Hi,  could not found a single review on xba-a3 here,  can anybody willing to share in term of quality of the BA driver for high mid treble?  as well as the bass effect on this 16mm dynamic driver along with other sony's xb series?

With 32ohm resistance,  do it really need an amp? 

Still counting to get one..

tested a horrible combo but come with the very expensive price at Sony Centre, and I am so glad to stick with my XBA-1 + A15 player.

The horrible combo that not even Sony AMP can save it:

Sony MDR-10 + Sony PHA-1a + my A15 player

688+899+699 =>RM2200++ cant even sound decently and not even getting near my current gears RM199+RM699 => RM900

A few weeks ago Sony had a better promo at 20% discount.

TQ Sony Malaysia for offering ZX2 with RM2974 exclusive for today @ Sony Store KLCC 

This is ultimately   crazy man

expecting a new sony legend late '16 ... usd1999 

privileged insider info ... most probably last quarter of '16

yup. most shop is selling display unit as they have no new & sealed stock for sell. the manager @ KLCC ready the new stock & everything for me 

if Z5, u should buy at 2 or 3 months ago. that time they got special discount. now they selling with SRP RM2543

saw sony having some promotion, MDR-1A selling RM859 (SRP RM1059), any comment on this headphone? plan to get 1 headphone on coming Christmas ^^

will try it before purchase, any other good headphone for this price range? (<900), thank you  ^^

thanks, will read the review and compare between them ^^

the walkman app recognize Hi res audio tho, it have a HR logo right beside it.

the difference between hi res audio and non hi res

depends on hardware. Xperia Z2 is the 1st sony mobile phone which supports hi-res audio format, yet due to lacking of amplifier, it needs external amplifier or converter in order to "unlock" the potential of Z2's hi-res audio quality playback

http://blogs.sonymobile.com/2014/10/01/xpe...s-hi-res-audio/

although with proper apps, will allowed some mobile phone to support hi-res audio format, yet, situation might like Z2, need external amplifier in order to allow us enjoy hi-res music playback

yes, hi-res audio player need to pair with hi-res headphone/earphone for allow us to enjoy hi-res music quality playback

for sony, before purchase the headphone/earphone, can check the product's specification. usually sony's headphone/earphone which support hi-res will have that logo printed on the box

other brand, i not familiar. need ask the product advisor

yup, if ur headphone is not support hi-res (or known as 24-bit sampling rate), even ur music player or mobile phone is support hi-res audio, the particular headphone will only play music with 16-bit

i would say no.

dac is digital 11010101010111000 input. tak kan pakai audio port.

resample is droid limitation. mobile cpu ma...
search soomal.com for test result.

given good app it will go 48khz correctly like onkyo hf player. the best i tried. free version is good enough unless u are using external dac to bit stream.
i dont care much for 24 bit, is volume depth (a.k.a. loudness)
just max out software side everytime & control from amp.

the rest i have answer above. feel free ask again.

the only Sony "Hi Res headphones" is the bluetooth LDAC enabled headphones which is supposed to be able to stream Sony's LDAC 24 bit players and the MDR-1ADAC that has the integrated DAC inside the headphones.

oh ya, i fail today

forget to mention the best part of high res is sacd &  dsd format.
its very special becos using sampling rate of 2.8mhz & multiply up.

Depends on the mastering? Quite a number of DSDs are PCM conversion, but still sounds great though.

true, exactly those boring music where the high res headphone can perform better than others within price range
i cannot say high res win all becos its not.

hope u dont misunderstand my intention is let ppl know 24 bit rate is not the only point of high resolution.

No problem, have you tried Star Wars: The Force Awakens 24 bit album yet? Trying to buy from prostudiomasters using Hola to change IP add but couldn't get pass the checkout lol.