[Whitigir]

Your avatar ^ look like you are waiting for Z1R ?

 

[listen4joy]

hope it will be at least 90% good as legendery MDR-R10.

 

[beowulf]

  hope it will be at least 90% good as legendery MDR-R10.

 
Separated by 25+ years of technology, they better be 110% as good as the MDR-R10 (even with a much lower price, especially adjusting the R10 for inflation).

 

[TSAVJason]

The Source AV is the first Reseller selected by Sony in the US to provide the new Signature products.

 

[Venture Guy]

The Source AV is the first Reseller selected by Sony in the US to provide the new Signature products.

When do you think you will be getting them in?

 

[TSAVJason]

When do you think you will be getting them in?

The Launch strategy and inventory delivery should be fully understood by tomorrow. I just came back from RMAF and needed a couple days to catch up on these detailes

 

[purk]

The Source AV is the first Reseller selected by Sony in the US to provide the new Signature products.

Nice!  Hopefully you will get them in soon. Will you be carried the walkman and the ES amp too?

 

[Whitigir]

The Launch strategy and inventory delivery should be fully understood by tomorrow. I just came back from RMAF and needed a couple days to catch up on these detailes

I hope you can host a tour for the head-fi fellows

 

[TSAVJason]

I hope you can host a tour for the head-fi fellows

Something I totally overlooked but agree it would be a great idea. Thanks for reminding me and I'll bring it up on our conference call tomorrow. :thumbsup_tone1:

 

[TSAVJason]

Nice!  Hopefully you will get them in soon. Will you be carried the walkman and the ES amp too?

Yes! The entire Sony Signature group of products including the Sony/Kimber balanced cable for the Walkman and amp.

 

[purk]

Something I totally overlooked but agree it would be a great idea. Thanks for reminding me and I'll bring it up on our conference call tomorrow. :thumbsup_tone1:

If possible,  I would love to sign up for that.  I got some old but legedary Sony gears that can be used for comparison. 

 

[Whitigir]

If possible,  I would love to sign up for that.  I got some old but legedary Sony gears that can be used for comparison. 

I would also be very interested as well

 

[Restia]

I currently use TH900. Wondering if z1r is better on medium frequency. TH900 is a bit backward on this range.

 

[Mediahound]

  Great finally meeting you Mike. 

 
I must have listened to the Z1R's a half dozen times at RMAF this weekend and I really liked them. I found the Z7's too soft, bassy and rolled off in comparison, but still a fun listen. The Z1R's do indeed take things to a whole new level. They do retain the darker/warmer signature, but the bass was not as boomy, certainly quite a bit more tight and the treble was still on the darker side, offered a very natural presentation. The soundstaging was incredible; especially considering they are closed headphones. The construction was a bit lacking for a headphone in this range for my tastes, but the comfort was outstanding!
 
In the end, I think I'd recommend the MrSpeakers Ether Flow C over these headphones. Not only are they less money, they are more neutral / natural overall and offer a more transparent presentation. But I was really impressed with both headphones. Heck the new Audeze LCD-XC's have been re-voiced in 2016 and I finally got to here them and I was VERY impressed. Really good times nowadays that we have such an excellent selection of closed-back headphones and we no longer have to sacrifice sound quality for noise isolation.

So the Z1R has a darker signature than the Ether Flow C? If so, the Z1R seems like it would be more to my liking. How were the mids?

 

[HiFiGuy528]

 
So the Z1R has a darker signature than the Ether Flow C? If so, the Z1R seems like it would be more to my liking. How were the mids?

 
Yes it is. Mids are more pronounced (typical Sony). Z1R images very very well like HD800 good.
 

  I currently use TH900. Wondering if z1r is better on medium frequency. TH900 is a bit backward on this range.

 
TH900 is unlistenable for me in comparison.