[justsomesonyfan]

Thoughts on stock cable?

I'm thinking of getting a 4.4mm black dragon as an upgrade

 

[buidoimiennui]

So you intend to share your results?

Sorry, I don't own a z1r to mod yet!

 

[Tex Irie]

Sorry, I don't own a z1r to mod yet!

Just curious as to why you feel that they need to be modified?

 

[buidoimiennui]

Just curious as to why you feel that they need to be modified?

Modification is an interesting and exciting job, it will make the headphones more satisfactory to the owner. Some people hate z1r. Instead of them looking to buy other headphones, they should learn about electroacoustics. and mod it to make it better.

 

[Lookout57]

Thoughts on stock cable?

I'm thinking of getting a 4.4mm black dragon as an upgrade

I would pass as I have one and found it wasn't better than the stock cable.

 

[justsomesonyfan]

I would pass as I have one and found it wasn't better than the stock cable.

thanks!!!

 

[gerelmx1986]

I got both used. Both have long burn in

OK, maybe the painting is not good (sinergy)... guess that I have use my C1R only with Sony sources (WM1A original, and DMP-Z1)

 

[gerelmx1986]

Well, I fixed the crackling issue on my Z1R. I Just used theae lemon with towels that you get at KFC. Which a small Haiti brush I wear up in the towel around it and then inserted on the jacks and rotate it and then I clean the plugs also

 

[eobet]

This might be a stupid question, but I thought you could use any dual 3.5mm headphone cable with the MDR-Z1R if you didn't care about the extra security of the screw in connectors, but perhaps I am wrong? I just got a custom cable and I get no sound at all.

I can see a 0.5mm physical difference where the tip meets the ring but otherwise physically identical, but maybe Sony requires the cables to be wired differently?

 

[nc8000]

This might be a stupid question, but I thought you could use any dual 3.5mm headphone cable with the MDR-Z1R if you didn't care about the extra security of the screw in connectors, but perhaps I am wrong? I just got a custom cable and I get no sound at all.



I can see a 0.5mm physical difference where the tip meets the ring but otherwise physically identical, but maybe Sony requires the cables to be wired differently?

There is no standard for which 2 elements on the trs plug are used or what signal goes to what element between various headphone manufacturers so any given cable may or may not work. When ordering a cable always specify which headphone it is to be used with. Some even just use ts plugs rather than trs

 

[eobet]

Thank you! One learns something new every day.

 

[Lookout57]

This might be a stupid question, but I thought you could use any dual 3.5mm headphone cable with the MDR-Z1R if you didn't care about the extra security of the screw in connectors, but perhaps I am wrong? I just got a custom cable and I get no sound at all.



I can see a 0.5mm physical difference where the tip meets the ring but otherwise physically identical, but maybe Sony requires the cables to be wired differently?

I got a DHC Complement C cable for use on my LCD-X with a 3.5mm to Audeze DIN adapter. It worked great, but when I went to use it on my Z1R, no sound.

In talking with Peter he built the cable to work with newer 3.5mm headphones. Previously the wiring he used would have allowed it to with with my adapter and the Z1R. He graciously built me a replacement cable using his old wiring standard and it worked on both cans.

So the moral of the story is you need to be careful when buying 3.5mm cables for the Z1R and verify what cans it works with.

 

[gerelmx1986]

Does anybody know if the Z1R headphone is discontinue or is being faced out. This got me curious as somebody quoted in the. Z1R IEM threat that they're being faced out in the USA. He quoted stating that somebody from mono told him from moon audio, that once they are gone, there will be no more IER-Z1R

 

[SolarCetacean]

I've also heard that the Z1R is going to be discontinued in the US. When I visited a dealer in November last year, the guy there had heard that the last shipment of Z1Rs to the US had been delivered and no more would come. But after I heard that, I saw that a few shops in the US showed them in stock when they didn't have them before (I think Audio46 started showing Z1Rs in stock). Maybe it was that last distribution making its way to the dealers, or that first dealer had been mistaken and they would still ship more units.

 

[Hoegaardener70]

I noticed that the Z1R is (slightly) discounted in all Sony shops in Asia I recently visited (Sin, Th and Ph). Seems like phasing out to me.