Just listened to the most honest, resolving and entertaining replay of Pink Floydâs Dark Side of the Moon on my source ever with this set⊠fucking 
'em.
Oh and @M0N âŠon The Great Gig in the Sky I can clearly hear Patricia Watts saying âI never said I was frightened of Dyingâ 
Iâm glad you got to meet your hero. Sounds like the two of you are getting on better than famously. 
Funny how we enjoy different things @Pr3ssAltF4 heâs selling his Androâs because "they are definitely a bit overhyped" Iâve just swopped over to my Androâs from the Z1Râs and listening to âThe Cowboy Junkiesâ with them on the iFi Micro, SpiralDot tips and the Forza Hybrid cable they sound dope so 
PS obâs still have a 
for the Androâs lol
Lol, yea. I heard the Z1Rs also. Definitely not my thing. Andros sound great, donât get me wrong, but they fall by the wayside in comparison to the other stuff and donât quite deliver what I want. Like I canât give you any flaws with them, just that they lose out in at least one area to literally everything else (but are never slacking in that category either). Iâve heard quite a few similar opinions on them as well.
Was running them via QP1R, QP2R, Hugo 2, Ares II + RS-08, which are all pretty synergistic for them. Used fancy capistrano cable and the default smoky litz. Final, symbio, spinfit single, and spinfit double flange. Nothing really made them stand out, they just sounded pretty good all around. Thereâs a difference between pretty good and phenomenal though, I think the Final B3s are phenomenal with the right pairing, andros are just pretty good all around.
Mate I couldnât get any of the two types of supplied Sony tips to fit, theyâre both too shallow?..looked side by side with the Spinâs and the Spinâs are a tad longer but the same sort of width thoughâŠIf I had bought the Z1âs and only had the OE tips Iâd not be happyâŠHow ever Spinâs and Spiralâs work and fit greatâŠdidnât really like the finals on them though.
This is exactly what I needed to know. It continues to back up my assessment that Spinfit tips are the best silicone tips available. I donât know what I would do without them. I certainly wouldnât have the IEM collection I do since they enhance the sound of the IEM, they easily fit & seal better than any tips Iâve tried (some wonât seal at all), come in a great assortment of sizes and are comfortable to wear for long periods of time. If I hadnât found Spinfit tips, I probably would have given up on IEMs all together by now.
Spinfit tips were my gateway drug into IEM addiction. I need to go into rehab.
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The OE cables are surprising comfortable and fit wellâŠin pictures they look like bent coat hangers lolâŠthey can be slightly microphonic but itâs no biggyâŠin fact this IEM and all the accessories look like theyâd survive a nuclear blast tbh
After living with the Z1Râs for a couple of weeks I have to concur with Chris when he saysâŠLegit end of road set, save up, buy it, enjoy the music.
Itâs now really hard to reach for another set tbhâŠsaying that I do still use my Androâs for vocal centric and acoustic stuff and the Vegaâs for EDM, DânB etc when iâm in the moodâŠbut dang I could happily live with just the Sonyâs, Iâm so happy I had the courage of my convictions to grab this set⊠not cheap I know but they sound better than 10 x $200 sets which took me a while to learn lol.
If anything else changes then a new source might be on the cards when my wallet recoversâŠThank you Sony and @hawaiibadboy 
The one I had was this style of box. Not sure about the cable though.
Oh noâŠmy bad, i keep my Z1R in the EX1000 case and EX1000 in a big pelican case cuz itâs mini XLR term and i keep 3.5/2.5/4.4 all with it
Just checked and the 4.4mm ended cable and that has the same on the splitter so Iâm guessing Sony now source their cables from China for this set and my have all along?
Another good Z1R reviewâŠ
I am planning to purchase the Sony Z1R in the future, for now iâm looking at buying a DAP.
Which DAP would be good match for these IEMâs?
My choice would be the Cayin N6ii with itâs option to swop motherboards offering you different types of playback and outputs âŠ
Agree with @Ohmboy. They pair well with the N6ii. Also the WM1A or the WM1Z! Both of them are goodies!
Thanks for both of your suggestions @Kad998 and @Ohmboy
Will the 1000$ players will scale well? I am looking to save anywhere i can. Will the hiby r6 pro/ fiio m11 pro be a definite step down? If the itemâs pair really better with the 1000$ players i will save up for them.
Edit: adding the ibasso dx160. All these players are well reviewed in their price bracket. I doubtful about how much the price jump brings to the table.
I would also look for a lotoo paw 6000 if you arenât interested in the modularity of the cayin, very sweet player. And of course the wm1a is a very solid pairing with the z1r
Personally I really wouldnât skimp on the source gear, while the z1r arenât the pickiest, they do scale fairly well and you can get a fair bit more out of them compared to something like a dx160 2020 or m11 imo
