LuckyNat
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Which is how Flare do it with the audiophile tips .
The only other thing I'm finding annoying is the ridiculously short cables when using the bluetooth unit. It would have been nice to be able to clip to trousers or lower down. I'm having to make some kind of neck chain thing to clip the device on which is not ideal. I hope that Flare come up with an extension cable, or maybe I will just make my own.
Apologies for reviving an old post, but I wondered if you found a solution to this issue you can recommend? A little surprised no-one else has mentioned this. I absolutely love the sound of the Flares Pro, my first higher-end IEMs, but the bluetooth module is incredibly annoying to use. Like you I want to be able to see it to operate it while in use, and the shortness of the cables means they bulge out uncomfortably and unnaturally when clipped to the neck of tshirt or shirt, which also adds microphonics I don't get when using wired.
I guess the only solution would be to find a decent MMCX male-female extension cable but I've struggled to source one. For now I'm using wired (via PC USB and a Fiio E10 DAC) and with a Fiio BTR1 bluetooth unit, which is fine, but the Flares BT unit does sound better for wireless.
I called Flares about it (weirdly enough their factory is about a mile from my house), but they said they had no suggestions and that no-one else had raised the issue before. Can anyone suggest this sort of cable at all?
you can wear it over ear? from the picture, I'd assuem they're meant to be worn downI can't really see why this is a problem, why do you need to see the module when its in use if clipped to a shirt? I always use the phone to control the tracks and volume, so need to touch the BT module. I've found they work fine with no microphonics either with the cables over the ears or hanging down. The cables are long and flexible enough for either. I use mine clipped to the back of my shirt when running, and that works well too.
However, if you really need an extension. The easiest way if you cannot find one ready made, would be to buy a cable for a Shure IEM with the MMCX connectors, and then buy and solder on a couple of MMCX female connectors. That would be really easy to do. I've got one of those Shure cables and use my Flare BT module in the car sometimes, with the 3.5mm plugged into the car AUX socket.
@Jonathan Dunham thanks very much for the reply. It may just be me but I really do find it quite annoying, the way the cable balloons out if clipped to the front of a shirt/tshirt and I don't want something flapping about when I'm running (I'll probably end up getting some true wireless phones for that purpose, these are more for work/home use.
I appreciate the suggestion but I don't have any soldering kit and wouldn't be particularly confident doing that. I have found some mmcx m-f cables online (big Chinese stores) but they're either too long (2m) or too short (15 cm!) with not much in between. The search goes on I guess!
It's a niche demand I realise, the bottom line is these are fantastic sounding earphones, and I may stick to pairing then with the FiiO bt dac for now.
If anyone has any other ideas I'd be grateful
you can wear it over ear? from the picture, I'd assuem they're meant to be worn down
@Jonathan Dunham thanks very much for the reply. It may just be me but I really do find it quite annoying, the way the cable balloons out if clipped to the front of a shirt/tshirt and I don't want something flapping about when I'm running (I'll probably end up getting some true wireless phones for that purpose, these are more for work/home use.
I appreciate the suggestion but I don't have any soldering kit and wouldn't be particularly confident doing that. I have found some mmcx m-f cables online (big Chinese stores) but they're either too long (2m) or too short (15 cm!) with not much in between. The search goes on I guess!
It's a niche demand I realise, the bottom line is these are fantastic sounding earphones, and I may stick to pairing then with the FiiO bt dac for now.
If anyone has any other ideas I'd be grateful
care to share why are you selling it? if it's the best you've ever heard?Hi Guys,
Just in case anyone would be interested I am selling brand new open box Flare 2 Pro HD https://www.head-fi.org/threads/fs-flare-2-pro-hd-open-box.910040/
Cheers
care to share why are you selling it? if it's the best you've ever heard?