7Hz Salnotes Zero IEM Review

[voodooless]

This is a no-brainer... ordered one!

 

[F1308]

Thanks for the insight.
A remaining question, regarding such deep bass, is, how many listeners will be able to hear your work in its full range, especially with "common" loudspeakers.

Well, I don't know.
Simply it goes like there is no way back once heard.
If you have not been flying on a Learjet,
nothing is missing. Handel did not use my Roland Fantom 8, nor REAPER DAW, nor the many scripts I have made to use it live...

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I had a friend that called me to see his new
little compact music system and he was immensely happy. After a while we went downstairs to my
flat and press play in mine.

When he heard the cannons in Tchaikovsky's 1812 he realized they were not the pistol
shots heard upstairs...Now he knows.

 

[Feargal]

I have these. They're not perfect. My main issue is I find the body of the IEM with its sharp-ish corners a bit uncomfortable. It took a bit of experimentation with the supplied nozzles to find the most comfortable as well, and each set does seem to alter the sound a little bit (different hole sizes). I think I settled on the light blue.

Oh - but sound wise they are very, very good.

 

[respice finem]

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Maybe a new disease is soon upon us: compulsive affordable IEM buying disorder

I already got both "Zeros" and one Beyerdynamic and my last brain cell says, it's two too many already.

 

[amirm]

They are so cheap that I wouldn't mind taking a file to it to soften any sharp edges.

 

[respice finem]

They are so cheap that I wouldn't mind taking a file to it to soften any sharp edges.

Yeah the file is too expensive in comparison

 

[F1308]

Here’s Crinacle’s comparison between the 7Hz Zero and newer Zero 2 (it also is said to have a better cable):
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Thank you.

Ordered.

 

[F1308]

Maybe a new disease is soon upon us: compulsive affordable IEM buying disorder

I already got both "Zeros" and one Beyerdynamic and my last brain cell says, it's two too many already.

At those prices I feel committed to support
everyone involved.

What else?

In fact, I am not buying IEMs, I am buying
promised curves.

 

[Boobisha Chodhankar]

The most important quality of the IEM is comfort. It's good that these one are Harman compliant, but it's not very important. Using Wavelet you can eq any popular model that has measurements on Squiglink. Distortion isn't audible in most cases. The problem is that Zeroes have a weird angular shell which isn't very comfortable to many, that's why I feel that something like Moondrop Chu 2 would be a better purchase

 

[Matias]

I love to see it finally get the review and recognition they justly deserve. I was the donor for this review a while ago.

They are also my perfect digital piano monitors. Every note sound so balanced with them.

I also dislike the included tips, too gaudy. I use 3rd party ones and it's fine.

The 7Hz Zero 2 is now released and incoming. Let's see/hear.

 

[Jimbob54]

Cant argue with the measurements. I tried a pair and one side had massively reduced output. Other than swapping cables and tips I didnt bother to investigate further and got a refund.

Definitely not one to buy direct from China to save a few $- luckily I bought from Amazon in this instance.

 

[CedarX]

Is there any difference if these are 3.5 mm cables vs USB C? Ordered the USB C variant with a mic from amazon. I just didn't want to use a dongle to convert 3.5 to USB - C

This is not “cable vs. cable”: the 3.5mn is just a cable, but the USB-C cable has its own integrated “dongle”. You’ll get a cable with DAC+HPA of unknown quality…. most likely “good enough”.

 

[AudioSceptic]

Have one. Love it. Good balanced budget sound. Though some fancy upper mid range per my taste.

Looks like great value. Does it take standard tips, so we can use ones we might already have from other IEMs?

 

[AudioSceptic]

How is it that an IEM like this—that by-and-large would be passed over by the average ASR headphone/IEM aficionado as being beneath consideration based solely on the price—produces such remarkable performance? What is this magical "dynamic driver" that produces such a close match to the Harman preference curve with such ease? Is it a MEMS device or some alien technology from Area 51? Please, someone with intimate knowledge of this remarkable piece of audio technology, enlighten us.

Why would it be any harder to make an IEM fit the target curve than any other response the manufacturer thinks is correct (they must have some standard just for consistency)?

 

[AudioSceptic]

once again proof that the Zero:RED gets too much hype here. This is less than half the price and literally measures better

In case you're not being ironic, what other IEM measures better than the Zero:RED?

 

[FrantzM]

Hi

Last year, I gifted at least a dozen, TCZ Blue... I could have achieved the same degree of "user" satisfaction, with 1/3 the cash outlay... ..

Hi-Fi, has become a commodity: superb accurate, full range system for $30.oo!! (7Hz Zero + Apple dongle) ..



Peace

 

[oscar_dziki]

$20 IEMs with this level of performance and low distortion?

Why would you pay more for other headphones?
Makes you wonder.

I would consider paying a little more for these games with DAC, DSP, and a mic

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[TheWalkman]

Great!

I now know what Santa will be bringing me in place of one pack of new boxers and/ or socks! (Ho! Ho! Ho!)

 

[respice finem]

I would consider paying a little more for these games with DAC, DSP, and a mic

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Crazy times we live in. Considering the functionality this is ridiculously cheap.
Would be nice to see it tested though.

 

[olieb]

I would consider paying a little more for these games with DAC, DSP, and a mic

That looks interesting. All the mentioned functions are part of the cable though and one can get this on its own.