#Elleven acoustica drivers
#Elleven acoustica driver

#Elleven acoustica drivers

The drivers will be from a boutique shop out of South Africa that has recently come into the scene with very favorable reviews - 'Nhoord Red' - if you're curious. I'm still deciding between the stock Grado gimbals or replacement aluminum gimbals from a guy in Florida. The headband skeleton is coming from a guy up in washington state that has a few tweaks to keep the gimbals more securely in place. The mahogany cups were made buy a boutique 'grado mod' shop in Malaysia and I'll be purchasing a rich black leather headband from them as well. the innards are canare mini star quad cable and a neutrik plug. I made the cable with parts I had laying around. Then, I thought about buying a less expensive pair and upgrading to suit. Now, for just a little bit more cash, I'm building Grado clones from scratch that should outperform what I was originally planning to buy, be wholly unique to me, and I get to have some fun putting it all together. So I started digging around Head-Fi and, like Alice, stumbled down a rabbit hole. I like open-back headphones and they're a decent mid-tier offering, from a company with philosophies and sound signatures that align well with Klipsch. are welcome.I'm moving to headphones for my desktop rig and I was initially going to grab a pair of Grado 325e.

Sorry about misspelling of 'Acoustica.' I cut and paste the string as the owner had written and didn't catch it until now.Īs always, questions, comments, recommendations, etc. With measurements and equalization however, you can build a performant headphone and have pride of ownership knowing you built it. Trying to guess that peak around 2 kHz by ear is darn near impossible. I guess the lesson is that if you are going to build a custom headphone, measurements are essential. I guess you have a sample data point for Eleven Acoustica's R1 driver. Not sure who all has use for all of this data. So I added the last filter there in yellow but it didn't seem to make a lot of improvements. The highs were a bit distorted - the same way I have found with other headphones with the same distortion profile in lower treble. Now we had balanced bass, decent spatial qualities and none of that overboosted mid-range. The first three filters had a dramatic effect, completely transforming the sound of this headphone.

#Elleven acoustica driver

Grado With Elleven Acoustica R1 Driver MeasurementsĪs usual, let's start with headphone frequency response measurements: But consistency between channels was surprisingly good so I ran with them. If you think you have an exact idea of a headphone performance, you are likely wrong!įitment on the fixture was a bit tricky given the on-ear configuration and lack of measurements elsewhere to confirm fit. Ultimately headphone measurements are less exact than speakers mostly in bass and above a few kilohertz so keep that in mind as you read these tests. As you will see, I confirm the approximate accuracy of the measurements using Equalization and listening tests. Protocols vary such as headband pressure and averaging (which I don't do). Headphone measurements by definition are approximate and variable so don't be surprised if other measurements even if performed with the same fixtures as mine, differ in end results. Note: The measurements you are about to see are made using a standardized Gras 45C. Otherwise, they are quite light and easy to wear. Wearing it, my left hear was touching the driver and this became uncomfortable after about 15 minutes.

I am not going to give you the usual physical stats because this is a custom product.