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AFUL PERFORMER 5+2: An Ideally Balanced Tonality?

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The portable audio industry became one of the most profitable sections on the audio technology market as there are some people who have realised that listening to a music in an immersive high fidelity experience will give some new perspective on how they appreciate sonic qualities. Annually, there are new audio companies establishing themselves with their introductory product models with some new features like driver technology, material and most of all, tuning aspects and technical capabilities, and  AFUL AUDIO  was one of them that established itself as an independent audio company two years ago. AFUL released the inaugural model, the  PERFORMER 5  and it somehow helps to signify its brand recognition to add more credence and reputation in the audio community as it has some positive feedback from both established audio reviewers and consumers alike. But in my opinion, as an independent amateur portable audio reviewer, I actually find the  PERFORMER 5  as ...

KZ PR1 STANDARD: Here Comes The Dark Horse

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In the current sector in the audio world, there is a current war that keeps raging on that almost all audio companies wanted to earn their spot and try to become the undisputed warlord of this new battlefield, The Battle of the Planar IEMs. It is unexpected that the Lord of the Entry-level IEMs, Knowledge Zenith also known as KZ decided to enter the fray in the battlefield. This big question is what will be KZ's arsenal that makes him even a serious threat to all. To be honest, my experiences on some Planar IEMs are a bit complicated as to how I would stand on it. At first, I was very critical on the first generation and second generation of Planars IEMs on how ridiculously power demanding these sets are with just a mediocre and unrefined tonality. But as years go by, the development of Planar on IEMs seems to be noticeable on how they became less power demanding and delivers a commendable sound quality. Entering the KZ PR1, It is KZ's first IEM with a planar driver and KZ as t...