[Xymordos]

@Kiteki, when you say large soundstage. The reviewer online did say that they had large soundstages, but sounded fake. I think it would be similar to the A840 soundstage, where it sounds massive, but hollow with certain iems.

 

[davidhunternyc]

Now wouldn't it be nice if Apple would come out with an audiophile quality iPod to go along with these IEM's? Together, this would make a very nice, stylish, compact, universal system. 

 

[wnmnkh]

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Now wouldn't it be nice if Apple would come out with an audiophile quality iPod to go along with these IEM's? Together, this would make a very nice, stylish, compact, universal system. 

 
Such products are rather against Apple's corporate philosophy, and you won't ever see such niche product (and we all know how Apple's only semi-decent audio device, Apple Hi-Fi went as well.)
 
Not to mention, iPod is already quite good enough, plus Rockbox for iPod classic will be completed soon.

 

[davidhunternyc]

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Such products are rather against Apple's corporate philosophy, and you won't ever see such niche product (and we all know how Apple's only semi-decent audio device, Apple Hi-Fi went as well.)
 
Not to mention, iPod is already quite good enough, plus Rockbox for iPod classic will be completed soon.

Well, I too used to think that the iPod was quite good enough until I unplugged my IE8's out of the iPod and into the HiFiMan-HM801. What I heard was astonishing. The IE8's sounded twice as good. I had no idea the IE8's could scale up so well. The weak link here; the iPod. Sure, the iPod is a design masterpiece but the sound quality is not quite good enough.
 

 

[wnmnkh]

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Well, I too used to think that the iPod was quite good enough until I unplugged my IE8's out of the iPod and into the HiFiMan-HM801. What I heard was astonishing. The IE8's sounded twice as good. I had no idea the IE8's could scale up so well. The weak link here; the iPod. Sure, the iPod is a design masterpiece but the sound quality is not quite good enough.
 

 
Well, considering that it even can drive HD6x0 full-size rather well, there should be sound difference considering how weak ipod's amplification is.
 
But I conjure anything that has more than 32 ohm, ipod has no problem driving them....
 
 
 
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lol, XBA-4  quad's impedance is mere 8 ohm. Those may require some serious power. But again, this can be overcome with a decent portable amp if you sacrifice 'portable' part on your rig.
 
 

 

[nfinite]

will the XBA-4 price tag be set higher than EX1000?

 

[wnmnkh]

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will the XBA-4 price tag be set higher than EX1000?

 
As I mentioned earlier, there is very high possibility that XBA-4 will be about 1K USD. I think EX1000 is... about 500 USD in States.

 

[Inks]

Well, it was mentioned at ~400$, which I think is most likely the case. I don't think they're going to place it in a higher tier (and price) than the EX1000, more on par. 

 

[nfinite]

wow, 1K USD for unversal IEM...
 
to set the price on par with EX1000 just more make sense.. 

 

[kiteki]

 
Most expensive Sony price I've seen is $699 AUD for the EX700.
 
I remember the first time I heard that, I was on the phone to a Sonystyle store, asked if they had the EX70, he said "No the EX70 has been discontinued... we have the EX700 though at $699" ...
 

 

[ljokerl]

TechAU quoted prices at AUD 100 - 549 for the XBA range. Not sure how accurate that is but it seems reasonable.

 

[wnmnkh]

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TechAU quoted prices at AUD 100 - 549 for the XBA range. Not sure how accurate that is but it seems reasonable.

That's very good news. No one really would want 1k for completely new Sony BAs.

 

[nfinite]

Yupe, for 1K, everyone would definitely go for Custom..
$100 - $549 is make sense for me, although maybe not the best bang for the buck...

 

[iRoux]

hmm 549 is still a lot to ask for for an universal...
I'll quite interested in the XBA-3 and XBA-2 tho

 

[goodvibes]

$100, $250, $400, $550?