Below is an email I just received from Baptiste. It is officially bankrupt, but it appears that some other company may take over the business. I hope it all works out. -------------------- Dear Customer, Follower, It is with great emotion and deep disappointment that I announce today that...

Really sad to see them go. They made great products, but it looks like they were a little bit too ambitious. Wireless ANC is really hard to do, especially for a company of less than ten people. I hope my pair doesn't break too soon. They must have lost a lot of money seeing that they had a stock...

They did say that they probably develop an app later on, just not upon the release.

Oh, that's too bad..... I really found the vk-1's sound to be close to perfect. After using the pxc 550 for a while, listening to the vk-1 again felt like heaven. the only thing holding me off was discomfort on my large ass head + glasses. Looks like I gotta wait for the revised version ;( Btw...

Have you tried them out? I would really like to know if the sound signature has changed from the vk-1s.