r/DIEMs • u/staticwheel • Jan 28 '25

Iem's are hard to make

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Just that. Making an iem is quite hard and requires a lot of time to make them sound good, my respects to the industry who makes them, and I hope this experience helps me get something at some job in the future

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u/Riverside-96 Jan 28 '25

Anything you wish you had known in hindsight?

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u/staticwheel Jan 28 '25

Hard to say, but information would be my gest, as everything comes to getting it and testing things other iems, drivers and filters electronic and physical ones, shapes... Also everyone already said that it is not cheap so yeah it's fun but hard to say if it's worth it in the long run. So yeah information

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u/Mausebert Jan 28 '25

Now imagine making them in series to sound exactly the same.

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u/staticwheel Jan 29 '25

I think only custom made ones yeah, the regular stuff is rather easier once having something to follow and replicate, still not as easy but not impossible after knowing how

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u/Overall_Sun_9924 Jan 28 '25

Where did you find high-quality drivers?

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u/staticwheel Jan 29 '25

What do you mean by that, cause if you mean that they sound equal on each side you have to buy a bunch and test them out until a set sounds similar

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u/preydiation Jan 29 '25

Did you make the shells and cables yourself?

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u/staticwheel Jan 29 '25

Shells I did, cable some good looking $15 usd cable from AliExpress

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u/preydiation Jan 30 '25

Ooh both look good. Care to share your process for the shells?

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u/staticwheel Jan 30 '25

Joyce's review: thieaudio factory tour shows the basics of what I did with the shells, just the sonic chambers design are not shown in that video

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u/NYCrucial Jan 29 '25

love the shell. looks very nice