9 reviews for KZ ZS10 Pro Hybrid IEM Earbuds

1. 

   Scott D. Briggs – August 6, 2025

   Spectacular-sounding IEMs that won’t break the bank
   I have all the full-size headphones and amps I need now. I’ve never been a massive fan of IEMs or earbuds, due to comfort issues, breakage/fragility, losing them, or lack of bass, or thin sound. Then again, I never invested in any high-end IEMs like Shure, let’s say. I’ve got Hifimans, Fostex TRP40s, Sennheiser closed,and even a new pair of Pioneer DJ headphones that are great but not super comfy, alas. But why wouldI need more headphones or an IEM? I wasn’t going to pull the trigger, no matter what. I’d love to hearsome electrostatic headphones, but I am not paying 2 grand for them.Then Zeos from YouTube was raving about these a few weeks ago,and I just went and hit purchase, no hesitation. I was confident they would sound amazing, if he was praising them, and lo and behold, they bleedin’ well do. Oh, do they ever. And this resolves the question of why buy more headphones, because once you hear these, you’ll realize why, and the answer is, now you own a pair of IEMs that cost under $70 that sound and perform like a premium $300 pair of headphones, if not better, and are totally portable, if you don’t feel like lugging those giant AKGs, Audeze, or Fostex around all day long, as tempting as that might be.They sound like a compressed (I mean, focused and more intimate!) version of my Hifiman or Fostex’s,with substantially better and deeper bass response than either. Soundstage is decent, if not massive. Detail/separation in both channels is excellent to REALLY excellent. Deep, and tight bass, Plus detailed warm mids, and crisp, rich highs, but not strident or annoying, or fatiguing, at all. The power and bass response these are capable of puts a lot of over the ear headphones to shame. I can only imagine what the higher end Linsouls sound like, T1s ,etc., as well. But, I’ll take these! These also put to shame the wretched Audio-Wrecknica M50xs I made the mistake of buying a few months ago, and instantly returned to Guitar Center, after they nails on a blackboard high-end-ruined my ears and sanityafter a day or two of auditioning. Absolutely hideous plastic junk, those headphones. Unlistenable. Unless you like metallic, screechy mids and highs, and NO bass whatsoever. By contrast, I put the Linsouls on, and they sounded great right out of the box. This is very rare indeed.For the money spent, these are one of the biggest steals in the audio industry currently. Hands down.The comfort level is decent, for IEMs, depending on what caps you use. I guess the cable might do with someupgrading but I’m no going to bother, it’s fine for me. You can if you want to. On my Creative Labs G6amp, you only have to crank the volume up to maybe 4-8 to be super loud on most sources. Listeningright now to Dave Brubeck’s Take Five at maybe vol. 4 and it sounds unreal. I had to back off a bit on the bass and power on the G6, and tame these a bit, but they sound amazing at any level. Hardly any distortion that I can discern.Brushed metal alum. outside, transparent body on ear-side. Fit pretty snug and aren’t too annoying,like many IEMs. I got the basic Silver and clear version, with mic (which I have almost no use for). Are theyas pretty as a Mondrian? No, but they look cool, so I don’t know what people are bitching about. Cord seemspretty quality, and non-tangly or janky, and the connection posts seem solid thus far.Build quality overall seems quite good. But I would invest in a small case for these, as any IEMs are a bit fragile or given to catching, etc. They seem to be comfortable for listening at a few hours on end, if necessary, also a huge plus. Listening to tracks from Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Van Halen, Bob Marley, Sisters of Mercy, and Steely Dan, lossless or otherwise, restored a lot of the bottom-end that is sometimes lacking on even my best mid-fi planar headphones. And I’d still go so far as to recommend the Linsouls for jazz, or classical as well. The warmth and detail is present enough for it. Outside noise isolation is quite good, for budget IEMs with no active NC.There’s definitely something to be said for IEMs. Now I realize what the fuss is about, especially when they perform as well as these do, it’s a totally different listening experience to the already wonderful Fostex or Hifiman over the ears, open or closed, plus these are 10000x more efficient than planar headphones. Also, if you demand really solid, deep and tight bass for the music you listen to, these are absolutely the IEMs for you. You will not experience bass responsewith the Fostex or Hifimans like this, I can assure you (unless you EQ and amp the piss out of them), though I love both of those headphones dearly. Yet it’s not exaggerated, it’s just there if you need it.For portable use and just plain music enjoyment, I cannot imagine spending $55 and getting anything much better than these Linsoul Pros. I also recently picked up a pair of cheap JBL $18 earbuds, they are darned good, a lot better than you would think, but still, nothing NEAR what these little bad boys are capable of delivering. These are on a whole different level. They sound stupendous. Through the Creative Labs G6 amp, these sound like a great pair of, perhaps, Klipsch or Paradigm bookshelf speakers, with a bit of extra “subwoofer” kick! I cannot recommend these more heartily. This is $55 very well spent for any audiophile on a budget, no question about it. And, you don’t need to spend another $120 on a headphone amp to enjoy them, a nice bonus. Linsoul has hit it out of the park. The 5 microdrivers will decimate you! How they accomplished it, is not important. How stonking these sound and perform, is what’s important. Buy them now. P.S. Question came in today about running with these: I haven’t or walked that muchyet with these, but, I think they’d be ok for running or walking exercise outdoors, although totally wirelesssport earbuds might be better for real hardcore gym or exercise applications, like better XBass Sony wirelessgym earbuds, etc. Although the Linsouls seem to fit snug and stay in place well. But they are cabled, sothere’s that to consider if you’re going to use them for running. For a treadmill, I would say they’d be just fine.

2. 

   Giraffe – August 6, 2025

   Best earbuds I’ve ever owned in my entire life!
   I’ve been using these for about a year and a half, and they’re the best earbuds I’ve EVER used. I’m very picky about the sound of headphones, as I’m a casual music producer. These have a very balanced and accurate sound from my experience. I have heavily pierced ears (9 on my left, 3 on my right) so over-ear headphones are not an option for me anymore, unfortunately. These absolutely fill the void left by them, however.For producing music, the audio is clear & accurate. For listening, they cover everything you’d need them to. They fit in my ear well, and have a few different size options. As time goes on, the buds do tend to fall out and get stuck in my ear, but after a year or two it is probably a good idea to update them anyway.The BEST part about them though, by far, is that you can buy a bluetooth adapter separately and use them wired or wireless. And for the audio quality & price, it’s absolutely so worth it. These are such a good price as well, that if they ever break or need replacing, I wouldn’t be opposed to just buying the same ones seeing as, compared to really good blue tooth earbuds, they come in at a great price.Highly recommend these, or really any good IEM earbuds.

3. 

   Gerardo Thompson – August 6, 2025

   Awesome earbuds.
   Brother. These heads phones are a must have in gaming. I can hear footsteps a mile away. It’s legit cheating in game. Very easy to set up. Will say it’s hard to figure out how to connect them to wire but overall amazing. The mic is good but can be better. The cord was also long enough. Great for the price and very comfy for ears. Design is great.

4. 

   Jonathan M. – August 6, 2025

   Amazing Step into World of IEMs
   The countless reviews of this product don’t do it justice.The best part of this IEM is it’s solid gateway into the world of IEMs. Going from regular earbuds or headphones/headsets to this pair of IEMs is such a sizeable difference.From an unboxing experience, this set feels more geared towards gaming. The IEM doesn’t include anything fancy, coming with it’s wire, extra sets of eartips, warranty, and, of course, the IEMs themselves. That being said, it reflects it’s more budget price point, lacking more premium inclusions like a carrying bag/case, foam/gel eartips, and more premium feeling cable.From an audio perspective, in terms of general listening to music, the sound is amazing. The V-shaped tuning is a very neutral and non-offensive range that allows it to sound great for pretty much any genre. That being said, the bass is is not something that will vibrate your head, but I found that that was something that I didn’t really want, all things considered. The clarity of the audio was more than enough for me to be satisfied with absorbing the music. The amount of drivers that are present in this IEM lends itself to allow a pretty clear representation of all ranges of the song. As primarily an RnB and Hip Hop/Rap listener, the audio for these was perfect, allowing for all sounds to be present and feel as if I was with the artist in the studio as their producer, hearing them record. For those who haven’t had an experience with IEMs, the sound is amazing from this pair as the clarity in all the layers of the music, letting you pick up every minute detail of the song. If you’ve never had IEMs before and you need a more convincing argument and if you only one thing from this review, the IEMs make listening to your favorite songs sound as if you are hearing them for the first time again.From a gaming perspective, the IEMs are stellar at their job, being able to deliver such crisp audio that allow you to hear every aspect of the range. As an FPS player, I had no problems hearing all sounds without losing any to any frequencies, hearing both loud explosions and footsteps clearly at the same time with enough ease to be able to discern direction and proximity.In terms of accessories, I choose the variety with microphone as I was using these as a headset for gaming and as such, the microphone is passable and I did not have any complaints about its quality. As for one issuse I have with the microphone is it’s intensity. The microphone comes with a great deal of white noise coming from the sheer intensity of it’s sensitivity, which can be both mitigated or reduced with the use of DACs, however, I did not test this as I did not own such accessories nor does the item come with one. For the eartips, I found that the smaller variety were the ones that work better for me personally, however, I had used my own eartips from previous earbuds that this pair of IEMs accepted without any issue. One thing to mention about the eartips is the pronouce ridges/divots along the inner circumference of the eartips which may be a turn on or off, depending on your preferences.One gripe about this product and the reason I cannot wholeheartedly give this product 5 Stars in good conscience the Quality Control. The left earhook of my wire came with a visible and pronounced outward bend that affected it’s performance. I found that this bend made it so that the left couldn’t properly seat inside my ear for very long and required me to reseat it into my ear every so often. Now, yes, I could just replace the wire with an secondary wire from either KZ or other compatible wires, but the wire itself should be flawless coming out of the box in terms of quality control, and therefore, I believe it should be noted that you may encounter such similar issues. Despite this, I am getting my pair returned in hopes of getting a better wire, and should the wire be better, I will write a follow up review or edit my current review. Furthermore, despite the quality control issue that I encountered with the wire, this has not soured nor affected my view on the KZ brand or model of IEM as a whole as things like quality control are natural occurances in any instance.Overall, I am very please with these IEMs and only dock a star from the overall rating due to the problem encountered with the wire.

5. 

   MR. F – August 6, 2025

   ignore the reviews and comments about ‘tinny’ sounds etc. The only explanation I can think regarding this is that’s the sound you’ll get if you don’t wire them up properly and have them inserted in the ears correctly as a result.The earphones are delivered with the cable detached. There’s no obvious left / right marking to the cables. I have the version with the phone mic. The mic sits on the wire for the right ear.Once you’ve worked out how to properly wire them and place them in the ears (and put the right sized rubber ear bud in place), the sound is absolutely excellent.They’re low impedance so they’ll be fine driven from a phone or mobile mp3 player. The detail is there, really detailed sound.Build quality seems very good. They sit in my ears perfectly and are comfortable for long periods. Due to the rubber in ear bud design they’re very isolating from outside noise too. The mic built into the cable is very good also.If I had one gripe about these it would be the not immediately obvious connection of the cable to the units themselves, if it’s not right and they’re not sat correctly in your ears they’re going to sound tinny as some of the other reviewers describe them. Once they’re wired up properly, you’re done, they’re in and sound spot on every time you put them on. Absolutely thrilled to bits with them.

6. 

   Jamie – August 6, 2025

   These IEM’s are genuinely some of the best earphones I’ve used, and easily the best I’ve tried for sub £150. The Linsoul KZS10 PRO is a fantastic bit of kit, it was recommended to me by a friend whose very much an audiophile as I wanted some reasonably priced earphones for music, videos and gaming. In all three activities they have worked perfectly.For music the sound is very wide and has good lows and highs without completely scooping the mids.For gaming it’s very good too, it holds up in dynamic situations like Destiny 2, and holds up with the added sound of Discord voice chat. I also haven’t had any complaints from anyone I’ve talked to using these headphones regarding the quality of it’s microphone.They are very comfortable, I have forgotten I have had them on a few times. The way the cable loops behind the ear also helps with keeping them in place, even during exercise.The connectivy is pretty average, 3.5mm headphone jack is still very much in use, but you will need a converter for use with USB-C only devices (my Samsung Galaxy S24 for example) I did purchase a Bluetooth adapter for these for easier use with my phone and PC and other than a slight drop in audio quality it has worked seamlessly.

7. 

   John Y. – August 6, 2025

   Purchased these IEMs for my phone when my Sennheiser CX 350BT Wireless In-Ear Headphones failed. Was not expecting much and at first thought they were OK but sound was a bit thin. I also tried them using my DAP Shanling C3X and again OK.But after about a week of use, they seemed to come alive with clear, transparent warm sound comparable to another pair of my more expensive IEMs. I play classical music from my stored library and from internet radio-ABC Classical. I am very satisfied with the performance from both sources.I plan now to purchase the Blue Tooth cable for more flexibility using these IEMs.I am sure that a balanced cable for my C3X would also be of benefit.Also they fit well in the ears and OK for extended listening.Great seal.One quibble was that difficult to see the L R marks on cable for fitting the buds.Highly recommended for quality sound at a great price.

8. 

   Julie Griffiths – August 6, 2025

   I have these already, I love them on the plane. Bought these for my hubby for Xmas for our trip after Christmas. Really good sound, like the over the ear so they don’t fall out.

9. 

   Troy – August 6, 2025

   Sound clarity it awesome!! better than head phones over the head….