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Hey, in case anyone was interested, I asked a contact at Ora about access to spare drivers as spare parts (for us DIY and modders).
Unfortunately, the news wasn’t so good (at least not for a while).
Question:
If an Ora owner wants to buy (1) spare pair of GrapheneQ drivers for DIY, will Ora make them available as a spare parts? I know there are a couple of us DIY modders on HeadFi that are extremely interested.
Answer:
Besides ordering replacement driver/baffle assemblies, it is unlikely that we will make these drivers available to DIYers for the time being. Ora is very focused on getting this technology into products from major consumer electronics brands and, until we have established those relationships, we don’t want to jeopardize those negotiations by making the drivers commercially available, even in small quantities.
I also asked them some other questions about the drivers (will they be glued, frame questions, etc). If anyone is interested in their responses, lemme know and I will post the entirety of our conversation. I don’t want to clog up the thread with anything off topic, but in a way it is kinda on topic because many of us are interested in the Q drivers because they may be game changers...
I will definitely be posting photos of the Q drivers and internals once I have them in my hands.
Since you're in touch with them, maybe you can get some info on the magnet system. I've been keeping an eye on them and their R&D, and some things look awesome like the membrane, and voice coil. But, the venting seems to have that asymmetrical design from the prototype anyway, and i hope they fix it before release or that would be disappointing since it looks so promising, and its not even a complicated fix. Possibly a few $$ more to tweak the housing, but i would imagine it would be more favorable even results.
Am i the deluded one here? lol I am sure others see this.