[harpo1]

I've just got my air.
Have you just applied the copper tape to the right bud or both?

You have to apply it to both.

 

[sogetsu]

Dear all:
I’ve received the PM6 today, as a Kickstarter reward.
No much time to taste it, I like the sound, so much details and great quality.

At the late of March, I mailed to TAE, as a monthly routine to care my orders, Kieran replied to ask me to provide the orders recipes, I give him a copy, a day later he said only silver and gunmetal PM6 are in stock, Icarus 4 are not.I told him I want gunmetal.
Then 3 weeks in silence, he didn’t give me any word or reply my letter, last Friday he mailed me a tracking code, so the PM6 arrived.

Hope you guys will get what you paid.
Hope the Icarus 4 won’t fall.

Sorry for my poor English.

 

[dave9527]

Hah...I just broke the pin when trying to fix my air...
So this ia the end of my TA journey

 

[harpo1]

Hah...I just broke the pin when trying to fix my air...
So this ia the end of my TA journey

I did the same thing.

 

[Martin Howell]

I did the same thing.

I have one of the Mark I airs (if there ever was any difference between Mark I and II). At some point I should probably give the mod a go as I do not use them at all (got the Liberty+ instead which work great when I'm out for my runs). Would be good to have a second pair for running. Short battery life won't be such an issue as I generally don't run for more than 30 mins.

 

[alan_g]

Emailed about my icarus iv ... The silence is deafining

 

[Midgetguy]

Hah...I just broke the pin when trying to fix my air...
So this ia the end of my TA journey

I'm not sure I can say that's a negative thing

 

[hho808]

I knew it was worth hanging around this forum. Last month I saw that others were getting their gear by emailing Kieran so I did the same. After several back and forths, I did not hear from him for a while. Last week got an email with tracking number. Yesterday, way out here in the middle of the Pacific, I got my two pairs of Stormtrooper Phantom Airs.

My thanks to @Karendar for his informational posts. Since I’m getting the dropouts, I will try the copper strip replacement. Curious about battery life though. What can I expect? Also, how do you replace the batteries if you epoxy the shell shut after inserting the copper strip?

Thanks in advance for any help.

 

[rr12267]

Hah...I just broke the pin when trying to fix my air...
So this ia the end of my TA journey

Could you solder a lead from where the pin attached to the copper foil?

 

[harpo1]

Could you solder a lead from where the pin attached to the copper foil?

The solder doesn't stick. I believe the pad breaks off with the pin.

 

[dave9527]

I'm not sure I can say that's a negative thing

You're right, this just stop me spending any more to this crap. I don't bother invent a penny more on it, even for repair. The 2 dollar on copper foil would be the last coin on TA's mess..

 

[dave9527]

Could you solder a lead from where the pin attached to the copper foil?

I can't see a pad on the board under the pin, maybe I just broke the printed circuit directly..

 

[WhiteKnite]

I can't see a pad on the board under the pin, maybe I just broke the printed circuit directly..

Wouldn't be surprising. If it is anything like the original TA BT lanyard, it has the absolute cheapest PCBs and worst soldering I've ever seen. I've repaired mine 5-6 times and it still doesn't work consistently. I've even bypassed the PCB in places and had to wire some of the components directly because some of the pads just flaked right off.

 

[Tooros]

Just out of interest (I've scanned the last 50 pages) - did anyone actually review the PM6s? I've seen some on the for sale section so I know some were actually delivered. I can't find anything on the search engine.

 

[dave9527]

Just out of interest (I've scanned the last 50 pages) - did anyone actually review the PM6s? I've seen some on the for sale section so I know some were actually delivered. I can't find anything on the search engine.

Yes a few of us got pm6, but not much