The KZ PR3 from KZ has been released and according to the company is the best Planar driver earphone they have made.
Before elaborating further, let me say that the KZ planar deserves merit for being totally in house designed , and not resorting to the more usual 14.2...14.5...14.8 drivers used by the majority of the other brands.
Now, previous KZ Planars have been a continuous search for the perfect balance of frequency response, technical abilities and fun musicality.
To that extent the one that ticked the most boxes was for me the PR1 Pro , where a balance between the PR1 HiFI and Balanced was obtained.
The PR2 X HBB which followed, was a departure of the usual planar tuning , going for a learner bass playback and a rolled off upper frequency range, giving us a more DD like sound and doing away with the disliked planar timbre.
The PR3 comes to the party bringing a sort of RLC crossover which tries to shape the sound signature, something we saw them do with the single DD models, ZVX, D-fi
In essence the PR3 takes the bass response of the PR2 and combines it with a midrange that initially peaks at just over 2kHz and then gradually rolls off to give us a IEM that technically is very capable, with, soundstage, imaging, resolution, detail retrieval being a treat for the technicality inclined listeners.
The problem with all this effort to find the perfect planar tuning is that , the resulting PR3 sound is seemingly pushed , over done, lacking a sense of natural reproduction that for me the PR1 Pro with all it's flaws was able to offer.
Still this isn't the biggest issue, the biggest
one was the frightening difference In performance that I found in three sets of PR3 that I bought.
QC in the PR3 is definitely a concern, something that up to now I hadn't really encountered with the dozens of KZ IEMs i have reviewed.
To put it simply if you are lucky to get a PR3 that sounds like the first set described above , then you will be impressed, especially if you are a low volume listener and favour technical performance over musicality.
On the other hand if you get a Lemon....well then I guess you will get lemon juice!
In conclusion the PR3 is for me not the best Planar KZ has made, PR1 Pro still stands as King, but rather the first one to use this electronic tuning assistance, and as such more models with surely follow, with all the obstacles of this one ironed out.
00:00 Introduction
01:15 Off to a Bad start
02:20 QC issues
03:20 KZ Planar Family
05:55 PR3 in Depth, Build
08:13 PR3 in Depth, Sound
14:00 PR3 vs PR2 vs PR1 Pro
16:35 PR3 vs Stellaris vs A12 Pro vs MP145 vs Klanar vs T10 vs P1Max
19:55 PR3 Conclusion
21:15 Graphs
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