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The Zishan dsd's corner
Mouser JP tries to sell more LDOs :) https://twitter.com/mouserelecjapan/status/1277210245417308160?s=21- Ivan TT
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- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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Home-Made IEMs
Well, the curve only tells half of the story. What x4 RAF (but not x4 RAB, go figure) excels at is coherency - crossed multi-BA set ups have quite noticeable phase distortion/colouration; punch/slam - HODVTEC is kind of close, but it lacks weight; and with @stephensynanta16 adaptor HF extension...- Ivan TT
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- Forum: DIY (Do-It-Yourself) Discussions
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Home-Made IEMs
No idea and I don't have SWFK anyway :frowning2: 4 RAF drivers in series, glued together in a brick like formation Yes, I posted early experiments few pages back... A bit later, but here's FR:- Ivan TT
- Post #10,397
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Home-Made IEMs
Gentle pressure with wire cutters, they come off quite easily. I like spoutless sound as there’s a bit less upper midrange harshness (so I can go 1 up in dampers resistance, from green to brown) and better slam in lows and mids. At this stage x4 RAF in series is my best sounding set, although...- Ivan TT
- Post #10,394
- Forum: DIY (Do-It-Yourself) Discussions
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Home-Made IEMs
I'm doing lots of experimenting with spouts removed on RAB/RAF drivers at a moment. You can stretch 2-3mm ID tubing over single or dual drivers easily enough, if it's 3mm I glue 2mm ID tube into 3mm ID tube, works like a charm! PS: seal important for bass, so I insert drivers only halfway...- Ivan TT
- Post #10,389
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ZiShan T1 Hi-Fi Player Thread
Certainly, here you go: MMBT2222ALT1HTSA1 MMBT2907ALT1HTSA1- Ivan TT
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- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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ZiShan T1 Hi-Fi Player Thread
2.5mm (it will also be TRRS indicating 4 contacts, but 2.5mm is the important part).- Ivan TT
- Post #562
- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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ZiShan T1 Hi-Fi Player Thread
They look similar, but I don’t have the cable you linked, so cannot comment on that one. But I can recommend a really good one that I have and like a lot, the NiceHCK one - copy paste description in Ali and it will pop up (cannot post a working link from mobile, sorry) Hope it helps.- Ivan TT
- Post #560
- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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ZiShan T1 Hi-Fi Player Thread
My favourite is NICEHCK 16 Core High Purity Copper Cable 3.5/2.5/4.4mm Plug MMCX/2Pin Connector Cable For TRN V80 AS10 BA10 NICEHCK M6 HK8 NK10 Got 2, will probably get another one on 11.11 No earhooks help with precise fit, sound-wise reduces harshness just a bit with BA IEMs Very soft and...- Ivan TT
- Post #558
- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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Home-Made IEMs
Listening to x4 RAF no spouts in series as I type. It has the best bass (better than GV or GK or BS6 all zobeled) both in volume and slam/impact especially electronic music that has good sub-bass, while measures very to similar to them (to about 1kHz). So while it may not be exactly what you are...- Ivan TT
- Post #10,253
- Forum: DIY (Do-It-Yourself) Discussions
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The Zishan dsd's corner
From OP275 datasheet: So it should be safe to remove (short) 4 balanced output resistors, but output impedance will still be high (15Ohm). I replaced LPF opamps for AD8620 and shorted output resistors, no issues so far. These have quite low output impedance and output short circuit protection...- Ivan TT
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- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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The Zishan dsd's corner
Depends on what ear/headphones you are using and who you are. As you should know I pretty much replaced most of components in at least one of my DSD's. It was a good experiment and a great experience and I can confirm that utilising thin film 0.1% 0805 resistors, PPS SMD caps, sandwiched...- Ivan TT
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- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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Home-Made IEMs
Bulky is good, especially if doing hybrids or multi-drivers especially helpful to keep tubing straight. Well, as long as the shell is not falling out under its ow weight...- Ivan TT
- Post #10,213
- Forum: DIY (Do-It-Yourself) Discussions
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Home-Made IEMs
This stuff is absolutely Awesome! Can you do a faceplate for this one too? Also, do you think you could construct the nozzle along these lines: https://m.intl.taobao.com/detail/detail.html?id=565129690783 but maybe a variant for x2 2mm ID (3mm OD) and maybe x1 2mm ID (3mm OD) and x2 1mm ID...- Ivan TT
- Post #10,208
- Forum: DIY (Do-It-Yourself) Discussions
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Home-Made IEMs
Sooooo.... I removed spouts from my x4 RAB series set + zobel + green damper. Impressions: almost DD level and quality lows and mids (sweetest mids I've heard from BA so far) but still faster and better resolution of lows, much higher quality than HODVTEC or CI; less distortion; no funny...- Ivan TT
- Post #10,194
- Forum: DIY (Do-It-Yourself) Discussions