This might not be a universal problem as the picture source is from a Chinese forum thread where they claimed there were quite a few who met this issue, but seemingly it's not reported in other territories. Maybe something happened during the import process that degraded the lacquer. Just see if...

Has anyone encountered this kind of defect on the TH900 MKII PW?

The Z7's an elegant looking headphone. Like its appearance more than the pure black Z1R.

No. 925 owner here. Wonder if any new owners already have a serial greater than 9999? Since all previous rumors about discontinuation seem dead by now.

Any hint of where is the original post? I've been searching and found none so far:slight_frown:

Heard rumors of the Z1R M2. Did someone mention this here?

I suspect they'd still admit it sounds beautiful but won't pay homage to it in technical standards (of their own).

Sony engineers consider those cups to be only causing more reverb thus affiliate to nothing more than that nostalgic era of 'low-res' CD quality recordings.

Some of these units seem to be resting on their solid parts But not for their demo unit in their showroom

You could be right as I searched for more pictures and found some of the crews hang it with the solid ends while some don't. Not mandatory, for sure.

None of the degrades I encountered on my Z1R so far seems to happen to your unit, so maybe there's really batch difference.

Guess it's already flattened

It's better not to place the midst of the headband onto the headphone racks since the sponge will be squeezed. Sony actually has a brilliant design here which is rarely noticed that the left and right ends of the headband are NOT stuffed with sponge so you can sit the headphone by either of...

The stock cables (not sure if 100% genuine) are only asking for 5%-10% of $300 in China's "flea markets".

That reply doesn't sound very convincing since Fostex TH headphones also use lock plates and there are Dekonis for them.