Diehard Sony Fan, always wanted to get both of the Z1Rs, finally pulled the trigger last week(along with the FIIO K7). The FIIO K3 will be paired with the IER-Z1R. The FIIO K7 will be paired with the MDR-Z1R. Wanted to get the TA-ZH1ES, but currently out of budget.
My 1AM2 and N3AP can finally retire.
lol. Are these actually anywhere near worth $1800?
If you are referring to the price, they were already lower than the MSRP, coupled with the 11.11 discount in my country, they are like another 10% cheaper.
If you are referring to the value, no it is definitely not worth the value. You can get around 70 to 80% of the performance of these headphones/iem for way less, especially in the iem space. These headphones are for people that are willing to fork out a lot of money, just to get that last 20% of performance. Plus, I am a diehard Sony Fan.