About 10 days ago the director of Sunrise sent me a link via Yahoo Messenger telling they had recently come up with a new version of Xcape - the Impressive Edition:
http://vozforums.com/showthread.php?t=1891711
As an owner of the Sunrise Xcape v1 and a Vietnamese citizen I was really excited to purchase them due to the lack of recognition in the domestic market the Sunrise brand has.
I currently reside in Vietnam so fortunately getting a pair was less hassle for me than normal, though I can only feel confident now to give my impressions after over 100 hours burn-in.
Price was 1.600.000 VND = less than $75 at the time I bought them (which was the day after), though it was an introductory offer only and subject to change in the near future according to the CEO.
The packaging was the same cube shape paper box used in the original Xcape, inside there were the earphones, eartips, a shirt clip and a pouch (which is identical to other pouches of other Chinese earphone brands except the logo in the middle)
Apart from the same outer look, build quality could be clearly seen at another level compared to the original Xcape, the changes they have made include an upgraded 6 cores - TFC cable, 3 ways active soldering plug.
Initially the sound was thin and somehow muddy, however, as far as I could recall the original Xcape took me over 100 hours to fully burn in and the director also recommended me 200 hours for the IE version so I let them burned for 100 hours before listening to them again.
be back in a minute for sound quality...