Sony IER-Z1R Signature Series in-Ear Headphones (IERZ1R),Black/Silver

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The sound they produce is akin to being there live at the concert hall or like listening to a big pair of speakers, they feature a warm sound signature not fit for every one's likings.

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Sorry for the photo quality, I'm still using iphone 4 and my photo taking skills are quite poor T_T , but that will soon to change with the Samsung Galaxy S8 hopefully. This layout directly delivers accurate super-high notes to your ears with an ultra-wide frequency response up to 100 kHz.

Then the way the track was composed, it makes me feel the emotions of the tracks and the artist feelings. It’s almost hard not to realize it’s partially the over-all Sony sound people are having issues with. I have no affiliation to Sony in any way and everything said here is true from the heart as it is plain fact, based on my experience of course.

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But, the soundstage and instrument separation are bar none – literally the best I’ve ever head on closed-back headphones. The cable has a locking connector to the headphone, IMO this is not mainly intended for protection, when fully screwed, the headphone looks so clean and elegant in black without any silver or other metallic obstrusive color diverging it from the design goals of which to look supreme and elegant. It could even be thought of as having different rooms in a house, where each area offers an emotion and a reality all within the household walls. While on paper the HD800s were as capable, they didn't have quite the lovely, organic sound that the Sonys were capable of.It seems to me The Mojo sounds the thinnest(not bad just compared to the others) out of all my combination and provides and excellent change to the theme here, oh and it sounds great too. The full-size Z1R has details and expanded midrange and treble textures, where the Z7 takes stuff like hi-hats and cymbal crashes and unashamedly directs them into place.

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There's an airiness to the highs, a sparkle that illuminates without ever becoming piercing or sibilant. I wanted to be able to compare these two since the XTC-C currently holds my “Best Closed-Back” rating and the Sony is the older contender. Its not that I love to make my earholes feel like they're being f'ed, but you really need to shove it in deep to create a seal and to get all of that treble extension. The mids on this can may not be as detailed as other TOTL open headphone, but it is close, and due to the closed nature, you gat that private feel in it, you hear the sound in the mids right from it starts till it ends, for all those details it extracts, it presents them to you effortlessly without you paying attention to it.Some years ago I had a chance to listen with Sony's legendary R10 headphones, then once again at a meet in Tokyo. After spending a couple weeks with the IER-Z1R you can discover one really important aspect while momentarily switching back to the full-size Z1R!

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Unlike the HD800s, which make everything sound wide, spacious and distant, the Z1Rs are more apt to make big sound big and small sound small as required. It sounds studio room like in its presentation, like you're playing your music on a speaker in a closed room.Both share the same physical feel in the hand (with the Z1R bigger) and both become easy to drive not wanting excessive power to sound good and come alive. Now, before I even talk about the IEM, let's just take a moment to appreciate the packaging that Sony did to made you feel like you've got your money's worth. Somehow the IER-Z1R adds dynamics to the 1A playback taking it to a both speedy and authoritative big town!