[Divine]

U think you can request UM to remove the vent?

 

[pkwak]

Can u have non-vented DD? I thought u couldn't.

 

[project86]

I've got to pick up some blu-tac to try covering the vent. I used tape but it keeps peeling off. So far it makes a subtle but clear difference, with less bass impact and depth, and a flatter soundstage. I wonder if the difference would be even bigger when dealing with the final version that has more bass output.... seems like the dynamic driver would need to breathe more.

 

[CantScareMe]

I never thought i'd see the day, when cutom iem's were BLUETAC MODDED!!
 
 
No headphone is safe from the blue tac modders!
 

 

[project86]

It does sound silly right? In this case though it is not a "mod" to increase the quality at all, but rather to test how these customs would sound if they were sealed like a traditional custom IEM would be. Blue Tac just happens to be an easy/clean way of trying it out.

 

[CantScareMe]

Joking, it's fine.
 
I've had the fostex t50rp so you can see where I come from..
 
 
But i'm coming closer and closer to going for a custom iem. The mage it looks like at the moment.

 

[Divine]

heh you never know, maybe blutac is made out of some unknown compoun which acts as a super conductor of sound which reproduces sweet sounding lush mids with brilliant highs without sibilance and low lows with impact and reverberation which just hits you hard.

 

[CantScareMe]

 
Someone could make a killing selling 'audiophile bluetac'
 
....'So you can hear music as the artist intended'

 

[Divine]

THAT is sarcasm at its best

 

[yais29]

Just to give you a heads up, the Unique Melody Merlin is now available in the UK and Europe (via AmpCity):
 
http://uniquemelody.co.uk/products.php#merlin
 
Having tried them myself, I would have to say that the Merlin is a truely phenomenal piece of engineering!

 

[Divine]

Any updates?The shipping seems very slow

 

[HynchSidrick]

my impressions were sent last april 11 and until now it hasnt shipped yet! What!

 

[Poetik]

I think some personal issues happened with the lead tech over there so everything has been slow.  I hope it all gets sorted out for him though so we can get more impressions out for the Merlin. 

 

[pkwak]

Does anyone own an ue hybrid iem? Does it suffer the same problem of leaking sound?

 

[project86]

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Does anyone own an ue hybrid iem? Does it suffer the same problem of leaking sound?

I used to have the old UE Hybrid custom and it was vented, so yes it did act the same way.