[gerelmx1986]

I did some accounting I have 6% of my library in hi-res the rest 94% and s CD FLAC.

From the hi-res 40% is DSD (79 albums) the rest 60% is hi-res PCM (121 albums). 329GB of lossless HD from.the complete 1.16TB

 

[Redcarmoose]

I rhink @Redcarmoose ohne said that the IER-Z1R has.more physical Bass to it than the MDR-Z1R, and that at times can the MDR-Z1R sound bass shy.

Not so I think, good bass as the IER-Z1R

I would never call the MDR bass shy; no one in their right mind would. I must have said in contrast to the IER the MDR bass was transparent.

The crazy part is for the most part, both IER and MDR share the same tune. Sony made them sound the same! Wild when you really think about it. No one has done that.

 

[Redcarmoose]

I think there is more physical feeling to the bass on the MDR as it moves more air and affects the area of skin around the ear as well, but they may well be more direct ear drum slam from the IER.

So how would you compare the TA to the Walkman 1Z while using your IER-Z1R?

 

[Redcarmoose]

I did some accounting I have 6% of my library in hi-res the rest 94% and s CD FLAC.

From the hi-res 40% is DSD (79 albums) the rest 60% is hi-res PCM (121 albums). 329GB of lossless HD from.the complete 1.16TB

Same here. I have very little music above 16/44 FLAC. Though I account that to the style of music I’m into. Most of my music is either extreme metal or electronic. I have only a couple hi-res soundtracks but everything else is hi-res needle drops. Still most of the time I will prefer a studio FLAC to a needle drop. It’s just that some albums sound interesting recorded from a record pressing. The only reason I’m even interested in the Sony sound is because it makes digital sound close to what I used to listen to on vinyl. I couldn’t take my vinyl where I moved to and so my quest was to find something close to the vinyl sound.

 

[nc8000]

So how would you compare the TA to the Walkman 1Z while using your IER-Z1R?

Have not yet tried the IER from the TA as that is not the intended use and the cable is too short.

 

[nc8000]

I did some accounting I have 6% of my library in hi-res the rest 94% and s CD FLAC.

From the hi-res 40% is DSD (79 albums) the rest 60% is hi-res PCM (121 albums). 329GB of lossless HD from.the complete 1.16TB

About 25% of my music is hires however I only use that at home with the Auralic streamer and TA amp. On the 1Z I have downsampled it all to 16/44 or 16/48 so I can fit my entire library on the player and I have to admit that I have to concentrate fairly hard to detect the improvements of hires, red book is still really good. About 3-4% of my music is aac 320kb as this is older ripped music where I don’t have access to the cd’s any longer (library or friend’s cd’s)

 

[gerelmx1986]

I would never call the MDR bass shy; no one in their right mind would. I must have said in contrast to the IER the MDR bass was transparent.

The crazy part is for the most part, both IER and MDR share the same tune. Sony made them sound the same! Wild when you really think about it. No one has done that.

I do agree with you and @nc8000 the bass of z1R cans comes in off cleaner and better bodied. And yes crazy <german>wannsinn </german> both Z1R sound the same, so I have no trouble switching between both of them.

Yeah I expect the fiio FA7 signature to be vastly different from the Z1R's n, but to have started iem collection is good and for the intended use of the FA7 (commuter train) no problem

 

[kausbose]

Hi all; Has anyone developed any issues with their battery yet? I have a WM1Z and I feel the battery is weakening. It's way past it's warranty life. I did see some responses from back in 2017 on this thread. I am trying to get some responses that are relevant to 2019. Any details will be appreciated.

 

[nc8000]

Hi all; Has anyone developed any issues with their battery yet? I have a WM1Z and I feel the battery is weakening. It's way past it's warranty life. I did see some responses from back in 2017 on this thread. I am trying to get some responses that are relevant to 2019. Any details will be appreciated.

Mine is near 3 years old and has done about 2500 hours and no noticable degredation. Gerelmx1986 is approaching 7000 hours and as far as I know have no problem

 

[gerelmx1986]

Mine is near 3 years old and has done about 2500 hours and no noticable degredation. Gerelmx1986 is approaching 7000 hours and as far as I know have no problem

Exacto no problem, still last like 3 days with FLAC 16/44, unless I use BT receiver/transmitter mode I do get less battery run-time

 

[djricekcn]

How long in idle does it take for the RMTNW520 take to shutdown

 

[gazzington]

My new wm1a arrived today. Charging it up now. It's already on 3.01 firmware

 

[purk]

Mine is near 3 years old and has done about 2500 hours and no noticable degredation. Gerelmx1986 is approaching 7000 hours and as far as I know have no problem

I notice some degradation on my ZX300 with about 2000 hours on it, not so with my 1Z.

 

[kausbose]

Exacto no problem, still last like 3 days with FLAC 16/44, unless I use BT receiver/transmitter mode I do get less battery run-time

crap I better be using mine a little bit more. I only have 26 hours.

 

[gerelmx1986]

My first DSD 11.2MHz album , oh boy, its damn huge at 13GB