I bought second hand in japan from e-earphone at osaka. It look horrible on the website. When i look at it in the shop. I knew if i use brasso on it, it will look brand new. Listen to sp1000 sp2000 ss and sp2000 cu. Sp2000 cu much better than rest. Bought it and apply brasso at home. Looks brand...

I just found out my pads inner stitching came off, i would also need replacement pad. Where do you get the replacement earpads for ar-h1 ? Thank you

i heard the luxman D-10X in an dealer, i love it very much. i am saving for it. But recently i am getting second thought. The number of second hand D-10X appearing second hand in Japan is skyrocketing. The sound and the transport is great. Detail voice, detail background music, good bass...

I do not understand why it was not a commercial success. I listen to so many headphones around the price. It is value for the money, superior performance. I want to buy their upgrade cables but it is no longer possible to get. I got to find some good cables in case the one that came with the...

I went to Japan twice last year on business, i cannot find cables for this wonderful headphone , AR-H1. No longer on sale , headphone and cables, i am so sad. How can such wonderful amazing headphone do not succeed in the market. I have several headphones, every time i put it on to listen to...

You cannot buy new KSE1500 anymore. I found a second hand store in japan call e-earphone. Got 10% tax free. This earphone must not be listen for 30 mins when switch on from cold. It need to warm up. Then pop on and listen, unique sound of detail and fast bass. Not the huge boom from JH Layla...

i wonder if the looming trade war between south korea and japan will affect sp2000 release? Japan going to take south korea out of white list. Export from japan will be approve case by case basis. can AK get the chips to make it? will sp3000 no longer uses japanese dac chips? A lot of mixed mini...

Sp2000 not out yet, if they have showroom in Seoul with sp2000, you have to ask iriver@iriver.com

I really hope the new delta sigma dac from AKM can bring out the details. I travel a lot and listen to AK380 and i am sick and tire of my cheap home dac beating the ak380. my cheap home dac was even upgraded to a better version recently and now the difference is even worse.i hope AK4499EQ can do...

Congrats, for 300 pounds . It Will provide hours of enjoyment. Make sure you have an headphone amp with enough juice to power it. I can run it on iPhone But it Really open up with Power! It is half the price of it’s competition. Some headphone cable ofc cost more than ar-h1.

It cost what in USA? not fair. not fair.

HD800 on bha-1 sound pretty good. I used to listen on it using ak380 and voruge pure 2, HD800 did not sound so great. Now on BHA-1, it sound better, i only have a cheap cable, because i broke my original cable. I would need to get better cable/balance cable and take more time to listen to...

Did you switch the connector from left side and put in right side and check if the problem is the transducer or cable problem. If not cable, why not write to audio research in Japan to see if it can be service. if unserviceable, i would find a second hand or discount set in the shop. Last year...

i forgot to mention that ar-h1 is very forgiving to poor modern recording or very old 70's recording. those songs sound horrible on my layla or hd800, but sound really decent on ar-h1. no one talk about this. do you find that to be the case in your music collection? ak380/bha-1/ar-h1 is on fire...

I found the most expensive cable that might work with AR-H1. It cost twice as the headphone, but it has the correct balanced connection for my headphone amp Bryston bha-1. https://abyss-headphones.com/collections/jps-labs-cables/products/jps-labs-superconductor-hp-upgrade-cable-abyss-diana it...

No no, HD800 is not good compare to AR-H1. When i am listening to my HD800 for songs. I yield for AR-h1. But playing games with HD800 is amazing. HD800 is very comfortable for very long session.

You definitely have enough juice to run AR-H1. your end game?? Are you not going to upgrade in the future? Have you been visiting store and listening to more expensive sets? What is your opinion of those expensive high end cans?

I just bought a new headphone amp. Bryston BHA-1. It was mainly to connect to my hifi, but just to A-B with Vorzuge pure II from AK380 single. BHA-1 single from AK380. OMG the AR-H1 improve in every aspects. Mids, Bass, high and air. Everything is better. So musical, my cheapest headphone is my...

i only listen in the shop for 5 mins. A-B Both Oppo PM-2 and AR-H1 So not really a comparison, But i prefer the sound from AR-h1and AR-H1 is cheaper too.

tell us when you jump for european WM1Z. I am still thinking about it. But i have no tax rebate. Most probably not. My AK380 is still rocking.

great thanks. i saw a lot of bargains (hd700) at taboo. i cannot buy from there and wonder if they have sonic improvement. i guess i have to look around.

the cable look like Sennheiser HD700 cables. The high end cable AVARH1Z11D look like cables from Hong Kong. It even have two poles at the 2.5mm end. Which is strange as AR-h1 have one pole. Can any one tell me if HD700 cables works for AR-H1. Problem is i cannot get the original from my country...

here in europe , they never adjust price to currency. i think sony is bringing the price down here. something is coming.

Last week i wrote sony WM-NW1Z cost Euro 2695, this week it drop to euro 2585. I am surprise, is there a new model announce soon, they are dropping the price left and right.

i found the acoustic research balanced cable. problem is online only in Japan. acoustic research model number are AVARH1Z11C and higher quality AVARH1Z11D. https://www.biccamera.com.e.lj.hp.transer.com/bc/item/3868152/ https://www.biccamera.com.e.lj.hp.transer.com/bc/item/3868155/