Just listening to Submotion Orchestra, the bass is definitely here man. I love it, amongst some of the cleanest sounding lows I've heard in an earphone. Can definitely hear some fantastic sounding rumble - making me fall in love with the music all over again. These earphones do a great thing...

Using my N1's for the first time. A real treat! Still experimenting with them, wasn't expecting such clarity and the bass is ever present and punchy. I feel like it's only a matter of burn-in before these start sounding even more colourful or with varying the buds included. Been fiddling about...

I'm thinking the N3AP may be a better long term investment than the N1AP for their LCP HD driver system which the 1 series doesn't seem to have... Considering to just go for it. Least you're safeguarded by the manufacturer brand and customer service.. Was carefully considering the XBA-300 but...

Have been looking for a new set of in-ears for a while now having tried the 535's (lacking in bass for me) Was pretty much convinced and set on buying the XBA-300AP for £168 here in the UK when I came across these on the Sony website... hmm. £150 for the N1AP and £220 for N3AP. Maybe they are...