Misson07
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I do think that the Z1R have really nice bass and have quantity that will satisfy most people but, yeah, as someone who have used the Trio before, the presentation of the bass is quite different and Trio bass is more dominant than that of the Z1R. I don't think quantity is that different but Z1R bass just sound more relax in general. It does suit the rest of the signature but I think the mid is the most defining trait of the Z1R. Treble is not that prominent but it really nice and sound very open while still being natural sounding.I'm a bit disappointed to read that the bass isn't fast, but it seems that all hybrids is a bit weak in this area and in return you get better timbre and natural sounding decay. I wanted to pick up a hybrid IEM and it needs to be good at handling quick and hard hitting bass. The quantity doesn't need to be on the level of the LX or Vega, but quality needs to be there. I'm sure that it's not horrible, but not it's strong suit. I thought the trio handled speed bass hits pretty well, but I was hoping for a cheaper option.
The jvc 10000 talk has now gotten me interested in that. Mostly because I can hardly believe that a single DD can be that good. I hope to go to Japan this year and hope that I can listen to it and possibly buy it if I like it. I've had a few Woodies and they were good for the price, but were too slow and was too bloomy and I eventually sold all of them when I got tired of them. This 10000 sounds more like a keeper.
Also while I said the bass of Z1R being not super fast its not exactly on the slower side of thing either. I think they will keep up with most fast music well enough.
It could also be that I always listen to LX recently so my sense of bass quantity could be quite skewed lol
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