[dreamycreamy]

They both seem to have the same specs, come in the same colours, except the 10R is over the ear while the 10RC is on the ear.
 
Also, I can only find the 10RC (and MDR-10RBT at £199) in the UK whereas the 10R (and MDR-10RBT and MDR-10RNC) is everywhere else in the world it seems.
 
 
The 10RC is £149 straight from Sony and the 10R is $199 straight from Sony.
 
I really like the white and prefer the 10R as it covers the ear but can't understand why the fit is the only difference, why not make them available in the UK?

 

[squallkiercosa]

Nothing, the market where they are been sold I presume
 
http://www.sony.co.uk/product/hps-prestige-headband
 
http://store.sony.com/10r-series-headphones/cat-27-catid-Collections-10R-Series-Headphones;pgid=C3xsmPkT_ddSRp6YaQ80fmPG0000Hrv-hPIs;sid=IVIU8nj-4W6a8ipyJ6ll9uD06GlaN7HFb5fsISym

 

[dreamycreamy]

That's what I thought. It just seems funny that the US version is closed but the UK version is open (and therefore smaller) and the UK version is fold-able. The specifications are exactly the same.
 
Sony is very confusing, they should have just gone with one design, it would have made more financial sense for manufacturing.
 
I hope it might just be early days and that the US version will come to the UK. I just love the all white colour instead of the norm (or tacky colourful beats) black headphones.

 

[squallkiercosa]

Both are closed back on ear headphones but now that you mention they actually look different, the white versions at least. Who would have thought?

 

[dreamycreamy]

Yes, I don't know what I can link but here is the 10RC (UK) version:
 
http://livedoor.blogimg.jp/yua227/imgs/e/c/ec5b4245.jpg
 
And these are the 10R (US) version (first one is white, second link is black but better angle):
 
http://www.accessoryjack.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/thumbnail/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/1/0/1006406_A03.jpg
 
http://livedoor.blogimg.jp/yua227/imgs/0/f/0fa6c070.jpg

 

[dreamycreamy]

These are from the official Sony sites
 
 
UK 10RC: http://sp.sony-europe.com/da/3151/5d9369f592c856e3b7649bf80b259bb7.jpeg
 
 
USA 10R: http://store.sony.com/hi-res-stereo-headphones-zid27-MDR10R//cat-27-catid-All-Headphones-Earbuds?COR=viewcontext.sny.product.enhanced.image&vva_ColorCode=FFFFFF

 

[squallkiercosa]

Can you post your discoveries in the following thread?
http://www.head-fi.org/t/684262/sony-mdr-10r-appreciation-thread

 

[praetorian909]

They both seem to have the same specs, come in the same colours, except the 10R is over the ear while the 10RC is on the ear.

Also, I can only find the 10RC (and MDR-10RBT at £199) in the UK whereas the 10R (and MDR-10RBT and MDR-10RNC) is everywhere else in the world it seems.


The 10RC is £149 straight from Sony and the 10R is $199 straight from Sony.

I really like the white and prefer the 10R as it covers the ear but can't understand why the fit is the only difference, why not make them available in the UK?

Heh so I'm wondering exactly the same thing but reversed--I'm in US and just found out about the 10RC a few days ago. So does that mean I won't be able to get them over here locally??

I'm looking for something more portable than the 10R/1R (I'm fine with on-ear). Hmm I'm wondering if we could do a swap somehow...

 

[angel24]

The difference for me is the size weight and the amount of bass that can reproduce this model seems interesting.
I would like to hear about to see the real difference with my mdr-10r.

 

[jetslipper]

Can the earpads of the MDR-10R fit in the 10RC? I'm planning to replace my 10RC earpads with over-the-ear type.

 

[freakystyley]

All I wonder about is: do the 10R sound the same, better or worse than the foldable model? I had the possibility to hear the 10RC in a shop and I really liked them and I was thinkin' bout buying them. Then I discovered there was the over the ear model, which should really be more comfortable, but on some threads (I don't remember where I read that) they say the 10R sound less good than the 10RC model. Is the driver the same? I guess they both use a 40mm neodymium one...
Anyone has compared them? Thanks