Redcarmoose
Headphoneus Supremus
I have the Sony TA, IER-Z1R and 1A and 1Z. There is definitely a difference when the TA takes over. It depends on the volume used. As folks I’ve known for years and years don’t notice a need for extra volume due to listening at ultra low volume levels with the IER-Z1R.
I’m pretty much in the middle. Meaning I hear a difference but I use all three and don’t really care about the slight lack of damping on the IER with the original 1A/1Z.
Still if you go to some websites like in Chinese, they all believe the IER-Z1R is grossly underpowered by the Walkmans. 100% of the website.
The thing is damping is real. It can be physical or electronic. They do slightly different things. But electronic damping as you know affects the driver from starting and stopping in relation to impulse.
And remember this doesn’t affect volume, the volume stays almost exactly the same, you only get bass quality and soundstage.
The benefits of more juice with 4.4mm is increased soundstage as well as better bass texture and timbre. Still from the TA I get the increased power while even using 3.5mm cables. Typically I don’t change cables out of the IER-Z1R as the MMCX will not tolerate continuous cable rolling. Though I did when I first got the TA and IER-Z1R.
Your right in a sense that expectation bias can create the illusion of all this too. But.....I’m pretty sure I’m right?
But typically DD hybrids use more power I’ve found. Really it depends on your listening level.
I’m pretty much in the middle. Meaning I hear a difference but I use all three and don’t really care about the slight lack of damping on the IER with the original 1A/1Z.
Still if you go to some websites like in Chinese, they all believe the IER-Z1R is grossly underpowered by the Walkmans. 100% of the website.
The thing is damping is real. It can be physical or electronic. They do slightly different things. But electronic damping as you know affects the driver from starting and stopping in relation to impulse.
And remember this doesn’t affect volume, the volume stays almost exactly the same, you only get bass quality and soundstage.
The benefits of more juice with 4.4mm is increased soundstage as well as better bass texture and timbre. Still from the TA I get the increased power while even using 3.5mm cables. Typically I don’t change cables out of the IER-Z1R as the MMCX will not tolerate continuous cable rolling. Though I did when I first got the TA and IER-Z1R.
Your right in a sense that expectation bias can create the illusion of all this too. But.....I’m pretty sure I’m right?
But typically DD hybrids use more power I’ve found. Really it depends on your listening level.
Simply not true. The myth you need MOAR power for DD is that - a myth.
My Just ear custom is a 16mm large DD+BA hybrid with a DD that's bigger the the vast majority of the DDs in IEMs you can find and it sounds superb on my 1Z - in fact I don't even use half of the output volume.
The IER-Z1R that people swear is a power hungry hog was in fact also tuned on a 30mW Sony voice recorder the PCM-D10 to make sure it works on low power devices (I got this straight from the designer's mouth).
DDs which uses more power is a design choice by the engineer, not an inherent trait of the technology.
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