mpawluk91
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thank you, i thought i didnt hear a difference
It's a huge waste of money, I just spent the 30 mins reading translated google pages. The only difference is that it has 9 hours of battery life (as opposed to 8.5), lead free silver solder and the facility where they manufactured it is supposedly a high end radio parts plant. Yeah so get ready for this they want 58860 yen for it, I did the currency exchange to US dollars and it's $579!!!Anyone planning on getting the DX90j coming out this Friday?
That`s just the list price; actual street prices here will be considerably less.
Also, that the unit is made in a different assembly plant could very well be significant. Those Hibino guys are a passionate crew; their main business is high-end/pro audio solutions so I doubt they`re releasing this dx90 just as a gimmick.
It's a huge waste of money, I just spent the 30 mins reading translated google pages. The only difference is that it has 9 hours of battery life (as opposed to 8.5), lead free silver solder and the facility where they manufactured it is supposedly a high end radio parts plant. Yeah so get ready for this they want 58860 yen for it, I did the currency exchange to US dollars and it's $579!!!
I read these Japanese forums and they seem outraged because it's $179 more than the international version and I guess it sounds like 1% better LOL
set mine also on slow-roll off and agree that the sound is more openOn sharp roll off vs slow, I hear more ambience and a slightly improved bass. The sound is more open on the slow roll-off, IMO. It is not much but it is there from what I hear.
set mine also on slow-roll off and agree that the sound is more open
well if my memory serves me right im pretty sure the dx90j uses the same spec battery and it gets 0.5 hour more life from the solder (this doesnt make too much sense but oh well) and i read that it uses the exact same firmware (slight chance im wrong)
Well, may be the battery has the same cspacity spec but with Korea/Japan cell? If they use silver on the circuit board trace then I will believe it will save power. No way just a couple % increase of silver content in solder will make much difference. Unlike through hole circuit board, solder used on surface mount circuit are for fixation purpose rather than conducting purpose. The component on surface mount circuit board can make direct metal to metal contact to the board trace. Actually the less solder used the better.
I am 100% sure it will have its own firmware, for just to have "DX90j" shown on the startup screen. This alone may as well affect the device's memory allocation for loading a different size start up image file. Given how sensitive the DX90 firmware codes are, a different sound signature may as well be introduced. Then there will be another round of arguement here. LOL