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Headphoneus Supremus
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Earlier this week, I found an advert on a local auction site for a PMB-500. I didn't know what it was, so naturally I searched for it on Google and Head-Fi. Hardly any information came up, but I noticed that the man behind the Jecklin's also worked on these so I bought it without hearing it.
I picked it up today and am listening to it as I write this post. Much too early to comment on it much, but it remids me strongly of the limited time I spent with a Jecklin Float at a meet, and also a bit of my K1000 that I sold some time ago.
There was a crackle and slight buzz in the left channel, so either the driver had some dust on it, needed a bit of time to settle. It hasn't been used in a long, long time according to the seller, who is also the original buyer. Great guy by the way, an audiophile from the beginning who stopped playing with high end gear and moved to cars a few years back. Rob, if you read this, thanks for the coffee, it was indeed much better than the usual stuff!
If the driver was dead, the headphone could be tossed out. I can't imagine spare parts being available. So, I cleaned it inside and out, took out a bunch of dust, and shots some pictures along the way. Seems like cleaning it solved the buzz.
What I know about it is this:
There's also a PMB-100 and PMB-1000, the latter being the bigger brother and the first being the little tyke of the family.
It's an electrostat, and has a transformer box that comes with it which features dual outputs. It needs a speaker amplifier to work.
It's supremely comfortable.
I'll get a listening impression on them later after spending more time with them, but I don't have another decent headphone to compare them to anymore.
Either way, here are the pictures. I'd love to get some more information about them! Note that the pictures are taken before and during the cleaning -- it's much cleaner now. Not in perfect shape though, but I think some sanding and repainting will take care of most of the blemishes.
The C and T or Electrostat are faded, but can still be read, though they dissapeared in the picture.
Scratches. I will probably repaint this.
Dusty, but the leather pads are in amazing shape for it's age.
Pads are self adhesive. Here showing the 4 screws that need to be removed in order to open up.
Number 28! Out of how many?
Drivers exposed.
The drivers.
The driver of the left earpiece, with the felt removed. Removing it has to be done extremely carefully, as it's glued onto the metal and very fragile.
The transformer box. Still need to clean this one, when I do I'll also take some shots of the inside.
I'd love to have some more information on these headphones. Spec sheets, manuals, etc are all very very welcome. Information about production years and numbers, original pricing, or how it came to be and by whom it was designed would be great to have. Any information that might be floating between the members here is appreciated. Krmathis has posted some information about them in the Curse thread already.
Thanks for looking!
Rik
I picked it up today and am listening to it as I write this post. Much too early to comment on it much, but it remids me strongly of the limited time I spent with a Jecklin Float at a meet, and also a bit of my K1000 that I sold some time ago.
There was a crackle and slight buzz in the left channel, so either the driver had some dust on it, needed a bit of time to settle. It hasn't been used in a long, long time according to the seller, who is also the original buyer. Great guy by the way, an audiophile from the beginning who stopped playing with high end gear and moved to cars a few years back. Rob, if you read this, thanks for the coffee, it was indeed much better than the usual stuff!
If the driver was dead, the headphone could be tossed out. I can't imagine spare parts being available. So, I cleaned it inside and out, took out a bunch of dust, and shots some pictures along the way. Seems like cleaning it solved the buzz.
What I know about it is this:
There's also a PMB-100 and PMB-1000, the latter being the bigger brother and the first being the little tyke of the family.
It's an electrostat, and has a transformer box that comes with it which features dual outputs. It needs a speaker amplifier to work.
It's supremely comfortable.
I'll get a listening impression on them later after spending more time with them, but I don't have another decent headphone to compare them to anymore.
Either way, here are the pictures. I'd love to get some more information about them! Note that the pictures are taken before and during the cleaning -- it's much cleaner now. Not in perfect shape though, but I think some sanding and repainting will take care of most of the blemishes.
The C and T or Electrostat are faded, but can still be read, though they dissapeared in the picture.
Scratches. I will probably repaint this.
Dusty, but the leather pads are in amazing shape for it's age.
Pads are self adhesive. Here showing the 4 screws that need to be removed in order to open up.
Number 28! Out of how many?
Drivers exposed.
The drivers.
The driver of the left earpiece, with the felt removed. Removing it has to be done extremely carefully, as it's glued onto the metal and very fragile.
The transformer box. Still need to clean this one, when I do I'll also take some shots of the inside.
I'd love to have some more information on these headphones. Spec sheets, manuals, etc are all very very welcome. Information about production years and numbers, original pricing, or how it came to be and by whom it was designed would be great to have. Any information that might be floating between the members here is appreciated. Krmathis has posted some information about them in the Curse thread already.
Thanks for looking!
Rik
