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The plugs are not locking, but they sit very tight. There is no risk of them falling out of the inlets.
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The plugs are not locking, but they sit very tight. There is no risk of them falling out of the inlets.
The plugs are not locking, but they sit very tight. There is no risk of them falling out of the inlets.
Fair enough, I was looking at getting the Forzaaudioworks cable with the locking plugs shown in the picture below, looks like they should be good but hard to tell from a picture.
pietcux
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Fair enough, I was looking at getting the Forzaaudioworks cable with the locking plugs shown in the picture below, looks like they should be good but hard to tell from a picture.
Those locking screws could also fit my cable. Will ask them tonight
A guy in the Z7 thread said they worked well and as far as I am aware the connectors are the same. Think I might get a Hybrid Claire HPC. Love the stripy look
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Seriously, i'm alternating HD800S and Z1R and are both new for me, i bought them almost together; i'm not an expert(these are my first TOTL) but considering that the Sennheiser are considered a reference for resolution, soundstage and detail, i don't think i'm wrong to say the enthusiasm in this tread is justified.
There's something special about the Z1R in direct A/B comparisons eh? I know exactly what you mean.
Still, the sense of width/depth is better on the 800S, no way to work around that one. They're also slightly brighter, which is nice sometimes.
I'd say you have a pretty good Open/Closed combo complementing each other there, if there is time to listen to both often
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As far as I know...there is no locking plugs on the market that works the way the stock cables and Kimber do 
As far as I know...there is no locking plugs on the market that works the way the stock cables and Kimber do
What is it that they do differently that makes them better? I really have no idea about 3.5 lockable jacks so it would be good to know
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What is it that they do differently that makes them better? I really have no idea about 3.5 lockable jacks so it would be good to know
After market locking plugs are not exactly "lock". They are more like "screw-on". You can only screw your cables and jack onto the Z7 or Z1R outer housing and that you will not yank it out when you accidentally step on the wires and move around ?
The stock cables has the "real locking" mechanism. That beside the screw-on function, it also tighten up the under body of the wires and compressed this plastic mold against the O-ring on the top of the locking shells which is locked into the screw-on housing. Together is formed an immovable locking features. The wires can not be rolling and rotating around inside the socket when plugged in and locked in. After market ? You can roll the wires around inside it socket even when you screwed it on.
In another word, the stock sockets and lock prevent the wires from being rolled and rotated around inside the sockets when locked in.
Z7 has a much more secured and tighter sockets when plugged in vs Z1R.
Thanks for the detailed response. I guess the rolling isn't too much of an issue though in the grand scheme of things because it is just the 3.5mm jack rotating inside the socket isn't it?
If my phone/headphone cable can last several years with the abuse the socket gets with walking about with a thick cable plugged in I would imagine the Z1R with the relative low amount of movement should last basically indefinitely and worse case some of the gold plating might wear off which isn't the end of the world.
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The contacts are crimped on kind of things, so when you plugged in, it snapped in and stay in. Rotating and rolling around when something is crimped onto it ? Over the long time ? Your call . Just OS you know why Sony made it the way it is
. Just OS you know why Sony made it the way it isNo doubt it is more durable in the plug department with the offical Sony method. Although I guess potentially if the force of rotating is stuck in the wires it might have the potential to fatigue the wires to breaking point but either way I think any real damage is unlikely. As long as the contact is good I am happy!
As far as I know...there is no locking plugs on the market that works the way the stock cables and Kimber do
But the Kimber cables do lock?
I don't mean only the Sony/Kimber but the Kimber Axios.
I have the Kimber for the Z7 and using it for the Z1R and it locks. It doesn't seem as tightly fitting as the stock but it's fine.
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Kimber got the privileges to use this locking mechanism from Sony. So it should be, but I can not confirm it because I don't have it.
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how about holding the wires under the lock, and twist to turn it ? See if it turn or rotate inside the socket when locked in ?
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