harishmirror
100+ Head-Fier
You could not be farther from the truth. Yes, on a fuller bass, but the Z5 has no where near the subbass impact of the IER-Z1R? Also I’m not sure what you mean about detail revealing? The IER-Z1R is leagues ahead on detail anyway you slice it? When I purchased my IER-Z1R the shop had a pair with 200 hours, mine out of the box sounded way different using the 1Z they had? After about 100 hours mine started to sound almost identical to the shops. The burned in ones actually seemed easier to drive and were both warmer and had more detail, like the bass was more responsive. Also.......... what are you using to drive them? Tips and fit can be confusing too, as with the right tip they go way deep for fit, and that’s when you get the best treble which increases the detail. It’s funny because fit actually increases the treble and bass. Fit adds to the U shape? IMO
Also going 4.4mm from a DAP was different than using a phone?
Source was my WM1Z, no mods - 4.4 - high gain. I just felt the Z5 to be sonically superior to Z1R.
Alright time to settle this.. like men..
I can get access to the Z1R and Z5 tomorrow once again. If you like I can share the same reference dsd/dxd music files that I am very familiar with. We can listen to the files with same source (audio settings) , iems and audio files. This should be more realistic. I will reference the exact time stamps on the audio clip to tell you where exactly that I feel the Z5 actually outperforms the Z1R in terms of fuller sub bass and detail revealing, you provide your thoughts??