Sony PFR-V1 (K1000 KILLER).... ORDERED!!! - Page 3

I just can't wait for your official review. These may be something I pick up just to be different. However I will wait for your break-in of the headphones first. You know you will have to get use to them.

LOL. You really like this headphones huh? Well you won't be disappointed. It's weird and unusual but the sound is great. You should see what prototypes Sony give us before they even announce it. This is the only weird thing that came out of Sony that I have ever tested. But then again there is this one headphones......


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My half ass review from the other PFR-V1 thread.

The metal thing that clamps in your ears where most of the bass comes from. It doesn't vibrate or anything but it acts like a subwoofer. The bass has like a Westone UM2 sound but not that dark and has more detail and tightness to it. The mids are very well balanced since there is separation. The highs are smooth and hits almost all the way to 20KHz. The overall sound is a bit like open headphones and not like speakers. I can't rate this over or under Sennheiser HD-580 just because there are varying emotions on what this headphones is about . This is more fun than it is flat. This is a uncomfortable headphones but you willl get used to it. Also on the plus side this is the first "open" headphones that I used that render both female vocals and male vocals very accurately. I haven't tried it through a DAP or a consumer amplifier. The sources I tested it on is the studios mixer and through the computer which is all random vocals, instruments, and some finished songs .wav files. To me this $549.99 (as we are told) retail headphones is not worth it because the looks of it and the comfort. If you are a fan of open-air headphones then this is good for you. I am still not comfortable rating it because of the mixed emotions on this headphones that makes it so damn complicated.

It's priced in line with the CD3000 and SA5000, IMO headphones that are nothing to write home about.

If it was a statement product they would have been priced accordingly to the amount of R&D that went into them. I would be very impressed if they're anything more than gimmick portable headphones.

And if Sony pricing has showed us anything the street price will fall to about half that in a few months as seen by the CD3000 and SA5000 MSRP when it first came out (people were importing them for around $600-700, and then the price plummeted). Search back to the SA5000 thread by gsferrari for more info.

Comfort?? Who cares about comfort Its all about the sound!

Sony should have released these phones in pink and purple models.

Kinda looks like it goes in your ear canal...

That picture is from above, so the protruding part at the bottom is part in front of the ear canal that sticks out. That picture shows it sitting right where an earbud (not IEM) would sit, which I don't consider in the ear canal.

You've already had one thread where you called this thing you've never heard a "K1000 Killer" and now you have named another thread the same thing in your quest to draw more attention to your own thread. Not sure why you need to keep doing that, but maybe it would evoke less negative response if you just call it what it is -- a new, untested headphone with unique characteristics -- and people will pay as much attention as they want to without reacting to your assumptions and your responses to their counter-assumptions. Still, it's great that you are checking these out and I will look forward to your impressions.

Looks interesting. Funny thread.

If the soundstage is spectacular, they might be something a lot of people are interested in. That is assuming, of course, that they will work well with your own amps. I can't imagine that their little 60mW "boostaroo" has state-of-the-art circuitry.

I really can't imagine that the soundstage could be anything but fantastic given the design. I'm really curious about these, and very happy 003 was intrigued enough to take the plunge for us. And I like his idea to stir up some interest in the thread.

Will you give us some pics of them in place, so we can see what they look like on?