CustomArt FIBAE Impressions Thread

[Deezel177]

I can't wait for a SLAprint CA

I think SLA and Custom Art are never meant to be together. How would @piotrus-g exert his creative muscles then?

 

[msiekkb]

@Deezel177 I agree with your review. Good job.

 

[piotrus-g]

I think SLA and Custom Art are never meant to be together. How would @piotrus-g exert his creative muscles then?

Cannot comment on this

 

[Deezel177]

Cannot comment on this

Taking one of your quotes from CanJam Singapore 2016... Silicone SLA... (?)

 

[kubig123]

Better late than never.

Custom Art FIBAE 3 - Through The Looking Glass

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Another great review, and sorry if I'm repeating myself but the mirror faceplates are gorgeous!!!!

 

[piotrus-g]

Taking one of your quotes from CanJam Singapore 2016... Silicone SLA... (?)

SLA does take away a part of "human" element involved in the process - that is true - it's still limited although less so than it was 2 years ago. I believe those were my arguments in that discussion.
I cannot comment whether it's a thing we are "never" (as you said) going to do.

 

[robervaul]

SLA does take away a part of "human" element involved in the process - that is true - it's still limited although less so than it was 2 years ago. I believe those were my arguments in that discussion.
I cannot comment whether it's a thing we are "never" (as you said) going to do.

The Productivity increases with just one click.
And the costumers send their 3d impressions by email.

 

[piotrus-g]

The Productivity increases with just one click.
And the costumers send their 3d impressions by email.

Oh I know the advantages

 

[Deezel177]

I can't wait until the budget allows me finally to make an appointment at Custom Art to choose my first CIEM. Reviews like above makes it even harder to wait

Thank you kindly sir always happy to see your reviews!

@Deezel177 I agree with your review. Good job.

Another great review, and sorry if I'm repeating myself but the mirror faceplates are gorgeous!!!!

Appreciate the kind words, everyone. The pair are gorgeous, indeed! @piotrus-g did an awesome job with these ones.

 

[davidcotton]

SLA does take away a part of "human" element involved in the process - that is true - it's still limited although less so than it was 2 years ago. I believe those were my arguments in that discussion.
I cannot comment whether it's a thing we are "never" (as you said) going to do.

Interestingly enough Noble dropped the option from the website as there wasn't enough/much (not sure which) interest in the process. A couple of people still complained about fit issues with the sla I seem to remember as well.

 

[piotrus-g]

Appreciate the kind words, everyone. The pair are gorgeous, indeed! @piotrus-g did an awesome job with these ones.

Bigger credit goes to you (for overall design) and my team for execution

 

[tienbasse]

Interestingly enough Noble dropped the option from the website as there wasn't enough/much (not sure which) interest in the process. A couple of people still complained about fit issues with the sla I seem to remember as well.

SLA is not the most suited 3D-printing technique for small builds that requires a lot of accuracy.
There are a couple vendors proposing better technologies for 3D-printing, made for casting jewelry molds and parts for medical devices, hence requiring high accuracy.

That being said, with the level of finish and complexity of CIEMs, I'm not sure the productivity gain is immense, because there is still a lot of post-processing/assembling to do after you print the shells. It is just one step in a long chain...

 

[piotrus-g]

This story begins in late 2016 (yes, 2016!). It starts with a meeting with lovely dude named Matt who came all the way down from US to Germany to drop by a show at which Custom Art exhibited. He stopped at our booth and auditioned shortly a single-driver and a quad-driver FIBAE IEM impromptu-prepared prototypes. I remember his excitement about FIBAE technology which back then was in early stages of development and we were only starting to grasp how to work with it. We had long conversation about Custom Art’s plans, schedule and how we saw the progress of building new line up. There was no doubt in either of our minds that what we discussed will eventually have to come to life.
Fast forward few weeks after our meeting I received following e-mail:

“Hi Piotr,

It was great meeting you! I wanted to check-in about the progress of the CIEM with FIBAE. Based on our conversation, I understand this project needs some time to develop. I mainly wanted to let you know it's on our radar and we're certainly interested. When you're ready, I can send you over my ear impressions.

I hope all is well with you! I'll look forward to hearing more about it.

Regards.”

And indeed this project required some time to develop. The reasons for that were few-folds. First of all, the product called for higher driver count (remember it was a time before FIBAE 2 was even at the drawing board). Secondly, the product’s sound had to be, to some extent, based on one of the already existing product without FIBAE technology, but be better, making target response incredibly difficult to maneuver. It had to incorporate the newest most advanced drivers possible. Finally, it had to be reasonably priced, too. That said my hands weren’t exactly tied too, which enabled me to have some of creativity when it came to the actual tuning. Between late 2016 and early 2018 I learned a lot about designing with Flat Impedance drivers, we developed FIBAE 1 and 2 and only recently released FIBAE 3. I think my first brainstorming over this new design started in early 2017. I soldered some prototypes but they never made it out to in-shell testing aka. listening stage. In the summer of 2017 we received a new driver from one of the BA manufacturers and right away I knew this one was ideal for the application. I rearranged driver configuration and the design came together nicely. I took the prototype on vacation (guess I work on vacations too…) of which some pictures were posted on our Social Media pages, creating a bit of a stir. Thus speculations about the driver count, sound signature and all the other details began.
But we kept our secrets tightly locked and only scarce elements of the puzzle were released. Bits and pieces about signature or potential pricing, release date but nothing too specific. No one outside the company/-ies really knew what it’s going to be.
In late 2017 I was quite set on the tuning, but still wasn’t completely sure, something was missing - there were improvements to be made. I kind of knew what I wanted to change but I didn’t really know how to approach those minor changes because they added up to pretty considerable revision. Finally, in December I pinged Matt that we are ready with final design, and a finished earpiece landed in his office few weeks later.

So by now you’re wondering who is this guy Matt? Well… his title reads Audiophile Buyer and he works for Massdrop.

We are proud to announce successor to Ei.xx – Custom Art FIBAE Massdrop Exclusive IEM!

Custom Art and Massdrop have long history of cooperation dating back well to the 2014. We were the second custom IEM company to be featured on the website, with the unbroken partnership since then.
Ei.xx became a crucial part of our line up and highly requested product with extraordinary, nearly flash-like sales when whole drop would be sold out in the matter of 7 hours. Ei.xx’ sound - big bass and smooth highs was spot on for Massdrop audience, positioning it above some of the much more expensive competitor offerings.
I’m honored to say that both companies are joining ranks once again to bring back the unparalleled fun sounding IEM with new Flat Impedance technology and revised sound.
FIBAE Massdrop Exclusive brings the best qualities from its predecessor and improve on the weaknesses. If you follow Custom Art, you know – we listen! We listened to 3-years worth of feedback to produce newer, more advanced and better sounding IEM. Major improvements has been applied to bass timbre – now with slightly bigger body more natural decay the bass sounds big and real. We decreased low frequencies quantity just a tiny bit too in order to avoid overpowering, but not enough to change their character altogther. With new dual woofer, bass is now all about sub-bass with powerful kick and big presence. Midrange handled by a single mid-woofer is thick and lush but also less recessed compared to previous model. The upper mids has been improved with proprietary Custom Art single driver known from FIBAE2. The most noticeable change however has been made in highs department which is now driven by dual-tweeter instead of single high frequency speaker. Finely tuned to provide excellent extension range in flat manner – without harshness or fatigue. We also took time to increase driver coherency and extend soundstage in all directions. The total of 6 drivers produce big and thick, natural sound offering pure fun and enjoyment without compromising clarity or extension. Finally dependence on sound source – extremely big factor for Ei.xx – has been solved with our Flat Impednace Balanced Armature Earphone technology.

Custom Art FIBAE Massdrop Exclusive IEM emerges as an effect of months of work and progress, using the latest tech available in order to bring the IEM with high-end value to community we love.
https://www.massdrop.com/buy/customart-fibae

 

[crabdog]

This story begins in late 2016 (yes, 2016!). It starts with a meeting with lovely dude named Matt who came all the way down from US to Germany to drop by a show at which Custom Art exhibited. He stopped at our booth and auditioned shortly a single-driver and a quad-driver FIBAE IEM impromptu-prepared prototypes. I remember his excitement about FIBAE technology which back then was in early stages of development and we were only starting to grasp how to work with it. We had long conversation about Custom Art’s plans, schedule and how we saw the progress of building new line up. There was no doubt in either of our minds that what we discussed will eventually have to come to life.
Fast forward few weeks after our meeting I received following e-mail:

“Hi Piotr,

It was great meeting you! I wanted to check-in about the progress of the CIEM with FIBAE. Based on our conversation, I understand this project needs some time to develop. I mainly wanted to let you know it's on our radar and we're certainly interested. When you're ready, I can send you over my ear impressions.

I hope all is well with you! I'll look forward to hearing more about it.

Regards.”

And indeed this project required some time to develop. The reasons for that were few-folds. First of all, the product called for higher driver count (remember it was a time before FIBAE 2 was even at the drawing board). Secondly, the product’s sound had to be, to some extent, based on one of the already existing product without FIBAE technology, but be better, making target response incredibly difficult to maneuver. It had to incorporate the newest most advanced drivers possible. Finally, it had to be reasonably priced, too. That said my hands weren’t exactly tied too, which enabled me to have some of creativity when it came to the actual tuning. Between late 2016 and early 2018 I learned a lot about designing with Flat Impedance drivers, we developed FIBAE 1 and 2 and only recently released FIBAE 3. I think my first brainstorming over this new design started in early 2017. I soldered some prototypes but they never made it out to in-shell testing aka. listening stage. In the summer of 2017 we received a new driver from one of the BA manufacturers and right away I knew this one was ideal for the application. I rearranged driver configuration and the design came together nicely. I took the prototype on vacation (guess I work on vacations too…) of which some pictures were posted on our Social Media pages, creating a bit of a stir. Thus speculations about the driver count, sound signature and all the other details began.
But we kept our secrets tightly locked and only scarce elements of the puzzle were released. Bits and pieces about signature or potential pricing, release date but nothing too specific. No one outside the company/-ies really knew what it’s going to be.
In late 2017 I was quite set on the tuning, but still wasn’t completely sure, something was missing - there were improvements to be made. I kind of knew what I wanted to change but I didn’t really know how to approach those minor changes because they added up to pretty considerable revision. Finally, in December I pinged Matt that we are ready with final design, and a finished earpiece landed in his office few weeks later.

So by now you’re wondering who is this guy Matt? Well… his title reads Audiophile Buyer and he works for Massdrop.

We are proud to announce successor to Ei.xx – Custom Art FIBAE Massdrop Exclusive IEM!

Custom Art and Massdrop have long history of cooperation dating back well to the 2014. We were the second custom IEM company to be featured on the website, with the unbroken partnership since then.
Ei.xx became a crucial part of our line up and highly requested product with extraordinary, nearly flash-like sales when whole drop would be sold out in the matter of 7 hours. Ei.xx’ sound - big bass and smooth highs was spot on for Massdrop audience, positioning it above some of the much more expensive competitor offerings.
I’m honored to say that both companies are joining ranks once again to bring back the unparalleled fun sounding IEM with new Flat Impedance technology and revised sound.
FIBAE Massdrop Exclusive brings the best qualities from its predecessor and improve on the weaknesses. If you follow Custom Art, you know – we listen! We listened to 3-years worth of feedback to produce newer, more advanced and better sounding IEM. Major improvements has been applied to bass timbre – now with slightly bigger body more natural decay the bass sounds big and real. We decreased low frequencies quantity just a tiny bit too in order to avoid overpowering, but not enough to change their character altogther. With new dual woofer, bass is now all about sub-bass with powerful kick and big presence. Midrange handled by a single mid-woofer is thick and lush but also less recessed compared to previous model. The upper mids has been improved with proprietary Custom Art single driver known from FIBAE2. The most noticeable change however has been made in highs department which is now driven by dual-tweeter instead of single high frequency speaker. Finely tuned to provide excellent extension range in flat manner – without harshness or fatigue. We also took time to increase driver coherency and extend soundstage in all directions. The total of 6 drivers produce big and thick, natural sound offering pure fun and enjoyment without compromising clarity or extension. Finally dependence on sound source – extremely big factor for Ei.xx – has been solved with our Flat Impednace Balanced Armature Earphone technology.

Custom Art FIBAE Massdrop Exclusive IEM emerges as an effect of months of work and progress, using the latest tech available in order to bring the IEM with high-end value to community we love.
https://www.massdrop.com/buy/customart-fibae

Awesome stuff! Can't wait to hear some impressions once people get their hands on these.

 

[Blommen]

This story begins in late 2016 (yes, 2016!). It starts with a meeting with lovely dude named Matt who came all the way down from US to Germany to drop by a show at which Custom Art exhibited. He stopped at our booth and auditioned shortly a single-driver and a quad-driver FIBAE IEM impromptu-prepared prototypes. I remember his excitement about FIBAE technology which back then was in early stages of development and we were only starting to grasp how to work with it. We had long conversation about Custom Art’s plans, schedule and how we saw the progress of building new line up. There was no doubt in either of our minds that what we discussed will eventually have to come to life.
Fast forward few weeks after our meeting I received following e-mail:

“Hi Piotr,

It was great meeting you! I wanted to check-in about the progress of the CIEM with FIBAE. Based on our conversation, I understand this project needs some time to develop. I mainly wanted to let you know it's on our radar and we're certainly interested. When you're ready, I can send you over my ear impressions.

I hope all is well with you! I'll look forward to hearing more about it.

Regards.”

And indeed this project required some time to develop. The reasons for that were few-folds. First of all, the product called for higher driver count (remember it was a time before FIBAE 2 was even at the drawing board). Secondly, the product’s sound had to be, to some extent, based on one of the already existing product without FIBAE technology, but be better, making target response incredibly difficult to maneuver. It had to incorporate the newest most advanced drivers possible. Finally, it had to be reasonably priced, too. That said my hands weren’t exactly tied too, which enabled me to have some of creativity when it came to the actual tuning. Between late 2016 and early 2018 I learned a lot about designing with Flat Impedance drivers, we developed FIBAE 1 and 2 and only recently released FIBAE 3. I think my first brainstorming over this new design started in early 2017. I soldered some prototypes but they never made it out to in-shell testing aka. listening stage. In the summer of 2017 we received a new driver from one of the BA manufacturers and right away I knew this one was ideal for the application. I rearranged driver configuration and the design came together nicely. I took the prototype on vacation (guess I work on vacations too…) of which some pictures were posted on our Social Media pages, creating a bit of a stir. Thus speculations about the driver count, sound signature and all the other details began.
But we kept our secrets tightly locked and only scarce elements of the puzzle were released. Bits and pieces about signature or potential pricing, release date but nothing too specific. No one outside the company/-ies really knew what it’s going to be.
In late 2017 I was quite set on the tuning, but still wasn’t completely sure, something was missing - there were improvements to be made. I kind of knew what I wanted to change but I didn’t really know how to approach those minor changes because they added up to pretty considerable revision. Finally, in December I pinged Matt that we are ready with final design, and a finished earpiece landed in his office few weeks later.

So by now you’re wondering who is this guy Matt? Well… his title reads Audiophile Buyer and he works for Massdrop.

We are proud to announce successor to Ei.xx – Custom Art FIBAE Massdrop Exclusive IEM!

Custom Art and Massdrop have long history of cooperation dating back well to the 2014. We were the second custom IEM company to be featured on the website, with the unbroken partnership since then.
Ei.xx became a crucial part of our line up and highly requested product with extraordinary, nearly flash-like sales when whole drop would be sold out in the matter of 7 hours. Ei.xx’ sound - big bass and smooth highs was spot on for Massdrop audience, positioning it above some of the much more expensive competitor offerings.
I’m honored to say that both companies are joining ranks once again to bring back the unparalleled fun sounding IEM with new Flat Impedance technology and revised sound.
FIBAE Massdrop Exclusive brings the best qualities from its predecessor and improve on the weaknesses. If you follow Custom Art, you know – we listen! We listened to 3-years worth of feedback to produce newer, more advanced and better sounding IEM. Major improvements has been applied to bass timbre – now with slightly bigger body more natural decay the bass sounds big and real. We decreased low frequencies quantity just a tiny bit too in order to avoid overpowering, but not enough to change their character altogther. With new dual woofer, bass is now all about sub-bass with powerful kick and big presence. Midrange handled by a single mid-woofer is thick and lush but also less recessed compared to previous model. The upper mids has been improved with proprietary Custom Art single driver known from FIBAE2. The most noticeable change however has been made in highs department which is now driven by dual-tweeter instead of single high frequency speaker. Finely tuned to provide excellent extension range in flat manner – without harshness or fatigue. We also took time to increase driver coherency and extend soundstage in all directions. The total of 6 drivers produce big and thick, natural sound offering pure fun and enjoyment without compromising clarity or extension. Finally dependence on sound source – extremely big factor for Ei.xx – has been solved with our Flat Impednace Balanced Armature Earphone technology.

Custom Art FIBAE Massdrop Exclusive IEM emerges as an effect of months of work and progress, using the latest tech available in order to bring the IEM with high-end value to community we love.
https://www.massdrop.com/buy/customart-fibae

O.M.G ! Ei.xx Eas ny first ciem, this is exciting news!!! Does it come in silicone?