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  1. ForceMajeure

    Home-Made IEMs

    I'll try, Thanks for the tip.
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    Home-Made IEMs

    I have tried to use Siraya tech's resin inside a colloid mold but it would stick to the colloid after curing and was impossible to remove without ruining the molds (and you'd have bits of the molds glued to it). I think I've even tried with another resin (I think it was Phrozen's resin) and it...
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    Home-Made IEMs

    As a rule of thumb I always solder the wires to the female jack with the cable plugged. It helps dissipate the heat and reduce the chances that in the long run, the female pins might get dislodged from the casing and pushed inside when the cable is inserted. Also I reduce the heat to usually...
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    Home-Made IEMs

    Yes, It will be ok, as long as the resin is not in contact with UV light. The older it gets the slightly longer it will take to cure usually. Also keeping a bottle in a static position will get parts of the photoinitiator particles sinking to the bottom so you'll have less photoinitiators that...
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    Ultimate Ears UE PRO 18+ Discussions and Impressions

    You will not find these looking for the specs as these are not "off the shelf" drivers. Their model number starts with a 6xx meaning it's made for UE
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    Home-Made IEMs

    Ear impressions can keep their shape for 2-3 months and often more but it depends on the quality and type of the silicone used. Some can hold their shape longer, some less. It also depends on the climate and humidity swings. Why not use the current ciems as mold before breaking them? I would...
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    The discovery thread!

    These used to cost ~10-15$ from China as well a few years ago. The price went down and they can now be found for ~2-5$ before shipping. It's just economy of scale...Westone paid more than what you paid when they got them...
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    flinkenick's 17 Flagship IEM Shootout Thread (and general high-end portable audio discussion)

    I was just about to post that Indeed they pioneered the use of those shredded cf plates with flakes and even without any flakes Here is another beauty from late 2014 or early 2015 Carved out of a solid block
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    Home-Made IEMs

    Purple sure looks brain rattling like you said :L3000: Blue might be slightly too scooped in the lower mids Also it's hard to judge since you use the dayton mic and I am not sure if you've applied some kind of compensation for the pinna and up What were those black IC you used up there on the...
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    Home-Made IEMs

    1st thing first. The right implementation is what matters and less about this exact ba versus that exact ba. Everything has to be taken into context to be compared and the way things are tuned as a whole package is what ultimately matters. Assuming when you refer to Knowles 31 series maybe in...
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    Home-Made IEMs

    And get a good tan along the way :smile:
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    Home-Made IEMs

    Yes I am looking at that option as well. This is the led that was on the old one. Dual chip, I don't know if it is a 3w or 5w. I manage to measure the voltage drop and current just before it finally died. it was 3V and 500mA according to it is 1.5w (p=vi). My guess is that it's probably a 3w led...
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    Home-Made IEMs

    That 2nd one looks over the top
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    Home-Made IEMs

    This looks crazy powerful. What UV range did you get for this one (365nm)? I know some slightly higher ranges can also penetrate darker colors and still manage to cure various types of resins and glues because the UV bleed covers more than a certain exact region on the spectrum (albeit with...
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    Home-Made IEMs

    Can anyone recommend an handheld uv curing light (dentists ones) that works for egger/dreve and lacquer etc... The last one I had that was working great just gave up and I have just received a new one. but unfortunately this time around the UV led they use doesn't cure (since it doesn't cover...
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    Home-Made IEMs

    I am not sure exactly what you mean here, but if you mean the perimeter around to get the shape, then I just remove the bulk of impression material with raw cuts (and make solid) like I would do with a physical impression. Then scrap around bits by bits with brushes like I would do with a...
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    Home-Made IEMs

    Bone conduction is a subject that is actually still undergoing some development in the hearing aid world. Usually it used when there is an issue with the middle ear (where small bones that transfer and amplify the mechanical energy from the tympanic membrane to the inner ear) not being able to...
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    Home-Made IEMs

    I really don't recommend doing the trimming part in Fusion...I have no idea about the smoothing that way and what features of the ear it can crush along the way. It's also usually computationally intensive, especially when importing raw scanned files (even more if not smoothed already) and...
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    Home-Made IEMs

    Are you importing your impressions before or after the digital trimming process (via meshmixer f.e)? I assume once trimmed and smoothed, the tight bends and creases should not be there so it would be less of a problem. You can also use Instant Meshes (this is can be downloaded from github...
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    What Are You Listening To Right Now?

    The new single from Alt-J reminds me a bit of Status Quo-Pictures of Matchstick Men
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    Home-Made IEMs

    I just tested the 3d sketch your way. It works great. Connecting the 2 end dots of each profile and then adding spline points. This is really nice. Thank you
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    Home-Made IEMs

    Technically you could just to get around a value you might like, listen and get an idea, but it's not recommended. Because nailing an exact value is difficult and you'll have to measure the output with a dmm to be sure you are in the same ball park. So repeatability is complicated. It's too much...
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    What Are You Listening To Right Now?

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    Home-Made IEMs

    Ah one last thing I forgot to mention that might not be clear for folks that are completely new at this. When soldering a wire to a BA pad. You don't use tin and melt it while holding the wire next to the solder pad. It's not like through hole soldering. You just need a bit of tin on your...
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