Quote: Originally Posted by jinx20001 ouch hard luck, the lettering is a good giveaway, what was so bad about the inside of the earphones exactly, not many of us have seen the insides so dont know whats good or bad. was a balanced armature used or standard dynamics I was going to...

Amazon actually has a great buyer protection program, so I've filed a request and all costs should be recovered The seller is Dansestore - but all e-mail was sent through "eliteproducts," another seller on Amazon. Beware both sellers, I hope no one else runs into the same issues!

Thanks all for the replies. I looked closer at the reference images from Shure and noticed the E and R on the logo don't overlap on my earphones. I then took them apart and noticed the really ****ty internal build quality. In short, my earphones were fakes. Amazon marketplace is apparently...

I don't think they are fake. They look exactly like the reference images Shure provides, and sound good (cheap was ~$100). It could be that the foamies really aren't made for the E4C... ugh. At least I'm only out $15 if that is the case Thanks for the quick response nc8000!

I purchased some Shure E4Cs on the cheap recently, and bought a pack of the universal yellow foam sleeves shortly after based on head-fi member recommendations. I got the foamies today, but have a slight problem - the foamies don't seem to fit at all! The foam sleeves have a plastic tube...

Tongue in cheek. That is too bad I saw him last just a couple of years ago, he seemed incredibly energetic and had a lot of fun on stage. That's the way I want to grow old On a related note, Doc Severinsen is still alive, and I believe still performing occasionally...

Oh man, Maynard Ferguson is legendary! I've seen him a couple times live, and even at his old age he can still hit those high notes like nothing! My favorite of his CDs is "Master of the Stratosphere." It consists of all the best songs taken from his most successful period (commercially) and...

Big fan here, too! Bridge on Permutation is an amazing track as well, it is catchy, upbeat, and fun to listen to while driving I also thought the transition into a darker Chaos Theory demonstrated well Amon Tobin's range of production capabilities. I really liked the album, especially...

Well, I priced things out last night and my wallet disagrees with this project I made cuts on some of the non-essential caps on the TREAD, but I still couldn't beat Tangent's kit prices for the TREADs - which doesn't factor in the cost of an enclosure, jacks, and a transformer or wallwart...

I built my first cmoy this past weekend having no prior electronics or soldering experience. Following tangent's guide made it easy enough. Some tips from when I built mine: Take special note of the polar capacitors (C1). One has the top lead +, while the next has the top lead -. I didn't...

Quote: Originally Posted by balou +/-15v is the standard dual supply voltage, this will work with all opamps except some recent low voltage types. Updated best-attempt: http://tinyurl.com/33yh2x I couldn't find anything supplying +/-15v at Jameco, but honestly only looked...

Whoops, I goofed. Right now I'm thinking of using a standard three-prong AC plug from wall to the enclosure so everything will be handled internally. From there, I'll have a slow-burn fuse before connecting to the transformer. Before I was reasonably certain that this transformer was...

Oh, duh! I just re-read tomb's post and realized the original transformer he had referred me to was a dual-secondary type. Ignore the request for help in finding two single secondary transformers Alrighty then, I'm feeling more confident with the assembly of this supply. Tonight I'll make my...

Quote: Originally Posted by balou for a dual supply, you basically need a transformer with two secondaries, that means one with two 12v output instead of one 24v. or alternatively, 2 12v transformers. Great, I'm actually starting to understand this! Still, I looked on jameco for...

Quote: Originally Posted by balou peasleer - if you're building a psu, I'd recommend making a dual supply. this way, you won't have to worry anymore about virtual ground circuits, their max output power and their stability Good points. I guess now the decision is between a...