Yinman 600 has been unboxed and initial impressions are really positive. It presents the "headphone-like" sound when paired with my iFi ZEN DAC on high gain, and seems to scale really well with more power. The wooden box it came with is beautiful.
However some things to note when buying old stock earbuds:
The glue holding the driver and and main shell must sat there for quite some time, hence I thought there were actually some sticky transparent spills around the edges of the front driver case. I removed them rather easily with a micro fiber cloth, only to realize the adhesive is completely stripped and the driver is lifting away from the shell. So I thought I might as well do the same for the other side and totally clean out all the old adhesive.
Another thing I'm against are the stock cables. They are quite roughly made, and also due to age, the metal parts have also started to oxidized or tarnished. The plug has some very deep clamp marks on them, which I feel is just poor workmanship. Maybe someone with a pair can share pictures of their original plugs to compare? Their stiffer cable choice also makes them unwieldly and quite a pain to use.
Because of the above reasons, I will have to put listening on hold, until I get some glue to put them back together, while also waiting for a balanced pair of MMCX cables to replace the stock ones.
However some things to note when buying old stock earbuds:
The glue holding the driver and and main shell must sat there for quite some time, hence I thought there were actually some sticky transparent spills around the edges of the front driver case. I removed them rather easily with a micro fiber cloth, only to realize the adhesive is completely stripped and the driver is lifting away from the shell. So I thought I might as well do the same for the other side and totally clean out all the old adhesive.
Another thing I'm against are the stock cables. They are quite roughly made, and also due to age, the metal parts have also started to oxidized or tarnished. The plug has some very deep clamp marks on them, which I feel is just poor workmanship. Maybe someone with a pair can share pictures of their original plugs to compare? Their stiffer cable choice also makes them unwieldly and quite a pain to use.
Because of the above reasons, I will have to put listening on hold, until I get some glue to put them back together, while also waiting for a balanced pair of MMCX cables to replace the stock ones.
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