[dBel84]

Because I can . Actually hoping to find an ortho that is comfortably driven by the DAP output. All mine need an amp even to gt up to listening volume ( while on the move ) ..dB

 

[kwkarth]

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Because I can . Actually hoping to find an ortho that is comfortably driven by the DAP output. All mine need an amp even to gt up to listening volume ( while on the move ) ..dB

We need a good ortho iem.
 
Don?
 

 

[BoilermakerFan]

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We need a good ortho iem.
 
Don?
 

It exists, it's the YH-5M.  More of canal phone than IEM, but canal phones are so much more comfortable. 
 
I wonder if Stax 003 style drivers could be revised to be an ortho instead of 'stat.  Not willing to sacrifice mine to the cause though. 
 

 

[dBel84]

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We need a good ortho iem.
 
Don?
 

This idea has been tossed about a few times and we have a few sound ( get it ) ideas. Just need time and a work bench to play. The YH5M is exactly the model that will be followed - needs a support as even small magnets are heavy ..dB

 

[kwkarth]

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This idea has been tossed about a few times and we have a few sound ( get it ) ideas. Just need time and a work bench to play. The YH5M is exactly the model that will be followed - needs a support as even small magnets are heavy ..dB

Yeah, I've had some "designs" on the 5M's myself.

 

[scompton]

I can just picture what SFI canal phones would look like.

 

[wualta]

Yeah, pretty much like the YH-5M with a simpler headband. The probable reason for the 5M's complexity is to make sure the little canal tubes are aimed precisely so that a perfect seal is established as soon as the owner puts them on, since a perfect seal is of course essential for bass.
 
A 5M was rumored to have been pulled out of the sky the way Willie Mays did it, and by one of our own HFers. I wonder whatever happened to that, hmmmm?

 

[dBel84]

Me thinks it is having transit trouble
 

 
..dB

 

[Kabeer]

I hope not that kinda trouble Don!!
 
 
Ok so not sure any of you noticed this before but, it seems Elega and Akai are bedfellows. I discovered this when I opened an Akai electret energizer and the PCB read Elega, then I looked at the Akai/Elega orthos and discovered they look the same.
 
Akai ASE-50 and ELEGA FR-901C seem the same:
http://wiki.faust3d.com/wiki//index.php?title=ELEGA_FR-901C
http://wiki.faust3d.com/wiki//index.php?title=Akai_ASE-50
 
Akai ASE-40 and ELEGA FR-902C seem the same:
http://wiki.faust3d.com/wiki//index.php?title=ELEGA_FR-902C
http://wiki.faust3d.com/wiki//index.php?title=Akai_ASE-40-J
 
There is also an Elega FR-907 so maybe there is a lower end Akai ortho too.

 

[rhythmdevils]

so....um....i kinda...um....just became the owner of a nice looking pair of T20v1's
 
 
YEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  

 

[dBel84]

lucky devil , you..dB

 

[dBel84]

8Ohm driver update:
 
The 8ohm ortho turns out to be only slightly more easy to drive than the yhd2 and is being a pia to damp easily with short time. It sounds pretty good directly out of my laptop but not from the DAP. I prefer that coloured midrange from the yhd to the stark reality of the SFIish driver. I mean, if I wanted a small grado they literally give the iGrado away. It has been boxed away until I have time to play with them again. 
 
..dB

 

[Sambones]

Ha, rythmedevils, that was on eBay, right? Nice price. I'm the other guy, the one who wasn't paying close enough attention.

 

[rhythmdevils]

the guy who drove the price up!  j/k. 

 

[ludoo]

Service announcement: I just finished updating the search engine to reflect the recent changes on HF, and now the index is updated to today's posts, and will hopefully stay updated in the future. One problem though is with image attachments: HF uses a braindead URL scheme for attachments, which I'm not able to fetch with the current code unless I make major modifications, so image attachments on HF will not get stored and indexed.

On the ortho front, I still have to unpack a pair of YH100 I got from ebay two months ago.