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Timpo 02-22-2009 02:13 PM

Victor to introduce handmade earphone made out of birch
 
apparently this earphone will give you better sound than plastic earphones.
http://career.jp.msn.com/article2/ge...hoto_01_01.jpg
very thin! only 85 microns! :eek:
http://career.jp.msn.com/article2/ge...hoto_01_02.jpg
only 4.5mm diameter, the thickness is only 35 micron
http://career.jp.msn.com/article2/ge...hoto_01_03.jpg
hand made
http://career.jp.msn.com/article2/ge...hoto_01_05.jpg
tested by the technician
http://career.jp.msn.com/article2/ge...hoto_01_06.jpg
the outer texture will be different for every earphone because it's the real wood. pretty cool
(looks a bit fake to me tho...those layers are bit too small comparing to the sheet of wood in the other pic)
http://career.jp.msn.com/article2/ge...hoto_01_04.jpg

Vansterdam 02-22-2009 02:58 PM

how much is this gonna be?

twitchyzero 02-22-2009 04:12 PM

victor as in JVC?

AsBannedAsItGets 02-22-2009 04:15 PM

shure e530's for the win.

AVS_Racing 02-22-2009 05:27 PM

hm.... this or beats by dre

roastpuff 02-22-2009 06:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AsRealAsItGets (Post 6294735)
shure e530's for the win.

No, UE11 customs FTW.

I love my pair. http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a8/...f/P1040075.jpg

KingDeeCee 02-22-2009 08:18 PM

^^^

What the fuck? Those look like a pair of stomachs. Did you put a mold in your ear or something??

Razor Ramon HG 02-22-2009 08:22 PM

Exactly, custom IEMs are built from ear impressions.

AsBannedAsItGets 02-22-2009 08:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by roastpuff (Post 6294947)
No, UE11 customs FTW.

I love my pair.

hot damn those look plenty sick. how do they sound? :eek:

Manic! 02-22-2009 08:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by twitchyzero (Post 6294730)
victor as in JVC?

Thought Victor was RCA? The dog in the first pic is in the RCA ads.

Quote:

Originally Posted by AVS_Racing (Post 6294874)
hm.... this or beats by dre

The Dre headphones by mostercable suck.

Dentz 02-23-2009 12:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AsRealAsItGets (Post 6294735)
shure e530's for the win.

I love my E3C's, not to mention they've been through hell and back and still work!

Zerius 02-24-2009 03:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Manic! (Post 6295229)
Thought Victor was RCA? The dog in the first pic is in the RCA ads.



The Dre headphones by mostercable suck.

naw, victor is the jap brand for JVC.

Roastpuff who has the clearish orange custom in-ears on campus?

roastpuff 02-24-2009 04:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zerius (Post 6298701)
naw, victor is the jap brand for JVC.

Roastpuff who has the clearish orange custom in-ears on campus?

Actually, I do. The purple ones were the first ones I got, but I had to send them back for adjustment and they agreed to re-shell them for me as the purple color was way off from what I had specced to begin with. I had better pictures of the purple ones than the orange ones, hehe.

The new ones:
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a8/...f/DSC00152.jpg

My collection before going portable-only.
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a8/...f/DSC02621.jpg
Grado RS-2, Darth Beyers-600 (Beyerdynamic DT770-600 modified with wooden cups), Audio-Technica W1000. Not show in the picture is the ASL MG Head MKIII tube amp that I used to power everything, nor the Tomahawk the wood-cased iPod 5G connected to.

Quote:

Originally Posted by KingDeeCee (Post 6295199)
^^^

What the fuck? Those look like a pair of stomachs. Did you put a mold in your ear or something??

Yep. Only I can use them, cuz they are molded to how my ears are built.

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Notorious MSG (Post 6295211)
Exactly, custom IEMs are built from ear impressions.

You got it right man.

Quote:

Originally Posted by AsRealAsItGets (Post 6295224)
hot damn those look plenty sick. how do they sound? :eek:

Worth every dollar I spent for them - the best thing you can get for portable audio. I used to have an iAudio X5 + Tomahawk setup going too, before Asian monsoon rain killed the X5. I now run a Creative Zen X-Fi, which sound great but doesn't work on Mac.

They sound better than anything less than a pair of HD650's being driven by dual-balanced Beta22's. If you connect them to a high-end home headphone amp they sound incredibly good, too. Really picky on source though - very sensitive with hiss if source player is not dead quiet.

sas 02-24-2009 05:52 PM

WOW very nice collection! Let me try your RS2 if you still have them! I have the SR-80 in my grado collection and am pondering about picking up a pair.

And as for portable usage goes, I love my westone um2

roastpuff 02-24-2009 05:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KingDeeCee (Post 6295199)
^^^

What the fuck? Those look like a pair of stomachs. Did you put a mold in your ear or something??

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Notorious MSG (Post 6295211)
Exactly, custom IEMs are built from ear impressions.

Quote:

Originally Posted by sas (Post 6298947)
WOW very nice collection! Let me try your RS2 if you still have them! I have the SR-80 in my grado collection and am pondering about picking up a pair.

And as for portable usage goes, I love my westone um2

All gone. :( I went portable-only because I got too busy to sit down and listen to music at my desk.

Quite happy with my UE11 + Zen X-Fi combo, though.

murd0c 02-24-2009 06:22 PM

so how much did they cost?

roastpuff 02-24-2009 06:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by murd0c (Post 6299022)
so how much did they cost?

$1150 USD + ear impressions ($40) + shipping ($70USD, wtf UE?) + taxes. For the UE11.

EDIT: I assume that's what you're asking about, right?

Razor Ramon HG 02-24-2009 07:11 PM

Where'd you get your ear impressions done? I got mine done at the Burnaby Hearing Centre and my first batch were bad.

roastpuff 02-24-2009 07:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Notorious MSG (Post 6299108)
Where'd you get your ear impressions done? I got mine done at the Burnaby Hearing Centre and my first batch were bad.

Vancouver Island Hearing Center - they have many branches in GVRD, I used the one in Kerrisdale. Came out pretty good IMO


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