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1964 Ears Owners Group

#381
I have been reading through this topic with keen interest. You should be aware of a recent change at 1964 Ears. They are now offering only two shell colors; black and clear. There are more changes coming as expressed in this email from the company:

Thank you for contacting us. We appreciate your interest in 1964 Ears!

Recently, we have made some production changes regarding the shell and tips colors. We are transitioning into using the 3D printing process, which offers an increased chance of a good fit the first time. Moving forward will be offering black solid, or clear translucent for the shells and tips. The Faceplates still have a variety of colors which you can choose from, you can upgrade to the specialized materials for the faceplates, or add artwork.

I apologize for any confusion. Please contact us if you have further questions.

Have a wonderful day.

Sincerely,
Natalie Lawrence
1964 EARS
Customer Service Representative
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#382
I was actually thinking about that yesterday actually. The shells themselves are embedded in you ear and not visible there not being much point in having different colours. The exception to this is that different coloured shells could make identifying which piece goes to the left and which goes to the right.

At least the faceplates are still customisable.
 
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#384
First post, but I've been lurking here for a few months. I wanted to thank everyone for their posts and reviews. They all have made me feel great about my decision.

My V8's arrived about a month ago. They're crazy comfortable. They twist right in. It's going to take a little bit getting used to how deep they go into my ear. But once in, I barely notice them. There's a "That's what she said" in there somewhere. Shells are flawless. Wood grain is gorgeous and it changes in the light beautifully. Cable is light and I don't even notice it over my ears.

Sound is so clear. Hearing details, in songs that I know well, that I've never heard before. I know many have said that the bass is heavy, but I find them very balanced and musical. The bass reaches down loooooow but remains punchy and sexy. Vocals/mids are smooth and honey like. Treble, cymbals, rim-shots... so crisp but not sharp or piercing. I love hearing little vocal/breath/string details in artists voice/hands that I just haven't heard before. They're definitely not studio flat, but I didn't want them to be. Now I'm not an audio engineer, so take this all with a grain of salt.

Used my V8's playing live for the first time two weekends ago... WOW! Huge difference! This is the first time playing with IEMs that I could actually hear every note in the low register. Before, using Sure SE215s, everything just sounded like farts. Great separation between all of our vocals and instruments. I couldn't be happier. Again, thank you to everyone on here for your posts that led me to this purchase.
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#387
FuturePrimitive said:
Ok, is it just me or is it REALLY hard to get the cable connected to the shirt clip? That little teeny tiny clip just doesn't look big enough to get the cable in to and I'm afraid of damaging the cable. Can anyone throw up a pick of how they've threaded it?
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Would be glad to help, but never use it!
For gigs.. I run the cable down inside my shirt to jeans loop.. and into receiver in back jeans pocket!
Pop out the buds and let them hang inside shirt when not in use.. then back in case at end of gig.
 
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#389
FuturePrimitive said:
Ok, is it just me or is it REALLY hard to get the cable connected to the shirt clip? That little teeny tiny clip just doesn't look big enough to get the cable in to and I'm afraid of damaging the cable. Can anyone throw up a pick of how they've threaded it?
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The cable clip they provide is garbage, but that's typical of any headphone/IEM clip I've ever seen. They like to use a cantilevered retainer, and it inevitably breaks off because it's plastic being put into bending by the cable.

s0c9 said:
Would be glad to help, but never use it!
For gigs.. I run the cable down inside my shirt to jeans loop.. and into receiver in back jeans pocket!
Pop out the buds and let them hang inside shirt when not in use.. then back in case at end of gig.
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I also run the cable under my shirt and loop it around my belt-loop, but sometimes the cable will get pulled or tugged by my strap. To prevent this, I bought one of these - it's a much more robust design, and you can pinch the IEM cable at the stress-relief molding on the base of the Y-Junction. The one I have is a Plantronics branded version, but the one I've linked is the same design.
 
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FuturePrimitive said:
Ok, that's probably what I'll end up doing, I like the through the belt loop idea, hadn't thought of that. Thanks!
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and.. at church when I'm wired using the Avioms, I run the headphone cable (looped) thru a belt loop, connect to the IEM jack and stuff the connection into jeans pocket... no danger of wandering and getting them yanked out of your ear!
 
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FuturePrimitive said:
Ok, is it just me or is it REALLY hard to get the cable connected to the shirt clip? That little teeny tiny clip just doesn't look big enough to get the cable in to and I'm afraid of damaging the cable. Can anyone throw up a pick of how they've threaded it?
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I was only able to get one of the split strands into the clip, but it seems to work well enough that way. I also run mine down my back, inside my shirt, and loop it through my bass strap with my 1/4 instrument cable.
 

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