/mNXbtlf
I was a fan of KZ iems because the were the best sub $10 earbuds I could get where I live. After my ATR died, I got myself a pair of TRN TR1 and they seem infinitely better than my old pair. For $9 and change you get a replaceable cable, bigger soundstage and tighter bass. Yes, they still use dynamic drivers but for the price, they are hella fine.
For the iSines you gotta use them with iPhone. I used to have a pair of 20s (they broke after 6 months, terrible QC) and they sounded tinny as all hell without the specific chord that’s got the built in EQ. With that chord tho, they were nuts
@@kaeroseon the isine has a special iPhone cable that uses dsp to eq the normally terrible (almost broken) sounding frequency response to something similar to harman. Owning a pair of isine 10s myself they kick the ass of a lot of iems for the 150 bucks I paid for them.
As a guitarist I have money to get one thing, so I'll always go for companies who are so confident that a youtuber tells them not to send them anything and they send them one thing that sits in a corner for months, and then the reviewer opens it and it is amazing and glorious and heavenly, that's the product I buy, that's what fiio wants.
I have a pair of ZSN pros and they are really good for the price EXCEPT the sibilence is really harsh right out of the box. So eq is recommended but besides that they're awesome
bought the kz zsn pro x and for the price they sound absolutely amazing, love everything about them, way better than the stock stuff from a phone. now the ocean band sounds even better, thanks!
So, I’ve got a pair of the Sennheisers… the earlier versions of them didn’t hold the tips on properly. Needless to say, I pushed them in too far and ended up having to goto hospital to get the tip removed from in my ear.
I almost had the same fate... when I was younger I saved up for some $50 sennheiser earbuds and my sister forcefully ripped one out of my ear and the ear tip came out enough so it fell off but if she pulled a little softer then I would have an ear tip in my ear
The AKGs you buy off of eBay are almost always knockoff ones. The official ones that come with the phone actually sound pretty good. They are hard to find being sold separately so good luck finding them.
Stealth upgrading/downgrading is also a problem in most electronics now, where companies (or even worse, the fabricators that the companies pay to make their products) silently replace internals of existing products with inferior components over time. I found this out with Creative IEMs, there's a nice cheap set for about $10 that was my go-to disposable pocket set, had a set from 2005 that sounded great, got the same set again in 2012, sounded like shit. Looked exactly the same on the outside.
The EO-IG955 (the ones that Dank most likely got the knock off ones + also the default IEMs that came with the Phone) are pretty good for around $5-10, IMO. The cable is cheap, but I could tolerate it so its pretty good.
I got a confession to make. Although I'm Spanish, I think I got a decent level of English but I swear to god I still can't understand s h i t when you try microphones so I just laugh for half a minute listening to your accent lmfao
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What I know about dank so far:
- he has a beard
- has a snake
- is a big manly man with man hands
- is either 5’7” or 6’4”
Tf are man hands?
@@DimT670 hands for mans
@@DimT670 Hands on mans
There's a face reveal at 2:35
Bro he has a video where he talks in front of the camera on his other channel, it's a video about "youtube hating him" on his the simspons edit channel
His story when he talks through the mic sounds like a fever dream
They’re always like that and it’s my favorite bit in every video he does that bit in lol
With all the money he has to throw around I'm sure he can afford some high quality Aussie Acid
@@YoureUsingWordsIncorrectly can confirm
It’s just Australia
This is what any stoned Australian sounds like, and at any point that's a pretty decent proportion of the population
At this point, I feel like I never used good sounding earphones.
It's a brand new world
As Kuba Klawiter once said: "the key to finding good sounding (...) headphones is to not compare them". I think it is true, my headphones always get pulverised by everything, but if I don't know the difference between my 70$ ones and some high-ends, then I won't miss the amazing sound of the expensive ones
I highly recommend you check out the kz edx top notch sound for 5 euro best bang for buck iem to exist
same
@@viator5000 i bought the phillips fidelio x2hr's, i still use my chinese in ear dirty buds more than the thrle x2hr lmao
It still blows my mind that nowadays 20$ IEMs got replaceable cables but most > 200$ regular headphones don't
very deliberate
Headphones are harder to make especially Quality Control
@@VSN-wb2ly doesn't apply to cables, same for both, and detachable cable should be more co.plicated to make
@@Shajirr_ yeah i can agree with that
The cable getting chewed by rodents is the reason I don't buy wired ear/headphones. I really wish the replaceable cables were a more common feature on mid-range sets.
“They rub against my beard”
Wait.
You aren’t a disembodied pair of hands??
I was surprised aswell
Nah a disembodied pair of hands with a beard.
Not what I thought he'd look like
2:35
@@bentrollgaming2080 did you not see the flash of a picture at 2:35?
he has ears too duhhh
Idk why but whenever dank does the mic test stories I imagine it’s just him rambling in a modern warfare 2 lobby
Too true.
I can't unhear that
It’s sassy the Sasquatch mate
Brb gona go see if i can find my old 360
@@kcliffordphoto THANK YOU I thought I was the only one hearing it
Dankpods pulls out the AKG earbuds.
Me: wearing them
Him: "And hey these, sound like crap"
Me: Oh...
Yes exactly!!
Exactly, but I like them :(
@@didinadidinek6268 Same!! Just got a new phone, first new phone I've ever actually had and I was super excited to try out the sweet AKG thingies. I love them! Atleast with the music experience I have, they're great!
Comparing to my tin t2 and blon bl03, I don't think they are bad. They sound good enough, truly, they have no soundstage, but they have good definition.
@@yanuehara8017 They're good enough for a person with no exprience when it comes to headphones to be happy with
2:40 its even better when you have a pair with a woven cable, and the tips under the buds are metal, so when you wear your earbuds in the winter, especially under fuzzy clothes, they shock your ears and deliver the sweet sound of static discharge straight to your ears
theyve actually shocked my ears before 😭
LMAO
What is 'winter'? I have heard of it...actually, we dont do winter here, just wet or dry.
LMAOOOOO this has happened so many times 😭🙏
@Whit-mh9nt "winter" is like the wet season, except all of the water is replaced by little pieces of ice called "snow" and the air becomes wet and dry at the same time.
And during this horrible time, whenever you touch a piece of metal you might get electrocuted. Not every piece of metal, but any piece of metal.
Dank talking about the samsung pods: "And these are..."
Me: "Oh I remember having those, they were the best buds I owned for a while!"
Dank: "Terrible. Disgusting."
Too bad his are fakes.
@@danielr9708 I thought the same. My Samsung AKGs sound just fine and have no issue with hearing the wires rub against my beard
The AKGs that came with my S9+ were acutally quite good. The bass wasn't the best but the rest was enjoyable. Maybe he got a different pair, or I'm just terrible at recognizing good/bad sound lol
The Gordon Ramsey of headphones 😂
@@TheOGMrJ just checked mine, the cable is picking up everything that touches the rubber part. Weird how that never bothered me before
"Not as good as the Samsungs." What, the mic quality or the dog biscuits?
Akg nowadays is doing alright. They made some pretty good budget closed backs. K361 and k371. Old akg wasn't really able to make a competent closed back...
Those are fake Samsung earbuds. Samsung doesn't sell them anymore and they sold them for $100 new, so it's safe to assume they're all fake. The real ones have a matte, charcoal housing.
The dog biscuts
Most likely the dog biscuits, Samsung's dog biscuits are top notch.
The dog biscuits. Samsung's 1,000,000 dollar dog biscuits not be worth it but yeah they good for the price
This man really getting free sponsorships without any contracts because they are sure that they're good. And if not, they'll get 'em next time.
Don't forget how Raycon went "our new stuff sucks less!" and then sent him defective headphones
I think meze have just sold him on their build quality, meze products aren't bad but they consistently sound bloated and muffled, even their empyreans which I liked the most sound wise were far less enjoyable than an hd600. The meze iems were actually shocking as they were just very undetailed.
i always find myself rewatching these videos, not to relearn the information, but just cause your personality and charisma in these videos is genuinely so funny and inviting, this has to be my favourite channel on RUclips, love the vids!
Completely different genre, but same like-ability check out Wendigoon
Are ya subbed on patreon because youll get tons more hours of it!
Ahh im so feeling the same vibe daamn
Can we hear the rest of the dog story tho?
why are you watching dankpods at 3:55 am
@@n1gorowave You too?
@@leonardoc.1584 aha
@@n1gorowave in Australia its 9:10 pm
@@LimsTheMan when in Aus are you mate? Theres like 1hour time difference through the country.
I hate the feeling of IEMS because of how they feel and how it translates everything the cable touches directly into my brain. Now I'm starting to realise...its probably because the ones I was wearing were hot garbage with a shitty cable
Regular in-ear earbuds also have cables that make a lot of noise. Don't IEMS go around your ears? That should prevent most noise because I tried that with my basic in-ear earbuds and it worked. Those shitty earbuds did break really fast though. Maybe because the cable isn't made to go around your ears so there's more tension.
@@NaudVanDalen im pretty sure thatd make them "OEM" instead lol
@@aeizn1012 I mean the cables of in ear monitors often go around your ears instead of straight down.
The KZs are fantastic. Theres a reason he's recommending them so wholeheartedly
Mines like, 5-6$? They perform well with only 1 DD, a neutral tuning, but still does well with highs and bass. There's also no noise anywhere.
Its just a matter of where'd you get one. China has made lots of cheap stuff and for some reason, sometimes, they are better in everyway when considering cheap stuff
"I like to say that because Romanians go like YEEAAAAAHH"
You're god damn right. 🇷🇴
Fuck yeah! I thought I was alone.
HELL YEEEEAAAAH
LMAO same here
YHEAAA BOOOEEEE 🇹🇩
Yeahhhhhhhh 🇹🇩🇹🇩🇹🇩
Thanks to this video, I bought a cheap set of KZs. Best sounding earbuds I've ever had. Aside from my bassy Crusher Evos, probably my favourite headphones so far.
Thanks, Dank!
The Pkcell report:
The Pkcells are safe and sound throughout the duration of the video.
This has been your Pkcell report
I had anxiety throughout the whole video for the pkcell
@@Li-lj1fv we wanna know if the pkcell is in good condition
@@wojciechd6765 Are you sure they are not biased in any way? Could be funded by Duracell to keep us all feeling safe and secure while they murder Pkcells left and right!
@@slavboii420 where is the pkcell? Is it safe, is it alright?
@@natem1579 it seems that in your anger, you've killed it
"I love saying that because all the romanians who watch go YEAHHHHH"
As a romanian, i've never been so insulted with something i 100% agree with
he is spitting fax. true fax
Im proud just for being naighbours
@@peru1294 like a fax machine? lol
@@BrianMartin2007 No, fax as facts as it's pronounced almost the same. Same way how some people in video games say "hax" instead of "hacks"
With all the crap Romania does, that's our last hope besides Sosoaca /s
"you cant ignore the bongo man"
SHIT hes right i can no longer un hear it.
I finally got a cheap but decent pair of Sennheiser hd206 and holy crap I keep discovering small things like that in my favourite songs.
The right ear bongo guy haunts my dreams now.
The mic test bits are fricking hilarious! I have a friend who also is an audio engineer and got me into audio, then that same friend also introduced me to your channel and instantly became a fan. More power to ya, Aussie audio guy!
Dank pods: we are going to start at the cheapest at 18 dollars
Me watching this with dollar store headphones: interesting
Honestly tho $5 can get you pretty far
If it can do 80% for 10% of the money, it's usually fine
My earphones are $2 so yeah
The Samsung akgs came with my work phone and was better than my cheepo sony earbuds. The mic on it is better than the phone mic so they've come in handy. Waiting for some kzs. Just bought some sony earbuds and man they're worse for cord noise and it's driving me nuts.
Me listening with 400$ over ear headphones interesting.
I straight up used to use the username “KZed” because I wanted KZ but people kept saying it wrong.
lol
So KZed is pronounced “Kay Zee Eee Dee”?
@@CGR89 ಠ_ಠ
Well, KZ would have given you some weird situations with native german speakers as its the abbreviation of concentration camp.
@@MrAreallycoolname Thats what I first thought of when I saw the brand name actually
"don;t unsub"
Dankpods, 2021
No worries. I won;t.
Shahaha
I didn't think anyone else got the spelling error. I thought I was the only terrible human to bring it out
i just saw that before seeing this comment
I just got my first ever pair of KZ's and they sounds amazing! They're probably the best earphones I've ever had and I'm super pumped knowing that earphones can get so much better than this
Do your KZ's have white noise? I got my pair and for some reason, when I was listening to a streamer, it may be his mic or whatever, I get white noise. This constant buzzing noise in the background is driving me nuts
@@Trollz0r.Trololol yeah i do it's especially bad on the bluetooth extensions or if i charge my computer but it differs between what device i use
@@rocksaltzwidaz3411 Do they also shock your ear? Because my pair did that and I had to return them.
@@Trollz0r.Trololol you should improve into your house earthing
@@Trollz0r.Trololol get a CX31993/ALC5686 DAC, should get rid of the noise, they usually go for $10 and use USB C
Bought KZ's after hearing him rate them so often. Honestly more excited about them than my full audio system upgrade im doing in my car.
Have been using the KZ ES4 (20€) for about two years now. They are pretty damn good, compared to much more expensive IEMs I've tried. There is a bit of sibillance though.
Got my sister the KZ ZSN Pro (24€ non X) and they are quite a bit better than mine. They sound more balanced and the materials feel better.
You have good reason to be excited!
@@toastedphantom3007 I’ve got the ZSN Pro. Gave one to my basshead mom. She loves it!
@@toastedphantom3007 thanks for the pointers, I went with the pros on your post alone
@@toastedphantom3007 Hey! Im thinking of buying zsn pro x's.Did they have any problems with their build quality, did you have any problems? I read some comments about kz's breaking very easily. Are they true?
@@cenay3043 I have no experience with the Pro X version only the Pro ones. Also I only used the ES4 for extended time. The only problem I came across was that my cable became hard and wire-like. I guess the plasticizers have worn out.
I accidentally dropped them on a tile floor once and the casing of the left unit one broke open. Glued it back together and they still work like they used to.
As I said, the ZSN Pro's aren't mine so I can't tell much about them.
2 uploads at once! What did we do to deserve this!
now you guys understand how us patreons feel
Only patreons know about the sticker on mr. anvil
Idk
I wish I had money for his Patreon
@@SlopCommentary it's literally a dollar a month... or do you mean you don't have a job so you literally don't have money?
i got some kz's recently and i honestly never realized just how dirty my old buds were, it's amazing
KZs are fking amazing for it's price, I have the ZAX 16 and I'm prefectly satisfied.
Chi-fi has come a long way in a short time. They've gone from just ripping of single dynamic driver designs with mediocre results to designing sets with 12 balanced armature drivers per ear with 3D printed sound tubes to pipe the sound from the drivers to the nozzle. It's impressive how much progress these companies have made in just a few years, especially at the price points they're targeting. Most of that is thanks to companies like Bellsing, umm... ...'borrowing' designs for balanced armature drivers from Knowles and producing them with much lower production costs in China. People seem to be quite fond of the KZ AST, which is the 12 BA set in question.
Yeah I got some ZSN Pro X's based on this video and like wow it's like unlocking the rest of your music
Listened to that Floating Points/Pharoah Sanders/LSO collaboration and they're surprisingly details with being able to hear footsteps and the creaking of the floor and chairs and Pharoah's breath through the saxophone, would've never heard that level with the old samsung in ears i got for a fiver
@@mndlessdrwer Chi-Fi is also entering a new era with the CCA NRA and KZ ZEX. They're bringing low power electrostatic drivers to the lower price segment now.
@@jacobnathanielzpayag3885 Yeah, though there's still some build quality and design limitations with those.
Edit: I think my absolute favorite relatively attainable IEM has to go to the GS Audio GD3A, at $86+S&H. It's worthwhile, though, to add the extra $10 to the order to customize it with a metal nozzle for improved eartip compatibility. Alternately, the TRI Starsea with the DioFit Standard Leakage eartips make for an excellent performing pairing at around $150+S&H. Without those eartips, their performance is significantly impaired, and I wouldn't necessarily recommend them.
"I love the clear plastic, they ain't hiding anything"
wow this sure aged well didn't it
What?
if you know, you know
I dont know. I wanna know
@@Max-if5zp kz armature speakera ain't doing anything. These are just regular ol' single-dynamic buds with armature-marketing thing
@@stargazer8g2They are true armature speakers, the thing is they were badly wired and blocked by glue, which is worse than having "fake armature" lol
I feel like this channel is raising a new generation of audiophiles lol
He is.....
He likely is, I just hope everyone is judging the sounds for themselves and not just taking him for gospel.
@@lastfirst5863 I'd love to judge them for myself but unfortunatelyI don't have much money
@Logan Foraker fantano's streams are funny, people switch opinions like they switch hands
I can confirm he is.
“Is this Labrador flavored?” 😂😂
XD
Chinese be like
"They rub on my beard and make noise"
*I rub my earphones on my beard *
Oh sh*t
* I rub on my earphones on my beard*
Oh shit
*I rub my earphones on my beard *
Oh sh*t
*I rub my earphones on my beard *
Oh shit, i don't have beard
@@althairkaixa2722 I was about to say that hahaha
*I rub my earphones on my beard*
Oh shit, I don't have wired earphones.
You have waaaay more romanians in your audience than you think! Just made my day mate!🇷🇴
he probably watches his RUclips analytics and sorts by country in his spare time and sees us romanians watching his channel ...also Hai salut
@@emypetcu most likely also hows is it going in romania ?
sunt cam 2 ani de cand nu am venit acolo
Ce faceți băieți?
Salut!
0:00 Intro
0:53 Samsung "tuned by AKG" (18 AUD)
3:23 KZ ZSN Pro X (35 AUD)
4:40 Sennheiser Momentum IEM (120 AUD)
6:07 FiiO FD5 (459 AUD)
9:17 Audeze iSine10 (500+ AUD)
- 9:31 Audeze LCD-2
12:25 Meze Rai Penta (2000 AUD)
15:48 eBay IEM BT adapter
16:08 FiiO UTWS3 IEM BT adapter/amplifier (100 USD)
17:14 Wrap-up/rundown
20:07 Patreon credits
20:15 Warehouse tour
20:28 Outro
20:34 Frank
Thank you! I'm here on Frank's channel, I have no idea why some Australian is rambling on about audio devices.
My years old CX300s that I've used for years for commuting with my iPod have finally died and you've convinced me of trying the KZs, im cheap and the CX300s are now 4 times more expensive somehow
God sent
I love you
you forgot to mark the stories about his uncle
I've been meaning to look into in-ear monitors for a while now, and I was going to request you to talk about them, so this is perfect.
the fuckin akg s brov they reak but are nice and cheap
Double tap audio
35 smackers
Cable not included
Oh hello you
I have the KZ AS10 s and they sound great. I did go from Skull Candies to IEMs so it may just be the context.
So, what did you get????
Dankypods: "And here's the buds by Meze"
Romanians: "=))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))"
noic
Facts
I want to thank you for recommending the KZ'ds. I had no idea what audio sensations I was missing. Thank you for starting my path into the audiophile territory/rabbithole. :D
Seriously they are so good I bought more to give as birthday gifts for the rest of the family.
Keep up the good work on reviews, weird old tech and Garbage Time (how I first found you), keep being awesome :D
well theyre highend sound, hard to explain
I'm not even Romanian and I'm feeling hype about the mezes.
Fax
Me as a romanian:yaaay
"Romanian will go yay"
Me: you nugget, you know the future.
Im also romaniam yaaaay
@@andreibratoiu8290 he got us all Romaninas
@@amariucaisilviu8768 lol
me three
Me as a Romanian: YEAAAAA!!
Same LOL
I'm romanian, and I can confirm we all go "YEAAAAA" all the time
We finally got some representation!
Hell yeah!!!
this is the thread i was searching for. YEEEEEEAAAAAAAHHHHHH
Fun fact: for the price of those Samsung Stinkbuds, you can get some Moondrop or Truthear IEMS.
DankPods: "Oh, snacks"
Chubbyemu: "DP is a 31 year old man presenting to the emergency room..."
What a coincidence
Ah, cultured
hes not a human hes only hands
-Emia, means presence in blood ☝️
i havent heard that name in a long time...
From all the romanians here i send you: "Yeeeee!" ❤
I screamed when I heard that I was so happy
@@ejsdbsh cam asa
Cu Placere?
[how do you do?]
Yeeeeeeee
Mark, is that you?
"it's like a bullet, it's like you're loading your ears."
Me, an American: *I'll take your entire stock*
“Say hello to my little friend- ah nevermind I can’t hear anyways.”
america f yeah
'Murica
I remember those bullet shaped earbuds you could get at the dollar store.
@@fennec.15 Murca
I'm so glad DankPods is able to explain how you can literally hear how some earbuds rub up against things. I have this problem with my Beats and I thought I was crazy!
Hey don't be too harsh on those noisy cables.
It's impressive they were able to accidentally build a stethoscope.
lel
i want a video of him just "yelling" in to the mic
I want the bad recording gear redux, instead of recording on an iPod he uses other assorted bad recording devices
Specifically the giant AirPod speaker
I love the mic test stories
"Are these labrador flavoured?!? 😭"
there need to be a compliation of those.
@@littleswansplaygrownd6817 clippers are trying their best to keep up
This one was my favourite story
Those KZ ZSN Pros are excellent. I recently got the official true wireless extensions for them and they work so well. Amazing what happens when you buy quality.
Was also looking at it but double price of the actual earbuds makes me question if i really need it
@@uvisblumbergs8911 I got the wireless extensions with my first pair of KZ ZSN Pros last year, and they work great. All in all, I spent £40/$48 on both the IEM's and the bluetooth modules. Not the cheapest true wireless solution, but between the cheap ones they sell at Poundland, and the Hundreds of Pounds you spend on Apple Airpods, they are actually a great deal.
@@Blubatt the kz v2 bt cable or the as09 ones?
@@sargera1 I bought the AZ09's for £25 and the KZ ZSN's for £22, so in total, it was about £47 that I spent last December.
Obviously, there are cheaper options for true wireless earbuds, the best rated one on Amazon right now is £25. But what you do get with these ones are the option to switch to a cable, as well as a good battery and sound. I switched from Skullcandy Sesh earbuds to these, and I do prefer these.
“This is Labrador flavored”
Had me rolling
"Oh, snacks!"
I lost it.
Oh my Pkcell
Why are this dudes videos so good? You don’t know why. Or what it is exactly but toy just can’t stop watching it.
Don't edit it or you will lose your heart
@@thengspjo4716 oh my god I hadn’t even noticed I got a heart I am so touched this dude seems so fucking cool.
because he knows how to talk and is entertaining.
Cause it's like having a beer with an overly enthusiastic friend who's telling you about their weekend.
its what i always wanted, a guy wo yells at poor quality products! with good humor
I like Meze's naming. They named those IEM's "Rai" meaning "Heaven" in Romanian. Idk if that was intentional but it probably was
My Japanese brain always goes "thunder" evertime I hear "rai".
@@razi_man Suddenly the naming of the Pokémon species Raichu makes sense to me.
I used to be in a band during college and we covered September once. I was the bongo man. So it’s been years of not being able to ignore it.
GUYS WE FOUND HIM
WE FOUND THE BONGO MAN
i'm starting to think that these little 'mic stories' are things that actually happened to you wade...
Wait until he tells us about the time he rode a kangaroo to World War III.
"This one time I was workin at Mc Donalds mate and I uh I was just ready to quit, and I had to dump the fry oil, So I dumped it into the parking lot, hah man never seen a prius drift that fast before in my life, got sent into a pole m8, needless to say I dont work there anymore." -sam 2018
@@burntchickennugget191 literally anywhere else and he chose the spot where people drive, lol
@@bonkmaykr Exactly. It was funny tho.
For some reason I imagine him without a face only hands every time he shows his face it doesn't add up for me
Wait ,There's more?
Just wait till you see his face
@@illuzion2876 2:36
I thought he just put a random guy with a beard
@@luhwazi describes him perfectly
I like how you show just because one quality goes up doesn't mean they all do, as with the mic being better on the $18 pair than the $35. I have the AKG but only use them as a mic for casual PC gaming so it's good to know people can actually hear me 😅
think ive addressed that, that each device has limit on every area of sound, synergy working/finding that balance
As a Romanian, I do go like “Go Meze”
what I've learned:
I need to spend 400 dollars on earbuds to not be bullied by him
Yes thats the audiophile community in a nutshell
The KZ's are only like $20
@@unstableturtleduck the kz are not that good of an option tbh. For a little bit more you can get much better stuffs pretty easy (assuming you are in US) like tin t2, blon 03, final audio e3000, cca cc, etc. For kz, you have to be careful of the model you are getting cuz they have only 3-4 good ones out of hundreds they released every year
@@phatanhduyle7259 the specific ones he always mentions are pretty good. I forgot the name but they are on my Amazon wish list
@@crestgamez eh. Noone will make fun of you if you have porta pros or blons
I'm Romanian and I feel obliged to say it:
YEEEEEEAHHHH! **shakes fists**
YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
kinda feeling proud that my country did some quality headphones/earphones
I worked as a high school night janitor and I used a later revision of those Samsungs you featured. I thought they were serviceable. One night though, I'm walking around, as a janitor does, and I notice something sparking ny ears. The buds have a littke cutout in the rubber for a small bit of metal, and the static electricity my body was building was discharging against my ears! I threw them away that night. That was months ago, and I have a set of the KZs coming in a couple days. Thanks for the recommendation, Dank!
How have they been holding up?
"18 dollarydoo IEMs. Who wants them? And yes, I'm giving them away."
Lol
$19 fortnite card guy : "finally worthy opponent"
"Put the snacks back for latter"
The snacks: "DO NOT EAT"
That's put there by the corporations. They dont want you escaping the matrix. Break the conditioning!
@@jackclark1916 This mekes sense, they are the red pills, I'm gonna taste some.
My dog once found a pack of them and ate half of them...
@@attackoncraic7583 This is something that my dog would do to.
they pair well with the plain-flavoured chips that come from internationally-shipped packages
4:20
"Those dog biscuts were pretty good."
"Not as good as the Samsungs."
True. My dog prefers the Samsungs too
fr
4:20
*N I C E*
I sadly could not resist the urge after 2 yrs watching this channel, and bought an ipod.
That "dog biscuits" bit was probenbly the best bit iv'e ever heard
I honestly thought the sound of the cable rubbing against my clothes were a normal issue with all in-ear buds. Thank you for the enlightenment!
The dog biscuit story has been my favourite mic test story you've done so far!
It would be cool if you made one big video with all your mic test stories so far! All just thrown in back to back!
I got a pair of KZ after hearing you talk about them so long since the cable is ALWAYS the thing that breaks on my wired earphones first. Not the highest end model. The ZST. I appreciate them so much! Thank you for sharing about them. I got mine without a microphone but I love them otherwise. I’m investing in the wireless attachment for use on my iPhone without needing the adapter every time.
This man changed the way I listen to September forever. Literally went even higher up my list for the bongos. Thank you.
I bought the kz zsn pro x's off your recommendation they're really good, comfortable and sound amazing. Thanks for giving us some good ideas on cheap iems.
@Raymond Menefee you're welcome.
Honestly its such a cheap product it's actually weird to even make a knockoff of it
Do they have a lot of bass?
@@shahsoftinc.2459 His review describes it best, but i'd say they're balanced, not to much bass just enough to get you where you're goin. I use these to game, listen to music, and listen to podcast and they're great for that.
I bought them too, and they're awesome for the price.
My dogs ears perked up when you told the story where the dog died 3 years ago. I replayed it. Same thing. He knows what death is. The beast.
Had to go re listen to September to see what bongo man was. As a kid I always thought it was a cowbell, but with good sounding headphones and speakers its a slap in the face lol
As soon as you go for the 500+ $ price range of IEMs, I highly recommend getting custom fit ones rather than one-size-fits-all.
As in you can get custom tips that mould your ear shape or custom IEMs?
@@spartanDJChalo Custom iems don't use eartips. The shell of the iem is literally molded for your ears only. You'd have to consult your local audiologist to get custom molds of your ears to ship to these custom iem companies
real ciem sound different, and better
Holy crap that's amazing.
Good afternoon Mr. Dank, I hope you're doing well.
Why is this the funniest thing I have ever read
A.K.A The Dankest Man Alive
@@kyria_kous A.K.A. Mr. Dank
Afternoon in somewhere and almost midnight in Finland
@@riksaboee it’s 8:24am here in Adelaide where Dank lives. 😀
Dank: "they were 3 year old biscuits, I thought they were still alright though. Not as good as the Samsungs."
Bois I think he done ate the beans.
they're probably better off as snacks
Given that he can't find them now, he just might've.
U predicted the futute
Nothing has made me long more for having hearing in both ears than listening to you talking about soundstage and the direction of sound
I'm Romanian and into high-end audio yet have never heard of Meze Audio until stumbling upon your channel (which I have been binging for the past few hours as of this message). Thank you very much for bringing them to my attention and for mentioning where they come from!
Me too :D RO
I used to have the $18 IEMs and I thought they were really good. Now I feel like everything I've listened to could have sounded 100x better.
Literally same situation 😪
Is it worth buying $300 IEMs if I always had $10 ones? Will I be able to understand the sound difference?
@@egoralikin4888 you would, but don´t need too. Just get KZ ZS Pro they are around 20$ and are a huge step up from regular in ears. I listen to my favourit music with them, and i heard things that where not there before. and with a DAC ( i use the Fiio brt3k, they are even better) both together cost around 100$ and i use them daily on my commute and back.
Well, my kz zsn pro x will arrive tomorrow, finally time to make the switch from samsung tuned by akg headphones from galaxy s8 box.
@@Miichal-fs6jr heyy how's your experience so far??
I'm thinking of getting them too
"YUUUUUUUUHHHHHHHH!" -me, a romanian watching this
SameeeXD
wooo beibe ;=]
Turkish people (me xd) say yuuuh too. But we say that when we are surprised
Sal
i was more like: whaaaaaaaaaaaaat?
Dude those AKG buds got me from freshman year to 2 years out of highschool. Those lasted longer than a couple friendships
talks about beard then shows self picture. all this time ive imagined dankpods as mozzie from r6 siege... and ill continue to do so as he sounds more like him than his actor does haha
Yes
SAME Dude
He did a video with his face showing on his Dankmus channel about his experience with RUclips about a year ago
me: oh look, dankpods uploaded 2 videos at the same time, i'll get some popcorn
dankpods: hold my pkcell, D E L E T E
he deleted it because the guy who made the headphones he reviewed is a total racist piece of shit, and he didn't want to give him the exposure. here's some receipts: imgur.com/a/mNXbtlf
@@vaporgayve oh...
@@vaporgayve fuck dude those headphones looked absolutely amazing too 😔
Damn, with the lack of comments about it, I thought I was the only one who noticed.
@@TheDarksteel94 same, I was so excited to watch that video too
As soon as Dank said they're noisy, I knew exactly what he meant.
I felt that lmao.
I was a fan of KZ iems because the were the best sub $10 earbuds I could get where I live. After my ATR died, I got myself a pair of TRN TR1 and they seem infinitely better than my old pair. For $9 and change you get a replaceable cable, bigger soundstage and tighter bass. Yes, they still use dynamic drivers but for the price, they are hella fine.
We need a compilation of Dank’s mic test stories.
YES WE DO!!!
@@claxtoncurtis811 there Is just search it
Anyone else love the continuity of all the mic tests? They're just so hilarious.
"They're not noisy, but they're not nice."
So... They're noice, m8?
I believe it would be not noice :3
For the iSines you gotta use them with iPhone. I used to have a pair of 20s (they broke after 6 months, terrible QC) and they sounded tinny as all hell without the specific chord that’s got the built in EQ. With that chord tho, they were nuts
Maybe a better dac and Amp than what he's using
@@kaeroseon the isine has a special iPhone cable that uses dsp to eq the normally terrible (almost broken) sounding frequency response to something similar to harman. Owning a pair of isine 10s myself they kick the ass of a lot of iems for the 150 bucks I paid for them.
@@UnitedAirlinesYT strange. Glad we have much better chifi iems with better planar implementation now.
I got the iSine for a lot less than MSRP, but without the cypher cable :( if anyone wants to donate a cypher cable I’d be eternally grateful
As a guitarist I have money to get one thing, so I'll always go for companies who are so confident that a youtuber tells them not to send them anything and they send them one thing that sits in a corner for months, and then the reviewer opens it and it is amazing and glorious and heavenly, that's the product I buy, that's what fiio wants.
Moral of the story: Just buy the KZs
I have a pair of ZSN pros and they are really good for the price EXCEPT the sibilence is really harsh right out of the box. So eq is recommended but besides that they're awesome
KZ ZS10 Pro here
@@gavintian5874 ah yh, the signature kz 4-8kHz peaks, dim those down and then KZs are soo nice imo
I got some AS10s and they're great
The pro x good
"all the romanians watch and go yeaahhhh"
how did you know
@@joeyjoeanu4910 dude mine too
bought the kz zsn pro x and for the price they sound absolutely amazing, love everything about them, way better than the stock stuff from a phone. now the ocean band sounds even better, thanks!
So, I’ve got a pair of the Sennheisers… the earlier versions of them didn’t hold the tips on properly. Needless to say, I pushed them in too far and ended up having to goto hospital to get the tip removed from in my ear.
Old mate Sennie sending other old mates to the hospital
In all seriousness though man I hope you’re ok
You could have sued them
Hope you are ok now
Ultra Yikes bruh 😖
I almost had the same fate... when I was younger I saved up for some $50 sennheiser earbuds and my sister forcefully ripped one out of my ear and the ear tip came out enough so it fell off but if she pulled a little softer then I would have an ear tip in my ear
I immediatly went and listened to September and now I can say that I'm cursed by the right ear bongo man
He's the reason why I've been listening to it on repeat lately
The AKGs you buy off of eBay are almost always knockoff ones. The official ones that come with the phone actually sound pretty good. They are hard to find being sold separately so good luck finding them.
Yeah, and those are clearly fake
I got mines from a Samsung store, and they are way better than the second hand ones for sure
Stealth upgrading/downgrading is also a problem in most electronics now, where companies (or even worse, the fabricators that the companies pay to make their products) silently replace internals of existing products with inferior components over time. I found this out with Creative IEMs, there's a nice cheap set for about $10 that was my go-to disposable pocket set, had a set from 2005 that sounded great, got the same set again in 2012, sounded like shit. Looked exactly the same on the outside.
The EO-IG955 (the ones that Dank most likely got the knock off ones + also the default IEMs that came with the Phone) are pretty good for around $5-10, IMO. The cable is cheap, but I could tolerate it so its pretty good.
I mean if the God Crin would recommend these for a ultra low budjet iem, they can't be crappy. Might snack myself a pair of these.
"All the Romanians go yeeeey ! " me as a Romanian : YEEEEEEEY !!!
vai de mine domnu gigel aveti dreptate
Da lol
Sunt de acord cu dumneavoastră domnule gigel
“I pinched my hands in a pair if pliers”
Think you may be holding the wrong end, mate.
I got a confession to make. Although I'm Spanish, I think I got a decent level of English but I swear to god I still can't understand s h i t when you try microphones so I just laugh for half a minute listening to your accent lmfao
That's the aussie accent for ya
I can understand everything he says
And I'm Portuguese
Me too, I'm italian
Me too, and I’m an alien!
@@razboy2032 finally, a fellow alien
"I have a beard' bro you just smashed every idea on what i thought you looked like according to your voice
When you said “Meze” I was going like “yeaaaah, Romania!”