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rspencer
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Jul 10, 2018
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I'm pretty sure that 100mm planar drivers are made specifically for the Audeze Mobius and are not taken directly from the existing EL-8. This was covered in the Head-Fi forum which has had a lot of input of info by Audeze. I've been following every crumb very carefully as I'm looking forward for my Indiegogo pre-order to ship soon
Jul 10, 2018
MXRC
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Jul 13, 2018
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rspencerThere's a shadow of a doubt in that. The magnets, the diaphragm, the configuration, the over all tech around the driver are all the same. They discontinued the EL-8 because they had trouble with hardware failure, but it would be poor business decision to let the technology go to waste. The drivers in Mobius are identical (literally the same) but it's been re-spec'd slightly to have a lesser extension probably to address the issues they had with EL-8 and to adapt to the internal amplification/DAC and the new enclosure. It wouldn't be in their best interest to publicly say its a direct port of the EL-8 driver considering its history. Legally, they can claim it's new since it has been adapted for the Mobius.
I'm looking forward to mine as well. Going to be receiving my pair in a week and a half!
Jul 13, 2018
rspencer
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Jul 13, 2018
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MXRCOne thing I'm recalling is that they're using the new much, much thinner (but ultra durable) diagram material. The magnets may be the same. Did the EL-8 include the fazors? I also feel like they said something about a new, updated voice coil? It's somewhere the main head-fi thread I believe. It is tuned quite differently, with strong dsp help to sound like something in the LCD series.
Jul 13, 2018
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