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[lesale08]

SCHIITTTTT.....I think my left driver died!!!

Haven't used it for a couple of weeks, plugged it up to the Modius/Jot stack and nothing coming from the left speaker. Checked all cables and swapped setup's still nothing.

Gave it some deoxit and will come back to it....pray!

How long have you had your elears?

 

[lesale08]

Hifiman cables will do, am using the Ananda's with good results and I don't recommend cutting and ironing custom plugs, remember the stock cables are high end and originally quoted for $220

Still checking my options. For now, I had rolled a portion of the stock cable and tied them in to shorten to my liking. Very cost effective for now. Lol.

 

[volly]

How long have you had your elears?

Second hand, about 3 years now! Might open her up and have a look inside!

 

[HTSkywalker]

Second hand, about 3 years now! Might open her up and have a look inside!

Nothing much to do inside, most of the cases the left driver dies.
It was a common manufacturing defect in the first batches of both Elear and Utopia and it take sometime to appear. The warranty was extended to 5 years to cover for the defective products.

 

[volly]

Nothing much to do inside, most of the cases the left driver dies.
It was a common manufacturing defect in the first batches of both Elear and Utopia and it take sometime to appear. The warranty was extended to 5 years to cover for the defective products.

Yeah I read this, the cost of fixing this issue is not worth it for me! Ahhhh wells......

 

[regaet]

For what it's worth? (beyond my skills)

 

[pataburd]

Nothing much to do inside, most of the cases the left driver dies.
It was a common manufacturing defect in the first batches of both Elear and Utopia and it take sometime to appear. The warranty was extended to 5 years to cover for the defective product.

The left channel failed in my first set of Utopia (which Focal, to their credit, did replace).

 

[lesale08]

The left channel failed in my first set of Utopia (which Focal, to their credit, did replace).

That must be a very terrible experience. Even the flagship has that design failure.

 

[pataburd]

Quite a let down, indeed.

 

[volly]

Well....I opened it up, quite easy to do actually....I don't see any detached wire or anything like that. I'm going to take it an Electrician next week. Gave them a call and seem keen to have a look at it!

 

[pataburd]

Keep us updated.

 

[HTSkywalker]

The left channel failed in my first set of Utopia (which Focal, to their credit, did replace).

Same with my Elear, warranty was honored
A new driver set (L+R) were shipped free of charge.

 

[lesale08]

Same with my Elear, warranty was honored
A new driver set (L+R) were shipped free of charge.

Did you diy after receiving the drivers?

 

[HTSkywalker]

Did you diy after receiving the drivers?

I did, pretty straight forward. Melt the solder joints to remove the old drivers and to solder the new ones. Make sure not to drop any solder on the drivers and use professional grade solder for the best connection.