I really don't understand Bob's business philosophy with this IEM. If I read right, this is a "one and done" production. So, come November or December when people start getting these, and assuming they turn out to be wonderful, the only way to get it will be used because they will "never" be made again. Why not leave open the possibility for future production runs? Am I missing something?
The Elan never came off as he asked for feedback and it seems it wasn't great second the Rah doesn't cost £1000 so I would probably discount most what was said in this email as it seems his plans have changed significantly.
Even if you did have batches made annually that wouldn't be the main determiner of variance. The main culprit would be the difficulty in producing a product. Take something as complicated as a cpus variance can be pretty high for top of the line cpu yields can be as low as 50%, so even within the same production run you could have noticeable variance.
The Elan never came off as he asked for feedback and it seems it wasn't great second the Rah doesn't cost £1000 so I would probably discount most what was said in this email as it seems his plans have changed significantly.
Even if you did have batches made annually that wouldn't be the main determiner of variance. The main culprit would be the difficulty in producing a product. Take something as complicated as a cpus variance can be pretty high for top of the line cpu yields can be as low as 50%, so even within the same production run you could have noticeable variance.
I know I read somewhere that the RAH would be a one time production. I think it was in one of the emails or maybe the website. Can't find it now for some reason.
"I have been asked by a couple of people who committed if they can buy after production and the answer is no. These will be made just for those that pre ordered. If you committed and somehow missed the pre order sale then contact me via email inf@imracoustics.com and we can sort something out if you contact me before the 16th September 2019, after that I cannot help further. IF anyone else from the committal list purchases during that time I will update the total numbers on the 17th September 2019, if there is no change the numbers above will stand and that will be the total and no numbers update will be required."
The more I read the more questions I have.... This is a real big leap of faith....
What type of crossover is used, if any?
How did they make the planar driver so sensitive to be 32 ohms at 103db/mw?
It's this a completely open design (damping on a planar IEM is hard)?
What exactly are the duties/FR of the drivers?
Direct from Bob in response to an email from me a month ago:
"The DD diaphragm is 15mm and the piezo is 9mm from corner to corner (diagonally ), the planar is 10mm. All of them run in tandem the same as the dd and piezo do in the Zenith and Aten models but due to the natural nature of decay the piezo doesn’t operate in the lower frequencies and the planar just adds a nice in-fill of detail in the lower frequencies and in the mid to upper registers they do what they do best so a cross over is not required. In fact with a cross over there would be a strange transient change in sound and its better (with the right tuning of course) to use its natural decay."
I really can't wait for these. I'm always hopeful and ever enthusiastic but with these I'm genuinely excited!
Hello Everyone, I was updated by BOB the existing status of RAH.... But, I shall wait to disclose it until he reaches everyone in his own words.. I write this to keep on the momentum...
Hello Everyone, I was updated by BOB the existing status of RAH.... But, I shall wait to disclose it until he reaches everyone in his own words.. I write this to keep on the momentum...
I need to keep myself occupied on other things or I know I will be hitting the refresh button on a regular basis as the time approaches (including locking my wallet away to avoid "Retail Therapy")
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