DIY Earbuds
Jul 4, 2021 at 2:22 PM Post #3,738 of 4,718
I meant hoped, a mistake :)
Are you plan to modify them? Here on this thread, we rarely talk about buds or asking questions about assembled buds.
 
Jul 4, 2021 at 3:19 PM Post #3,740 of 4,718
Jul 5, 2021 at 1:54 AM Post #3,741 of 4,718
I'm preparing to recable some of my earbuds, main reason is to change the cable/plug to balanced.
Does anyone know a store that would sell me cables with 2.5 balanced connectors already soldered?
For a reasonable price that is, not looking for a custom order.

I will ask Ry audio store and Jietu, but I have never seen the DIY cables with 2.5 plugs sold anywhere.
 
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Jul 5, 2021 at 2:18 AM Post #3,742 of 4,718
I'm preparing to recable some of my earbuds, main reason is to change the cable/plug to balanced.
Does anyone know a store that would sell me cables with 2.5 balanced connectors already soldered?
For a reasonable price that is, not looking for a custom order.

I will ask Ry audio store and Jietu, but I have never seen the DIY cables with 2.5 plugs sold anywhere.
You can buy ready-made and cut their connectors. Nicehck and TRN stores on Aliexpress have good and cheap cables
 
Jul 5, 2021 at 2:39 AM Post #3,743 of 4,718
You can buy ready-made and cut their connectors. Nicehck and TRN stores on Aliexpress have good and cheap cables
Yeah. This is likely the easiest and cheapest solution.
Or modify the shells with mmcx connectors, but that would be more difficult...
I really like the RY cables.
 
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Jul 5, 2021 at 2:52 AM Post #3,744 of 4,718
Jul 5, 2021 at 5:04 PM Post #3,745 of 4,718
The metal shells from NSC store have arrived, and these are beautiful.
14.8mm diameter (in theory)
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Tried to snap on some grille/cover.
PK style is a bit small, wont fit.
14.8mm metal mesh cover is possibly okay.
I had some 32Ohm titanium drivers, that I removed from the original cover, and I had one undamaged test cover to put on without drivers.
That was a tight fit. So tight, I could not remove it. No matter what I tried.
Then I had to open the back with a needle, to try to push the cover from the back.
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Put a stick in, pushed, but still couldn't remove it. I was so angry, I even put it in the freezer, to see if it shrinks a bit, but no luck.
Whatever I tried I only damaged the cover, first the metal grille fall off, then the only way to remove the cover was to peel it from the shell.
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So, no luck yet but damages. It is definitely not easy to DIY. I could not tune the driver when I couldn't have removed it, anyway.
These 32Ohm titaniums are my unicorn. Now I have one original, and two modified in a PK front cover, but no original cover.
Now I look around on Ali for spares. Again.
 

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