[thatBeatsguy]

And that, my friends, is why you must always read before posting. (Although then again, this was never mentioned in the first post yet, so I'mma have to call @Weithulu to place this warning up front for all to see.)

 

[jant71]

I'm assuming these are the basis for the new Xiaomi...http://www.1more.com/en/1more-phd.htm

 

[Currawong]

Guys, please do stick to discussing the Pistons, and not the contents of my post. Cheers!

 

[musicphotolife]

I've just ordered mine from GearBest. Can't wait to review it!

 

[robervaul]

New Xiaomi Piston Presale in Aliexpress
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Presale-2015-Newest-Original-Xiaomi-Circle-Iron-In-ear-Headphones-Earphones-3-5mm-Headsets-Experience-Balance/32523817150.html

 

[mobad]

I've found some impressions of the hybrid http://www.neowin.net/news/review-of-the-xiaomi-hybrid-earphones-xiaomi-have-done-it-again

 

[ezekiel77]

Good that it's available there. Bad that it's, well... price is really jacked up. Might still be worth it.

 

[HiFiChris]

The price is actually very low for a hybrid IEM.

 

[ClaudiaRox]

This is unfair! How can a 1+2 hybrids be so cheap?!? T__T

 

[eaglearrow]

  This is unfair! How can a 1+2 hybrids be so cheap?!? T__T

I believe its 1+1 Hybrid and not 1+2. 1BA+1DD. But yes, even for a 2 way hybrid $16 is a cut throat pricing.

 I wonder how xiaomi managed to keep the costs so low.

 

[eaglearrow]

  Herein India the pricing of Piston 2.1 and 3 were pretty much similar to China's when it got launched (via Flipkart initially then through Xiaomi's official website). Hopefully it will be the same for Piston 4 as well.

Yep, i'm waiting for flipkart to get these in stock. I remember buying my piston 2's from ebay for a hefty $25 before flipkart started selling them in india them for $15. 

  A hybrid for $16!! nope, can't pass up on that..

 

[mebaali]

  Yep, i'm waiting for flipkart to get these in stock. I remember buying my piston 2's from ebay for a hefty $25 before flipkart started selling them in india them for $15. 

  A hybrid for $16!! nope, can't pass up on that..

I guess, (like with Piston 3) Xiaomi's official Indian website (http://www.mi.com/in) will sell these for 1000 bucks in a month or two before Flipkart.

 

[thatBeatsguy]

 

  This is unfair! How can a 1+2 hybrids be so cheap?!? T__T

I believe its 1+1 Hybrid and not 1+2. 1BA+1DD. But yes, even for a 2 way hybrid $16 is a cut throat pricing.

 I wonder how xiaomi managed to keep the costs so low.

I'm going to speculate it's because many of the components (cable, mic/remote, 3.5mm jack) are identical to the ones also used on the Pistons 3.0. Since they're still manufacturing the same components, it does help to lower costs. That, and they're a massive company with factories all over China, so maybe they could pull the $16 price off without suffering too much financially. I can only wonder what compromises they made in the design, though, as from looking at the images, there deosn't seem to be much of a change in build quality from the 3.0. (EDIT: Apparently they dropped the fancy old case, instead going for a cheap cardboard box as packaging. Pretty sure that's how they managed to cut costs enough to not compromise the IEMs themselves.)
 
In other news, apparently someone managed to acquire a unit of the Hybrid long before any of us here on Head-Fi and has written a review about it here: http://www.neowin.net/news/review-of-the-xiaomi-hybrid-earphones-xiaomi-have-done-it-again
 
TBH there's nothing too fishy about the review -- it seems pretty legit as far as I can tell. His sound impressions seem to denote a similar sound signature to the 2.0 instead of the 3.0, so from what I'm seeing here, it's a little worrying. However, I'm a little appalled as to why he said that Xiaomi is "discontinuing the Pistons line" or something like that. As far as I know there is absolutely no evidence supporting this fact, especially considering how the 3.0 is still being sold by Xiaomi.

 

[ForgottenSpy]

 

  Apparently they dropped the fancy old case, instead going for a cheap cardboard box as packaging. Pretty sure that's how they managed to cut costs enough to not compromise the IEMs themselves.

 
Absolutely.
Extremly poor design and set is another way to reduce the cost.

 

[thatBeatsguy]

 
Absolutely.
Extremly poor design and set is another way to refuce the cost.

Well, luckily for us they didn't F up the design.