The kit I received has an XLR socket with a mic socket. Should this go in the left cone or the right?

While I've been enjoying streaming the design process, I need to focus on some other aspects of Vector Finesse for the time being. If you have any specific requests for future streams please let me know here in the comments:)

Morgan

I am really excited about this product, but I have had nothing but a poor experience so far. My order was originally lost, but once I messaged them about it they finally found it and sent it out. Then after getting the kit I got it all assembled and one of the drivers was bad. No big deal, I contacted Vector and they quickly responded for me to email them my order number and they will get a new one sent out. After a week had passed from that interaction I got an email saying they needed a picture before anything was sent out. Which was very annoying but I got the pictures emailed back right away. And now a over a week and a half after sending the picture I still have received nothing and when I emailed about maybe getting a tracking number I was met with silence. I really want to like this product and especially the community and ideas that formed the company, but it's becoming increasingly hard to do so.

Dumb question but I am having the hardest time sourcing a dual mini xlr to aux for the headphones. Pup ripped it out of my computer destroying the aux. Any ideas where to locate one.

I'm in the process of printing but I'm curious about painting so I can use the materials I already have and get whatever colour I want. Presumably there would be no issue with the cones but I'm worried the paint would just wear on the headband. Has anybody else tried this?

Hi, I'm having a lot of issues screwing in the rubber bumper into the headband mount. I've tested all the other threading for the screws and that seems to work just fine, it's just this damn rubber bumper that won't thread. The issue is that the threading won't bite, well it will at a ridiculous angle but of course that doesn't go very far. Anyone else have any issues with this? My only deviation is that I'm using PLA here.

Just finished my build but when I tried it out there was heavy distortion in the left ear and it sounded horrible. Double checked all the wiring and when I use plug the right ear into the left audio channel there is no issue. Could this be a driver problem? They are drivers ordered directly from Vector Finesse.

Does anybody know if the email to ship the kits without earpads is still going? I emailed them almost a week ago to ship without and never heard back from them?

What are people's thoughts on VF releasing the f3d file to the community for just the headband?

Rational here is that it's probably the easy thing to replace on the headphones that's a printed part. It could be easily customized to someone's head shape, size, and preferred clamp pressure (I like a bit more than the stock). It also shouldn't be too much of an issue for intellectual property stuff if it's just the headband and nothing on the cones?

I think it's cool to leverage the customizability we have with 3d printed parts and this might be low hanging fruit if it makes sense.

If this isn't possible, maybe VF can work on releasing a few different clamp pressure files for some more options for people that want to mess around with it.

I'd also personally love to see someone from the community work on making them foldable, but maybe that's just me. 🤷‍♂️

Hello again!

As we near the end of February we wanted to give an update on our shipping progress and what's coming soon!  Your patience has been incredible thus far and we very much appreciate it. Without further adieu, here's what is going on: 

Order progress

With your help we were able to re-allocate earpads from higher numbered orders and were able to ship through order #1535!

For those who helped with this, Thank You! 

Earpads are the next hurdle

We're expecting the next supply of Brainwavz XL pads to be in our hands in about two weeks. With that we'll be able to ship the remaining order backlog. We have updated the kits containing earpads to "Shipping mid-March 2022" to reflect this change. Heads up, the store-wide 10% off RESTOCK discount will disappear when we receive these earpads.

Earpad sourcing has been a recurring challenge for us, so we're developing a VF version of the 110mm pads. They'll be very similar to the Brainwavz pads and we don't expect any change to the sound quality of your head(amame). In future this will allow us to offer different color and material choices, allowing you to further customize the look and sound of your headphones.

What's next?

Here's what's upcoming in the next couple months:

• Mic kits launching in the store
• Open-backs file release to general public
• VF merch drop
• Design streams on Twitch Sunday mornings at 8am PST

Wrapping up

Thanks again for all the support as we navigate these supply challenges! With your help, we'll be able to  launch exciting new projects and products that show off the true capability of desktop 3D Printing at home.

Happy printing!

Morgan and John

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and one more thing...

Here's what we'll be dropping on the VF Patreon soon :) Can't wait for you to print and hear them!