vanhalen26
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If you can convince them to allow a reshell, I'm in.
Thanks for the reply.
Well, I suppose I'll go for the tf10 and upgrade once I see fit.
Everyone has to start somewhere and I feel that the tf10 will serve my purpose beautifully.
The miracles sound very intriguing, largely in courtesy to your "neutralish" tone.
If I ever decide to upgrade by remolding, I'll try to console myself by thinking of the very nature from which your opinion is based.
If that fails, which it probably will, you'll be hearing of me very soon.
Has anyone else received a TF10 reshell with these ugly ass sockets? I specifically asked for recessed sockets and they did they complete OPPOSITE. They look like Kozee sockets... yuck. Does anyone know if they'll remold to change the sockets? I know... I'm compulsive, but I've heard of people getting remolds because there were bubbles in the shells.
Mine broke! sockets in these are not very good. cable was constantly falling out and at the end cable just broke inside the socket... Who do I email?
Hi all, I've been a recent lurker here and recently received my UM SE530x8 (last Friday actually) done courtesy of Custom-IEM/UM.
Fitting
The left clips in like a key. Perfect. But the left I'm having some isolation leaks and hurts my ear for extended use. Custom-IEM mentioned they could thicken the acrylic shell to seal the leak but I may get the audiologist to recheck and make another impression of my right side just in case.
Audio Quality
[Aside]I'm an enthusiast but not a pro. I may not know all the lingo. I've owned Shures E5c, 500, 530PTH and UE TF10s. Home system is Accuphase E-407 and B&W N804s.
My personal tastes usually are for more detail than sounding "musical". I preferred the TF10s over any of the Shures. But my SE530PTH cables broke first and was naturally was also the first candidate for custom IEM. Not wanting to muck around, I went straight for the x8 upgrade.
When I first got my SE530x8 I did pick up somewhat more detail than the TF10's however mids still sounded a little muddy (apologies for the non-technical jargon). Over the next 3 days I burned them in on my iMac having iTunes play something 24x3. Oh yes cables are Beat Audio iPhone cables.
I noticed as I changed my source the sound improved somewhat but marginally - iMac < iPhone < iPad being the best of the 3. The burn in IMHO improved the soundstage more than the detail (although slightly less muddy than the 1st day).
The surprise was just a few mins ago plugging the SE530x8 to my Accuphase E-407s with Dave Brubeck's Time Out SACD on the PS3 as a source (yeah sorry about the PS3) but EVERYTHING came out so crystal clear!! So much detail, great soundstage!
I'm thinking that the only way to get the best out of my SE530x8 is via an amp. Tomorrow I'm borrowing my Fostex HP-P1.
I'm still going to get the fit check done and send back the right side if need be but overall, I'm happy with my UM SE530x8 upgrade.
what exactly are the drivers, how many bores and what driver config/what xovers (lows/mids/highs?)?
...and the FR chart...
To be honest, I really don't know - I'm much more of just a 'common' user than someone who gets into the specs of it all. All I know from the custom-iem site is :-
"se530 add dual low, dual high, dual super high: 4way crossover, dual low, dual mid, dual high, dual super high"
And from someone else on the thread who's done the same last year, their configuration was this (http://www.head-fi.org/t/443197/unique-melody-remold-appreciation-and-impressions-thread/1455#post_6514173). I assume mine is the same.
By FR chart, I guess you mean this? Sorry I'm still learning the terminology :-
Why is there a peak at 3khz for everything that comes out of UM? I know that there's a difference between open and sealed canals in resonance, but it seems like there's a consistent measurement difference.
I really should have spent more time at the UM table in the melb meet.