Hi Everyone,
I am not a big headphone guy...but when my wife is near exam time, it is one of the rare times when she asks if I can go from system to headphones. The Sennheiser HD650s are great (thanks JackD201!)...and I am absolutely happy with them...got them in a package deal for 250 (including Apogee portable DAC for laptop)...great deal.
But they are open backed, and I happen to have an opportunity to get the MDR-Z1R for a steep discount. These are closed-back, apparently silent from the outside and supposedly amazing. That said, if it were not for the steep discount (and the fact that they are silent from the outside)...I would not bother. On that basis, would appreciate any advice on whether they would achieve 2 things:
- they would be truly silent from outside at moderate volumes
- they would be far superior to the HD650s (which people like JA at Stereophile claim it to be their reference, so perhaps not?)
Unless there is another closed back phone for less than USD$500, please dont post other high end close end phone (Audeze L-XCD)...because that is the price I can buy them for, and I would otherwise never contemplate buying these.
Thanks for any advice!
I am not a big headphone guy...but when my wife is near exam time, it is one of the rare times when she asks if I can go from system to headphones. The Sennheiser HD650s are great (thanks JackD201!)...and I am absolutely happy with them...got them in a package deal for 250 (including Apogee portable DAC for laptop)...great deal.
But they are open backed, and I happen to have an opportunity to get the MDR-Z1R for a steep discount. These are closed-back, apparently silent from the outside and supposedly amazing. That said, if it were not for the steep discount (and the fact that they are silent from the outside)...I would not bother. On that basis, would appreciate any advice on whether they would achieve 2 things:
- they would be truly silent from outside at moderate volumes
- they would be far superior to the HD650s (which people like JA at Stereophile claim it to be their reference, so perhaps not?)
Unless there is another closed back phone for less than USD$500, please dont post other high end close end phone (Audeze L-XCD)...because that is the price I can buy them for, and I would otherwise never contemplate buying these.
Thanks for any advice!