Sony MDR xb1000? NEw? OMG

Hmm... There is some stiff competition at the $120 price range, but I guess these aren't aimed at us head-fiers anyway.

OMG, I knew they'd release an updated XB series headphone soon due to strong sales but wasn't expecting quite this. :p Sign me up for one. ^^ 70mm driver is interesting. The design is also better, they've ditched those cheap & thin-looking alu cups. Also the pads looks possibly just tiny bit less thick than on XB700 (which would be a positive thing to me) but those pics may lie a bit regarding that. 

Also I like how he describes the bass as tight and punchy. :) Something in-between XB500 and XB700 probably had been the optimal route to go for this headphone. Hopefully this will be a good new option for bassheads, it looks quite promissing.

Yes please.

The pixel wars are dying down but the driver wars have just begun!  Who's going to make an 80mm driver? 

http://bbs.imp3.net/thread-973668-1-1.html there's another close-up pic, will try and see what other sources there are for these. 

http://us.aving.net/news/view.php?articleId=181138&mn_name= MOAR pics.

Frequency response range: 2 - 30kHz.

If the rate of distortion is improved over the previous XBs, I may consider a pair.

Release dates?

only thing close to a release date ive seen is spring