Final Audio Design Impressions and Discussion Thread

[fidgeraldo]

808 State

That's interesting.
Enjoy!

Cheers!

 

[nihalsharma]

Is it possible to get a B3 these days? I know they have stopped manufacturing it long ago. I tried talking to many stores but cannot find a unit anywhere.

 

[menthamint]

Source: https://x.com/final_audio/status/1907753081116438870
Final announced new flagship "A10000" with diamond diaphragm.
There will be demo in the "Spring Earphone Festival 2025"to be held on 26 Apr (Sat).

 

[fidgeraldo]

Final announced new flagship "A10000" with diamond diaphragm.
There will be demo in the "Spring Earphone Festival 2025"to be held on 26 Apr (Sat).

Interesting...this, too!
DX6000

Cheers!

 

[Xinlisupreme]

Any impressions on DX6000?

 

[F700]

The E5000 still deliver big sound. Lot of mileage on these

 

[Saskia]

DX6000 Release date is 25.04 in Japan.
248.000 JPY
I shall audition them at headphone festival in Tokyo next week


https://www.phileweb.com/news/d-av/202504/18/62510.html

 

[menthamint]

The A10000 details will be released on 24th April.
There will also be a limited number of collector's edition in the Spring Headphone Festival.

There will be one more IEM in the S series, the S3000, featuring a single BA driver with open vent design for bass.
The newly designed outward funnel shaped nozzle is used to tame the high frequency here with the S3000.
The S3000 details will be released on 25th April.

 

[Saskia]

They are also developing Final’s first-ever amplifier and you can audition prototype version in Tokyo headphone festival at the weekend.
Source is Final’s live stream on youtube (JP) yesterday.

 

[Half Note]

So hyped for the A10k, the 8 has already blown me away so much. Still have to post a review, but it's changed how I look at the entire IEM market

 

[kergin]

So hyped for the A10k, the 8 has already blown me away so much. Still have to post a review, but it's changed how I look at the entire IEM market

Honestly, this. I can't think of any IEM that I've owned or demoed that can touch the A8k, and yeah, they're hideously expensive, but if you're gonna make a trip to Tokyo... might as well get the tax back

 

[Saskia]

Cost a bomb
Twice as much of A8K

 

[fidgeraldo]

Twice as much of A8K

Hmm, it's not twice... 398,000 yen is $2.79k. What was the price of the A8000 when it came out?

Cheers!

 

[Saskia]

Sorry, i am from Japan and MSRP was 198.000 JPY (A8000) and A100000 is 398.000 JPY.
Fyi, Japanese currency has bean weak now. …..It used to be 1 USD = 103JPY and 145 to 150 JPY now.
E.g. Susvara 660.000JPY suavara unveiled 1.200.000 JPY

I am kind of surprised that DX6000 is relatively cheap compared to D8K series.
248.000 JPY (1650 USD in current rate ) you can purchase the product cheaper should you buy in Japan (2.000 USD MSRP in USA )

 

[audionewbi]

A10000?

So you are the one who came up with this name back in 2020.

Best article written about A10000: https://ascii.jp/elem/000/004/265/4265624/

@Sasaki

http://vaiopocket.seesaa.net/article/514476557.html
Since now the distoration of the driver is so low, would the noise floor, thd, imd of the dap would be the bottle neck for A10000?