[Themilkman46290]

Most shells has that small dip and some not, but that's not the only problem here.
Some shells have lips on the side that widen the driver cover when trying to place it on the shell. Sometimes the cover cracks damage the driver

Yeah it's a shame really

 

[Themilkman46290]

It happened to me with good generic mx500 shells.
Now I use a very small round metal file to make a small dip in the mx500 shell, so I don't break the wires of the drivers I like or that are more expensive. With the cheap ones I take the risk, but it never happened again.

Here an (old) photo of the 130ohm membrane (from one driver with cut wires, I couldn't solder them back):

I think I will buy a file tomorrow

 

[730user]

I received 400 ohm graphene . These are high-level speakers. They sound less bright like 130 ohm berrylium .
The metal mesh headphone cover snaps well, no glue. There was a plastic speaker cover in the order photo ...
https://aliexpress.ru/item/40008743...004724389.1584423955&sku_id=10000010059964649
PS. Guys! How do you damp the "19 - 20,000 Hz" speakers?

 

[Themilkman46290]

Last night, I ripped apart a pair of toneking to400
And the drivers look exactly the same as other 400ohm diy graphene


Except for a darker shade of blue glue that holds the diaphragm to the cap

Also played with some 3mm od 2mm id acoustic tubing I got from sound link when I had made some b.a. Driver iems, using 32ohm titanium drivers
Y5 paper on the driver, 7-1mm full driver foam of shells, and 23mm of tubing with one end tapered to a 1mm opening

 

[furyossa]

Last night, I ripped apart a pair of toneking to400
And the drivers look exactly the same as other 400ohm diy graphene


Except for a darker shade of blue glue that holds the diaphragm to the cap

Also played with some 3mm od 2mm id acoustic tubing I got from sound link when I had made some b.a. Driver iems, using 32ohm titanium drivers
Y5 paper on the driver, 7-1mm full driver foam of shells, and 23mm of tubing with one end tapered to a 1mm opening

Look out Fiio. There is a new kid on the block.

Congrats man! They look amazing.
How does the tube affect the sound itself?

I still can't find some close-up photos for the EM5.
I thought I saw them using some filter in the tube

Toneking TO400 and TY Hi-Z HP 400 are only 400ohm models that I know.
I didn't expect the driver to be different, but I don't know if the specification says it's a graphene driver

 

[Vannak]

Last night, I ripped apart a pair of toneking to400
And the drivers look exactly the same as other 400ohm diy graphene


Except for a darker shade of blue glue that holds the diaphragm to the cap

Also played with some 3mm od 2mm id acoustic tubing I got from sound link when I had made some b.a. Driver iems, using 32ohm titanium drivers
Y5 paper on the driver, 7-1mm full driver foam of shells, and 23mm of tubing with one end tapered to a 1mm opening

How the sound stage?
My 68 ohm graphene crush cymbals and hi hat sounds so deliciously wide
It so reminds me of my Koss ksc75

 

[Themilkman46290]

Look out Fiio. There is a new kid on the block.

Congrats man! They look amazing.
How does the tube affect the sound itself?

I still can't find some close-up photos for the EM5.
I thought I saw them using some filter in the tube

Toneking TO400 and TY Hi-Z HP 400 are only 400ohm models that I know.
I didn't expect the driver to be different, but I don't know if the specification says it's a graphene driver

Yes the toneking specify but ty uses different drivers from another company, and old driver from what I understood same company but different tuning as seaf and faeal I have a pair of seaf drivers but never could get a better tuning then the original tuning

 

[Themilkman46290]

How the sound stage?
My 68 ohm graphene crush cymbals and hi hat sounds so deliciously wide
It so reminds me of my Koss ksc75

Not as wide as my 64ohm composite titanium
But I haven't spent a lot of time tuning, sub bass is there but a bit shy, mids are not too forwardbut there is a bit of a peak in the high mids/low treble that I am still trying to tune down.
In general, pretty good sound

 

[Vannak]

Not as wide as my 64ohm composite titanium
But I haven't spent a lot of time tuning, sub bass is there but a bit shy, mids are not too forwardbut there is a bit of a peak in the high mids/low treble that I am still trying to tune down.
In general, pretty good sound

Yes!
Please
Keep us update with your tuning

 

[Themilkman46290]

Sure, biggest tips I can give is to purchase as many different tuning papers and foams, for the shell and the driver, also, micropore tapes from 3m, filter papers from different air filters (all kinds) different size drills, starting with 0.5mm to 3mm
And order a bunch of cheap mx500 shells
I would agree with the guys on here, seems the old mx500 is one of the best

My birthday is coming up so my gorgeous wife has lifted then ban......

I will probably order a couple metal shells from these very talented guys in the different diy groups from face book.

 

[captione]

I had such thoughts, now no ). 11.11 I wanted to buy Smabat 10s gold, but then I thought it was boring. So I bought the Smabat 10s silver + Smabat M2 Pro + 2 pairs of "gold" drivers and RY4S mmcx plus for their cost. They now stand in these cases. I like the Smabat 10s silver (already gold) better. The Smabat M2 Pro is asking for a new pair. There is no certainty that the "Native" M2's at 32 ohms and the "Silver" ones at 40 ohms are good enough for these "irons". Visual component:

Pardon my pseudo-English.

Those are certainly good choices! Plus, the available drivers on the M2s are pretty good, and the system makes it a bit easier to swap things out without thinking much through.

On a second note, I honestly wanna buy the "ST-10 150ohm drivers" and fit em on an MX500 shell, I saw someone removing the latch lip of those faceplates, so I think I could do it as well. It looks like an interesting variant of those N52 drivers that VE uses.

 

[captione]

Not as wide as my 64ohm composite titanium
But I haven't spent a lot of time tuning, sub bass is there but a bit shy, mids are not too forwardbut there is a bit of a peak in the high mids/low treble that I am still trying to tune down.
In general, pretty good sound

Is that the big solder ones?
If so, good to see someone liking those 64ohm drivers. I really love em too. Warm and dynamic, soundstage is pretty amazing. I heard they're the upgrade on the 32 ohm "green dot" 19-21 ones, I have one and the transients are just amazing compared to the normal version, definitely an upgrade.

 

[robar]

Is that the big solder ones?
If so, good to see someone liking those 64ohm drivers. I really love em too. Warm and dynamic, soundstage is pretty amazing. I heard they're the upgrade on the 32 ohm "green dot" 19-21 ones, I have one and the transients are just amazing compared to the normal version, definitely an upgrade.

I think the one you talk about is the "chief" 64ohm full titanium. I like it too
The composited ti is this model I think
https://a.aliexpress.com/_mKvLFdL

 

[captione]

I think the one you talk about is the "chief" 64ohm full titanium. I like it too
The composited ti is this model I think
https://a.aliexpress.com/_mKvLFdL

Oh! A composite Ti of the N52s, my bad
They're interesting sets of drivers alright, I wanna complete my sets someday. Have only tried the normal N52s and the 32ohm red bassy ones...

Speaking of the 19-21s
After I buy the normal red dots, my collection will be complete (excluding the composite ti version of the red dot, they're accessible but i don't think it's a necessary buy because I have the full Ti coated ones in my collection now, maybe next time haha)
I'll be giving you guys a full comparison of those once I build em!

 

[furyossa]

And order a bunch of cheap mx500 shells
I would agree with the guys on here, seems the old mx500 is one of the best

You certainly won't go wrong with black one, I'm not sure about the others.
Also, if you want colored shells, you can buy acrylic silver, gold, etc as spray in local art stores. If you want slightly better sound characteristics then consider UV resin on top

My birthday is coming up so my gorgeous wife has lifted then ban......
I will probably order a couple metal shells from these very talented guys in the different diy groups from face book.

Here we go again
I expected that your wife has already lifted the ban after the birthday gift which you did beautifully. What was the reaction?