In my experience, you either specialize in technicalities, timbre or tonality. But you cant do all 3 of them well so if you have a technical BA iem, the timbre will suffer. But if you want it to have better timbre, the technicalities will suffer. And even if they do specialize in timbre, a regular DD still got better timbre AND technicalities.
That, along with the non-vented shells makes it uncomfortable at least for me.
So I really just see BA iems as iems for stage musicians where the extra isolation is going to be a higher priority than the sound. (and where technicalities most likely are prioritized over timbre.)
Fair enough, I suppose Iâd need to have a hybrid iem at the same level as the grace to really compare the differences, but from what Iâve listened to so far Iâm definitely very happy with them.
Random question: anyone know where to buy Sony xba-n3 in the U.S.? Are they discontinued? If they have to be imported from Japan, anyone know a reliable website/seller that ships internationally?
Acessoryjack for me and Riku. If you check there it should be 280$ and I recc the faster shipping as it took 18ish days for me so just depends on your need.
I ended up finding one on Amazon warehouse for super cheap, but it was listed as having âsignificant cosmetic damage.â Pulled the trigger anyways lol, hopefully itâs usable
You are backed up by amazon, so risk is pretty low to you. If it works then congratz, the N3 is going to be gone forever soon and used units will skyrocket in price. (unless Sony releases a successor or something )
I love my recently bought FH3 but⌠I feel they are slightly lacking in subbass. I find that especially in A.R. Riehmann Mumbai theme song where I can hear it a bit, bit itâs lacking and definitely canât feel it.
Is there something with more subbass performance?
Ok, that might be the cause. At the moment, I listen from headphone output on laptop since I borrowed ODAC+O2 to a friend of mine. But I also have Hidizs S9 en route
Saw the N3AP new and sealed at my local sony store the other day. I can even get them ordered if I want to if itâs ever out of stock so I guess theyâre sticking around for a while longer or maybe because Iâm from Malaysia and they are manufactured over here from where Iâm at.
Out of topic but in the same conversation, I asked the sony staff if I can order a ZX300 and they say they couldnât bring them in anymore. I asked them why and they couldnât give me an answer, but for the N3AP, theyâll be sticking around. So a heads up for those who are looking for a ZX300 may need to go hunt for one within this next few months. Theyâll be focusing on the ZX507 from here on out.
they definitely hold their own against my headphones that are in a similar price range
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