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7Hz x Crinacle Zero:2 IEM Review

Rate this IEM:

  • 1. Poor (headless panther)

    Votes: 7 1.7%
  • 2. Not terrible (postman panther)

    Votes: 12 2.8%
  • 3. Fine (happy panther)

    Votes: 52 12.3%
  • 4. Great (golfing panther)

    Votes: 351 83.2%

  • Total voters
    422
I can't bring myself to ship a cable across the planet. Surely there's an alternative.
Honestly, those kind of things started to bother me as well. I order something from the other end of the world, and it gets delivered in 3 days for $5. The actual cost of that to all of us is surely more than $5.
 
I should be getting my Z2 early next week. I too generally need larger tips so I shall delve through my tip collection and see what works when I have them in my ear/ hand. What tip style/ type do you generally use on other IEM?
The large white tips that came with the Truthears were (almost) perfect. The largest from the ZERO:2 are a little bit too small. Sadly, they are not interchangeable.

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Just got mine. The usual disappointment due to ear tips being too small. It’s always a gamble. Some come with quite a variety of sizes others remain on the small side. So does the 7Hz ZERO:2. It’s not a full disaster but bass is clearly lacking. Apart from this they sound really good.

Does anyone of you have a good source for alternative ear tips?
For large ear canals nothing beats Truthear Red/Zero due to the combination of shell shape and included tips.
 
For large ear canals nothing beats Truthear Red/Zero due to the combination of shell shape and included tips.
Do not forget TE Nova. That shell is also big.
 
Does anyone of you have a good source for alternative ear tips?
I got mine and tried them yesterday. The stock tips did not work for me as the buds kept falling off my ears. It took me about 30 excruciating minutes to replace them with Comply Foam tips (I got them off Amazon a while ago for other IEMs).

With no EQ listening via my Hidizs Ap80 Pro-X, the sound is clear and I can hear more details.
 
The Zero's I've just received 'sound great' to me if I'm stationary, but the over-ear cable route is a bit of a pain for me and the cables seem to put a lot of bass noises into the perceived sound if I move around.

Rather than these Zero 2's, once the holiday dust has settled, I'd probably try these as they're more conventional and they 'look' a bit more like the cheap Betrons I've been using generally (I've discovered the Betron BS10s don't like massed choirs or massed strings much at all compared to the 7Hz Zeros...)

 
What if you have the upposite problem and need an IEM with a small shell and tips?
The 7Hz Salnotes Zeros are better in that aspect imo.
 
On your photo you have red tips - they are not the largest. Try yellow ones.
I did. The yellow ones are of more spherical shape. In my case they fit even worse.

Edit: Stripped tips from a retired set of TinHiFi T4. Got bass now. Happy camper
 
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It seems better than truthear zero red?
They arrived 6 hours ago and I have to admit I was impressed. I prefer them to the OSHIDA E20 which in turn preferred them to the Zero Red which I found boring and at times mediocre.
I'd like to start by saying that it's a great "all-rounder" IEM but I'm not crazy about the Harman curve (I prefer less gain in the 3000Hz area and more treble up to at least 15,000 Hz), which is why, for example, I still prefer my IE200s, but leaving aside that's if Harman tuning is your favorite, once you have the Zero 2 in your hand you can very well stop looking for something else in the future.
After the experience with Zero Red I approached Zero 2 with some reservations and instead I was pleasantly surprised: it doesn't get congested with complex tracks (hey Zero Red!) and the entire 20Hz-1000Hz area is much more coherent than Zero Red which has an anemic midrange and then has this subwoofer that works badly and disconnected from the rest (it's the main reason why I prefer the Aoshida E20, besides the lack of air) and therefore you don't have that annoying hole around 150Hz.
With Zero Red I felt that everything was coming from the center of the head and with Zero 2 this doesn't happen, fortunately. The construction is fantastic and aesthetically I find them beautiful (they look better in person).
They are very comfortable and you can forget about the fit issues of Zero Red. Ok, it's plastic and doesn't look premium, but who cares!
If they had a little more air, were made of steel, had a more premium looking cable (like the big heavy ones that I personally hate) and were priced at €300, they could be sold with little difficulty.
I apologize if I sound mean towards Zero Red, but in my opinion it arrived on the market at least 4 years late to be a novelty and, to my ears, it didn't even hold a candle to my €35 Cadenza and i'll probably send one to Amir to have him measured...
 

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They arrived 6 hours ago and I have to admit I was impressed. I prefer them to the OSHIDA E20 which in turn preferred them to the Zero Red which I found boring and at times mediocre.
I'd like to start by saying that it's a great "all-rounder" IEM but I'm not crazy about the Harman curve (I prefer less gain in the 3000Hz area and more treble up to at least 15,000 Hz), which is why, for example, I still prefer my IE200s, but leaving aside that's if Harman tuning is your favorite, once you have the Zero 2 in your hand you can very well stop looking for something else in the future.
After the experience with Zero Red I approached Zero 2 with some reservations and instead I was pleasantly surprised: it doesn't get congested with complex tracks (hey Zero Red!) and the entire 20Hz-1000Hz area is much more coherent than Zero Red which has an anemic midrange and then has this subwoofer that works badly and disconnected from the rest (it's the main reason why I prefer the Aoshida E20, besides the lack of air) and therefore you don't have that annoying hole around 150Hz.
With Zero Red I felt that everything was coming from the center of the head and with Zero 2 this doesn't happen, fortunately. The construction is fantastic and aesthetically I find them beautiful (they look better in person).
They are very comfortable and you can forget about the fit issues of Zero Red. Ok, it's plastic and doesn't look premium, but who cares!
If they had a little more air, were made of steel, had a more premium looking cable (like the big heavy ones that I personally hate) and were priced at €300, they could be sold with little difficulty.
I apologize if I sound mean towards Zero Red, but in my opinion it arrived on the market at least 4 years late to be a novelty and, to my ears, it didn't even hold a candle to my €35 Cadenza and i'll probably send one to Amir to have him measured...

I can't really relate. Cadenzas tuning makes everything sound dry and closed in, everything sounds like Steely Dan vinyls om my parents hifi system.

While I could name a few sets that are a little more spacious and immersive than Truthear Red, they're all night and day better than Cadenza.
 
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