One thing I noticed (and like) about Sony's products is that they barely get any 'full review' from Youtube reviewers, while they receive much love from Head-fi community. Not sure if it is marketing related or not but surely they went under the radar to many people due to very few youtube...

Mine is N3BP and it came with a balanced 4.4 cable. Cmiiw I think BP stands for balanced cable, AP is 3.5mm cable. I still hold the N3 at very high regard in terms of tonality. One of the more correct sounding IEMs I have tried.

Congrats! Hope you enjoy your gold brick as much as I do. I opted for a clear silicone case. I need to see the gold chassis to boost the sound quality by 100% :beyersmile: gotta love the placebo

FWIW today I found disabling USB debugging significantly reduces latency in usb dac mode. It's low enough for video watching but still not good enough for gaming unfortunately.

Listening live jam sessions on the Z1R and the 'gold brick' is pure joy :L3000:

I just found this Foamax comparison graph, even though its for N5005 but you can expect a somewhat similar effect on Z1R (pretty much aligned to what I hear - tame the treble a bit and clean up the low end) Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJaPDpD2baA

I have tried quite a few tips, including Final E, Sony Ep11, entire Sedna series (except xelastic 2), spinfit W1 + CP?? (I don't rmb the number), JVC, Radius Deep mount series, also the stock tips coming from my other sets in my sig and a few others that I can't recall the name...

Just snatched a used pair of Ascension from e-earphone, ~$400 mint without cable :stuck_out_tongue: listening to it rn, will report back later on (so far so good mmm :ksc75smile:)

I have found new favorite tips for Z1R. It's the new Azla Foamax tips. Super comfortable, seal well, has earwax protection, better separation and a tad 'cleaner' bass and treble than stock silicone tips. Only downside I can think of is it tends to round off the edginess on notes that it makes...

Let me hop on the Z1R train :relaxed: I have owned it for about 2 weeks and got used to the fitment. After trying tons of tips I came back to using stock silicone tips; while it doesn't have the most isolation but has the best sound to my ears. Might write a full review for this IEM soon if I...

I love this amp. Got chance to a/b demo it with pro iCan, they are indeed very similar. It's like the lite version of the iCan without compromising sound quality. I would have bought the zen dac to pair with this if it was like the signature version. Sadly they are not quite on the same track...

FYI, Crinacle has updated 1AM2 measurements in his new revision of headphones graph (https://crinacle.com/graphs/headphones/graphtool/) . Red = 1AM2. Yellow = K371. Grey = Harman target response curve. Feel free to interpret the graph yourself. IMO they sound sweet and clear with decent...

You will most likely be fine. Hope you enjoy them as much as I do

How would you compare T1.2 and DT1990 ? In my location I can get used T1.2 for roughly the same price as DT1990.

G'day everyone, I have got the Sundara for quite some time. They are good cans. Here's the thing: People tends to praise them for being the most detailed headphones in under $500 range, but I don't find them detailed at all. Their treble is messy, with unorthodox resonances in 5k-9khz range...