As of today I have personally received our final voicing of the crossover PCB’s made from production hard tooling. We will be analyzing the quality of all the components and will then embark on the final review of our assembly process before we turn the switch on for mass production. We have spent an extraordinary amount of time analyzing the requirements for the sonic response and I am happy to say that Custom 3 represents the essence of what an exceptional IE Headphone should be. IMHO… We hope you will too.
Soon the tables will turn and I will be anxiously awaiting your opinion on the design that we have created.
This is an exciting time for all of us at Klipsch!
Best to all at Head-Fi…
It may be too early to tell, but are there any ballpark estimates as to when these will be available with its current timetable?
It is understandable if an ETA cannot be made, but I like many others are curious how much longer it could take. How about an ETA as long as nothing goes wrong from this point?
It may be too early to tell, but are there any ballpark estimates as to when these will be available with its current timetable?
It is understandable if an ETA cannot be made, but I like many others are curious how much longer it could take. How about an ETA as long as nothing goes wrong from this point?
Hi Peter,
Production yield is the primary issue now. Training operators to do the microsurgery needed to build this precision headphone is crutial. We are convinced that the voicing of the crossover is locked and large quantities are made. If some of the parts are placed 0.5 mm off of center registration to the air gasket potential defects can occur. So that is the main concern now. I expect that if everything goes well in the next two weeks that we will have minimal inventory in the first or second week of January. Since the holiday season will slow down any shipping.
Hi Peter,
Production yield is the primary issue now. Training operators to do the microsurgery needed to build this precision headphone is crutial. We are convinced that the voicing of the crossover is locked and large quantities are made. If some of the parts are placed 0.5 mm off of center registration to the air gasket potential defects can occur. So that is the main concern now. I expect that if everything goes well in the next two weeks that we will have minimal inventory in the first or second week of January. Since the holiday season will slow down any shipping.
Hi Peter,
Production yield is the primary issue now. Training operators to do the microsurgery needed to build this precision headphone is crutial. We are convinced that the voicing of the crossover is locked and large quantities are made. If some of the parts are placed 0.5 mm off of center registration to the air gasket potential defects can occur. So that is the main concern now. I expect that if everything goes well in the next two weeks that we will have minimal inventory in the first or second week of January. Since the holiday season will slow down any shipping.
There seems to be a bit of confusion over Klipsch naming convention. This is understandable and I appologies if peopler were under the impression that this is a triple. Hey I don't come up with the names. I just design the PM's. But if they let me name it I would come up with something like...PM1, PM1.1, PM 1.2 or something goofy like "Dude" , "Wow" or "Totally Awsome!". So that is why they keep me in the lab.
When Dr. Brad Cochlear and I start a prototype we name it. There isn't anyone else in the lab so it is first come first serve. The original code names that we came up with for IMAGE and Custom series was Elite and Dr. Pepper. Yeah I know Dr. P is trademarked but we wouldn't sell it with that name. It is just for our fun.
The story is that we had an opportunity to do a high quality low cost 2 way which is Custom 2. The next number to come up was Custom 3. Boring story but that is the way it came down.
There seems to be a bit of confusion over Klipsch naming convention. This is understandable and I appologies if peopler were under the impression that this is a triple. Hey I don't come up with the names. I just design the PM's. But if they let me name it I would come up with something like...PM1, PM1.1, PM 1.2 or something goofy like "Dude" , "Wow" or "Totally Awsome!". So that is why they keep me in the lab.
When Dr. Brad Cochlear and I start a prototype we name it. There isn't anyone else in the lab so it is first come first serve. The original code names that we came up with for IMAGE and Custom series was Elite and Dr. Pepper. Yeah I know Dr. P is trademarked but we wouldn't sell it with that name. It is just for our fun.
The story is that we had an opportunity to do a high quality low cost 2 way which is Custom 2. The next number to come up was Custom 3. Boring story but that is the way it came down.
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There seems to be a bit of confusion over Klipsch naming convention. This is understandable and I appologies if peopler were under the impression that this is a triple. Hey I don't come up with the names. I just design the PM's. But if they let me name it I would come up with something like...PM1, PM1.1, PM 1.2 or something goofy like "Dude" , "Wow" or "Totally Awsome!". So that is why they keep me in the lab.
When Dr. Brad Cochlear and I start a prototype we name it. There isn't anyone else in the lab so it is first come first serve. The original code names that we came up with for IMAGE and Custom series was Elite and Dr. Pepper. Yeah I know Dr. P is trademarked but we wouldn't sell it with that name. It is just for our fun.
The story is that we had an opportunity to do a high quality low cost 2 way which is Custom 2. The next number to come up was Custom 3. Boring story but that is the way it came down.
I'm sorry, but the Klipsh marketing department needs an overhaul! Not only is the name "custom" misleading as these are not true custom IEMs but the "3" in custom 3 is also misleading as it leads people to believe its a triple driver IEM.
It is disappointing to see such disastrous marketing!!! Hopefully the product is good to make up for it!
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