Thank you guys for making me lean towards the B&O EX - crikey what a cracking pair of ear buds. I have been enjoying using them during night time, day time whenever I am far away from my main rig. The bass is rather surprising for a single unit. The oxygen / anthracite looks gorgeous. The...

I need a pair of no amplifier needed headphones to watch stuff on my ipad while the wife sleeps, is the sr325x much better for this purpose than a 80x? I have a hd800 and LCDX as mains so it won’t be competing for time with them.

Thanks for the input gents went for the EX direct via b&o shall post some impressions.

Has anyone tried the B&O Ex? - Is there a cheaper alternative or is it worth picking up. I am only interested in SQ

I came across a wonderful track for your listening pleasure on the IER Z1R https://songwhip.com/magdalena-bay/something-for-2 The background bass presence on this track is so well articulated on the Z1R - enjoy

I wouldn't buy one, but deffo loan one off a friend. I will give you an example of a track that really stood out for me. Falling - Haim this song has this low rumble and panning of percussion at the start, on the THX 789 this sounded void of any excitement or dynamics. On the GSX Mini it comes...

My word.. The GSX Mini has really changed how these headphones sound. I had initially thought there wasn't much difference on them as there was with the HD800 coming from the 789. However that was an issue to do with the music I was throwing at it, I just threw some rather dynamic music and it...

Indeed, perfect fit, glad to see people are on it already. Small investment to prevent clinking :D

Yeah I am going to get a XLR to 4.4 to test on my GSX Mini

There are some questions on a comparison of the IER Z1R and The Solaris, so here is my view. I am keeping both but some guidance if you were to decide one over the other:- 1. The Solaris is a lot more balanced in it's sound. I can listen to a broader range of music on the Solaris OG than I can...

The Miter case is perfect! One tip, the headphone bags by Campfire Audio are a great fit for the Z1R to stop the metal banging against eachother in your dap storage boxes.

Mine arrived today :D No without some drama from Fedex obviously.. But man i'll summarise my experience thus far below. As a side note if there are an UK Head-fi people I managed to get this without any excess import charges which was an amazing bonus! So my comparisons will be against the...

Yay! Mine has shipped too :) can’t wait to join the club

Haha amazing can’t wait to hear your impressions !

Oh my gosh!! That looks amazing in silver super hyped

Hmm.. I ordered mine on the 26th December and have had no communication or shipping notices yet my CC has been charged :( I’m hoping they get back to me soon or ship it soon.

Definitely Solaris, since the cello frequencies are not forward on the z1r, listening Elgar (Jaqueline Dupre) the dynamics of that set are just lost on the z1r. However it’s the first time I’ve felt the pop of the cannons in 1812 telarc cd :) however that wasn’t a classical instrument lol (Dont...

Thanks for the idea gents, this should be arriving on Monday. Shall keep it in here from then :) I am happy with the Ref 8 cable now. I just need to find some memory wire to make sure it stays on my ears. This is the Miter Case - looks quite sturdy

How are you folks storing the earphones? The case seems a bit too small.. I have ordered one of those larger Miter cases but was wondering if you could show me how you store it? Not keen on disconnecting the MMCX every time due to the horror stories posted elsewhere.

Yeah that small margin is usually why I never switched stock cables on other IEMs. This is a very obvious difference thus my shock. I.e. the presentation completely changed. Perhaps on factor could be that the reference 8s are well used now and the Z1Rs cables are brand new. I am very happy...

Ok.. So I have made a rather startling discovery. I had a thought.. what if I try some of my other cables on this.. I haven't really found much luck in getting significant sound improvements from prior experiments with other IEMs, so through my trials and errors I have a few spare MMCX /...

WM1Z - I found the WM1Z smoother than the Hugo2 for the Solaris, perhaps it might be worth re-visiting for the ier

I'll post a more detailed impression in the Solaris thread, but for now the OG Solaris do sound a lot more balanced as an IEM, in that their representation of music covers a lot more of the sound spectrum in a very clear way. Thus far on the Z1R the mids and treble are a lot more recessed, but...

After dismissing the Headphone section since my purchase of the Brooklyn Bridge some time ago.. I am now discovering how good it actually is. I stopped using the BB due to the harsh sound it have on my HD800, but recently obtained a LCDX 2021, my word it is a fantastic Headphone Amplifier. I...

Hmm.. mine sound way too quiet at 65 on Low gain mode. I did disable the EU volume lock thing. Perhaps my ears are used to the louder sound from the Solaris.