Trunks159
Headphoneus Supremus
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Its what I've been looking for.
Is the loose input jack at the cup fixed on the MK2?
i just received my 1r mk2 yesterday. Straight from Japan. I do have the 1rbt and compared them. yes, there is a slight difference in bass. the mk2 has more pronounce and punchier bass than the 1rbts in both wired and bluetooth modes. what really sets this apart from the older model is the High Resolution audio driver. it enhances any type of music from compressed to high bit rate music. i won/t get rid of my rbis since i use those a lot wirelessly. but this ones are incomparable to those especially if you're an audiophile like me, you'll notice the difference. now i feel extremely bad because now i'm planning to get the 1rbt mk2 lol
what's the difference between the MK2 and 10R apart from the price?
Do you mean the 1R and the 1RMK2?
I did the 'Dynamat' modification to the MDR 1 MK2 and in my opinion it is worthwhile to do this. The bass is tighter and the bass transients definitely improved. Just tapping on the outside of the lined ear cup now produces a much 'deader' thump sound, rather than a hollow mass less plastic click before.
My MK2's had a thin black layer of dampening material that went around the outside of the driver in the ear cup which I personally removed as it made them sound a bit more dull. I still regrettably find the performance of these phones to be disappointing personally as they sound 'veiled' in the midrange to me - quite dark.
So far my favourite portable phones are my white European model Koss Porta Pro's with the Kramer mod and a pure silver 26 AWG cable with Rhodium plug.
I am going to make a new cable for my Sony MDR1's with 22AWG silver on the signal and 20 AWG silver with 1% gold on the common using Oyaide plugs and see what effect that has.
I love the build quality of the Sony I just wish the sound was more to my taste.
Just receive the 1RBT MK II, so far great looking cans from Sony, feels sturdy, comfortable and so far the sound is phenomenal via wired and surprisingly good via BT using a Sony NWZ-Z1040.
Some pix below
https://www.dropbox.com/sc/scgaawv1mimmvyl/JqI-InE7jL
Will post more up to depth info soon after primary charging.
How much did you yours cost bro? I got the standard MDR-1RMK2's for $224.96 off Sony's boxing day sale in Australia. Still waiting for my replacement.
found this on goldenears, left is mk2, right is 1r
source:
mk2: http://en.goldenears.net/28027
1r: http://en.goldenears.net/15436