Tried with iSine20 and LCDi4. Good enough but feels lacking something (not sure what it was or maybe not experienced enough to describe it). Maybe just like my LCD2C. Feels lacking something without engaging the Reveal plugin.
iSine 20 and Unique ME.1 on WM1A, Unique ME.1 was better to me. With a good seal, ME.1's bass was hard hitting, deep and clean. Skipping on the fundamentals I presume you are already familiar with open planar magnetic IEMs.
LCDi4 on WM1A, my 1st impression was WOW! 15 minutes later, same feeling of something was lacking someplace.Maybe EQing will help.
iSine 20 and LCDi4 without cipher or the Reveal plugin just feel incomplete to me. Despite that, LCDi4, UM ME.1 and iSine 20 (in this order) are the best IEMs I heard from WM1A so far.
And it obviously plays such a huge role (refer to AK380 thread for collective mass hysteria with chassis material).
I'd take WM1Z with WM1A chassis anyday of the week.
The 1Z chassis is just an ugly golden copper brick that is unnecessarily blingy and heavy.
And I do own a 1Z, that I very hastily covered with a Dignis case not to see this golden wonder...
And it obviously plays such a huge role (refer to AK380 thread for collective mass hysteria with chassis material).
I'd take WM1Z with WM1A chassis anyday of the week.
The 1Z chassis is just an ugly golden copper brick that is unnecessarily blingy and heavy.
And I do own a 1Z, that I very hastily covered with a Dignis case not to see this golden wonder...
Interestingly using my Woo5LE I still really like vinyl. Though the Sony Signature Series has finally arrived at a place just as good as some vinyl or better digitally. Now all this comes down to the digital master and obviously many of the files leave something out in comparison to their vinyl counterparts.
But for someone like me getting the Signature System to get along side vinyl (and at times surpassing vinyl) in playback is somewhat of a lifetime achievement and something I’d always hoped for but always remained just slightly out of reach (until now).
Tried with iSine20 and LCDi4. Good enough but feels lacking something (not sure what it was or maybe not experienced enough to describe it). Maybe just like my LCD2C. Feels lacking something without engaging the Reveal plugin.
iSine 20 and Unique ME.1 on WM1A, Unique ME.1 was better to me. With a good seal, ME.1's bass was hard hitting, deep and clean. Skipping on the fundamentals I presume you are already familiar with open planar magnetic IEMs.
LCDi4 on WM1A, my 1st impression was WOW! 15 minutes later, same feeling of something was lacking someplace.Maybe EQing will help.
iSine 20 and LCDi4 without cipher or the Reveal plugin just feel incomplete to me. Despite that, LCDi4, UM ME.1 and iSine 20 (in this order) are the best IEMs I heard from WM1A so far.
Once burned in, they sound exactly the same, that was the whole point when Sony designed the ZX300 in the first place.
The SE output sounds noticeably worse on the ZX300 before burn-in than it does on the WM1A in the same conditions though, once the burn-in is done however you will be hard pressed to notice any difference on either outputs between the ZX300 and the WM1A.
The balanced output before the 200hrs burn-in sounds the same as the one on the WM1A with a similar amount of burn-in.
Once the burn in is done on both units, they will sound the same provided the WM1A is on firmware 2.00 or higher (Sony has made changes that tweaked the sound signature in firmware 2.00, the changes were already made on the ZX300 1.00 firmware so there is no way to go back to the "older sound" on those units)
The advantage of the WM1A over the ZX300 are:
1. The screen real estate
2. The more premium look and feel
3. The extra 10mW power output on SE and extra 50mW powwer output on balanced.
4. The extra 64GB of internal storage
5. You can have a different sound signature if you downgrade the firmware to a version lower than 2.00 (some like it, some don't)
The ZX300 on the other hand has the following advantages:
1. Lower MSRP
2. Smaller footprint/form factor
3. Lighter
4. Has the built-in DAC feature
If you want a different sound signature, (not a better mind you, although opinions are subjective), you might want to turn to the (much more expensive and less portable) WM1Z unit instead which sounds warmer than the WM1A giving it a slightly more "analog feel", that said, the WM1A is brighter than the WM1Z, so it's mostly all about your preferences and how deep your pockets are.
I suffer from upgradeitis illness lol. I upgraded from Zx300 to Wm1a. Gotta love Sony sound. Yes, the sound exactly is almost the same. The only thing I can notice is different is the soundstage. It is very wide in Wm1a. Damn wide.
I suffer from upgradeitis illness lol. I upgraded from Zx300 to Wm1a. Gotta love Sony sound. Yes, the sound exactly is almost the same. The only thing I can notice is different is the soundstage. It is very wide in Wm1a. Damn wide.
Yes and no, when current passes through a resistor it generates heat and so wastes energy. But with constant voltage, current is inversely proportional to the resistance so the more resistance you inline into the circuit the less current is passed so the less power is consumed.
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