[cman6453]

Are they here yet?  Christmas $$$ are burning a hole...

 

[jant71]

I haven't heard anything more on them yet. I blame fiddy

!

 

[vizZir]

In France, SA6-R are announced for the 15 of February. No date again for the SA7. The price sets by the retailer for the SA6-R is 229€ and for the SA7 389€.

 

[shigzeo]

I got a chance to thumb these at CES or NAMM (can't remember which) and they are nice. The SA6 has had horrible workmaship now, to the point that I didn't even want to review it. The new one is strong and thought out well - really well. I think Sleek Audio have finally nailed a near-perfect earphone in the SA6R and the SA7.
 
Sound is great, too!
 
Finally is all I can thiink!

 

[matto]

shigzeo, could you describe the sound sig of the SA 7?

 

[SoulSyde]

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shigzeo, could you describe the sound sig of the SA 7?

+1

 

[Marcus_C]

The sa6r and sa7 have cropped up in the sleek store, sa6r at $249, sa7 at $400. Not available yet though. I've got to say the sa6r looks less of a bodge job than i feared it might.

 

[shigzeo]

Sorry for getting this late. I can say for sure that if you like the Westone 4, you'll love the SA7. It is clean, especially in the higher midrange (but we expected that from Sleek, anyway), and has a very nice low end. The SA6 always sounded a bit stressed in the low end when using + adapters. The SA7 is very natural, very detailed. 
 
I don't want to say that it is the runaway best dual I've heard as that would hurt my CK10's feeling, but it is excellently engineered to be neutral, tight, and fast. I'm sure I'll listen to one at greater length, but the five or so minutes I spent with it were very very pleasing. I think my favourite part is that no matter the music, the housing (quite sturdy), exhibits next to NO influence on the sound, a feat that is nigh impossible for most earphones.
 
The SA6R is... what I hoped the SA6 would be. Solid, well-fastened, and still the same great sound. I think + bass isn't the best choice, but overall, the new SA6R is built beyond its price category and sounds very nice. 
 
Killer combo IMO.
 
SA7 is a real win for Sleek.
 
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shigzeo, could you describe the sound sig of the SA 7?

 

 

[ClieOS]

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SA7 is a real win for Sleek.
 

I think we can say comfortably that we won't expect less from SA.
 
 

 

[Marcus_C]

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I think we can say comfortably that we won't expect less from SA.

+1 to that, thanks for the impressions shigzeo
 

 

[shigzeo]

It's the cleanliness of the upper midrange and bass echoes that had me very happy - something, again, that is very very hard to do right, or seems very hard to do right for IEM manufacturers. 

 

[Inks]

Hope the build is up to par now. I am very interested in these, very, but I also get turned-off by the price-tag considering it's only a dual-driver. I like the materials used though and it's acoustic properties will probably come into-play, not to mention I can also interchange these with the HJE900s as they use the same detachable cables. 

 

[SoulSyde]

"Coming Early Spring 2011"
 
http://store.sleek-audio.com/earphones/sa7-in-ear-earphones.html

 

[ClieOS]

 
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"Coming Early Spring 2011"
 
http://store.sleek-audio.com/earphones/sa7-in-ear-earphones.html

Isn't now early Spring in North America?

 

 

[elnero]

 
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SA7 is a real win for Sleek.

Now that customs haven't worked out for me I'll be tempted to try these as I was always a fan of the SA6 and Jason/Sleek were always a pleasure to deal with.