IEMs vs Headsets - Which is Better for Gaming? (featuring Jinghong Z3)

This prob make you laugh but I main koss ksc75. They are great besides the ear hook takes a while to get used to.

The 7hz g1s are dogshit tbh. Dont buy them

I can play with both but I way prefer headphones/headsets over IEM's. Way more comfortable and huge differences in sound stage. On my second pair of Philips X2's (stepped on my first one lol) and they're like clouds on my head.

For IEM's I have a few but my current favourites are the Tangzu Wan'er and Kinera Celest Wyvern. Both work pretty well for gaming, give good isolation and great for my music. Also have a Wan'er II on the way, which I'm pretty excited for.

The packaging of this product is very exquisite and there are many accessories. This seems to be a very good deal.

Thanks for the comprehensive review! The Z3 headphones sound impressive, especially with the high-quality audio you described. I’m sold

honestly, directional audio talk is kinda moot as someone whos been around in audio and especially IEMs for like 3 years. Its all stereo at the end of the day and IEMs, especially multiple driver IEMs in theory should perform worse or at least not anywhere near better than headphones and the only thing that really separates good and bad audio in general is tuning, especially in gaming, tuning that emphasize contextual clues for your game of choice is kind of the only thing that matters (so just EQ). Detail retrieval in chaotic scenario might push the advantage towards multiple driver IEMs and planar magnetics but even then, very minor and really, any bright neutral tuned set will be more than enough. (SHP9500, HD560s and AKG K612 for headphones and Moondrop Chu 1, Moondrop Lan, EA500LM, EW300, Truthear Zero and EW200 for IEMs are all solid picks for gaming, but some not so much for music but thats personal taste). Youre not missing out on anything, and just pick what is comfortable for your wallet and head. Also both the G1 and the Z3 are tuned pretty terribly music wise and for gaming I can see how the Z3 could be good as the tuning does have a bit of a boosted upper frequency range.

For me open back solves my main gripe with headphones which is not letting my ears/skin breathe.

This review convinced me to check out the Zhulinniao Z3. The sound characteristics and comfort details you think about are exactly what I'm looking for!

A good reminder please get a good dac amp to your iem if you want to try it. It makes a huge differents to the Sound. If you go for Tac shooters you dont will need to go higher than 100$ for a dac amp because the higher tiers only will make dynamics and resolution better that are not as important. If you want to go for some battle royale , I recommend the Onix Alpha its much more open to the Sound and will give a better view of directions of the Sound queues. If you need a Tierlist I recommend FreshReviews, sadly even same tuning of iems dont make them Gaming. Some are better and others are not as good but usable. I playing 3 years now with Iems and dont missed out for Counter Strike or other Shooters. But I got many iems yet and not all are Stars. Even Eartips can make a good differents in comfort. I recommend Tangzu Sancai tips or Divinus velvet for beginners.

I main the kefine delchi AE. I also have tripowin vivace

Is the linsoul kzs10 pro 2 good? Currently using hyperx cloud alpha wired but it's uncomfortable after 1 to 2hrs.would prefer a budget wireless iem than a wireless headset since comfortable headsets have insane pricing(in my country)

For music and gaming in the winter: dt770 pro, in the summer kz zsn pro x (bought these in 2021 for 20 euros, still going strong, great budget option for the time)

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