KZ PR1 PRO - How KZ Got Its Groove Back

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Timecodes:
00:00 Intro and Close Up
01:17 Graph
02:56 Mission Accomplished
04:37 Wrecking Ball
06:44 Not Special
07:52 Who should buy it?
09:11 Sound
09:42 Bass
11:26 Mids
13:50 Visceral Impact
15:28 Treble
17:00 5% treble
17:58 Stage

[alexeiboukirev]

Great for KZ. They needed good publicity. I hope their target audience will be happy. And this is a decent introduction to the planar sound.

[Danimixrd]

Whit a dap (shanling m5s) of 320mw at 32ohm is decent to drive these ? I have plans to buy that iem …

[Laowei]

Great review, Paul! Ordered for $40 USD. A good value.

[matusjurcik]

Hello Paul, so the Kz PR1 pro and the olina SE are the same price, which one is better and which one is prone to hiss more? Thanks

[housepianist]

You make a great point about planars drivers being able to handle larger inputs of bass and treble frequencies. Other drivers, especially BA's, will start to get a little shrill in the treble region with a lot of treble input but planars just handle it with very little issues. Sure, planars can still sound bright but it's controlled very very well.

I have the original S12's which are amazing to me but I wouldn't mind adding the Pros to my collection.

[integralogic]

I love these iems. They sound great, nice Mid thumps, super clean sounding. Not enough bass or volume for my liking but since I can't get them too loud they are non fatiguing. Super crisp.

One of my favorite parts is I Was looking at the planar through the clear shell and realized the design patter on the outside mimics the shapes of the planars.

[droniebalkans]

so uh, I want to buy new set of items since my zsn pro x's kinda died. Please help me with this. I want to try out the kz pr1 pro but although people say it's really good and clean I feel like I would like smooth iem's more than grainy ones. I don't know if I should get the kz pr 1 pro or the kz zs10 pro x as they have some big price differences. I has the samson sr 850 semi open over ears for detail and wide sounding, I want something fun sounding for the items on the go. the pr1 pro's just look so damn sexy

[andreashalim]

I was so excited hearing about planar iems since I haven't been shopping for iem in years. Thanks to KZ for bringing this affordable planar to the market. Ordered it already and am waiting for it to arrive 😁

[HKS-lehi]

Hey paul, i saw this pr1 pro review from a japanese reviewer which he noted, he feels like pr1 pro has a sense of holographical soundstage that he cant hear it in pla13 or pr1 hifi even when he turn down the bass using EQ on both of the previous model, can you confirms this?

[nSpiraliArchitectb]

Just bought these for $80 and learned they were half price at launch 😞 feel a bit foolish, now.

[raikenninja]

I think this is a good step for KZ, using Timeless and S12 as reference for tuning choice.

Now lets see them tune their hybrid to be less bassy and more Harman or Blessing 2-esque.

[fiddlix]

The first KZ set I am going to be on the radar for. Black Friday sale of course.

[jamesthomas-tgcl]

After looking your review, I found that my wallet was $15 short...

[Devil]

Hello Paul 🙏🏻, I like your videos and bought few of your recommendations but I want the taste of planar thats why I bought PR1 pro on sale 31 USD but when I listened to it I found the right piece volume is very low and everytime I put right piece in my ear it makes wierd plastic wrapping noise. I think there must be channel imbalance issue. What do you think please help me what to do?

[rttle_snke]

How does it compare to the dioko and the olina se? With the linsoul LEC this/olina se/dioko and the P1 max are around the same price. Which one should I go for among these?

[almir]

Hello, what would you recommend
Pr1pro or zax?

[genaishivatov]

Paul, please tell me (as the owner of the PR1hi-fi version) - if you drop the moment "other cable and foam tips" - is it worth buying another version of the Pro, is there a significant difference ???

[MrBlackJava]

Ok i got Sennheiser M.3tws and want more emerssive, home for music movie and gaming. Can i get PR1 pro with fiio btr7 to sound more like a over ears open cans? My son wont give back my ByerDynamic and i want IME s. ???

[mokisan]

Thanks for the video paul, I was going to get these. But held back as I want a new iem which I can use for years to come. So was thinking of spending and breaking my ceiling of spending.
I was considering the s12 pro, but the shallow fit worries me as I don't do good with shallow fit like the blon bl-03.

I want a warm sounding set. Any rec paul?

[hariramv]

Nice review Paul as usual....I got it for 41 lets still have S12 but looking for pairing with bluetooth adapter for other uses like youtube and movies since I believe pr1 pro is easy to drive unlike S12.