Hi I could give a hint. Iv been usin 1z+ba300s for a month now.
Well yes it ads a nice tube timber, makes sound more dynamic, also brings in a little forward the mids( subtle but just enough),
What it also does it elevate the treble and extends it even farther more than stock 1z 4.4mm.
Overall I am very pleased with oriolus its a true tube amp, its balanced ads more punch and sub bass with better airier and extended treble.
But I whant to add this to my personal experience. I recently moded my ier-z1r and now my foams are much less dense and I can feel sound completely differently now. To my surprise I prefer 1z and ier-z1r with moded new foams!
1z has a much cleaner and refined sound. It gentle smooth extreamly detailed with very finest nuances.
I also found 1z bring more bass textures, some how I felt with oriolus the bass slight less defined but more bloomy and bouncy and deeper wider kinda off. Its very subtle but for me who listens 5 hours a day all this nuances they build up and I can feel it.
I WAS NOT ABLE to discern sound so much with stock ier-z1r foams.
Ier-z1r is an outstanding iem it literally sounds better then orpheus he1 the 50 000$ headphone from sennheiser!!!
And yes I did heard that headphone I am not hyping this.
So my suggestion for you is
If you buy oriolus you might like it with sony stock foams.
If you mode your foams and just use 1z I think you will have a much better sound experience!
Hi, just got my Z1r and so far have been very impressed, have anyone trying it on Tube Amplifier? I was planning on getting the Oriolus BA300s and was wondering how the Tube going to change it sound. My current source is the Onkyo dpx 1a.
They Just released ier-z1r and dmp a year a go. Consider that this 2 devices gona stay totl for next 3 or 4 years minimum.
I believe theire next release should be 1a and 1z successor. Maybe in 1 year or 2 who knows.
But i think they released zx300 and 1z pretty much in same year you know.
How often does Sony replace their flagship products, like their IEMs and DAPs?