[zabiri]

Hey guys,
I am a total beginner and I wanna make my first diy earbuds.
Can anyone recommend a suitable driver for beginners.

So far I am planning to get this
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/323...101d1bc16640296804405829e1a03!58632865100!rec

 

[assassin10000]

Hey guys,
I am a total beginner and I wanna make my first diy earbuds.
Can anyone recommend a suitable driver for beginners.

So far I am planning to get this
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32376534125.html?spm=a2g0o.detail.0.0.28e26bdamf7Hd4&gps-id=pcDetailBottomMoreThisSeller&scm=1007.13339.291025.0&scm_id=1007.13339.291025.0&scm-url=1007.13339.291025.0&pvid=dc64b955-6efe-420f-a8d5-e4b82e17e588&_t=gps-idcDetailBottomMoreThisSeller,scm-url:1007.13339.291025.0,pvid:dc64b955-6efe-420f-a8d5-e4b82e17e588,tpp_buckets:668#2846#8108#1977&pdp_ext_f={"sku_id":"58632865100","sceneId":"3339"}&pdp_npi=2@dis!BDT!1290.44!1161.39!!!!!@2101d1bc16640296804405829e1a03!58632865100!rec

I haven't heard that particular driver, so I can't say if its good or not.

Since it is a PK shell driver, I would recommend the 14.8mm 32Ω Ti driver instead.
https://m.aliexpress.com/item/3256801499735892.html

 

[zabiri]

Hey guys, whats up?
I am a total beginner on this diy earbuds topic but i want to try making one
Can u guys recommend a suitable driver for beginners thay is available in aliexpress.
Prefered sound signature: warm and smooth.
Thanks

 

[Into The Light5]

Hey guys, whats up?
I am a total beginner on this diy earbuds topic but i want to try making one
Can u guys recommend a suitable driver for beginners thay is available in aliexpress.
Prefered sound signature: warm and smooth.
Thanks

I recommend the 15.4mm 18 ohm, the one with black/white driver cover to choose

 

[zabiri]

I recommend the 15.4mm 18 ohm, the one with black/white driver cover to choose

Thanks for your recommendation, appreciate it.

 

[amemisome]

Hello everyone,
This is my first time in this thread. I've read through the DIY Earbuds Guide google spreadsheet and looked at some of the different well known mods and builds such as those by @Rary and @furyossa which has been interesting to read.

I've been using red Vido's with Trig Rain foams for the last couple of months and I'm blown away by the sound quality, especially for the price. I find myself using these earbuds more often than my IEMs because they're just so light and open. They do need a bit of EQ to get decent sub-bass, slightly more upper-mids, and to remove some treble peaks.

Spoiler: EQ that I'm using

I'm interested in learning how to make and tune my own earbuds and if possible I'd also like to try this with drivers that can be tuned to have more sub-bass extension and smoother treble than the Vido's. I have made one pair of DIY CIEMs last year so I'm not completely new to DIY, but I am new to earbuds so I'd like to start on the lower end (say below €30 for all the parts) and preferably with multiple pairs of drivers in case I accidentally ruin a pair or maybe to learn how to do more difficult mods like the rivet mod. My source is a FiiO M5, so not the most powerful but I'm sure it can handle stuff up to 100 Ohms.
I was thinking of either getting 2-3 pairs of the 32 Ohm 19-21 Red Dot's, 2-3 pairs of the 64 Ohm 19-21 Blue Dot Ti's, or a set of the 64 Ohm Emx500 Ti's. Obviously also cheap cables, shells, tuning materials, and M2.4 rivets. What would you guys recommend for a beginner?

 

[assassin10000]

Hello everyone,
This is my first time in this thread. I've read through the DIY Earbuds Guide google spreadsheet and looked at some of the different well known mods and builds such as those by @Rary and @furyossa which has been interesting to read.

I've been using red Vido's with Trig Rain foams for the last couple of months and I'm blown away by the sound quality, especially for the price. I find myself using these earbuds more often than my IEMs because they're just so light and open. They do need a bit of EQ to get decent sub-bass, slightly more upper-mids, and to remove some treble peaks.

Spoiler: EQ that I'm using

I'm interested in learning how to make and tune my own earbuds and if possible I'd also like to try this with drivers that can be tuned to have more sub-bass extension and smoother treble than the Vido's. I have made one pair of DIY CIEMs last year so I'm not completely new to DIY, but I am new to earbuds so I'd like to start on the lower end (say below €30 for all the parts) and preferably with multiple pairs of drivers in case I accidentally ruin a pair or maybe to learn how to do more difficult mods like the rivet mod. My source is a FiiO M5, so not the most powerful but I'm sure it can handle stuff up to 100 Ohms.
I was thinking of either getting 2-3 pairs of the 32 Ohm 19-21 Red Dot's, 2-3 pairs of the 64 Ohm 19-21 Blue Dot Ti's, or a set of the 64 Ohm Emx500 Ti's. Obviously also cheap cables, shells, tuning materials, and M2.4 rivets. What would you guys recommend for a beginner?

You might as well buy the better drivers as they're cheap enough.

Since you'll be doing multiple sets buy plenty of tuning materials to experiment with.

 

[jogawag]

Hello everyone,
This is my first time in this thread. I've read through the DIY Earbuds Guide google spreadsheet and looked at some of the different well known mods and builds such as those by @Rary and @furyossa which has been interesting to read.

I've been using red Vido's with Trig Rain foams for the last couple of months and I'm blown away by the sound quality, especially for the price. I find myself using these earbuds more often than my IEMs because they're just so light and open. They do need a bit of EQ to get decent sub-bass, slightly more upper-mids, and to remove some treble peaks.

Spoiler: EQ that I'm using

I'm interested in learning how to make and tune my own earbuds and if possible I'd also like to try this with drivers that can be tuned to have more sub-bass extension and smoother treble than the Vido's. I have made one pair of DIY CIEMs last year so I'm not completely new to DIY, but I am new to earbuds so I'd like to start on the lower end (say below €30 for all the parts) and preferably with multiple pairs of drivers in case I accidentally ruin a pair or maybe to learn how to do more difficult mods like the rivet mod. My source is a FiiO M5, so not the most powerful but I'm sure it can handle stuff up to 100 Ohms.
I was thinking of either getting 2-3 pairs of the 32 Ohm 19-21 Red Dot's, 2-3 pairs of the 64 Ohm 19-21 Blue Dot Ti's, or a set of the 64 Ohm Emx500 Ti's. Obviously also cheap cables, shells, tuning materials, and M2.4 rivets. What would you guys recommend for a beginner?

I recommend you 32ohm N52 Blue Glue.
https://aliexpress.com/item/33031053227.html

 

[amemisome]

You might as well buy the better drivers as they're cheap enough.

Since you'll be doing multiple sets buy plenty of tuning materials to experiment with.

Thank you for your input. You're right I might as well get the EMX500 Ti with how much praise it's getting and how little it actually costs.
Any tuning materials I should get beyond mixed horse shoe foams, mixed white (paper?) tuning filters, and M2.4 rivets?

I recommend you 32ohm N52 Blue Glue.
https://aliexpress.com/item/33031053227.html

This driver does look promising and from the impressions I get of people who made a build with this driver it would fit my preferences, though I think I'll still get the EMX500 Ti for my first builds. If my first few builds turn out well I might order these later.

 

[assassin10000]

Thank you for your input. You're right I might as well get the EMX500 Ti with how much praise it's getting and how little it actually costs.
Any tuning materials I should get beyond mixed horse shoe foams, mixed white (paper?) tuning filters, and M2.4 rivets?

Medical tape (its porous).

Maybe a small in size set of drill bits and hand/finger drill to hold/use them? May work better than rivets as you could tune the size.

 

[amemisome]

Medical tape (its porous).

Maybe a small in size set of drill bits and hand/finger drill to hold/use them? May work better than rivets as you could tune the size.

Thank you, I've also ordered those. I did still get the rivets, but I'll try just drilling a hole first.

 

[subwoof3r]

hi guys, long time no see

Any feedback about these drivers ? looks interesting :

https://fr.aliexpress.com/item/1005004273477814.html

 

[jogawag]

hi guys, long time no see

Any feedback about these drivers ? looks interesting :

https://fr.aliexpress.com/item/1005004273477814.html

DIY Workroom has the following to say
Blue pet isn't good
only expensive

 

[subwoof3r]

Thanks, I think these drivers are then much more interesting then (the Titanium ones especially) :

 

[drewbadour]

hi guys, long time no see

Any feedback about these drivers ? looks interesting :

https://fr.aliexpress.com/item/1005004273477814.html

These light blue ones are the drivers in the TGXEAR Serratus, which is made by Jim Park (@tgx78.

Apparently, it's really hard to get it to sound good but Jim was able to tune it so well that it has become my favorite bud.

There is a dark blue version of it which is supposedly just bad.