[kiteki]

 
The HD800 is not difficult to power, the T1 is a bit harder to drive.
 
I am speculating it will be perfectly fine, but not perfectly ideal, since most professional desktop amps seem to have a jack for lo and hi...
 
 
The Galaxy S is the one with the good sound quality, don't expect S II and S3 to be the same, they have changed to a Yamaha DAC that doesn't sounds as good as the Wolfson from what I have read.

 

[singh]

 
on the contrary i thing the price will be low now , as they said they want it to sell numbers ( more than their balanced amps sold )  , thus they have to keep the price competitive.
i dont see it selling much  if the price is around 1000, same as Hm801 and others
but if the price is 400-600 , it Will seLL.
 
 


Quote:

I asked Ibasso if they thought about putting their balance design (aka BD2/PB2) in the DX100, this is their response:
 
 
"Hi, Thank you for your email.  We don't have the balanced DX100 plan at this moment. The sale of the PB2 and DB2 are bad. I dont think the balanced DX100 can sell well to cover the cost.
 
Sincerely
iBasso Audio"
 
Too bad for me as I like their balance sound a lot.  At the same time, at least I can see they are sensitive to price.  Or may be the price as it is is already too high? 

  But there is no question this is going to be a hot item for this year.  This is one of the high anticipated product in Asia now.
 

 

 

[Naim.F.C]

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The HD800 is not difficult to power, the T1 is a bit harder to drive.
 
I am speculating it will be perfectly fine, but not perfectly ideal, since most professional desktop amps seem to have a jack for lo and hi...
 
 
The Galaxy S is the one with the good sound quality, don't expect S II and S3 to be the same, they have changed to a Yamaha DAC that doesn't sounds as good as the Wolfson from what I have read.

Fair enough. But that's where I'd get the S3 just for phone use and then the DX100 for MP3 playback, provided it was powerful enough. The iPhone 4 + Continental/SR-71A (what I currently use) is big and heavy anyway, so I can't see the Galaxy S3 (will likely be very light like Samsung's other devices) and TX100 being much heavier or a bigger.
 

 

[singh]

i hope the amp section is good for IEms so that i dont need specialized amps like slim or protector.
 
i dont want it to be used with my desktop headphones , its for portable use.
 

 

[kiteki]

 
Yes, it must be specialised for multi-BA IEM... not for 600 ohm headphones...
 
They are selling this to Japan... does anyone in Japan use 600 ohm headphones in public?  Not that I know of.
 
It has to be optimised for IEM.
 

 

[uelover]

 
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i dont want it to be used with my desktop headphones , its for portable use.

Naim.F.C for one will be walking around with his HD800, maybe to board a plane?
 

 

[Naim.F.C]

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Naim.F.C for one will be walking around with his HD800, maybe to board a plane?
 

Exactly. When I'm on holiday or stay around my GF's flat, I tend to take my portable gear along, but prefer to listen to the T1's over the W4's when I can. A tiny bit more suit case space, but well worth it.

 

[kiteki]

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Originally Posted by singh /img/forum/go_quote.gif
 
on the contrary i thing the price will be low now , as they said they want it to sell numbers ( more than their balanced amps sold )  , thus they have to keep the price competitive.
i dont see it selling much  if the price is around 1000, same as Hm801 and others
but if the price is 400-600 , it Will seLL.
 

I agree, $700 or higher is an exclusive clientele, stuff like Hifiman HM-801 and Colorfly C4... it's only 0.001%.
 
You can't sell anything to normal people like CNET or overclock or magazine commercials etc. if it's above $500, imagine someone reading a very nice magazine commercial in a plane about a $799 DAP they would just laugh, turn the page, and go back to their $2 earbuds, even if Roger Federer was promoting it...
 
 

 

[kiteki]

 
If it was Maria Sharapova they could price it at $1,200 though...
 
I don't know I don't study marketing I just talk too much.

 

[uelover]

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If it was Maria Sharapova they could price it at $1,200 though...
 
I don't know I don't study marketing I just talk too much.

Who is she?
 

 

[kiteki]

 
Well I think it would be cool if iBasso made a TV commercial with any top athlete or something lol... I don't get it why don't any Chinese audio companies advertise?
 
Maybe something like this is fine just put the DX100 at the end of the commercial exploding.
 

VERY
REAL
POwer
iBASSO

 

[estreeter]

@kiteki, when the $%^$! do you SLEEP ?? Unless you are flying between the hemispheres, and across date lines, I'm beginning to think that you dont sleep at all ....

 
(you will notice that I rarely post after 5pm AEST - that's quitting time here at work ! 

)

 

[kiteki]

 
Yes I am a virtual entity I don't require much human sleep, I can operate independantly of my user if need be, his name is Nicky btw.

 

[i_djoel2000]

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@kiteki, when the $%^$! do you SLEEP ?? Unless you are flying between the hemispheres, and across date lines, I'm beginning to think that you dont sleep at all ....

 
(you will notice that I rarely post after 5pm AEST - that's quitting time here at work ! 

)

she's a BOT, you know..

 

[kiteki]

 
Exactly, just translate the lyrics to that song "Jag känner en bot", that's what I am, a hybrid bot, so I can keep posting while my user is AFK.