Latest update on my GK10. A week ago the output dropped severely and there was very little bass. I contacted Penon and after a somewhat lengthy correspondence they agreed to replace my pair. Amusingly, I have to smash them and send them a picture of the broken IEMs! Perhaps I will get a good set this time.
Latest update on my GK10. A week ago the output dropped severely and there was very little bass. I contacted Penon and after a somewhat lengthy correspondence they agreed to replace my pair. Amusingly, I have to smash them and send them a picture of the broken IEMs! Perhaps I will get a good set this time.
This is one of the reasons why I don't particularly care very much to distinguish between electrostatic, magnetostatic, and electret drivers when companies start including the word EST in their listings. They're all related technologies, so all that really matters to me is whether or not the result sounds good. Piezoelectric drivers, on the other hand, aren't really the same thing, so it is a bit problematic when people try to claim them as EST drivers. As for driver materials, I do wish that more companies would be a bit more honest about what they're made of. "Bio-cellulose", so paper or maybe rayon? "Carbon nanotube" so resin impregnated carbonized cellulose? There's also a huge difference in the performance characteristics associated with drivers coated with metal through vapor deposition and those made with stamped metal foil. Vapor deposited metal on a plastic film will still predominately behave like the structural material unless the layer of metal deposited is very thick, which is unlikely in a typical vapor deposition application. I really like how a lot of loudspeaker driver manufacturers are super specific about their driver composition, so having so many IEM manufacturers be a little dodgy about what their drivers are and what they're made of makes me a bit sad.
I see four driver categories on the market right now:
1) loudspeakers coated in alien pixie dusts
2) balanced armature secretly mined from comets
3) things pretending to be planars
4) things pretending not to be door buzzers
Too bad about them going dead, but I've got to say that the soldering here on yours looks to have been a big step up compared to the pictures of the other pair that was opened up.
I have tried to extract the DDs but they are firmly glued into a plastic surround and I could not get them out. Perhaps someone else has a dud set thay can open up.
Latest update on my GK10. A week ago the output dropped severely and there was very little bass. I contacted Penon and after a somewhat lengthy correspondence they agreed to replace my pair. Amusingly, I have to smash them and send them a picture of the broken IEMs! Perhaps I will get a good set this time.
The right side of my pair had a rattling sound at higher volume, and Penon asked me to return them via USPS with the least expensive service with tracking and they would reimburse me. They have finally acknowledged receiving them and are returning them to Geek Wold for evaluation, but I'm still trying to get a response from Penon regarding the shipping costs. This is my first time buying from them, and I can't say I'm real happy with the service. I would have much preferred them replacing the headphones and me destroying the original ones.
I have tried to extract the DDs but they are firmly glued into a plastic surround and I could not get them out. Perhaps someone else has a dud set thay can open up.
Sounds like what I encountered in the process of dismantling my Tanchjim Cora- in the end I had to use a small knife to cut the driver free (kinda dangerous ngl)
YThe right side of my pair had a rattling sound at higher volume, and Penon asked me to return them via USPS with the least expensive service with tracking and they would reimburse me. They have finally acknowledged receiving them and are returning them to Geek Wold for evaluation, but I'm still trying to get a response from Penon regarding the shipping costs. This is my first time buying from them, and I can't say I'm real happy with the service. I would have much preferred them replacing the headphones and me destroying the original ones.
The best matched cable and tips for me are KBEAR Inspiration-S 4 Core 4N Single Crystal Copper Silver Plated and Sedna Earfit.
The cable is slightly more expensive than the GK10 though LOL
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