Sony XBA-A3

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[wolfsring]

Had these for 8 years, still functioning perfectly and sounding nice. The sound is indeed smooth. Pairing them with 4.4 mm cable can be stunning in certain scenario. Never ran into a moment of harshness or issue of distorted musicality.

 

[587191]

Had these for 8 years, still functioning perfectly and sounding nice. The sound is indeed smooth. Pairing them with 4.4 mm cable can be stunning in certain scenario. Never ran into a moment of harshness or issue of distorted musicality.

That's fantastic! I am very new to the audiophile hobby but I think I'm learning quickly

Coming from my Sennheiser IE 200 to these (not because I don't like them, just to try out some new horizons) I feel like my Sennies had that very sort of "lifeless" sound, but maybe I would prefer them over the XBA-A3's for something like j-pop where the only thing you need is that neutral, fast and energetic sound.

I have actually also observed lots of similarities between the XBA-A3 and my HD 560S, there's something in them that reminds me of my 560s.

Absolutely love them so far. To be honest I was in some stress the past days because I was overthinking if getting them is a good idea, but I regret nothing, they're my favorite IEM's so far (Not that I've tried many, only iem i've tried that I don't own is the IMR R1 Acoustic, but still )

 

[Somafunk]

If you like xba-a3 then get your hands on the xba-n3, 5db extra of rising bass from 80hz. One of my lifelong keepers as it’s a very small fit in the ears and sounds amazing for bass heavy electronic music

 

[587191]

If you like xba-a3 then get your hands on the xba-n3, 5db extra of rising bass from 80hz. One of my lifelong keepers as it’s a very small fit in the ears and sounds amazing for bass heavy electronic music

Great! I have searched a lot about the N3's but I still don't really get what the difference between N3 / N3AP / N3BP is. I see that Ap and Bp series are sold in sony centres in European countries and more, but we don't have them here, actually, our sony centre's most expensive earphones (can't really even call them iem's) are $60

 

[tranduyquockhanh]

Great! I have searched a lot about the N3's but I still don't really get what the difference between N3 / N3AP / N3BP is. I see that Ap and Bp series are sold in sony centres in European countries and more, but we don't have them here, actually, our sony centre's most expensive earphones (can't really even call them iem's) are $60

Mine is N3BP and it came with a balanced 4.4 cable. Cmiiw I think BP stands for balanced cable, AP is 3.5mm cable.

I still hold the N3 at very high regard in terms of tonality. One of the more correct sounding IEMs I have tried.

 

[Somafunk]

Mine is N3BP and it came with a balanced 4.4 cable. Cmiiw I think BP stands for balanced cable, AP is 3.5mm cable.

I still hold the N3 at very high regard in terms of tonality. One of the more correct sounding IEMs I have tried.

Wot he said ^, AP/BP is cable type.

Some folk don’t really care for the sound of the xba-n3 as they can find it lacking in tonal/treble detail from 3khz to 8khz but for my listening preference of electronic music I consider it excellent, I’d be bereft if something happened to it as they’re becoming hard to find in good condition.

 

[carlflex]

for my listening preference of electronic music I consider it excellent

I fully agree,its excellent for electronic music

 

[James Shoegazer]

XBA-A3 sounds exactly like the way more expensive Hyla TE5B.
I'm glad the Sonys are a keeper.

 

[Godflesh]

I have almost all the XBA series headphones. the h3 headphones are already 10 years old. even after so many years, I consider them the best.