[515164]

Every now and then you see news articles about people that marry their dolls, or have intimate times with their food processors... generally thinking, I think they’re completely bananas...

I might be having my mind changed for me though, @morgenstern09 1A to 1Z conversion is seemingly quite magical... I think this could be love!

If nothing else, it could’ve saved me the £2500 that I was going to spend on getting the 1Z

I’d love in time - from those lucky enough to own both, to see a direct comparison between the 1Az and 1Z, and also 1Za to 1A...

It's really interesting, and people with 1Z could even try how the 1A stock tuning sounds like.

One idea would be to try the Orion tuning again on the 1A(Z) and notice differences.

I also recommend this one (click).

 

[Redcarmoose]

Good stuff. Even tho the release said it won’t quite match it, I’m thinking others can judge with their ears and there is a good chance it can match the 1Z sound.

Wanting the 1A to become closer to the 1Z has been a quest for years on end. Amazingly the first aftermarket third party firmwares did just that more than at anytime before. If you own both players you start to get into a relationship to how they sound.

Neither of my players have a physical mod of any kind. Right now though I’m in J region on both and enjoying stock 3.02 on the 1Z and Jupiter2 on the 1A. Jupiter2 is an adaptation of 3.02 which is typically bass-lite on the 1A. And it still is bass-lite now. Yet I’ve never been more amazed at just the basic personality of the 1A. In conclusion the 1A has it’s own romantic tone, which the 1Z can’t replicate? It’s because the tone comes from different capacitors, wiring and casework. IMO

Though if a tune is able to make the 1A emulate some of the magic of the 1Z, that would be cool. One of the first surprises early on was noticing that with stock firmware; the players each still showed that one was a 1A and one was a 1Z even though we used the same firmware.

It’s crazy as now the 1A will say it’s a 1Z?

 

[Duncan]

It’s crazy as now the 1A will say it’s a 1Z?

It does indeed, I can independently confirm this

the rest of what you say holds true for me, I got the 1A because I could not afford the 1Z, and now I feel like I’m cheating on the 1A, having fantasies about her more beautiful sister, dating her for 2yrs, and realising that if she wears her sisters clothes, that fantasy comes that much closer to reality...

 

[Redcarmoose]

Wow this place is heaven! Time to dig in!

I was in Tokyo last year, looks like where I got my case from?

I would also include looking for Musashino Label amoung the best options for leather cases for the 1A/1Z.

 

[Redcarmoose]

It does indeed, I can independently confirm this

the rest of what you say holds true for me, I got the 1A because I could not afford the 1Z, and now I feel like I’m cheating on the 1A, having fantasies about her more beautiful sister, dating her for 2yrs, and realising that if she wears her sisters clothes, that fantasy comes that much closer to reality...

All I can say is some IEMs make the difference between the two more drastic. Part of this thread I’ve never liked was that it was about two audio players with distinctively different price tags. I’ve actually always thought this thread would be better only about one player. To me it’s being at a dinner party with two groups eating different food?

But there is another member who wishes to keep his upgrade a secret who will also substantiate that the differences are actually fairly small with the IER-Z1R on both players. While at different times with other IEMs the differences are big. Cheers!

 

[nc8000]

Is it ultimately better for long term battery life to keep the 1A on, and in standby for several days until it's close to running out, or should I be turning it off every time I'm not using it, as in multiple times per day? Thanks.

I’ve not turned mine off in 3 1/2 years and played about 3.500 hours and still get roughly the same usage per charge as I did when it was new. The main reason why I don’t turn it off is that I can’t be bothered to wait the 5 minutes at start up when it builds the library

 

[Gamerlingual]

Looks like there’s not many headphone choices with the balanced cable. Now testing the Sennheiser HD820 that uses it with the 1A and 1Z. Any other headphones use the 4.4?

 

[nc8000]

Looks like there’s not many headphone choices with the balanced cable. Now testing the Sennheiser HD820 that uses it with the 1A and 1Z. Any other headphones use the 4.4?

Sennheiser HD660 I think

 

[Hinomotocho]

It does indeed, I can independently confirm this

the rest of what you say holds true for me, I got the 1A because I could not afford the 1Z, and now I feel like I’m cheating on the 1A, having fantasies about her more beautiful sister, dating her for 2yrs, and realising that if she wears her sisters clothes, that fantasy comes that much closer to reality...

I'm still on the honeymoon

 

[Gamerlingual]

I’ve not turned mine off in 3 1/2 years and played about 3.500 hours and still get roughly the same usage per charge as I did when it was new. The main reason why I don’t turn it off is that I can’t be bothered to wait the 5 minutes at start up when it builds the library

Sony recommends not to turn off the player frequently as well to maintain the battery

 

[Hinomotocho]

Looks like there’s not many headphone choices with the balanced cable. Now testing the Sennheiser HD820 that uses it with the 1A and 1Z. Any other headphones use the 4.4?

The HD660S comes with a 3.5mm and 4.4mm cable. For any headphone you can ask them to give you a balanced cable, they'll find a compatible one in the secondhand cable cabinet and you can try balanced.

 

[Redcarmoose]

Sony recommends not to turn off the player frequently as well to maintain the battery

Really they say that? Where?

 

[Gamerlingual]

Got it backwards I think. Here is the post. Pardon the error

 

[Gamerlingual]

Update: didn’t like the Sennheiser HD820. Scrapped it after 20 minutes. Now trying the MDR-Z7M2

 

[nc8000]

Update: didn’t like the Sennheiser HD820. Scrapped it after 20 minutes. Now trying the MDR-Z7M2

Most phones with detachable cables using 2 x 3.5 plugs can use the Sony balanced cable