KZ ZS10 Pro X: How your phone and affordable IEMs can deliver audiophile-grade sound

I listen to a lot of people talk absolute nonsense about the fidelity you can achieve with a phone, claiming it is not “audiophile” or whatever. Reality is if you stream lossless music through a phone and use good headphones, the listening experience is extremely high fidelity.

One of the most amazing things to happen in audio is how corded earbuds have become incredibly competent at very affordable prices. And it is in that vein that I bring up the KZ ZS10 Pro X, a five-driver IEM (four balanced-armature and one dynamic driver) that I have used to listen to some truly demanding music and heard it reproduce elements that are masked by all but the most resolving and capable full-size speakers and headphones.

Long story short, the cost of true audiophile fidelity is having a phone, a pair of $55 IEMs, an inexpensive USB headphone adapter (Apple’s is $9), plus the price of quality content (I use Tidal HiFi).

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