30 Seconds Of Tech: Sony Balanced Armature Headphones

30 Seconds Of Tech travels to Tokyo to check out Sony's new balanced armature driver headphones. They sound good (no, I can't really show you that in a video) and include models with bluetooth capability and a waterproof sports model. Which, despite my best efforts, I can't drown.

(disclaimer: I travelled to Tokyo as a guest of Sony)

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Science & Technology

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• 30 Seconds Of Tech
• Sony
• Balanced Armature
• Headphones
• Earphones
• speakers
• drivers
• tweeters
• woofers
• super woofers
• XBA-1
• XBA-2
• XBA-3
• XBA-4
• XBA-1iP
• XBA-2iP
• XBA-3iP
• XBA-4iP
• XBA-NC85D
• XBA-BT75
• XBA-S65

[Louwhay]

0.08 guy or chick??

[jeff0693]

xba 4sl ruined my right ear! don`t buy the crap yeah it has a good soundstage etc.. but it`ll mess your ears if you really wanna buy this just low down the volume!

[LethalBoxM]

@blackdindang Seems they all the plain line has flat wires. The sport, bluetooth, and noise canceling do not :/ Pretty lame but I'm sure there was a reason.

[DEATHMOBER1]

@sonynadidas March 19th

[sonynadidas]

Do u know when its comin out

[blackdindang]

Not flat wires?

[nakaroxx]

i wanna try xba4 =p

[ferensao]

@Emieltes1 I agree, I had ever forgot to take out my iphone's earbud from my trouser before it went to washing machine. For whole days, I was searching for that ear-bud until I remember that I had put it in one of my trouser's pockets. In a flash, I jumped and stopped the washing machine, and quickly grabbed my trouser and saved my precious ear-bud. Amazingly, as I plugged it into my iphone it still working even though it had been washed with water and detergent for almost 2 hours

[Emieltes1]

every in-ear earbud is waterproof. just throw them in a cup of soup or something and then put them in a box with rice. works with apple in ear and sony mdr-xb20ex,40ex,21ex and 41ex

[Craft777]

Great. Thank you!