[InspireD]

Hmm, just checked out the Nuforce site. Looks like the estimated release has been pushed back a month, until May and the price has been raised from $69 to $79.

Is anyone still interested in these?

 

[Xan7hos]

Aww..price bumped from $69-$79, with jason citing reasons in improvement of fit and finish. Plus release has been bumped from April to May

EDIT: Oops sorry didn't read previous post! Hopefully Nuforce can offer a initial discount like they did with the NE7/8

 

[dweaver]

I will be interested after they get released if I am working by then. The concept of the phones is intriguing.

 

[jasonl]

We maintain a discipline in the way we approve a product for release:
1) The sound quality has to be approved by our in-house golden ear Casey Ng, who is also the VP of Product Development.
2) Prototypes have to be reviewed and approved by a few of our distributors who are also audiophiles. We also use more than one outside independent audiophiles to review each prototype.

UF-30 was tweaked for months. The early version was shown at CES 2009 but was sent back for further refinement. The early prototype was better than any similarly priced headphones but that's not good enough for our standard (because a few audiophiles pointed out some weaknesses). Basically we want the equivalent of NE-7M for the headphone line. NE-7M defines the lowest performance acceptable to us for earphones. Soon, you will be the judge for where UF-30 stands

 

[InspireD]

Interesting... Did anyone get a chance to listen to these at CES? Just wondering because there haven't been too many details about the sound up to this point.

 

[InspireD]

As a NE-7 fan, I'll give this another bump. With the release date still set for this month, perhaps we will hear something soon.

 

[Xan7hos]

Would like to hear a definite release date, as well if there's maybe an early adoption price

 

[andyreynold]

I have a sad feeling Nuforce is going to have little success beyond the NE-7. It looks like SoundMAGIC all over again. After their overhyped headphone is no longer FOTM, they slowly die away. No one talks about the NE-8, and we're struggling to hit 3 pages with the new headphone.

However, that may change with what I'm about to post.

A quick Google search of "Nuforce UF-30" yields several results. Towards the top is a link to an audioforum called audiocircle. There, Jason of Nuforce posts that the UF-30 will be ONE OF THE BEST HEADPHONES UNDER $300. Of course, coming from an employee of Nuforce, I don't buy into that too much.

But perhaps this will start some drama and people will talk about these.

 

[InspireD]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xan7hos /img/forum/go_quote.gif Would like to hear a definite release date, as well if there's maybe an early adoption price

From what I've read, the release date is still set to be late May. But with the month half over already, perhaps we will have the specific date.

Seeing as how both the NE-7 and NE-8 had special rates for their first week, the chances of having a discount on the UF-30 are looking pretty good. Better yet, maybe Nuforce could send a few sample or trial headphones our way.

 

[jasonl]

Hey, we don't want any drama

Headphones is just one of our product lines and we will take our time to plan out the entire range of products in this family.
Nuforce UF-30 has been much improved over what we demonstrated at CES 2009 and I just got hold of a few production samples. It is simply stunning in look and sound. We are expecting to ship around June 8 but expect production to be extremely tight for the entire year.

See UF-30 product page

Also see more photos on this thread: http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f161/n...8/#post5691383

 

[InspireD]

Quote:

Originally Posted by jasonl /img/forum/go_quote.gif Hey, we don't want any drama Headphones is just one of our product lines and we will take our time to plan out the entire range of products in this family. Nuforce UF-30 has been much improved over what we demonstrated at CES 2009 and I just got hold of a few production samples. It is simply stunning in look and sound. We are expecting to ship around June 8 but expect production to be extremely tight for the entire year. See UF-30 product page Also see more photos on this thread: http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f161/n...8/#post5691383

Thanks for the update, Jason. The pictures are looking great -- and it's nice to have an estimated ship date. I look forward to future updates and eventually the final product!

 

[Xan7hos]

glad to see the product page updated, as well as the nice range of colors!

 

[Jazz1]

I know it has been asked, but I wanted to know if there was more info. I just got an e-mail from Amazon.com's Nu-Force Store and they were offering the Nu-Force headphones to ship June 30.

I've a pair of Ultrasone's on order and Ultrasone said they would be shipping "soon".

Do the Nu-Force headphones fold? I can' tell from the Amazon.com pics. But I think their is a reference to folding.

 

[Xan7hos]

Looking @ the bag/case on the website, it definitely looks like it folds

 

[emelius]

Dear Customers,

NuForce take great pleasure in announcing the release of our UF-30 *headphones. As a promotional introduction, twenty pairs each in *pearl, black or red will be available for $63 at our online Amazon.com store (amazon.nuforce-icon.com).You may pre-order them starting today for shipping on June 30.
*
At the heart of these lightweight, foldable *headphones is NuForce’s proprietary Ultrasone® drivers for utmost clarity and *tight, deep bass. Briefly put, our UF-30 headphones more than maintain *Nuforce's enviable reputation for*exceptional quality at real-world prices.
Best regards,

NuForce Sales


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