I want to use these for sony xba-N3 which are NOT over ear. Is it possible to remove the stiffing part of the cable?

After 1 year and 2 weeks, the cable is starting to fail. Anyone have a good recommendations for replacement with a mic/remote?

  What sort of changes happen with these after burn in would you say?

Received my pair yesterday, loving them so far. Loads of detail as others have said. Definitely seems like an upgrade from the XBA-30.  

My XBA-30ip died last wee, so i thought I would try IE80s. Not really enjoying them, they don't give me that exciting feeling i get listening to music on the xba-30, and I think I'm too used to the lovely sparkly highs and all the detail. So I've just ordered the XBA-300ap, really hoping its...

I have put comply t200 tips on mine now. This has made the sound warmer and improved the bass, may have reduced treble a bit but overall I like the warmer sound.

Quote: iPhone 5, which has impedance of 3.27 - 4.5 Ohms depending on what you read.   Sources http://www.kenrockwell.com/apple/iphone-5/audio-quality.htm http://ko.goldenears.net/board/index.php?mid=GR_Mobile&document_srl=2456504

Short update. Still loving the 30s, there is a hint of silibance, but its not harsh or distracting. I've been going through my music collection and its been a joy listening to old music given a new breath of life.

For someone like me who doesn't want to muck about addid stuff into the nozzle the 30 is the way to go. Also, even ordering it from japan it was still cheaper than the 3 is here in the UK. Im happy with my purchase :)

Quote: seal+bass

perhaps try some comply T 200 tips?

Quick update. I'm really enjoying these. Compared to my previous IEMs (MDR EX300) the difference is night and day. My whole collection has a new found clarity and richness, like they're in a higher pecision format. I'm noticing parts in songs I haven't noticed before. It's really effortless as...

i bought it but returned it due to the sibilance, went for the 30 since that is meant to be fixed (edit: yes ites definitely fixed, hurrah)

Just arrived from Japan! Will update with comments when I've had a good listen with them.

Quote: zxr we're talking about

Quote: Great to hear, my sennheiser hd-595s were ok on the fatality but I'm sure the high quality headphone amp will make them sound even better.

Quote: It seems like most games don't use hardware processing nowadays and you get the benefits of better sound quality. I've certainly noticed noise when using headphones and I move the mouse (not all the time, but sometimes, in games) and the shielding of the zxr is meant to fix that (im...

Thanks, ive just never had the hardware to do it before. Anything obvious that needs to be set to be sure that the signal isnt processed in some way first?

Hi, would it be an upgrade for me going from an x-fi fatal1ty titanium either the Z/Zx or ZxR? I primarliy game so I'm wondering if the lack of hardware processing would make things better or worse.   Thanks

Sorry to hijack the thread but this might also be of interest to op. If I output audio over the optical out in 2ch PCM to my AVR, is the audio 'pure' such that I get the benefit of my AVR's DAC?

Ordered the XBA-30ip from amazon jp through tenso. Going back to apple earpods it's apparent just how much better the xba 3 was..

Quote: good stuff! So since I will be using iphone 5 it seems the 30 would be better since I wont be buying a seperate amp?

Quote: gonna return them and go for the 30, have just read http://www.head-fi.org/t/608447/sony-xba-series-review-and-comparison-xba-1-2-3-4/45 and it confirms what I am hearing and its really not agreeing with me, rather than try to fix I will return them whilst i can.

Quote: ah. thanks! that was nice and simple

Hi Guys, So I got my XBA-3IPs yesterday as an upgrade from MDR ex300s. Generally the sound is lovely, but I'm finding that the treble is way too bright on certain frequencies, it's almost painful. I'm not sure what the issue is, whether it's just my ears or there's an issue with the tweeter BA...