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Sony XBA1iP Premium Quality In-Ear Headphones

by Sony
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  • Balanced Armature Technology with full range for premium sound quality
  • Miniature housing for compact size and less vibration
  • Noise isolating ear buds
  • In line controls allow total control over your music
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Product details

  • Product Dimensions: 0.8 x 0.8 x 0.8 cm ; 5 g
  • Boxed-product Weight: 454 g
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  • Item model number: XBA1IP.CE7
  • ASIN: B007I1QZLM
  • Date first available at Amazon.co.uk: 21 Mar 2012
  • Average Customer Review: 1.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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Product Description

Experience Balanced Armature Headphones

Sony has brought together a wide range of technologies to create the Balanced Armature Headphone series, featuring the world’s only Balanced Armature (BA) drivers optimized for music enjoyment. Because these driver units can be freely tuned, they are capable of a wider range of sound, and by combining full-range, woofer, super woofer and tweeter units, they can be layered together for a highly nuanced sound experience. Thanks to the driver’s micro sized construction and high sensitivity, these headphones are able to maximize style comfort, sound insulation, sound leakage prevention and even waterproofing, all while providing great sound quality. Sony BA headphones deliver a new high-quality music listening experience.

Double Layered Housing

The combination of Magnesium inner housing and a special ABS outer housing reduces unwanted vibration and realises smooth sound response to reproduce clear and distortion-free sound, especially in the mid to high range. Double Layered Housing Design allowed Sony to achieve superior sound quality and noise reduction.

High sensitivity for such a compact size

Clear output across a full sound range

Drivers Volume Sensitivity
13mm Dynamic 340mm3 106dB/mW
09mm Dynamic 130mm3 100dB/mW
BA 80mm3 106dB/mW
Compact size

Sony's Balanced Armature Drivers are 40% smaller than the traditional 9mm Dynamic Driver Units. The smaller size allows a design that creates a better fit inside the ear. This attenuates the outside sounds better than headphones with Dynamic drivers, resulting in a superior listening experience.

Sound quality

Compared to Dynamic drivers, BA drivers have an even response across the frequency range, with low and middle vocal ranges standing out. The sound has a very precise feel. BA drivers can be tuned for higher or lower ranges and combined to emphasize certain sounds.



Woofer
Sony’s original sound filter structure blocks higher frequencies while amplifying lower ones. The woofer unit reproduces richer, deeper and powerful base.
Tweeter
A specially designed diaphragm, coil and damper are used to enhance playback of high-end frequencies. The tweeter unit reproduces bright and detailed high notes.
   
 
 
Full Range
The core Balanced Armature driver design produces an even response across the full sound range, with improvements over ordinary balanced armature unit for high frequencies. The characteristic of flat and uncoloured mid range reproduces crystal clear and profound vocal sound
Super Woofer
The super woofer unit improves playback of very low-range frequencies to provide a full, rich bass sound that can be felt with the whole body. It also harmonises each units to reproduce rich expression through all frequencies.


Core Range
XBA-1 »
XBA-2 »
XBA-3
XBA-4 »
Mobile Variant
XBA1-ip
XBA2-ip
XBA3-ip
XBA4-ip
Summary Crystal clear profound vocal sound
The Balanced Armature driver in XBA-1 is specially designed to produce an even response across the full sound range, with consistent high sensitivity over low to high frequencies. This results in a highly precise reproduction of crystal-clear and profound vocal sound - bringing you hours of music enjoyment and comfort.
Amplify your music experience with powerful bass and clear vocal sound
Sony's XBA-2 is specially designed with Dual Balanced Armature Full Range Drivers with Woofer units. This allows the headphones to produce an even response across a full sound range while adding a powerful bass to its crisp and clear vocal sound. Reverberating every beat of your music to give you a superior sound experience every time.
Immerse your ears in bright and clear sounds with rich bass
Sony's XBA-3 comes with Triple Balanced Armature Full Range Drivers with Woofer and Tweeter units. This combination produces bright and detailed high frequency with powerful bass and clear profound vocal sound. Enhancing and refining your listening experience, taking it to a whole new sound haven that's yours truly
Be impressed by the richest of sounds
The ultimate in superior sound performance, XBA-4 comes with Quad Balanced Armature Full Range Drivers with Woofer, Tweeter and Super Woofer units. It delivers an immersively rich soundscape across all frequencies - ranging from profound bass to bright and detailed high frequency sound. So go ahead. Listen to your music in its truest, purest form. And you'll agree that nothing else can compare.
Driver detail Single Balanced Armature driver (Full range) Full range + woofer Full range + woofer + tweeter Full range + woofer + tweeter + super woofer
Frequency Sensitivity
Cord Detail 1.2m OFC Litz cord neck chain ( mobile variant - 1.2m Y shaped, with in line controls) 1.2m OFC Litz cord neck chain ( mobile variant - 1.2m Y shaped, with in line controls) 1.2m OFC Litz cord neck chain ( mobile variant - 1.2m Y shaped, with in line controls) 1.2m OFC Litz cord neck chain ( mobile variant - 1.2m Y shaped, with in line controls)
Weight 3g 6g 7g 8g
Frequency Range (Hz) 5 - 25,000 4 - 25,000 4 - 28,000 3 - 28,000
Sensitivity (dB/mW) 108 108 108 108
Capacity (mW) 100 100 100 100
Impedance (Ohm) 24 12 12 8
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Accessories
Carry Case Carry Pouch Carry Case Carry Case Carry Case
Ear Buds 4 sizes of Silicone earbuds, 3 sizes noise isolation 4 sizes of Silicone earbuds, 3 sizes noise isolation 4 sizes of Silicone earbuds, 3 sizes noise isolation 4 sizes of Silicone earbuds, 3 sizes noise isolation
Cord Adjuster Yes Yes Yes Yes


Variations - Waterproof, Bluetooth & Noise Cancelling
Model XBA-S65 XBA-BT75 XBA-NC85
Summary Active sports style with washable and tight fit design Bluetooth wireless Blanaced armature headphones with box-less design Digital noise cancelling balanced armature headphones
Driver detail Full range Full range Full range
Colour options Available in black or white Available in black Available in black
Cord Detail 1.2m Y shaped cord Cordless 1.5m OFC Litz cord neck chain
Weight 10g 6g 6g
Supplied
Accessories
Carry Case Carry Pouch Carry case and charger Carry Case
Ear buds 4 sizes of Silicone earbuds, 3 sizes noise isolation 3 sizes of silicone earbuds 3 sizes of noise isolation earbuds
USB Charging Pod No Yes Yes
Cord Adjuster Yes N/A Yes

Product Description

The Sony XBA-1-IP Earphones deliver a superbly rich and dynamic sound from their balanced armature design. With an easy to use in line control and microphone make it easy to switch from listening to your music to talking on the phone. Small and discreet the XBA1-IPs are stylish and easily carried around in the neat pouch they come with.


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2.0 out of 5 stars Look elsewhere for better quality 17 April 2013
Firstly if you are looking into buying these, my advice would be don't bother and instead heed this review's title. I may as well summarise the good points first. The bass on these, providing you try the noise isolation buds, isn't all that bad. I have tried much worse. The cord is in a Y shape style so should last longer than the usual sony neck chain style ones that always break at the point where the wire splits in two. Also, the number of different ear bud combinations that come included is worth mentioning as you get 7 different types/sizes. Finally I guess the in line volume control (doubles as a mic too) is cool even if it didn't work when i tried it (my mp3 player is not an ipod).
However, here come the bad points. Firstly the price. They are not cheap and for the money spent on these there are FAR better ones available. Secondly the sound, which is the obvious selling point. Its just far too tinny, the treble is far too high. I listen to mainly Rock, Metal and acoustic stuff. I can imagine the trebley sound to them giving me a headache after prolonged use. Whether these may benefit from a 'breaking in period' is debatable, the sound quality is not of a good enough quality initially to warrant such a period. Sony do make some seriously good headphones. Unfortunately, the XBA-1iP's are a huge disappointment in my opinion. Again, you would be wise to heed the review title. Thanks for reading!
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2 of 5 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars worst earphones ever 15 Jan 2013
By tech13
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i am very disappointed by these earphones of sony they are not even worth of 20bucks as they fail in every aspect
the noise isolating and other stuff is just a hype given by the sony ..but truly speaking sound quality from these earphones sucks
,the bass and treble levels are very weak and coming to noise these earphones are big flop...
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