# MOONDROP Kadenz
- **Product Page**: https://chi-fi.top/iem/moondrop-kadenz
- **Category**: Earphones
- **Brand**: Moondrop
- **Price**: from $197 USD
- **Summary**: Higher-end wired earphones
- **AliExpress**: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_c3psIfZ1

## Pros
- Strong, physical bass with real punch
- Swappable nozzles change the treble
- Generous box, including a USB-C cable with a built-in DAC
- Solid, well-finished stainless-steel shell

## Cons
- Heavy shell, and its shape can be uncomfortable in some ears
- Upper treble can sound a little grainy
- Sound changes noticeably with the source, so pairing takes some trial and error
- Imaging is decent rather than wide

## Specifications
- **Drivers per side**: 1
- **Driver types**: dynamic
- **Impedance**: 35 Ω
- **Sensitivity**: 122 dB/V
- **Shell material**: Stainless steel

## Details & Specifications
The Moondrop Kadenz is the most expensive pair of earphones here, a step up from the budget sets. Its best trait is strong, physical bass with real punch. Swappable nozzles let you change the treble, and the box is generous, including a USB-C cable with a built-in DAC so you can plug it straight into a phone.

The stainless-steel shell is solid but heavy, and its shape can be uncomfortable for some ears. Reviewers rate it good rather than outstanding: the upper treble can sound a little grainy, imaging is decent rather than wide, and the sound changes noticeably depending on what you plug it into.

- 10 mm dynamic driver with a diamond-coated diaphragm
- Impedance 35 Ω, sensitivity 122 dB/Vrms
- Swappable nozzles for different treble
- Stainless-steel shell
- Includes a USB-C cable with a built-in DAC

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