Just joined the club a week ago, and this headphone really grows on me!! Love it very much!!
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Just joined the club a week ago, and this headphone really grows on me!! Love it very much!!
The Z1R are easy to drive, and the Gryphon has plenty of power to drive them. I mostly use the paring for movies, the XSpace and XBass is the reason I chose the Gryphon, and can give them a nice boost depending on the source.I am considering getting the Z1R's and was wondering if my iFi xDSD Gryphonwill be enough to drive these?
Z1R is on B tier, and unanimously so. at 1:30:07.
despite the controversial release it has it basically has settled to be one of the better closed back on the market with its own uniqueness to exist.
Z1R is on B tier, and unanimously so. at 1:30:07.
Despite the controversial release it has 7 years ago it basically has settled to be one of the better closed back on the market with its own uniqueness to exist.
There's barely any A tier closed back in all three's lists. Hard to make good closed back as usual.
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I mainly use my Z1R w/ DHC Prion4 on my TA-ZH1ES and my LCD-X w/ DHC Complement C on my WM-1Z ib bed. With these two headphones and cables I can mix and match based on my mood and genre.For me it has beaten everything else full size I’ve heard the last 7 years and made me sell everything I had but I’ve not heard anything new that’s come out since just before the start of covid. However the IER-Z1R still get the majority of my play time and would be the one I’d keep if I could only have one
So do I, but even more, I like that guy "Passion for Sound" from Australia.I never trust any tier lists from any these youtubers, the only youtuber I trust the most is Currawong.
z1r + empyrean = endgame (for me)The only headphone I'm interested in is Empyrean 2, I'd keep the Z1R as long as I can, otherwise I'm settled.
Im looking at Expanse and wondered whether that thing is just an audio compromised closed back just to make it look good & like a sibling of Stealth, and the E3 is the headphone that should've been released a year ago, seeing there's only 1 year difference from the release of expanse...
Is that because you can't walk with the Z1R around and they are jot really portable? Or IER-Z1R sounds better to you.For me it has beaten everything else full size I’ve heard the last 7 years and made me sell everything I had but I’ve not heard anything new that’s come out since just before the start of covid. However the IER-Z1R still get the majority of my play time and would be the one I’d keep if I could only have one
Fortunately I have no use for an open headphone and anyway I actually prefered the MDR-Z1R to them when I briefly tried them right after their introduction. I also prefered the Z1R to the Focal Utopia and sold the HE5 after getting the Z1Rz1r + empyrean = endgame (for me)
I wouldn’t walk with either but most of the time I simply prefer the IER sound to the MDR sound. I keep the MDR as there are times when my ears don’t like iem and sometimes I like the MDR sound the most.Is that because you can't walk with the Z1R around and they are jot really portable? Or IER-Z1R sounds better to you.
I still haven't heard them, so hopefully I will get the opportunity soon.