Close, but no cigar then! Thank you nc8000. Pretty well all of my collection has been archived. Just on physical a medium called MiniDisc.:smile_phones: While I admire what ATRAC managed to do, I don’t fancy converting what is mainly compressed audio to FLAC and using HDD storage. I guess the...

G'day nc8000, Looks like you've done what I'm considering to do: go wireless. Would I be correct in thinking that your Auralic is used to stream from your music platform of choice? I've been looking at the Yamaha WXC-50 instead of the Auralic. Have you simply connected it via TOS/COAX to...

No laughs here, top level respect! I have but a mere TA-ZH1ES and feel like i should be wearing gloves with that! The DMP-Z1 is something else. I've popped an old Surface Pro 3 back into service, connecting it to the TA and running the Z1Rs. I seem to drift between entry level 2 channel (er...

As soon as I typed the cricket metaphor, I wondered if anyone on a mainly US forum would know what I was rambling about! I keep wondering if my years long relationship with and enjoyment of "Grado-esque" sound in the portable audio world and choice of Focal Chorus speakers has made me immune to...

Malevolent, you just took the words out of my mouth. I used to search for the elusive, true neutral sound. In my deadset honest opinion, if you want that you have to go to a concert hall and listen live. Generally speaking, recorded music has too many "middlemen" to be as the artist intended...

Hey mate, apologies for the delayed reply. Work getting in the way of my downtime. I was expecting an uncontrolled hot, muddy mess. There is no doubt that these things are for bass lovers, but never realised I was one until I picked up this headphone? I've been trying to identify the high end...

I'm a biased, one-eyed and rabid fan of Focal speakers and made a bee-line straight to their closed back line of headphones just recently after I discovered they now made headphones! (Hey, I've been out of the game for a while!) I ignored the Z1Rs on the shop's demo shelf thanks to reviews...

Hey mate, your question has been answered, but the Z1R pair I demoed was running Focal cables as you describe.

If I had to describe the Z1R in as few words as possible, it'd be: "Toe-tapping." No other headphone has given me such an urge to get up and dance. Quite the accomplishment, I reckon. They have their limitations though, occasionally the "fog" descends on certain tracks. Unsure if it's the...

I don't think I've ever heard a pair of headphones that change their sound so dramatically depending how forward or aft the band sits on your head.

It's not every day you walk out of a shop with a set of, well, anything that is a equivalent to a mortgage repayment. The Z1R? I can say that they're unbelievably odd. And I bloody well love them. I'll post something far more constructive when I can, but if you're here reading this you...

Ah fer f...really?! So I'd either better get a wriggle on and stump up for the Z1Rs and the TA in one hit or attempt to snag some clearance sales. I really hope they're just at the end of a product cycle. Their recievers and upper level turntables are listed as discontinued here as well.

Thank you VladYR. I had read about 260 pages of this thread before asking the question, only to find it was asked a few pages back...! I also have a ZX507 DAP. It doesn't have the greatest battery life while you are running the screen and streaming at the same time. I figure since I've got two...

Tsiklon, thank you. So it can be done. I've not really dabbled in USB audio in any meaningful way. I guess it's a basic question, but I've been out of this game for a while and to say it has moved on is an understatement indeed.

G'day VladYR, I'm looking to put an old iPad back into use as a streaming device. From what I can gather, you can connect one up to the TA via USB no worries?

Happy to help my friend. Good luck with whatever you choose. :)

Not a worry at all, happy to help. It'd be remiss of me to tell you to go ahead and buy these, "they're the best! etc." after only a few days of listening and not having any real idea of what else is around. However, I bought these blind and just cannot complain about the sound. With one of...

It's different. I suspect that, for most people, if you didn't know these were BAs you probably wouldn't notice. They are very susceptible to correct fit to get the most out of them. Once you have the fit sorted, they're very quick and surprisingly punchy. I'll look you dead in the eye and tell...

Tiny bit of shine coming off. I can't quite work out if the housing is pressing against a part of my ears, or if the tips are the incorrect size. I've actually gone up a size to ML Hybrid Silicone, but I suspect it's an effect of the former. Probably getting 90 minutes of listening before it...

I'm only a few hours in with the M7s but, damn, Sony done good. I've switched to 4.4mm. The overall impression they create is the feeling that *I'm* the one singing. Then, each and every instrument has been spread out around me with an individual, direct channel to my brain. No microphonics...

Well, well. Some M7s with my name on them have rocked up. As did a ZX507. So much for *just* spending money on replacing some twenty year old headphones! They have a very different sound to my D66s. (Best equivalent most would be familiar with I've found to be Grado's SR325s.) As mentioned...

Hello TheRealDz, Thank you very much - especially since I realised I posted in the Impressions thread. I'll cop that one, that's what I get for having fifty tabs open at once on the subject. :) I have been doing more reading and I might go one better than a DAC on my phone and get a dedicated...

Hello all, I've been trawling the depths of Head-Fi in regards to the M7s and M9s (and let's be real here, the Z1Rs and Victor's FW10000s). COVID restrictions are making auditions...difficult. As is product availability. So the reality is, I'm looking at M7s or M9s. What I'm not finding much...

No one?

Tried searching for these PCDPs, and found virtually nothing for the D30 while it seems that the D66 has a great headphone out, which is what I'd be using it for, but again there wasn't much on it! D-E805 seems like a good "modern" player? Has anyone got some info on them please? The D66 is $15...