KZ PR1 PRO review... THE BEST KZ iem (earphones) ever made. period. 

The thing I love about kz is the clear or tinted shells they use. You get to see the internals and it's just a whole different visual experience seeing the things that make sound, and especially with this one, the planar driver just looks amazing.

It took you over 7 minutes to actually start your review. Thank you for your work, honestly, but please do not take over 30s next time and work on tightening up your content. All the best!

I have to say that the PR1 PRO is my favorite product right now, it was my first time trying planar iems and I was very impressed, I subscribed to you.

Wow, I almost forgot you have a RU-vid channel 😂 Yeah, I think it started with AS16Pro but tbh I hate it with adaptor so good thing they don't discontinued the normal version after they released the Hi-Imp edition. I think AS16Pro is the most correct KZ BA set. Many people who stick with KZ are people who like their sound but AS16Pro is the most correct KZ sound that I am looking for (for now). It's hard to put in words because of my lack English vocabulary lol.

The world needs a comparison video of this and the new HBB collar PR2. The scuttlebutt is that the PR2 is just a differently tuned PR1 - basically just the 4th iteration of the same iem where they just keep correcting for the previous version's weaknesses. Drivers are the same gen 1 KZ planars, not the gen 2 used in the PR1 Pro.

I'm glad to hear KZ are making an effort now. I love the Zex Pro despite the issues and claims people have against them with fake drivers and such, for some reason they just sound nice and fit great. If I was to buy another KZ IEM what would you recommend now? The AS16 Pro? PR1 Pro? I'm unsure what to buy, KZ has never been a company to clearly outline what each IEM is good at and to have distinct tuning either. Kind of pot luck buying blind. So any help would be nice. Also earned a new sub, love the teardowns.

Good videos man, I have mine on the way but already enjoy the pr1 hifi. Hopefully kz can chip away at the market with their planars

Just a question before I ask my question: "Do you vape/smoke weed?" (You sound very relaxed..) Now my question is, how do you compare these with the KZ AS16 pro? I don't know you know them, but, how good is the sound?) Since 4 months I'm very very impressed by my new IEM's! (Phone based: movies, games, music: EXCELLENT!) Good review! Must I buy them when already on KZ AS16 pro? Peace (Yes I smoke weed)

Totally agree with you. These are addictive as heck. I also own a pair of Moondrop Starfields which, while they sound amazing too in their own category, I usually find myself coming back to my PR1 PROs. I am in risk of becoming an evangelist of these IEMs as I have been telling everyone to get a pair. Long life to KZ.. Great review, man. Cheerio

I have 4 KZ IEMs. My most expensive is the KZ ZSX and my cheapest is the ZS3. The one that broke is the ZSX because of using them while lying down on the pillow. I think it's because of those plastic connector to attach the cables. They are weak when they are given pressure while just lying down on a pillow. I did not use it for sleep so I did not put a lot of weight on it. The ZSX sounds great but just don't use them lying down on a pillow. The connection slots to attach the cables will break after a few uses when put a little pressure on it lying down on pillow.

I was blown away by the sound quality of the kz earphones

Love your tear downs but your review is even better. Just need to do it more often. I noticed the sound kept going from right to left. I guess you were moving with the mic in a static position. That was a little distracting. The pr1 pro was my first planar. I still enjoy it.

finally someone talked about the tuning. i bought kz zsn pro recently and honestly i dont want to keep them. highs are very high, lows are acceptable, responce is flat but for some reason i think they doesn't sound natural. i tried to tune by builtin equalizer in preamp app and have acceptable success but still sound feels unnatural. iam still using my old earphones and thinking to buy the same ones if i could find. iam looking for natural balanced earphones or simply buy the oldones.

Very complete video!

Very nice presentation and I agree with you. These Planers are amazing for the price.

Just ordered my pair and I just can't wait to try them out!

Which model do you recommend for live music in-ear monitoring? (Gospel band) Which is more linear, balanced sounding? I need to hear all frequencies, without too much bass in order to not cover other frequencies. It has to sounds clear without eq. The sounding to not be fatique at mid-high frequency. Power handling is also important, and clarity at high volume. Thank you very much!

Thanks for the review. Certainly piqued my interest! 🙂👍

It over exceeds my expectations for such a budget pair of earphones. It's a very well done V-shaped, neutral-warm tuned IEM.

Kz pr2 xbb are 36-39 bucks

great review and now you convince me to pull the trigger even after having the hifi version.

I have some really good headphones at home and I do like quality sound. I can definitely tell if something sounds good or crap. I also do a lot of EQ settings for all my headphones. Few weeks ago I got my first IEM the KZ ZS10 and I cannot believe how good they sound. First they sound like rubbish but after about 10-15 solid hours of burning its just WOW. Their bass, their details its just really amazing. No wonder they got so many good reviews. They are both fun and details with this soft deep bass i really enjoy. I have never tried planars but definitely get one of these. Maybe the KZ is shitty company I do not know... but I do hear some quality sound over there.

Having heard basically all the planar iems (dioko, timeless, tin hifi, zetian wu, etc) I would describe the timbre as dry. Just got my PR1 Pros and I'm excited to hear how they sound after burn in.

Is this suitable with KZ Bluetooth Device KZ AZ09 pro? Coz I heard an issue with previous KZ PR1 that had bad sound quality bcoz of pairing with it..

Deal for 40$

Nice Review 😁👍

After watching your review, it really help me.

I don't understand why you want a planar sound in your music? Wouldn't you want a clear sound of just the music?

I don't understand all those positive reviews. Bought them, but I'm going to return them. The sound is hardly better than my old wired Apple earphones of 20 euros. Sometimes Apple is even better. I often find these KZ too high, too silvery. Maybe they are also not suitable for classical music. Apple earphones suddenly sound much warmer. And I really find in-ear really terrible: pressing feeling in my ears, gives a lot of (skin)irritation. Apple earphones are a breath of fresh air in comparison.

Hey Hi Fri, could you share few songs which has lot of highs, I'd like listen to few also I'd like to educate myself on what resolution means in audio ?

what's the best KZ planar in 2024? I got the symphony but running on the AZ20 Bluetooth adaptor on full power mode [essential for enhanced musicality] the bass was just too overpowering. but I don't want flat boring bass either. [on the AS24, I have all the bass switches up to be bassy enough for me.]

would you recommend this over the Aria Moondrop?

I bought this one and tried to it. The overall quality is quite good. I think you can consider buy one.

Have you seen the pr2? Can you compare them? The pr2 seems to have an issue that it came out with mesh behind the faceplate and now it doesn't.. But it's half the price of this one.. I really want to buy one of these two..

I don't know, maybe I got defective Panda, but after KZ PR1hi-fi it was difficult to listen to them - because of problems in the mid-bass. On many tracks, especially where there was a bass guitar, an unrealistic resonance / rumble began, which clogged all the lower mids. I liked Panda treble (quantitatively and qualitatively), the mids were sometimes aggressive - I liked the middle of KZ more on classical music (although it sounds more detached), but this buzz on Panda mid-bass spoiled everything. And yet - Panda sound is more like a dynamic than a planar - it had less technicality and musical involvement.

No head camera please :(

Looking forward to hearing these paired with my iFi hip-dac2 with bass boost enabled, to help balance their brightness. I just hope they're not as ear-piercing as the uber-sibilant Dioko that I couldn't stand, though I may've gotten one of the early units with the wrong filters.

KZ pr1 Hifi and CCA pla13 are same or diffrent ??

If they were damn good sounding IEMs you wouldn't tear them apart, right !

Nice

tinhifi p1 max considered one of the best planars by many people (most balanced one). If this one sound better than p1 max...ooooh man p.s. if you'll look at dioko's FR graph - it's trash compared to these because mid and high mids are jagged more than kz pr1, high frequencies on dioko's graph also look like shit/ p.p.s. if you will equalize these using Equalizer APO and many many filters, and listening tone generator you will take away all small dips and peaks (it takes a little bit of experience to do that but it's possible)- you will have one of the best IEM. Probably it will also remove this "planar feel" or grainess from the sound. But you will have to do it using your ears, prepared EQ presets from wavelet or any source will not help/

Pr1 pro vs zetang wu which one is better 🤷🤔 Pr1 is 100$+ and the wu is about 140 here I have used many kz and cca and a few other iem over the years i like the zs10 pro and terminator Why im considring wu planar cause even tho kz pr1 are 100$ the cable is bad with inline mic so i would have to switch that also foam tips are recomemned with this kz by everyone i always have my iems in my ear so foam doesn't last long And its very hard to find videos on pr1 pro

I'll go with the 3 adjectives PUNCHY, SMOOTH & CLEAN instead of the regular bass, mids and trebles.

I bought PR1 pro on sale 31 USD but when I listened to it, it's nothing special and the right piece volume is very low and everytime I put right piece in my ear some it makes wierd plastic wrapping noise. I also think there must be channel imbalance issue in them. What do you think please help me what to do?

KZ PR1 PRO vs the kkz zs10 pro x which one should I get? I had a kz zsn pro x before and I loved it. (I need some bass btw, deep quality bass with nice details in rest with mids and highs as well)

Just here to say I stopped watching because I came here for a review about the product. 5 mins in you still haven't mentioned anything about it!

So these sound better than the P1 max?? I just order the p1 max. I can afford to buy these too would you recommend I do?

Is KZ PR1 PRO still worth to buy?

What is better between these and truthear hexa

I wouldn’t doubt due to the shape and type of material used for the planar over time it would get less tactile sounding due to the diaphragm moving as well as help the decay

You make headphones? Am I understanding that right?

Hi bro, Thanks for your opinion ad describe us your experience. Do you believe that these Kz Pr1 Pro are better than Kz Zs10 Pro X?

Compare to PR1 Hifi?

After three or four "long story short" and 10 minutes with nothing about this product, I gave up! You need to get your reviews sorted out, I'm not coming back to this channel.

Hi can you help me to choose kz model that will suits me ireally want a solid sounds bass and really like accoustic songs Thank you hoping you notice me.

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These or 7hz Salnotes dioko?

Is the Pr1 pro is better than zsn pro..

KZ PR2 lacks mid bass a bit

Pr2 enters the chat 😮

any comparisons with the kz ast?

I just got mine and I love them but they need some power to sound good.

“This won’t be a long one” *video is literally an hour long*

any chance ur going to review the kiwi ears cadenza?

what about these vs the KZ AS16 pro ?

I hope kz sell the foam too.

they are 80$ in my country

Oh no please reconsider doing the pov style. It gives me motion sickness. At least try not to do it 100% of the time from start to finish like hbb and zeos. It would be fine as a second camera.

This vs moondrop aria?

How do they go compared to ZS10 Pro X?

Please try the Moondrop Stellaris

Came for a review... Bye

Pffffffffffffff. Omg

Still the worst of the bunch even if.. Whats the point of covering KZ?!.. No one I know care about them any more for various reasons like qc and cs...

Wtf longest irrelevant intro I’ve ever seen. And the longest winding review ever. 😮

Which model do you recommend for live music in-ear monitoring? (Gospel band) Which is more linear, balanced sounding? I need to hear all frequencies, without too much bass in order to not cover other frequencies. It has to sounds clear without eq. The sounding to not be fatique at mid-high frequency. Power handling is also important, and clarity at high volume. Thank you very much!