Japanese audio manufacturer S’NEXT (CEO Mitsuru Hosoo) released FI-BA-SST, the new model in its own-brand final’s balanced armature driver earphone flagship FI-BA-SS series on December 26.
Features
BAM (Balancing Air Movement) mechanism effecting bass tones and rich three-dimensional spatial sound reproduction
Employs an original balanced armature driver unit
Employs original high purity OFC silver-coated cables
Highly rigid stainless steel machined housing with a mirror finish
A choice of original earpieces; CLEAR (E type / 5 sizes) and BLACK (C type / 3 sizes)
Comes with a leather carrying case
Manufactured at our own factory in Japan, making its extremely difficult assembly possible
Specification
■Product code
3.5mm FI-BA-SST35
2.5mm FI-BA-SST25
■Housing
Stainless steel
■Driver
Balanced armature
■Impedance
16Ω
■Sensitivity
112dB/mW
■Cable length / Weight
1.2m/26g
■Accessories
Leather carrying case, earpieces (E type CLEAR: LL/L/M/S/SS, C type BLACK: L/M/S)
Release date
21 December 2016
As with the highly popular FI-BA-SS, FI-BA-SST employs a single driver networkless direct connection circuit, and effects rich, three-dimensional spatially expressed sound reproduction that was deemed difficult with a balanced armature driver. Using an extremely complex assembly process possible because it is carried out at our own factory here in Japan, this flagship model unlocks the utmost potential of the single balanced armature driver. Silver coated cables and clear earpieces (E type) are employed, making for beautifully lingering soft high frequencies while retaining the detailed sound of FI-BA-SS. Two models will be released simultaneously, one with a 3.5mm 3-pole plug and one with a 2.5mm 4-pole plug (3.5mm: FI-BA-SST35, 2.5mm: FI-BA-SST25).
Please refer to the information below for more details.