[candlejack]

Alright, here we go.

An Auralic Aries Mini streamer with a build in 2TB ssd and full Tidal support

I wasn't going to say anything, but this the second time you post this photo so I have to. Lagavulin... a smoky choice, too smoky for me in fact, but if you're man enough to take it, an excellent choice. I'm more of a Talisker man myself these days. I find it makes the bass deeper and more refined and it expands the sound stage significantly.

That would absolutely work but a pc is notorious for being able to introduce all sorts of electrical interference and noise to the sound signal. Whether you can hear it is another thing though.

Not to mention: whether all the data is checked and then buffered before being used is also another thing.

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 these two parts to prevent crushing the sponge. If you find the interview of the Sony Taiyo factory on the Z1R you'll see a photo of the phones placed in this way. It also took me these 3 years to suddenly realize this fact..

The solid part of the headband is there to provide a solid guide for the headband extension. I doubt anyone in the design team thought about its use for hanging the headphones on it.

 

[nc8000]

Guess it's already flattened

In that case it must have been flattened when new 3 1/2 years ago

 

[nc8000]

Alright, here we go.


I wasn't going to say anything, but this the second time you post this photo so I have to. Lagavulin... a smoky choice, too smoky for me in fact, but if you're man enough to take it, an excellent choice. I'm more of a Talisker man myself these days. I find it makes the bass deeper and more refined and it expands the sound stage significantly.

Not to mention: whether all the data is checked and then buffered before being used is also another thing.

The solid part of the headband is there to provide a solid guide for the headband extension. I doubt anyone in the design team thought about its use for hanging the headphones on it.

I never liked whisky until the first time I had a Laphroaig Quarter Cask. Since then I've been working my way back to non smoky whisky and love it all but my favourites are smoky, salty, tarry Islays and sherry bombs like Glendronach and Glenfarcles

 

[candlejack]

I never liked whisky until the first time I had a Laphroaig Quarter Cask. Since then I've been working my way back to non smoky whisky and love it all but my favourites are smoky, salty, tarry Islays and sherry bombs like Glendronach and Glenfarcles

I'm hardly a connoisseur, so I didn't understand half of what you've written there. I just spotted a bottle I recognized and wanted to act cool. Did I succeed?

 

[ervin192]

In that case it must have been flattened when new 3 1/2 years ago

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

 

[ervin192]

The solid part of the headband is there to provide a solid guide for the headband extension. I doubt anyone in the design team thought about its use for hanging the headphones on it.

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.

 

[nc8000]

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

quite possible or I just don't notice or mind the issues

 

[nc8000]

I'm hardly a connoisseur, so I didn't understand half of what you've written there. I just spotted a bottle I recognized and wanted to act cool. Did I succeed?

Yep

 

[candlejack]

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.

Can you provide a link for that article, sounds interesting. Or were these just loose photos on google search?

 

[Malevolent]

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.

In that case it must have been flattened when new 3 1/2 years ago

Speaking of headphone stands, I've recently purchased this -

The curved, padded rest should help to alleviate any pressure that a single, narrow band might exert, as the surface area is relatively wide. It helps that the headphone model that was used in the ad is the Z1R itself.

 

[drews]

I'm hardly a connoisseur, so I didn't understand half of what you've written there. I just spotted a bottle I recognized and wanted to act cool. Did I succeed?

Disrespecting Lagavulin 16 is un-cool so you failed I'm afraid....

 

[candlejack]

Disrespecting Lagavulin 16 is un-cool so you failed I'm afraid....

Lol, how was I disrespecting it? I just said it's too smokey for me. Wait, how much Lagavulin 16 did you have before posting this?

 

[drews]

Wait, how much Lagavulin 16 did you have before posting this?

Just a little bit [hic]...

 

[ervin192]

Can you provide a link for that article, sounds interesting. Or were these just loose photos on google search?

Some of these units seem to be resting on their solid parts

But not for their demo unit in their showroom

 

[buzzlulu]

Speaking of headphone stands, I've recently purchased this -



The curved, padded rest should help to alleviate any pressure that a single, narrow band might exert, as the surface area is relatively wide. It helps that the headphone model that was used in the ad is the Z1R itself.

Nice stand. Do you have a link for this?