QKZ KD5
| Balanced Armature | 9 mm Dynamic Driver |
? QKZ KD5 an hybrid dual-driver earphone with a friendly price.
The QKZ KD5 features one 30095 balanced armature + a 9 mm dynamic driver, a beryllium composite film and double flange eartips.
The housings of the QKZ KD5 are constructed in metal.
We have reviewed many QKZ earphones already and they tend to offer super fun sound at an incredibly cheap price. The QKZ KD5 is their approach into the hybrid world, we will see later on how they perform.
The QKZ KD5 is compatible with Android and Apple devices.
You can buy the QKZ KD5 in black color.
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QKZ KD5 Review
Tests & Scores
W
Weight
QKZ KD5 weight in Ounces and QKZ KD5 weight in grams.
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A
Accessories & Packaging
The QKZ KD5 unboxing results in 3 pair of eartips and the usual hard carrying case that comes included with every QKZ earphone, this case is almost identical to the one of the JVC HA-FX1X
.
9/10
B
Bass & Sub Bass
The QKZ KD5 bass is super punchy and deep enough – truly, punchier than deeper. Their overall bass is very boosted and boomy. People looking for energetic bass might like them but they are way too overdone.
Applying an EQ, their mid-bass muffles everything and sub-bass gets saturated.
5/10
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M
Mids & Vocals
The QKZ KD5 mids have a very odd sound, super strong mid-bass bleed, very distant, tinny lower mids / lower vocals and very harsh higher mids. We are not sure how they matched up every possibly negative aspect of mids frequencies and packed them all together.
An EQ makes no improvement and can easily add up boxy sounding mids.
2/10
H
Highs & Treble
The QKZ KD5 highs are bright and very piercing, detail is not resolved and sibilance shows up recurrently. With their super piercing and sibilant highs they have created a deafening earphone that is impossible to use.
No EQ could “repair” or improve their poor highs performance.
3/10

SL
Sound Leak
The sound leaking out of the QKZ KD5 is inline with most average earphones, their level will not be too strong if you keep your volume within moderate.
7/10
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SI
Sound Isolation
Noise isolation is noticeable and fairly effective, more or less similar to an average earphone. They will not provide an absolute isolation at a low and moderate volume setting.
7/10
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C
Comfort
The form factor of the housings and metal construction combined with the double-flange eartips makes them comfortable to wear. There are no rough edges or uneven pointy ends.
8/10
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EQ
Response to Equalization
Equalization was useless to level up and/or to diminish their very accentuated flaws. Lower, middle and upper frequencies responded poorly to every combination of custom equalization applied.
1/10
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QKZ KD5 Scores
- Accessories - 9/109/10
- Design - 8/108/10
- Bass - 5/105/10
- Mids - 2/102/10
- Highs - 3/103/10
- Sound Leak - 7/107/10
- Sound Isolation - 7/107/10
- Comfort - 8/108/10
- Response to EQ - 1/101/10
- Value for Money - 1/101/10
Summary
- ✅ Metal housings
✅ Nice design
✅ Comfortable fit
- ❌ Horrendous mids
❌ Terribly bad highs with extreme piercing and sibilant peaks
❌ Excessive mid-bass bleed
❌ Way too boosted and boomy bass
❌ Null response to EQ
- QKZ offers many outstanding bang for buck models but the QKZ KD5 is simply a terrible sounding earphone that it is impossible to recommend.
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QKZ KD5 Frequency Response

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QKZ KD5 Technical Specifications
Type | Hybrid |
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Driver Unit | BA + DD |
Sensitivity | 90dB/mW |
Power Capacity | 3mW |
Impedance | 16 ohms |
Frequency Response | 20-22,000Hz |
Diaphragm | Beryllium |
Magnet | Unknown |
Cord | Y-type, round cord |
Cord Length | 1.2m |
Plug | Stereo mini plug |
Weight | Approx. 20g |
Supplied Accessories | 3x Earphone tips, hard case |
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