They don't do anything. They don't really hook the ear, they protrude very far forward, the slightest movement and they come unhooked from the ear.. I'm just constantly adjusting them to be normal.
Sony IER-M9 impressions thread
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Killedkella
100+ Head-Fier
Aw that sucks
It’s the best stock cable I’ve owned personally, for my smaller ears it’s perfect. Hope you find a solution that works!
fidgeraldo
Headphoneus Supremus
Does anyone know a store in Europe where M9 can be bought?
Cheers!
Cheers!
The IER-M9 are not sold in Europe
Thanks to MMCX you can adjust them to lean slightly against your head.
That they don't really hook the ear is intentionally to prevent body noises to be transferred into the IEM
No way, such a legendary product is not sold in Europe!?!?
Nope, we have to import from either Asia or US
Makes no sense, considering IER-Z1R is sold here just fine.
Europe is an insanely hard market to begin with. According to Japanese companies, we are not willing to spent money on quality products. And that is actually not that wrong.
In my personal experience, Germans either buy the cheapest product that is available (because all that matters it that sound is coming out from it. With as much bass as possible but quality doesn't matter) or an luxury product that is the most expensive (no matter the quality, as you buy it to impress others and not to actually have the highest sound quality).
Recently also speaker sales are going down as people seriously think you can replace them with a sound bar. Even though soundbars with crappy quality often cost more than professional Studio Monitors, you can not impress anyone with studio monitors. But you can impress your visitors with how much money you are able to spend on an soundbar or smart surround system. And if you don't have the money for that, you use the integrated speakers in the television.
So High End Earphones are a very very hard market in Germany and Europe overall
1. They cost a lot, so everyone who doesn't want to spend money doesn't buy them
2. You can't impress your neighbors, so everyone who has money doesn't buy them
The leftover is an insanely small group of audiophiles and beyond them are a lot of young people whose only source of information is often Advertisement and/or YouTube (aka Advertisement). So they mostly buy stuff from china where even 20$ In-Ear are called flagships and has 10-times the drivers.
Europe is also a heavily car focused country and cars are insanely expensive. So after buying a car, most people just don't have any leftover money they could spend on high-end gear.
In my personal experience, Germans either buy the cheapest product that is available (because all that matters it that sound is coming out from it. With as much bass as possible but quality doesn't matter) or an luxury product that is the most expensive (no matter the quality, as you buy it to impress others and not to actually have the highest sound quality).
Recently also speaker sales are going down as people seriously think you can replace them with a sound bar. Even though soundbars with crappy quality often cost more than professional Studio Monitors, you can not impress anyone with studio monitors. But you can impress your visitors with how much money you are able to spend on an soundbar or smart surround system. And if you don't have the money for that, you use the integrated speakers in the television.
So High End Earphones are a very very hard market in Germany and Europe overall
1. They cost a lot, so everyone who doesn't want to spend money doesn't buy them
2. You can't impress your neighbors, so everyone who has money doesn't buy them
The leftover is an insanely small group of audiophiles and beyond them are a lot of young people whose only source of information is often Advertisement and/or YouTube (aka Advertisement). So they mostly buy stuff from china where even 20$ In-Ear are called flagships and has 10-times the drivers.
Europe is also a heavily car focused country and cars are insanely expensive. So after buying a car, most people just don't have any leftover money they could spend on high-end gear.
fidgeraldo
Headphoneus Supremus
Where? I didn't find any store selling IER-Z1R in Europe either, except Sony.de, but the price is 2.2k euros, while the price in the US is $1.8k, which is 1.65k euros.
That's a huge difference.
Cheers!
fidgeraldo
Headphoneus Supremus
I am sorry but I have to say that's BS
So you have the whole philosophy and explanation why...Ok, then, why is MDR Z1R still selling in Europe? And why all other high-end stuff are sold in Europe by the brand SONY...dude...that's just not the case. The general consensus why IER named Z1R is not selling in Europe is just not that.
Sony is not a five-man brand, so it wouldn't be profitable for them to send a small contingent of those to the EU.
It doesn't work like that...
There is a reason...but not as you described it. Moreover, we (Sony) have limited production and will send all to the US.
And that's about it.
Cheers!
But people in the US don't get their salary in €
Yes, 1800$ are 1655€ right now, but it might be 3000€ in one week. You can not calculate and compare prices looking at currency exchange rates. They are changing daily and they are irrelevant for people living inside the country.
In Japan, the IER-Z1R costs 185764yen which are 1150 €. Thats an even bigger difference because right now, 1€ are 160yen
The MSRP of the IER-Z1R including Taxes are the following
2200$
220'000yen
2200€
The IER-Z1R is currently on sale in the US and in Japan, hence they are selling it for ~1800$ and ~180'000yen, the IER-Z1R is not on sale in germany and so sells for its MSRP of 2200€. But it was on sale several times. A friend of mine got his for 1600€
Unrelated to that, Amazon US can and does show you prices without taxes when you're looking at it outside from the US. The prices of amazon germany are including taxes.
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Because the new Walkman was released. The MDR-Z1R was out of stock, everywhere in europe, for almost 4 years. Its back in stock just recently after the release of the new Walkman.I am sorry but I have to say that's BS
So you have the whole philosophy and explanation why...Ok, then, why is MDR Z1R still selling in Europe? And why all other high-end stuff are sold in Europe by the brand SONY...dude...that's just not the case. The general consensus why IER named Z1R is not selling in Europe is just not that.
Sony is not a five-man brand, so it wouldn't be profitable for them to send a small contingent of those to the EU.
It doesn't work like that...
There is a reason...but not as you described it. Moreover, we (Sony) have limited production and will send all to the US.
And that's about it.
Cheers!
The same is true for the IER-Z1R
The IER-M7, IER-M9 have never been released in europe and the XBA-N1, XBA-N3 and XBA-Z5 are also no longer sold in europe. The MDR-Z7M2 is also no longer sold in Europe.
So out of 9 models, Sony only sells 2 in Europe and they have been out of stock for years before the new Walkman got released.
NW-ZX700 also wasn't released in Europe by the way. WM1AM2 is out of stock since several months now and WM1ZM2 is in stock with one single item.
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fidgeraldo
Headphoneus Supremus
IInstead of that, your perspective...the other truth is...Sony is insanely hard to deal with.
You just wrote so much contradictive stuff...but that's not important,...what I asked was simple...does anyone know the store where you can buy M9?
Yes or no. Simple as that...I didn't ask for philosophy
Enjoy M9...I will look at ChiFi in the same quality range; they are easier to deal with.
Cheers!
If I were you, I would buy IER-M9 in Japan, e.g. at Amazon. Buying any Chi-Fi IEM is the same as burning money in the fireplace.
jsk ksj
1000+ Head-Fier
I will sell you my m9'sIInstead of that, your perspective...the other truth is...Sony is insanely hard to deal with.
You just wrote so much contradictive stuff...but that's not important,...what I asked was simple...does anyone know the store where you can buy M9?
Yes or no. Simple as that...I didn't ask for philosophy
Enjoy M9...I will look at ChiFi in the same quality range; they are easier to deal with.
Cheers!
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