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Originally Posted by
piotrus-g 
In my honest opinion that's not going to work.
See, TWFK is best known for mids and highs and so is ED. Both aren't bass dedictated drivers.
However if you insist on using those two I'd go CI22955 for lows or dualdriver like 3300, TWFK for mids and ED for highs, though UM would probably switch ED for mids and TWFK for highs. ED extends more and it has more egde on the high end but it can be quite too harsh.
As for me I'd use only one earphone for customs. More isn't always better - keep that in mid. CI + TWFK (3way) reshelled by UM sound outstanding, belive me. If you whant more punch on lows with preserving ER4 accuracy, reshell your ED with 3300 or DTEC in 2way or even CI would give you precise and dynamic bass response.
So basically you've researched which drivers UM use, and you advised me to send my custom to UM for reshelling and say "make me a UM Mage", sure, I can do that! and save quite a bit of cash doing so as well, I mean compared to the price of their UM Mage, but I think you're missing the point here..? ;)
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Originally Posted by
n13l5 ugh.. if you do this, can I have your empty left over CK10 housings? I'll pay you... something...
either way, have you tried to just put custom made eartips on a CK10? might just add something to the sound you've been missing..
I won't be cutting up a CK10 and ER-4S, that's just silly, I'm using them in the title of the project just to convey the idea of the sound I'm after if I go ahead with that combination, they're both flagship products that have been around for a long time, however I'll be sourcing the TWFK driver from the UE700, and there's cheaper sources for the ER-4S driver as well.
I noticed you made a thread a while ago where you wanted to repair or mod CK10's, I can't find it now? I think that's a good idea and it's a great IEM, but people aren't very keen on importing a dual-driver IEM from Japan for $270 these days, as is evidenced by the J-phonic which only three or four people on head-fi have owned (including myself), they'd rather get a cheaper dual-driver like the UE700 or the Brainwavs B2, and it makes sense, the UE700 sounds good, especially in the mids and highs! Not quite on the same level as CK10 in the bass though. I think your project to create custom cables for the CK10 or give it a paint job and so on will be difficult, but who knows? good luck ;)
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Originally Posted by
bbrunskill I think that it's not going to be great. A huge amount of work goes into designing good sounding IEM's, it seems to me like you're just throwing a few ingredients together to see what happens.
It's a lot of money to spend, if the end product sounds BAD. Why not just buy a set of proven custom IEM's? If you like UM, the UM Areo is a 3 driver, 2 way.
Because that's very boring, and missing the point a little bit.
