Anyone in SG gotten hold of the HA22Tube yet?
Unless buy in Japan else not possible to get one in SG right now.
Anyone in SG gotten hold of the HA22Tube yet?
Unless buy in Japan else not possible to get one in SG right now.
Yup I mean import, my frd just came back just jipun but I din wanna buy blind so checking if anyone here gotten one.
Anyone in SG gotten hold of the HA22Tube yet?
Still waiting for both the A900XLTD and HA22Tube to be released here...
Bro you will have a chance to try the above at the Super Sonic Fest that will happen on the Dec 4th right? Do rem to come back and report yr impressions for us, wanna hear more abt it from you.
Nope, can't go since the event is on workday and after lunch hour
Still waiting for both the A900XLTD and HA22Tube to be released here...
Should be a relatively good buy if you own the W3000ANV/W5000, won't say it's a must-buy if you own ATH's lower-tier headphones. But according to one experienced ATH owner over in Taiwan who lives in JP, the combination of A900XLTD and the AT-HA22TUBE were pretty fantastic actually. I reckon it shd sound pretty excellent with my A900Ti too since that reviewer ranks the A900Ti on the same performance category as A900XLTD, but atm I'm just saving up for HA5000, the rest can probably wait.
May be planning for a JP trip next yr June period as there will be an upcoming exclusive idol event I'm interested in participating over at Yokohama, hopefully the HA22TUBE will have some decent price-drops by then.
From eBay is it?
Bought mine from eBay and replacing the headband is PITA.
You need another pair of hands to help you.
You need to start by loosen the 2 small screws on both earcups. Then you can slide out the old headband from the metal strip.
Can't help you much as quite busy in the office now and my ESW9 is at home
Is there any reason that you guys are not buying the original ESW9 lambskin headband from AT SEA service centre directly? If you purchase from them directly I believe they should be able to replace the headband for you?
As far as I can recall someone else shared the pricing in here before and IIRC it's not exactly very expensive for the original genuine headband (considering this is lambskin protein leather made materials) Actually for my set the headband I also noticed ard 1 yr ago it started to suffer frm slight peeling too, but only for the bottom and sides that touches yr head, the brown portion on the top doesn't seem to degrade at all then again my pair is already 4 yrs old so it's probably meant to be.
Come to think of it, should have applied some protective leather solution to it last time, because all along this is meant for portable use so I nv really apply anything to its headband with those leather care products meant for protecting leather bag/shoes.
My ESW9 has been with me since 07. I've recabled it myself last year and changed the headband this year.
The ori headband is not original leather (unlike the earpads), coz I cut opened and disected the headband when I replaced it with the eBay counterpart. If they use ori leather for the new EWS9 headband, then I stand corrected.
The eBay headband is only $1x, and I like to get my hands dirty...
The headband is 100 from what I last know since I contacted them very early this year. Earpads are 60 per pair. I guess it's pretty pricey considering their market prices. The aftermarket ones are like 10+ odd bucks.