OKCSC WTD-3 Open-Back Stereo Headset Professional DIY Maple Wooden HiFi Headphones 40mm Driver with 3.5mm Replacement Cable Vintage Headset Wired On-Ear Design Headphones

Ill keep this short..... the looks are subjective thats all ill say about that. The build is average at best. cable is perminetly attached and its the worst cord ive ever seen. they are comfortable very light clamp had to use a rubber band to increase clamp so it would stay on. The sound.....these sound amazing v shaped profile wonderful bass great mids and boosted highs but not too much for me. huge soundstage compare to x2 and maybe bigger. very good imaging also if you can put up with the wire these are awesome for the price

Zx1 has a very good sound, they are very comfortable too! I like the style, they have that natural look, consisting of cotton, leather, wood, metal and foam composite. Very nice and professional sounding headphones!

Fantastic airy sound for a low price. Not particularly sturdy, but will enjoy as long as they last.

After reading a dozen or more personal reviews about these headphones - in particular, about their "audiophile" qualities, I just had to go ahead and pull the trigger for a pair. I’m currently in the process of blogging reviews about various budget headphones – those typically priced below $150 USD.When the OKCSC Zx-1 finally arrived, they did not arrive in a product box, rather – they were placed in a large zip lock bag (no instructions – just the headphones). NOTE: I can only review the particular copy of any piece of audio gear that I receive, and thus my initial observations are as follows:1. BUILD QUALITY/DESIGN: As you may have well surmised, these represent an unusual design. You will either like them or hate them. The ear cups are quite large (57 MM) and the pads themselves are not deep at all, thus your ears are right up (almost touching) to the transducers. The head band is rather tacky also and I can guarantee you that with continued use (in due time), the very cheap elastic strands holding the black leather headband to the sides will snap. There is no adjustable sliding up and down motion to the headband. You just put the headphones on your head (and by the way, they very loosely on the head), and then just pull up or down as the two little elastic bands stretch the leather headband portion. The exterior design of the ear cups feature smaller wooden caps with the letters "L" indicating the left channel, and "R" indicating the right side carved into them. Remember, the drivers are 57 MM, so if you wish to change the pads, make sure you order large or oversized pads with at least a 30 MM depth to improve things here. The pads are very, very easy to remove but the piece of cloth that covers the drivers are glued on, so if you want to change those also, you'll carefully have to pull (tear) them off..2. HEADPHONE CABLE: The cable is permanently attached and there is a cable for both the left and right sides. What is unusual is that the cables (one on each side that mate into the plug) are ultra thin - in fact, the thinnest I've seen on a headphone. There is no rubber coating to these cables – just bare silver cables with a very thin, clear coating to them . As I mentioned, they are pure silver and that may affect certain aspects of the sound (please read the sound section below).3. SOUND: Now here is where initial disappointments begin set in, especially given the various references to "audiophile quality" in some of the reviews I've read (personal reviews, that is - nothing formal that I've seen in writing or on You Tube).a. OVERALL SOUND BALANCE: These headphones have the uncanny (and I might add – unrivaled in some cases) ability of rendering a sound stage accurately and with tremendous air around the instruments. Each instrument can be heard, positioned in a unique spot on the sound stage. I have never heard a headphone provide the sound-staging, air, and imaging that this particular budget headphone can provide (thus far). This part alone is why I believe some of the personal reviewers referred to them having "audiophile" qualities. However, as far as the overall sound quality strikes you upon "first hearing," it tends to render a very "thin" sound signature, and that is due to the fact that that it appears that these cans have been tuned substantially in the upper mid-range and treble frequencies and the upper mid-bass appears sucked out a bit. When you first audition them (again, my copy), they lack a fullness, in particular with larger orchestral selections.b. BASS: These headphones have superb bass reproduction capabilities. If the bass is there, the reproduction of these low frequencies are full and dynamic with much depth - no issues there and quite commendable. In fact, these can set an example for much, much more expensive models. In fact, when listening to audiophile quality organ music (i.e. in a cathedral), the lower registers of the organ will not only be heard through the headphones, but also provide you with that visceral feeling of being there – uncanny!c. MIDRANGE FREQUENCIES: It is here where some very unusual things occur and this is where many of the disappointments set in. The mids - in particular, the upper mids – using brass instruments as an example - are tuned in such a manner, as if the designers intentionally raised the high frequency tilt. What I mean by that is that the sound tilt in these higher frequencies seem to be tuned entirely too high, and initially come off as being very harsh and unnatural. Upon initial hearing, listening for more than 15 minutes can become somewhat grating to the ears. Additionally, the boosting of the upper mids and treble frequencies results in a sound that has a "thinner" appeal, with less body overall. This affects the timbre of instruments in the upper mid and treble frequencies as well, that then come off as sounding very unnatural.d. TREBLE FREQUENCIES: Same scenario here with the higher frequencies. Stringed instruments such as violins playing the upper registers are initially unlistenable with somewhat of a "steely" timbre/quality to them - again, signaling that the designers may have pushed up the EQ to perhaps make them sound more lively. Look gang, I'm a senior citizen and my hearing drops off drastically at around 13,500 Khz and one would think that overly bright headphones would be ideal for folks like us. But that wasn't the case at all, as initially (notice I use the term "initially"), these headphones are unlistenable (your copy may vary) for long periods of time. I can only imagine what the younger set must experience with everything being elevated so much - however, that depends on the musical genres you listen to (this is key here). But extended listening and headphone burn-in didn't provide much relief here (read on...).Now remember how I alluded (above) to the fact that the silver permanently attached headphone cables may have an effect on the higher frequencies? Well, I believe that in addition to the "elevated" higher frequencies in this headphone design, the inclusion of pure, all silver cables could exacerbate the issue (how much so, is unknown, but I believe they factor into the equation even if it's miniscule). If you're familiar with silver cables (I have several very expensive audiophile silver interconnect cables that I periodically use), you would know that they tend to provide for a somewhat "brighter" sound signature.4. EXTENDED LISTENING RESULTS: Knowing that most headphones, speakers, and audio components tend to sound better after warming up or being broken in, I allowed the headphones to go through a series of audiophile music tests using live music, test tones, low, mid, and high frequencies sweeps, and more - all for a period of one week continuously. Also, I then tried the headphones on a variety of budget DAC's (DAC's that have received many a laudatory review). After doing that, the results were as follows:a. BASS: Quality and interpretation remained the same - that is, if there was good low bass available, the headphones provided a superb, dynamic interpretation of same. Some of the best headphones I've heard in this regard (even among the much more expensive models).b. MIDRANGE FREQUENCIES (in particular, the higher mids): Things started changing a bit here – but not much. That same elevated (harsh) upper registers on certain instrument (and voices – such as female voices) come off as quite unnatural but a bit smoother (but not by much). For example, stringed instruments like the violin, playing in the upper registers still come off as sounding steely with some harshness, and the timbre of the stringed instruments wind up being off – definitely not sounding natural.c. TREBLE FREQUENCIES: Same scenario here with the highs. Using the cymbals as an example, the frequency tilt in the cymbals are ridiculous, with crescendos (involving small instruments such as cymbals, triangles and the like) coming off as being unlistenable. The end result to all of this is that the final sound signature (i.e. full symphony orchestra or other large orchestra) can come off as sounding thin, with not much body (except in the bass region). Cymbals sound like the sizzling of a burger cooking on your stove.5. THE GENRE OF MUSIC THESE HEADPHONES WILL DO BETTER (OR WORSE) WITH: If you are a classical music or larger instrumental orchestra listener (like I tend to be), you most likely will come to dislike these headphones very much. The elevated upper mids and highs are entirely too pronounced, thus ruining your long term listening experience, along with a gradual midrange drop-off which affects the overall tonal balance. However, if you are a listener of jazz or other intimate smaller instrumental groups (with or without voice), you find these to be fairly nice (with good source material that is - but feed them poorly recorded and over-equalized music and your listening will suffer). Do note also that the way that the midrange frequencies are boosted, male voices ( in particular, those you may already be familiar listening to), will sound dramatically different as if their vocal registers will sound an octave or so higher.6. FINAL ANALYSIS: My feelings about these set of cans can best be described using the psychological term, "Approach/Avoidance Conflict." What I mean here is that you want to like them (thus the approach phase) because of their outstanding sound-staging, imaging, which very few other headphones (regardless of price) do. However, the avoidance part comes into play with the upper mids and highs. The best I can assign these cans is a total of 3 stars (and that’s being generous), but their sound-stating, imaging, air around the instruments, and fantastic bass capabilities warrant at least 3 stars.So in summary/recap:PROS:a. Exceptional sound-staging not often experienced with headphones.b. Superb imaging with uncanny instrumental placement in exact, fixed positions.c. An exceptionally pleasing rendering of "air" around the instrumentation, providing even more separation with regards to imaging.d. Exceptional bass capabilities – tight, well defined, and reaching into the lower registers.NEGATIVES:a. Highly unusual build/design factor, along with headbands that will eventually fail as the two ultra small elastic bands either loosen or snap completely (and seemingly no way to repair that feature that I can see of).b. Loose fitting headphones - in fact, a bit too loose for my tastes (and I have a big head).c. Ears wind up being very close (almost touching) to the transducer which (I’m sure of it) can contribute to the greatly elevated upper mids and highs.d. Upper mids and highs are unnaturally boosted, resulting in a sound signature that can result in listening fatigue in short periods of times - however, things get slightly better after a period of breaking-in, but not much.e. Overall sound balance is thin due to the unnatural boost of upper mid and treble frequencies.The equipment I used in reviewing these headphones were:Several DAC's were used to evaluate the OKCSC Zx-1 - those being the:iFi ZenDAC - Combo DAC/Headphone AmpSoundavo HP-DAC 1 - Combo DAC/Headphone AmpMicca OriGen 2 - Combo DAC/Headphone AmpFiio K3 - Combo DAC/Headphone AmpFX AUDIO DAC-X6 Mk II - Combo DAC/Headphone AmpUSB cables used (connecting the DAC's to a desktop PC) were: Upgraded Audioquest Pearl USB CablesAs an aside, of all of the above listed DAC's the OKCSC Zx-1 sounded the best with both the Soundavo and FX-AUDIO models.HUGE UPDATE CHANGED THE PADS AND WHAT A HUGE DIFFERENCE.... (Edited 1-19-2021)I took a chance and ordered some Branwavz ear-pads. What a huge difference it makes. All the positive attributes I mentioned above were still there, but now the higher mids and treble frequencies became remarkable smoother (still defined). This headphone now sounds like it could cost several hundred dollars. Am now changing my star rating to 5 stars.

These are funky looking but very comfortable headphones. The Okcsc brand is definitely the leader of the pack when it comes to chi-fi. These Zx-1 cans have a huge soundstage with a very open and linear sound that I just love. Sweet mids & a punchy bass too die for. I'm no audiophile however I do own Grados hifiman akg's & Sennheisers. These are one of my top 5 budget headphones of all time.

Took a risk on these after seeing the audiophile community raving about them for 5 months and wasn't disappointed.Good for: music, movies, gaming, offending people's sense of fashionBad for: maybe some particularly shrill/poorly produced electronic music, and for convincing anyone you're not a shill for this company because the price to performance ratio is insaneOKCSC's previous model - the M2 - apparently had some issues with clarity and bass, so it appears they deconstructed the headset and created the frankenphones you see before you: the ZX1.You get an incredible pair of cans hidden in a foam and textile monster, but as they're fully open-back headphones, you were never going to leave the house with these anyway. Far more astute judges than me seem to think the sound quality is up there with headphones that cost north of $700 at full retail, so if you've ever wanted to get into audiophile-grade music listening this might just be it.In terms of feel, the foam might feel a little more present to you if you're used to leatherette cups with memory foam padding, as these are basically on-ear headphones so large that they act as over-ear ones. The headband is self-adjusting, and very stretchable due to it basically being a thick piece of metal wire, but the electrical wiring for this device is top notch.The total weight is exceptionally light as a result of all this minimalist design, and the clamping force very low for a headphone, so keep that in mind if your plan is to getting into some headbanging while you've got these on. The greatest longevity concerns come in how the custom foam pads fray over time (replacements may present as a concern), and the non-detachable cabling coming loose, but between a little TLC and the fact that you'll rarely toss these in a bag, I see this as a reasonable tradeoff for the incredible listening experience.In terms of the sound, there's almost no downside. Open back headphones typically have weaker bass, but this thing is absolutely phenomenal at it due to the size of the drivers and the nature of the earcups, with drum and bass instruments reproduction so faithful it's awe inspiring. Between that and the overall clarity, I can confidently say you won't find headphones that are this good anywhere near this price.There are a few tracks where the clarity/detail is a tiny bit difficult to pick up, but most of the time you are thrust into the middle of the place where a song was recorded, be it live or in studio (audiophiles refer to this as soundstage). By far the biggest issue you might find is discovering how poor many audio sources are online (YouTubers, streamers, low bitrate audio streaming), but you'll have a ball on Spotify, games and with movie streaming. Keep in mind that clear treble makes for some slightly harsh highs, but that's the trade off between having a perfect gaming headphone for gun fire, and one for listening to cymbals and chimes.Most premium to mid-range mobile phones should drive this OK, but may need to boost volume beyond the normal safety measures in order to get a good listening volume.I defer to anyone who has something as good or better than Sennheiser HD800s for a deeper opinion on exactly how much of a bargain this is, but 5 stars doesn't do this product justice at AUD$99. Take advantage of a Chinese brand (and their underlying OEM supplier) iterating and open beta testing a product and just be thankful that they're driven to deliver performance over style in a market sector filled with comfortable crap. If you're getting this fulfilled by Amazon, then rest assured if you get a bad product you won't be left hanging dealing with a Chinese e-tailer's customer service.Hope this helped! :)