X2 has a additional resistor that damps the bass and middle frequencies. Additionally I put in other capacitors to modulate the high mids. The additional resistor doesn't make the X2 inferior, it's absolutely usual to use small resistor values to bring the intensity and impedances of the drivers into balance. All In-Ear manufacturers do it.
Now to the idea of the Xcontrol. We wanted to create a new model that suits to the needs of our clients who are musicians.The idea was having a big attanuation on the bass and lower mids, increasing the soundstage and with this the details of the signal. We assumed that this version would not suit to the needs of most audiophiles, so the idea came up to offer two versions. One with high attenuation on the bass and lower mids (x2) and the other one not touched (x1). To make it more comfortable to compare them, we had the idea of putting a switch on the Demo unit. And this brought us to the conclusion to offer the switchable version also.
It's more complex then most people think. When i had the idea of the switch I also thought it would be easy but the more I completed the crossover the more I found out how complex it is. It's rather easy to develop two different sounding In-Ears with the same drivers, but as soon as you put a switch between both crossover, they are connected on several points and they interact to each other. So I always had to keep the interaction in mind when changing one part on one of these crossovers.
The differences between both versions are very noticable, but they are NOT two completely different sound characteristics. This would be too complex. People can choose between „powerful" or „balanced" sound. And who like both can choose the Xcontrol version to have both.
The component of the switch is very high quality. It's been tested in terms of durability and resistance against humidity. It is able to last for minimum 50.000 cycles/clicks and passed through environmental tests which include damp heat, artificial sweat test, temperature cycle (hot to cold to hot etc). We give an extended guarantee of 3 years on this component.
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