Sony Z1R....listening impressions only | Page 96 | Headphone Reviews and Discussion - Head-Fi.org

Slim1970 · Mar 9, 2018 at 10:54 PM

vegasf1 said:
Does anyone own a Hugo 2 and this headphone? I'm looking for opinions if this would pair well with the Hugo 2.

I just got my Hugo 2 yesterday but I have not had a chance to listen to it with my Sony Z1R's yet. I did enjoy them with the Mojo when I had it. So I imagine the Hugo 2 will probably outclass it with it feature set.

FangJoker · Mar 10, 2018 at 11:09 PM

MacedonianHero said:
I do and love it! The only unit to pair better with the Z1R in my travels is the DAVE, so yeah, the Hugo 2 is still very much a brilliant option!

Thanks for killing my wallet. I just bought both.

Slim1970 · Mar 11, 2018 at 4:42 AM

I had a brief listen to the Z1R's with the Hugo 2 today and in one word, brilliant. The Hugo 2 is in complete control of this headphone and it is one musical experience. I had a hard time putting the Z1R's down.

MacedonianHero · Mar 11, 2018 at 8:43 PM

vegasf1 said:
Thanks for killing my wallet. I just bought both.

Congrats!!!! I love this combination!!!

raybies · Mar 14, 2018

Does anyone else feel like the Z1R sometimes imparts some kind of "magic" to audio experience. It's hard to explain but with some tracks I feel like the beat and melody transcends your skull, and your auditory and cognitive senses enter perfect harmony with a very floaty spacious soundstage.
The strange thing is it doesn't happen with all tracks and seems to be equally applicable to lo-res (320kbps mp3) and hi-res.

I could just be tripping, but sometimes it just feels like an out of body experience with the soundtrack., which I don't recall experiencing with any other headphone or speakers to this extent.
I'm confident the Z1R is creating this sense with its effortless reproduction of even the most complicated of audio.

ervin192 · Mar 14, 2018 at 9:33 PM

raybies said:
Does anyone else feel like the Z1R sometimes imparts some kind of "magic" to audio experience. It's hard to explain but with some tracks I feel like the beat and melody just transcends your skull and your auditory and cognitive sense enters perfect harmony with a very floaty spacious soundstage.
The strange thing is it doesn't happen with all tracks and seems to be equally applicable to lo-res (320kbps mp3) and hi-res.

I could just be tripping, but sometimes it just feels like an out of body experience with the soundtrack., which I don't recall experiencing with any other headphone or speakers to this extent.
I'm confident the Z1R is creating this sense with its effortless reproduction of even the most complicated of audio.

Z1R has abundant sub bass so the sound could be penetrable when it needs to.

Beagle · Mar 14, 2018 at 9:41 PM

raybies said:
Does anyone else feel like the Z1R sometimes imparts some kind of "magic" to audio experience. It's hard to explain but with some tracks I feel like the beat and melody just transcends your skull and your auditory and cognitive sense enters perfect harmony with a very floaty spacious soundstage.
The strange thing is it doesn't happen with all tracks and seems to be equally applicable to lo-res (320kbps mp3) and hi-res.

I could just be tripping, but sometimes it just feels like an out of body experience with the soundtrack., which I don't recall experiencing with any other headphone or speakers to this extent.
I'm confident the Z1R is creating this sense with its effortless reproduction of even the most complicated of audio.

"I'll have what the gentleman is having.." :smile:

cjfrbw · Mar 14, 2018 at 10:46 PM

raybies said:
Does anyone else feel like the Z1R sometimes imparts some kind of "magic" to audio experience. It's hard to explain but with some tracks I feel like the beat and melody transcends your skull, and your auditory and cognitive senses enter perfect harmony with a very floaty spacious soundstage.
The strange thing is it doesn't happen with all tracks and seems to be equally applicable to lo-res (320kbps mp3) and hi-res.

I could just be tripping, but sometimes it just feels like an out of body experience with the soundtrack., which I don't recall experiencing with any other headphone or speakers to this extent.
I'm confident the Z1R is creating this sense with its effortless reproduction of even the most complicated of audio.

I don't know, but when I put them on, time melts away. I avoid them when I need to be task oriented and time is of the essence.

I would agree that they do fantastic with low rez AAC or MP3, even down to 128kbs through Yamaha RX AV digital processing.