After owning this headphone for a few months and using it daily out of the Sony TA-ZH1ES I can confirm that if anyone asks anywhere for a HIGH-QUALITY "Gaming headphone" or a "Movie/Multimedia headphone" this thing should be the universal answer. I was looking for something to accompany the...

Sorry for the very late reply. I'm just kinda wearing them nowadays without thinking about it too deeply. There is no special technique I'm applying any more, I just put them in. I think I'm just used to them fully. Good news though: They're still amazing. I've also come to love the MDR-Z1R...

I just wanted to mention that while I'm very much excited about any future iterations of some of Sony's high-end line-up as well, a newer version does not necessarily mean that it's a better device. For example, the Utopia 2022 is not necessarily a straight-up improvement on the OG Utopia, it's...

Sorry to ask again, I know you mentioned it before, but I couldn't find it because I'm inept. Which foam tips are you using? When I tried using the stock foams, it was almost like they didn't work for me, or maybe I didn't try hard enough. I should revisit that just for fun.

Wicked, thank you! EDIT: The link itself seems to be blocked, but if you go into the page source you can find it - just in case people were wondering.

This is off-topic, but it's the OG. I'm not selling it. :) In order to be slightly on topic: Does anyone know of a case that is cushioned and would fit a 2.5m cable with the IER-Z1R? Just for the future if I want to take it with me, not to use while walking of course, but for a more stationary...

Just wanted to say that I got this exact cable, because I was very curious about the balanced 3.5 jack connectors, and it's fantastic. I have another cable made by Forza for the MDR-Z1R (XLR4), which is also banging, but this one feels a bit more convenient to use. It's slightly stiffer (which...

Oh wow, I thought all of them came with that! That's definitely good advice then.

They definitely work well for that! They also fit like a glove on the device itself.

Yes - ultimately I came down to not liking them while wearing the Z1R. I think they make the IEM ever so slightly larger, which results in discomfort. Also, the material didn't feel great after a while. Initially I thought they provided more of a cushiony feel, but after spending some time with...

I don't think I will sell these, mainly because they're still the best headphones I've ever heard. They're also the most comfortable set I've ever owned. I still feel like if I get a new album, I want to hear it on these as a benchmark and then see what it's like on everything else. And another...

I actually did! The problem (well, it's not a problem, is it) is the Z1R works better with it and I'm starting to prefer IEMs in general.

This IEM has given me a bit of an existential crisis, in combination with the TAZ that is. I thought I was done with the Utopia + Feliks Euforia (with a tube rolling saga involving quite some time, money, effort and research) + Schiit Yggy and a dedicated Lynx soundcard. These Sony devices here...

I've been a Forza Fan ever since I got a Utopia cable from them, and it's been my endgame ever since. I was looking to get a longer IEM cable for the Sony IER-Z1R, and knowing Matt makes some of the best cables around with incredible prices, I grabbed one from the website. All throughout we had...

Got a Forza XLR cable for the MDR-Z1R today - sounding pretty good from that output! I just wanted to confirm that the cable doesn't seem to go in sort of as deeply as some of the other ones, where I would normally feel a click at the end of insertion. It's a standard Furutech XLR4 cable, so I...