Reviewers Liked
- Remarkably transparent, Fine, handmade build quality, Very, very comfortable
Reviewers Didn't Like
- New-gen balanced cable may not fit current headphone amps/sources
Sony MDR-Z1R
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In the late Eighties, Sony made a headphone called the MDR-R10. The MDR-R10 has a closed-back design with ear cups made from 200-year old Zelkova wood sourced from the Aizu region in Japan. It also used 50mm-wide bio-cellulose drivers that were...
By hardwarezone.com.sg onThe Sony MDR-Z1R are without doubt an exceptional closed back headphone. The large ear pads and angled drivers are conducive in creating a very large wall of audio with plenty of air between the instruments. The huge 70mm drivers ensure that the height...
By Kitguru.net on$2,300...
By soundandvision.com onSony hasn't been shy about charging a premium price for these headphones.Thankfully, the MDR-Z1R is capable of a performance that justifies such an expense.If you want a closed-back headphone, and are willing to feed these Sonys with capable...
By What Hi-Fi? onQuality sound demands an appropriate price point. At least, that's what Sony is setting out to achieve with its latest and grandest offering to audiophiles with its Signature Series, which comes at a price tag ordinary consumers will baulk at.The...
By TheStraitsTimes onEach of the above are polished above anything on the market. But polish does not itself make a product. The TA-ZH1ES, while supremely powerful, and in some arenas, the most impressively engineered of the three, is the least sonically polished. Still, it...
By Headfonia onAs far as I can tell, the MDR-Z1R is engineered for two things: meaty vocals and mids, and, through dead reverb super clear transmission to the ears. I've got an interview to publish, which I hope will illuminate some of the headphone's design...
By Headfonia onThe MDR-Z1R is a spectacularly beautiful, comfortable, well built headphone, but the bass-heavy, veiled, and zingy character is just far too uneven for a headphone at this price.I'm very disappointed. Almost 30 years ago they built the legendary MDR-R10...
By innerfidelity.com onMy experience with the beautiful MDR-Z1R wasn't really positive. It sounded very bassy and muffled overal and I can't believe a new flagship would sounds like this. So probably someone did something wrong there. Let's hope that anyway. DAP wise I can...
By Headfonia onDie Kombi aus dem Sony-Kopfhörer-Spitzenmodell MDR-Z1R und dem DAC/Kopfhörerverstärker TA-ZH1ES, die vor zwei Jahren ordentlich Aufsehen erregte, den Weg in die EAR-IN-Redaktion gefunden. Ein Fest!In der Typenbezeichnung des TA-ZH1ES steckt es noch –...
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