[facelvega]

A question for Val or anyone who may have taken these apart:

Is the openness of the Vibes merely a question of the tiny vent in the front, or is the back open as well? If you look closely in the circular gap between the little turbine-shaped end and the main housing, you can see that it is only anchored at the top and bottom. It seems to me that there is free air play into the housing around the sides. If this is true, it would amount to a fully opened BACK as well as front to the headphones, and go a long way to explaining both the lack of isolation and the excellent soundstage.

I'm sorry if this has been mentioned before, but I've looked through the thread and didn't see any discussion of it.

 

[valkolton]

Actually, there are two batches of Vibes - first production models (Gunmetal/Flashblack) are completely closed in the back. It used to have three holes hidden in the back in preproduction (the head-fi preproduction models though are closed, iLounge's preproduction unit had the 3 holes in back). The second batch production models (Red Roxx currently, and soon Gunmetal Black) actually have one SMALL hole in the back that is hidden. The second batch has only one sound pad inside, the first ones had three. We are currently also laser cutting the drivers and first batch was not cut by lasers. Not sure if any other driver in production by other mfgrs is cut/shaped by lasers for precision, I believe vibe is one of the first. Vibe's coils/membranes are attached by some pretty advanced machines, where Bass Freq this part (attaching coil to driver) is done by hand currently (there is + and - to doing this by machine and hand, it equals out). But the response curve and soundstage/signature are nearly identical in first/second batches, we definitely realize the importance of keeping the sound if anything changes.

The soundstage though is nearly 100% from the hole laser cut in the actual driver, which is pretty unique too. I am sure the hole in front provides extra spatial enhancements, I will double check with engineers what effects it more (driver hole I believe).

We're going to do a 3d cutout of Vibe soon to show some of the insides and how it works, should be exciting for ya'll to see, it is pretty jam packed inside there.

 

[facelvega]

ah, yes, mine are a pre-production version with the three holes. Sorry if I confused anybody!

 

[peter_m]

Speaking of iLounge, they still haven't rated the vibes:
http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/ipo...ibe-earphones/

But I've fount the D-Jays on iLounge and it was highly rated with better base then the er6i:
http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/ipo...ays-earphones/

Anyone compared the Vibes and D-Jays?


Peter

 

[valkolton]

iLounge is still working on review...

 

[plywood99]

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Originally Posted by peter_m /img/forum/go_quote.gif Speaking of iLounge, they still haven't rated the vibes: http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/ipo...ibe-earphones/ But I've fount the D-Jays on iLounge and it was highly rated with better base then the er6i: http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/ipo...ays-earphones/ Anyone compared the Vibes and D-Jays? Peter

I have both. The Vibes smokes the D-jays in sound department. D-Jays are more comfortable.

 

[plywood99]

Quote:

Originally Posted by valkolton /img/forum/go_quote.gif iLounge is still working on review...

I hope it is well done...

Ply

 

[valkolton]

Quote:

Originally Posted by plywood99 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Jeremy has issues I think. I followed the whole fiasco from the start some months ago. I'd ask for a retraction and apology. If he is not willing, then let the lawyers fight it out... Ply

We'll work on it and talk it over...

 

[plywood99]

Quote:

Originally Posted by valkolton /img/forum/go_quote.gif We'll work on it and talk it over...

Hope things work out for the both of you...

Ply

 

[valkolton]

ce la vie, it's being discussed...

 

[schneller]

My GF subscribes to Lucky (www.luckymag.com) and the Vibes get a brief mention on Page 130 of their FEB 2007 issue.

I quote:

Noise-blocking headphones make such a difference - especially when it comes to watching movies on loud flights. This is the smallest, best-fitting pair out there.
V-MODA VIBE EARPHONES, $100, APPLE.COM

The silver Vibes are pictured.


I find it funny that they stress the isolating feature of these headphones when according to what I have read here, the Vibes are poor at isolation when compared to other IEMs and canalphones. Though I suppose they are a step up from the traditional Apple earbuds. Perhaps that is all V-Moda wants.

Edit: I find it odd that I only began my search for replacement headphones like 2-3 weeks ago, and it just so happens that the Vibes are catching on like wild fire at the same time, be it on this forum, Apple, Lucky Magazine, etc. The hype gives me pause if anything...long enough for me to put my credit card BACK into my wallet!

 

[Tenchi211]

Has anybody noticed that iLounge's review is gone from the sight?

 

[abitdeef]

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Originally Posted by Tenchi211 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Has anybody noticed that iLounge's review is gone from the sight?

Yes it was just there, it's probably getting amended

It was definatly a bit biased/slanted. It made it sound like every other vibe had a different sound signature because of poor quality control, and there where tons of problems with the units failing.

They do sound a little rough out of the box, but with some use (burn in) they get real smooth and full- I guess the ipod dudes didn't know that

 

[dissembled]

Heh. I just read the review. The aricle was fairly well written. Very competent author; too bad it's influenced by false information.

The forum bit seems to have unnerved the author the most.

 

[hodnik]

edited..