If one liked 7506 and wants an update what are the models to check, please?
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What are the successors of the Sony mdr 7506?
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zazex
Headphoneus Supremus
Hi
So going back a while, the 7506 was my first decent headphone.
And I've sort of been following what's been happening with them.
Not much, you might say LOL, because they're still being made
by Sony.
But Sony has made some moves in that space, over the years.
There was the 7509 - essentially, in my view, a larger 7506.
Similar looks, build, sound. But bigger earcups. They were
priced higher than the 7506, but a whole lot of people said
they liked the 7506 better. Especially as they were less
expensive.
Still, though, they made an impression and stuck around
for a while, a few years.
Then Sony released the MDR-1000, the MDR-7510, and
the MDR-7520. Initially there was great confusion >
were any/all of these to replace the 7506's? And, while
the 7510 was reasonably priced, the other two came out
at about five hundred (each). In today's world, not a whole
lot for headphones, perhaps, but - yes - for many people,
like beginning musicians, a whole bunch of money.
No one paid much attn to the 7510's. Pleasant sounding
about $100. Didn't seem anywhere nearly as durable
as the 7506. Didn't fold, either.
But what was with the other two? Sony put out some
conflicting messaging, as I recall, and positioned the
MDR-1000 as some super cans. Problem was,
the reviews and other noise were reflecting back,
and people weren't too happy with their sound!
Nice design, for sure. And there was a sense that
Sony was trying - it just hadn't happened for them
yet in this regard. Some more time went by, and
the 1000 disappeared up into the ether as these
things do, and then it was the 7520 that was available.
Dealers had stock - but not much, and not too many
dealers either. The price went down from the original
5 bills or so to about 279.,, like that, and they began
selling pretty well. Better than the 1000's did, anyway.
And so they continue, and can be easily bought online
or at various brick and mortar stores around town.
As can the 7506.
In my view, following this, the 7520 became the
"successor" (though not entirely) to the 7506 simply
because the 7506 is still in solid production, and still
getting good reviews from all over.
Want to note that Sony produced the V6 headphone -
the MDR V6, which was nearly identical to the
7506. In fact, it was several years before the
community really began to become convinced
that there were some minor differences in build
and sound. (There were always the obvious ones,
some nickel rather than gold fittings, but overall the
sense was they were "the same".) And I'm not quite
sure what's happened with the V6, but that's another
story. I'm sure I still have a couple around...somewhere.
Finally, Sony released a few others unrelated to those,
and then the Z7 a couple of years ago. Overall mixed
reviews, it seemed. Expensive. Though everyone, to
a person, seemed to agree that the build quality, taken
alone, was superb. Absolutely superb.
And then, last year, they did a real "Sony. Released
the Z1F, priced at about 2 grand, and it seems that
most are very taken with them. There's a dedicated
thread here on Head-Fi, if you're interested.
So that's what I can tell you on this topic, but it's
off the top of my head. Please feel free to let me
know if I left out or forgot anything.
Cheers,
So going back a while, the 7506 was my first decent headphone.
And I've sort of been following what's been happening with them.
Not much, you might say LOL, because they're still being made
by Sony.
But Sony has made some moves in that space, over the years.
There was the 7509 - essentially, in my view, a larger 7506.
Similar looks, build, sound. But bigger earcups. They were
priced higher than the 7506, but a whole lot of people said
they liked the 7506 better. Especially as they were less
expensive.
Still, though, they made an impression and stuck around
for a while, a few years.
Then Sony released the MDR-1000, the MDR-7510, and
the MDR-7520. Initially there was great confusion >
were any/all of these to replace the 7506's? And, while
the 7510 was reasonably priced, the other two came out
at about five hundred (each). In today's world, not a whole
lot for headphones, perhaps, but - yes - for many people,
like beginning musicians, a whole bunch of money.
No one paid much attn to the 7510's. Pleasant sounding
about $100. Didn't seem anywhere nearly as durable
as the 7506. Didn't fold, either.
But what was with the other two? Sony put out some
conflicting messaging, as I recall, and positioned the
MDR-1000 as some super cans. Problem was,
the reviews and other noise were reflecting back,
and people weren't too happy with their sound!
Nice design, for sure. And there was a sense that
Sony was trying - it just hadn't happened for them
yet in this regard. Some more time went by, and
the 1000 disappeared up into the ether as these
things do, and then it was the 7520 that was available.
Dealers had stock - but not much, and not too many
dealers either. The price went down from the original
5 bills or so to about 279.,, like that, and they began
selling pretty well. Better than the 1000's did, anyway.
And so they continue, and can be easily bought online
or at various brick and mortar stores around town.
As can the 7506.
In my view, following this, the 7520 became the
"successor" (though not entirely) to the 7506 simply
because the 7506 is still in solid production, and still
getting good reviews from all over.
Want to note that Sony produced the V6 headphone -
the MDR V6, which was nearly identical to the
7506. In fact, it was several years before the
community really began to become convinced
that there were some minor differences in build
and sound. (There were always the obvious ones,
some nickel rather than gold fittings, but overall the
sense was they were "the same".) And I'm not quite
sure what's happened with the V6, but that's another
story. I'm sure I still have a couple around...somewhere.
Finally, Sony released a few others unrelated to those,
and then the Z7 a couple of years ago. Overall mixed
reviews, it seemed. Expensive. Though everyone, to
a person, seemed to agree that the build quality, taken
alone, was superb. Absolutely superb.
And then, last year, they did a real "Sony. Released
the Z1F, priced at about 2 grand, and it seems that
most are very taken with them. There's a dedicated
thread here on Head-Fi, if you're interested.
So that's what I can tell you on this topic, but it's
off the top of my head. Please feel free to let me
know if I left out or forgot anything.
Cheers,
PurpleAngel
Headphoneus Supremus
Your question of upgrading from the MDR-7506 is too generalized to focus on what you would like in an upgrade.
The MDR-7506 was a successor to the MDR-V6, the MDR-V6 being popular as a low cost monitor (music editing/creation) headphone.
The MDR-7506 being just slighter brighter in sound (some still perferred the MDR-V6).
What sources or DAC/amp will you be plugging your headphones into?
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