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Nov 18, 2016 at 6:18 AM Post #211 of 4,721
gwompki said:
I'm very interested...want to do some trading?
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You f'n know it my man.
 And hit me next time you're in my area. I'd be more than happy to host an bud-off.
 
 
Plus if we do this ,you could offer impressions of my first custom design IEMs which would be simply invalvuable to me. I'd gie you a bud as consolation.
 
@ld100 and all toher Boston earbuders are welcome to join in this PM me. no sales.... just loaners!!!!
 
i'll set up a lobby on my roof where we can enjoy all other's earbuds .I'll order a back of ~400 foams from Ali so we can toss all the used one eand the cheapful can Istand hard fuls :)
 
I'm innensely excited to meet @chicken beer I don't know when he'll be in town.
 
Nov 18, 2016 at 10:01 AM Post #212 of 4,721
vapman said:
You f'n know it my man.
 And hit me next time you're in my area. I'd be more than happy to host an bud-off.


Plus if we do this ,you could offer impressions of my first custom design IEMs which would be simply invalvuable to me. I'd gie you a bud as consolation.

@ld100 and all toher Boston earbuders are welcome to join in this PM me. no sales.... just loaners!!!!

i'll set up a lobby on my roof where we can enjoy all other's earbuds .I'll order a back of ~400 foams from Ali so we can toss all the used one eand the cheapful can Istand hard fuls :)

I'm innensely excited to meet @chicken beer
I don't know when he'll be in town.
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Ah~ this is so cool!
I really want to be there! Hope the day comes soon!

Harvey
 
Nov 21, 2016 at 8:11 PM Post #214 of 4,721


Turns out the PT15 isn't a snap-in :rolleyes:

Bought a few more without cable, will heat them up to melt the glue next time....



Of course, i did the other one right :rolleyes:
 
Nov 22, 2016 at 2:19 PM Post #215 of 4,721
vapman said:
Turns out the PT15 isn't a snap-in
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Bought a few more without cable, will heat them up to melt the glue next time....



Of course, i did the other one right
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For around $4.50 per driver, not including work to extract, not really so bad if the re-tuning in the new shell works out.
I hope **** has more earbuds in the pipeline!
 
Nov 22, 2016 at 3:56 PM Post #217 of 4,721
ira delphic said:
Could a driver from a KZ Ate be used in an MX500 type shell? Assuming it could be securely installed? Any certainty it won't work?
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I have actually looked into this before and theres no earbud shells for drivers that small (9mm)...

ira delphic said:
For around $4.50 per driver, not including work to extract, not really so bad if the re-tuning in the new shell works out.
I hope **** has more earbuds in the pipeline!
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Agreed and all it takes is a couple minutes of patience with a lighter to melt the glue. On the first one i guess i put the screwdriver right where the opening for the wire was and felt like i had it. Hehe.
 
Nov 25, 2016 at 12:22 PM Post #218 of 4,721
Finally finished recabling the Aiwa V99!


 

 

 
 
It took over 3 hours in total. 2,5 were spent trying to get the cable into the housing. It was almost impossible but I finally did it.

I had to cut the wire slightly on the right side to be able to solder the new wires to the old wires from the driver, so the right side is abour 1-2 cm shorter. It's not really noticable when you wear them though.

Just noticed one thing: the channels are reversed! I was careful to do it correctly with the red wire in the right housing and the green in the left, just like on the cable that I replaced. Perhaps the wires are soldered incorrectly on the plug?
I don't feel like replacing the plug or redoing the wires to the drivers so I'll just let it be the way it is. The housings are symmetrical so there's not problem to use the right one in your left ear and the left one in your right ear.
 
 
Nov 25, 2016 at 12:43 PM Post #219 of 4,721
Nov 25, 2016 at 8:31 PM Post #220 of 4,721
danneq said:
Finally finished recabling the Aiwa V99!











It took over 3 hours in total. 2,5 were spent trying to get the cable into the housing. It was almost impossible but I finally did it.


I had to cut the wire slightly on the right side to be able to solder the new wires to the old wires from the driver, so the right side is abour 1-2 cm shorter. It's not really noticable when you wear them though.


Just noticed one thing: the channels are reversed! I was careful to do it correctly with the red wire in the right housing and the green in the left, just like on the cable that I replaced. Perhaps the wires are soldered incorrectly on the plug?

I don't feel like replacing the plug or redoing the wires to the drivers so I'll just let it be the way it is. The housings are symmetrical so there's not problem to use the right one in your left ear and the left one in your right ear.

 
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That looks great! Well done...how do they sound?

On all of the braided cables I've bought the green is right and red is left for some reason. No idea why they did it that way. I use my DMM to check every set just to be certain though.
 
Nov 25, 2016 at 10:10 PM Post #222 of 4,721
What are the cheapest earbuds that come with 14.8mm drivers. I destroyed one of the drivers in my diy pk1 set trying to mod. The cheapest drivers I can find on AliExpress are 8USD which seems pricey to me.

I think we need to organize a group taobao order :)
 
Nov 25, 2016 at 10:23 PM Post #223 of 4,721
gwompki said:
What are the cheapest earbuds that come with 14.8mm drivers. I destroyed one of the drivers in my diy pk1 set trying to mod. The cheapest drivers I can find on AliExpress are 8USD which seems pricey to me.

I think we need to organize a group taobao order :)
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Edifier drivers are either 14.8 or 15 exactly. **** pt15 should work too. I can't confirm either until my DIY pk1 shells show up if the edifier driver fits perfectly in it but visually they seem to be the same size. But either an edifier or the pt15 without cables would get you more than just the drivers :)


BTW about to recable my Asura 2.0 with fancy wire and put the 2.5mm trrs on a set of Qian39 :D
 
Nov 26, 2016 at 12:46 AM Post #225 of 4,721
Hey anyone got a preferred source on y splitters? Also anyone know the size of cardas VE uses - is it 26 gauge?

About to order 10 rhodium 3.5mms from China mail. The price is too good to not just deal with the wait. Maybe it will give me time to get used to the sound of the plain asura 2 again.

10pcs Rhodium plated carbon fiber 3.5mm Stereo 3 Pole Male Plug 90 degree Audio Connector solder free shipping
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/32662695283/32662695283.html
(from AliExpress Android)
 
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