coolhand
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you may consider to replace the DMP-Z1 with a ZX300 and make the whole system portable, and also find that there is no difference in sound quality.I succeeded in creating the strongest portable player system and the strongest koss ksc-75
Source DMP-Z1 (External Power-Lg hg2 + Hybrid dc Cable Made of Bridged Diamond and Picolodiamond)
Digital Cable: burubeat audio Ultra Fantasia c to micro b
DAC: Chord Hugo2
interconnect: Nordost ODIN replica
Amplifier: Mass-Kobo model404 (External Power- a123 Iron Phosphate + Fury Fire + Wire Dream 3% + 7% Gold Silver Alloy Wire)
Headphones: Koss ksc-75 parts express headband
It’s been a while since I had XBA-Z5 but yes, I do remember it scaling quite well with DMP-Z1. Main improvement that I can remember was in treble extension and better mid bass control.Sinc demoing DMP back in may. I am wondering how well do the sony XBA-Z5 scale with it? Any one tried this combo @Damz87 or @Redcarmoose ?
Is worth of itIt’s been a while since I had XBA-Z5 but yes, I do remember it scaling quite well with DMP-Z1. Main improvement that I can remember was in treble extension and better mid bass control.
No I don’t think it’s worth $700 in today’s IEM market, especially since you already own IER-Z1RIs worth of it
Paying 699 us dollar for a brand new xba-z5 when i hqve IRR-z1r
As the owner of both WM1Z and DMP, I agree the output power of WM1Z is weaker than that of DMP's. However, DMP improvements over WM1Z and TA-ZH1ES are a whole lot more than marginal. DMP beats those two by the massive sound stage and reproduction of micro details.And the biggest issue of the NW-WM1Z is its output power, not its sound quality. Yes, the TA-ZH1ES and the DMP-Z1 sound better than the NW-WM1Z, but the improvement is very marginal as stated by Asaaki Sato and Hiroo Sato. The DMP-Z1 does sound a little bit better, but that is not its main feature, it's a side effect. It sounds as much better as the TA-ZH1ES does.
Sources:
https://www.sony.jp/walkman/special/flagship/manufacturer/
https://www.sony.jp/audio/special/interview/ZH1ES/
https://www.sony.jp/feature/products/181101/?s_pid=jp_fsl_dmp_feature_dmp
https://www.sony.jp/headphone/special/park/products_m1/tech6.html
https://www.sony.jp/high-resolution/flagship/interview07/
https://www.sony.jp/feature/owner/hr/180524/
I may be mistaken but would amping the WM1Z improve performance considerably?As the owner of both WM1Z and DMP, I agree the output power of WM1Z is weaker than that of DMP's. However, DMP improvements over WM1Z and TA-ZH1ES are a whole lot more than marginal. DMP beats those two by the massive sound stage and reproduction of micro details.
I will let the community here chime in on this. From my perspective, the considerable improvement would be a different DAC, say AKM 4497EQ coupled with more amping. Not to take it off topic, but Astell&Kern SP2000 with AKM 4499EQ does beat WM1Z on S-Master in sound stage and micro details as it has more powerful DAC altogether. Personally, SP2K's sound stage alone is closer to DMP, but lacks the power to sound "full-bodied" if compared to DMP. DMP sits in a different league, and it is sonically superior to any smaller DAPs given the amount of components and engineering around them. Some enthusiasts on WM1Z forum are putting efforts to make WM1Z sound like DMP by altering WM1Z firmware. I've tried them but in the end flashed my WM1Z back to the stock firmware to enjoy its original "intimate" sound signature.I may be mistaken but would amping the WM1Z improve performance considerably?
Some enthusiasts on WM1Z forum are putting efforts to make WM1Z sound like DMP by altering WM1Z firmware.
I have the Z1. But I don’t compare that with the WM1Z or SP2K, just like I wouldn’t pit the Z1 against a Rossini -- there’s a time and place for each. Staying on the WM1Z, a portable; the challenge is on milking everything it’s got in the smallest possible package. Plugging a DAC/AMP would just turn it into a source, which there exists a competent few I can think of at half the weight. And if the aim was the AKM sound, what then are we hanging onto a WM1Z? It doesn’t make the WM1Z better, a DAC/AMP would just change it altogether.I will let the community here chime in on this. From my perspective, the considerable improvement would be a different DAC, say AKM 4497EQ coupled with more amping. Not to take it off topic, but Astell&Kern SP2000 with AKM 4499EQ does beat WM1Z on S-Master in sound stage and micro details as it has more powerful DAC altogether. Personally, SP2K's sound stage alone is closer to DMP, but lacks the power to sound "full-bodied" if compared to DMP. DMP sits in a different league, and it is sonically superior to any smaller DAPs given the amount of components and engineering around them. Some enthusiasts on WM1Z forum are putting efforts to make WM1Z sound like DMP by altering WM1Z firmware. I've tried them but in the end flashed my WM1Z back to the stock firmware to enjoy its original "intimate" sound signature.