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    [FiiO UTWS5] True Wireless Bluetooth Earhooks as Usual,Coupled with Independent AK4332 DAC

    Is the utws5 still not available in the US market? I'm only seeing the 3. Is the 5 some sort of stepping stone product that won't get a US release but the next iteration will?
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    DIY Cable Questions and Comments Thread

    ok, took your guys' advice and set my soldering iron as low as it would go. 200C. it wont even melt rosin core leaded solder at that point. increased to 225, same sort of thing but it did start to melt the solder. 250 seems to be the lowest i can go without having to sit there holding perfectly...
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    DIY Cable Questions and Comments Thread

    i tried soldering one jack at 350c and another at 400c. at 350 it took too long to get the wire/jack heated up and the solder kept just balling up on the iron. on the 400c attempt it melted fine and all but i couldnt get it to stick on because the wire's sleeving kept melting and getting...
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    DIY Cable Questions and Comments Thread

    alright i'm at my wits end. I am using the double helix 4 strand cable and trying to solder it to a 2.5mm jack. The sleeving on it is WAY too delicate, and it melts away/together with other strands as I try to solder it. It got all screwy so I tried removing it and the jack itself melted apart...
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    DIY Cable Questions and Comments Thread

    no glue/epoxy inside the connector?
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    DIY Cable Questions and Comments Thread

    Still hoping someone in this thread has used the eidolic connectors.
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    DIY Cable Questions and Comments Thread

    so this is probably a real dumb question. I did look through all the gallery images to see if I could make this out from someone's pic but no luck. The eidolic connectors I have (2.5mm TRRS and 3.5mm TRS) seem to just be hollow barrels on the "wire" side. What do you guys do to plug that hole...
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    DIY Cable Questions and Comments Thread

    is there a particular cable (preferably from amazon) that you guys recommend for IEM/portable application? the cable i got from double helix is WAY thick and i dont want that hanging off my ears. It'll work fine for my non-portable pair but i dont want to use that for my IEM-to-es100 shirt clip...
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    DIY Cable Questions and Comments Thread

    Finally got my parts in. Unfortunately the cable I ordered is WAYYYYY too thick for portable usage (meaning, the insulation makes it way too stiff). I'll have to find some other cable to use for my little 1 footers. The rest of the parts seem good to go, so I'll try to figure out how to get...
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    DIY Cable Questions and Comments Thread

    How long does it normally take double helix cables to ship? I ordered April 15th, a shipping label was created the next day, but the order still hasnt shipped. They responded to 1 email I sent after a week and said "it will ship soon" but ignored my second email a week later when the items still...
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    DIY Cable Questions and Comments Thread

    well, dude, you were the straw that broke the camel's back. just placed a 150 dollar order. honestly though 80 bucks for a high quality hand made cable isnt bad at all (i'm making 2 separate ones). and thats with markup.
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    DIY Cable Questions and Comments Thread

    get a usb c dac/cable thingy. the apple one is objectively great/fine and cheap af usually.
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    DIY Cable Questions and Comments Thread

    norne is OOS and double helix and plussound want 20 bucks for a pair...theres no way those things are THAT expensive...
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    DIY Cable Questions and Comments Thread

    this has probably been asked a bunch of times, but is there a list of suppliers for 2-pin 0.78mm connectors? Looks like the smartphone market is switching to no headphone jack, and id really like a 1-1.5 foot cable thats 2-pin for use with my radsone ES100. I've found a couple but they want like...
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    Massdrop x Hifiman edition xx

    anyone got measurements of the various hifiman models that look the same? I ask because id love to swap the headband off of the XX to something else. seems like it should theoretically be plug and play with the removal of a couple screws per ear cup. The headband is honestly fine but i hav a...
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