[DefectiveAudioComponent]

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Originally Posted by dBel84 /img/forum/go_quote.gif There are 8ohm SFI's out there that are unipolar - I have toyed with the idea of buying a pair and then gutting them to make dipoles. one day ........ dB ps DAC - those look really great

This is a dipole through.

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Originally Posted by wualta /img/forum/go_quote.gif If it's not kind of bassy and dull sounding, let's hope it's got a leaky baffle or something that when fixed will make it bassy. Don't forget to damp the vents. Markse never got around to damping his, but the Eagle's internal design is clever-- there's a cone that bounces the backwave away from the diaphragm.

I've opened one cup now. There is no damping, and the driver is not sealed to the baffle. It is just placed in a recession in the baffle.
It looks like there is just about no room for driver damping, because of the cone. I could use something very thin, or make a hole for the cone.

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Originally Posted by BoilermakerFan /img/forum/go_quote.gif Oh yeah, pics will follow later. I have them, just need to upload them tomorrow morning. Crashing for the night.

Cool! Is headstage good?

 

[Kabeer]

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Originally Posted by BoilermakerFan /img/forum/go_quote.gif And the result was exactly what I hoped for! Great bass to go with the sweet mids and highs. I'm in awe of the sound, and most importantly for me, pianos sound like live pianos! WOOT! WOOT! Thanks Ludoo, cetoole, and dB, but especially Kabeer for pushing me to mod them!

Congrats!!

It's all part of my evil plan to convert you to the Yamaha side, mwahahaa

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But really, hope you can succesfully mod all the others in your house too.

 

[HeadphoneAddict]

Those new planar magnetics that Head-Direct was showing off at CanJam are a winner. I think they are very expensive, maybe $800, but they sounded very nice. I need more time with them Sunday before going home, and the only impressions I can give is they are very clean, crisp, natural and transparent, and totally unlike a stock Yamaha or modded vintage ortho - they were better. They reminded me a bit of my Smegma Pros. They are also still harder to drive than dynamics, but the EF1 had enough power to deliver a warm full rich strong performance, while the EF2 struggled a bit and would not be my choice.

 

[Kabeer]

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Originally Posted by HeadphoneAddict /img/forum/go_quote.gif Those new planar magnetics that Head-Direct was showing off at CanJam are a winner. I think they are very expensive, maybe $800, but they sounded very nice. I need more time with them Sunday before going home, and the only impressions I can give is they are very clean, crisp, natural and transparent, and totally unlike a stock Yamaha or modded vintage ortho - they were better. They reminded me a bit of my Smegma Pros. They are also still harder to drive than dynamics, but the EF1 had enough power to deliver a warm full rich strong performance, while the EF2 struggled a bit and would not be my choice.

Head-Direct?? Do you mean Audeze...as thats the only company we know of developing a new Planar magnetic.
And I dont like the sound of that $800....

(for us cheapo's wallet's), i'm hoping thats just a total guess you plucked out of the air....

How was the magnitude of deep bass/bass?

 

[DefectiveAudioComponent]

800... sounds reasonable but too much for me at the moment

Meanwhile, a picture of the Eagle SFI driver:

It has the same metal net covering the driver on both sides.

 

[dBel84]

DAC , what is the diameter of that driver - looks awful like the YH5 driver structure.

Great news on the new planars HA , you have any pictures to share with us? I had heard a $400 figure mentioned at the other place but it was also here-say ( note how close that is to heresy

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..dB

 

[DefectiveAudioComponent]

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Originally Posted by dBel84 /img/forum/go_quote.gif DAC , what is the diameter of that driver - looks awful like the YH5 driver structure. ..dB

A closeup so that you can see more details

It's 38mm. (I did not measure so carefully, but I think that was it.)

 

[Kabeer]

Looks like it have quite wide traces, makes sense, thats why its 8ohm. It has less traces than the standard SFI (kinda like a comparison of the Aiwa vs T50)

 

[Faust2D]

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Originally Posted by dBel84 /img/forum/go_quote.gif DAC , what is the diameter of that driver - looks awful like the YH5 driver structure. Great news on the new planars HA , you have any pictures to share with us? I had heard a $400 figure mentioned at the other place but it was also here-say ( note how close that is to heresy ) ..dB

these look to be head direct orthos:

 

[BoilermakerFan]

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Originally Posted by DefectiveAudioComponent /img/forum/go_quote.gif Cool! Is headstage good?

It's good for a closed can, but not close to my K601s or cetoole's QP400s. I'm hoping a new cable helps a little...


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Originally Posted by Kabeer /img/forum/go_quote.gif Congrats!! It's all part of my evil plan to convert you to the Yamaha side, mwahahaa . But really, hope you can succesfully mod all the others in your house too.

Thanks.

Here are the pics, sorry the first is blurry,but the details show up well enough:

 

[DefectiveAudioComponent]

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Originally Posted by Faust2D /img/forum/go_quote.gif head direct orthos

Those look great! (Two of them? More?)
Are there now two producers of orthos, or is head direct the same as the ones Kabeer has been talking about?

 

[Faust2D]

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Originally Posted by DefectiveAudioComponent /img/forum/go_quote.gif Those look great! (Two of them? More?) Are there now two producers of orthos, or is head direct the same as the ones Kabeer has been talking about?

There seems to be two different models, the one in the pic looks to be head direct model. Not sure if it defiantly the one. Will need to wait for more pics from the front lines.

 

[dBel84]

BMF - that stuff is not micropore - it's ophthalmic tape , not tried it but I anticipate it to be more of a reflex dot than micropore .


I didn't know head direct was experimenting with orthos - I am very curious now ..dB

 

[HeadphoneAddict]

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Originally Posted by Faust2D /img/forum/go_quote.gif these look to be head direct orthos:

That was the head-direct orthos, which I think were called HE5 I think. Fang was guessing on a ball bark price retail price talking to someone else and I was eavesdropping on the conversation. It sounded very nice on an EF1 amp, kinda like a more balanced sounding RS-1.

 

[malldian]

Well they look outstanding. Too bad I am team budget ortho.