Mate leave him. Lets just assume since the POME's have their Brexit now, everything is 50% of the market value compared to the rest of the world. I'm absolutely enjoying the Z1R for 1600USD. If it ever break, this would be a shame but i would not spend 800USD to bye a backup right now.

Just be warned. My T5P second gen never burned in or had significant changes. This highs are always there and will destroy your hearing after 2+ hours. However the T5P have potiential to be really good by fixing the comfort issue with Dekoni Choice Leather or DT1990 pads and simply EQ the dip...

My Sony's came only with 2 types of ear-tips and none of them was overly fantastic or comfortable ? How many different types of ear-tips were in your box ?

WOW 800 £ four a pair of EarPads. That's hard to swallow with the retail price of 2000£ for a complete MDR-Z1R.

Hi, sony does not deal with selling parts. left pad: 65$ https://sony.encompass.com/item/11013837/Sony/A-2166-862-A/ right pad: 155& https://sony.encompass.com/item/11013838/Sony/A-2166-863-A/ Its currently more 220 for both from the sony parts seller. But 400$ for both seems possible. Dekoni...

I can confirm, that it is detectable. Sometimes is there is the feeling, that the sound plays in a small/midsize room. Especially voices are often positioned away from you in the back of the room. It goes away, when you Equalize the 2.3 to 3 Khz section with +5-6 db. An Equalizer is needed to...

All types of Z1R pads produced by Dekoni. That is a lot of work comparing them to the standard Sony pads.

Which of the Dekoni pads for the Z1R did you get ? - Elite Velour - Elite Hybrid - Elite Sheepskin - Elite Fenestrated Sheepskin

I remember there was model matching your description stores in the "Ark of the Covenant". All the best wishes with your quest to find the holy grail. Hope you are successful. I would love love a 598 sounded headphone which does not have typical drop of bass below 100hz like any other headphone...

That is great news. However this sounds a little different from having the headband stretched and the pads compressed all the time.

I personally would not put extra pressure on the pads or the headband unless its on my head. This how i normally store the Sony.

I'm mainly using the Sony MDR-Z1R for everything. But in case I want the music to kick me in the head and knock some teeth out, then I open the LCD2C box.

If you come from a SRH-840 and want better bass extension and slightly less highs, then you should try a Beyerdynamic DT1350. If you have seal , the DT1350 is matching your criteria. However the comfort is different, because it is a very light headphone. I had 2 SRH-840 and had to gave up on...

Dekoni offers 4 pads in the moment for the Z1R : Elite Velour, Elite Hybrid, Elite Sheepskin, Elite Fenestrated Sheepskin. Does anyone have experience with this Dekoni pads ?

Impression: Effortless presentation of details in almost everything. Especially movies, electronic music and soul, blues and older rock. The best way to describe them is really the word enjoyable (95% of the time). Contra: Not so good for very complicated and fast instrumentations like Peter...