[DONTGIVEUP]

Interesting I’m seeing 320KBPS while I type

That was me as according to Sonys own manual for it, it only supports Atrac3 and Atrac3plus

 

[jmills8]

Interesting I’m seeing 320KBPS while I type

The best right .

 

[DONTGIVEUP]

The dac in the player pumps it out like Flac.

HD1 surprisingly plays Z1R unbalanced with no problem.

I don’t understand how a +$1500 iem plays flawlessly without needing an expensive dac.

The best right .

 

[nc8000]

The dac in the player pumps it out like Flac.

HD1 surprisingly plays Z1R unbalanced with no problem.

I don’t understand how a +$1500 iem plays flawlessly without needing an expensive dac.

That is the mark of a great headphone that it will sound good with relatively humble equipment and then keep scaling up with better and better equipment

 

[candlejack]

I don’t understand how a +$1500 iem plays flawlessly without needing an expensive dac.

Maybe because DACs and Amps have been figured out a long time ago and it doesn't cost a fortune to make a excellent one.

 

[gerelmx1986]

Like @DONTGIVEUP sonn will be testing a sony MiniDisc (early 1990 model) with IER-Z1R . My hubby bought the battery for it. This mosel has no PC interface, but a line-in and MIC-in inputs. My plan is to use wm1a, 3.5 in High gain col. 95/120 to "record" and twst that lossy ATRAC 1.0 292 Kbps

 

[Whitigir]

Like @DONTGIVEUP sonn will be testing a sony MiniDisc (early 1990 model) with IER-Z1R . My hubby bought the battery for it. This mosel has no PC interface, but a line-in and MIC-in inputs. My plan is to use wm1a, 3.5 in High gain col. 95/120 to "record" and twst that lossy ATRAC 1.0 292 Kbps

OMG!!! Good find

 

[nanaholic]

Like @DONTGIVEUP sonn will be testing a sony MiniDisc (early 1990 model) with IER-Z1R . My hubby bought the battery for it. This mosel has no PC interface, but a line-in and MIC-in inputs. My plan is to use wm1a, 3.5 in High gain col. 95/120 to "record" and twst that lossy ATRAC 1.0 292 Kbps

Minidisc players from that era only has about 10mW@16ohm from the headphone output, you won't be able to drive the IER-Z1R.

 

[gerelmx1986]

OMG!!! Good find

The MD is drom my hubby, he only had no replacement battery.

And yes i Imagined i will not be able to drive the IER-Z1R to their best

 

[zephyrstar]

OMG, I had that exact MD player! Neat tech but be gentle with it, mine was very fragile and broke without much use.

 

[DONTGIVEUP]

Ha ha. I’m not that much into minidiscs and older Sony tech. But when I go the thrift/junk store I just can’t leave it. But if it’s complete in the box and in really good condition I have to pick it up. Usually prices are half or less of Ebay monstrosity prices.

I dont know the headphone out of the HD1 walkman but it drives Z1R without any problems.

If u have any minidiscs around please test it and let us know what it sounds like! If not capable you can always connect dac and enjoy it at home!

Like @DONTGIVEUP sonn will be testing a sony MiniDisc (early 1990 model) with IER-Z1R . My hubby bought the battery for it. This mosel has no PC interface, but a line-in and MIC-in inputs. My plan is to use wm1a, 3.5 in High gain col. 95/120 to "record" and twst that lossy ATRAC 1.0 292 Kbps

 

[Redcarmoose]

I wanted to share something with you guys.

I've been really sick for the past 2 weeks. Nothing truly serious, just a very bad cold. But I couldn't use headphones, especially IEMs during this time. I miss it a lot, so enjoy every minute and don't take it for granted.

Kobe died yesterday. That dude seemed invincible and now he is no more. Not sure where I'm going with this, I guess what I'm trying to say is: Be happy!

Yes, the best way to be happy in this hobby is be humble yet grateful for the toys we scooped up. Cheers!

We are all lucky to play with such gear.

 

[Whitigir]

Don’t matter if you can or can not drive the ier-Z1R. The matter here is how you are enjoying it.

Don’t be caught in the idea that expensive and high-end headphones or IEMs have to have expensive gears to hook it up to. This comment win the all time vote to me

@nc8000 allow me to copy and paste:
That is the mark of a great headphone that it will sound good with relatively humble equipment and then keep scaling up with better and better equipment

That is the mark of a great headphone that it will sound good with relatively humble equipment and then keep scaling up with better and better equipment

 

[gerelmx1986]

Ha ha. I’m not that much into minidiscs and older Sony tech. But when I go the thrift/junk store I just can’t leave it. But if it’s complete in the box and in really good condition I have to pick it up. Usually prices are half or less of Ebay monstrosity prices.

I dont know the headphone out of the HD1 walkman but it drives Z1R without any problems.

If u have any minidiscs around please test it and let us know what it sounds like! If not capable you can always connect dac and enjoy it at home!

Gave it a spin, sound quite good for lossy 292kbps, some micro detailing is lost, but almost indistinguishable, staging is affected, more cramped, more 2D sounding than wm1a SE

 

[nanaholic]

And yes i Imagined i will not be able to drive the IER-Z1R to their best

It's tongue-in-cheek response regarding the "audiophile consensus" that the Z1R requires a high power output.

I know for a fact that the Sony engineers themselves uses and tested IER-Z1R on low power output devices (30mW or less) which a few here will simply write off as unusable/unlistenable, yet it's a usage scenario they have included during development. It's probably just the usual 10% difference where people exaggerate to be night-and-day.