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CrossRoads MylarOne; Photographic Review and Impressions
Topic Started: 14 Feb 2007, 06:44 PM (19,501 Views)
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My right driver went bust too , when i bought it yesterday ... :huh:

I was only listening to it for like 2 hours before the right driver went KA~PUTT~ and then no sound ... :sweat:

Wonder what has happened to the red cheese ... :(
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hmm what amp are you using with the mylar one?

apparently, i realised that Tc-20s and the mylar one when paired up wth the Xtra X1 amp or perhaps the C&C too break down easily.

That my personal observation from friends whose Tc-20 break down numerous times and are using the Xtra X1 amp.

My mylar one seems to be "dying" too.. :( but oh well , porta is coming to town! :D
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Well, since others have posted their problems, I'll fess up. The left driver on mine cut out less than 5 minutes after I put them on. Straight from my ax, no amp. No warning, one second the sound was there, gone the next.
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Mine is still alive kicking after 50 hours of continuous playing.

I ran it directly from my soundcard output, I wonder will that spoil the drivers?
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Yeah it seems like the output from the xtra amp is too srong for the mylar drivers of both models.
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Kindly warm-up the earphone by gradually and gently cranking the volume. :)
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Feb 18 2007, 10:22 AM
i had mine exchange due to right driver on fri. According to some, it might be due to the amps. C&C and X1 is said to design for headphone therefore too much for TC20 or MylarOne to handle. I think, it better that you leave it as it is and not burn in the driver. I had my TC20 burn in before and the sound is bad.

I think you meant not to amp it? All electronics will burn-in with use :)
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I didn't know that the Mylar Ones had such a low life span?

Is this true with budget IEMs?

I got myself a pair last week and they've been working fine.
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kenshin_himura
Feb 18 2007, 11:13 AM
hmm what amp are you using with the mylar one?

apparently, i realised that Tc-20s and the mylar one when paired up wth the Xtra X1 amp or perhaps the C&C too break down easily.

That my personal observation from friends whose Tc-20 break down numerous times and are using the Xtra X1 amp.

My mylar one seems to be "dying" too.. :( but oh well , porta is coming to town! :D

I'm not using any amp ... straight out from my iRive rheadphones out ...
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Its pure luck i guess.
I've amp-ed it through my X-1 for 24hrs and nothing goes wrong.
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Feb 18 2007, 10:31 PM
Its pure luck i guess.
I've amp-ed it through my X-1 for 24hrs and nothing goes wrong.

Then my luck musta been really down yesterday ~ :lol:
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Feb 18 2007, 11:13 AM
hmm what amp are you using with the mylar one?

apparently, i realised that Tc-20s and the mylar one when paired up wth the Xtra X1 amp or perhaps the C&C too break down easily.

That my personal observation from friends whose Tc-20 break down numerous times and are using the Xtra X1 amp.

My mylar one seems to be "dying" too.. :( but oh well , porta is coming to town! :D

i don't agree with the views that the TC20s and MylarOnes died due to them being paired with the XTRA X-1. i bought the TC20 and MylarOne for my brother and classmate, and both are just normal ipod users, and yet both experienced dying TC20s and Mylars too
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Durability is still pretty much a cloudy issue. Not sure if it's the loud volumes that's killing the driver or just bad design on the engineer's part.

Korean QC of the MylarOne doesn't seem to help much. My pair had unbalanced volume. However it has been usable for the past 3 days. I'm using my Ipod shuffle now to drive it. No amp in between.

At the end of the day, you have to convince yourself that everything has drawbacks. Why Crossroads (or even OVC) can produce nice sounding products at such low prices, you go think about it (after having heard about numerous QC problems).
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well, i got it as my spare phones as my sf5pro is not with me. guess i'll stick to my old trustworthy im716 at the mean time.
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Curios to know about the quality i switch my earphones on for a straight 30 hours and its still running, at normal listening volume.

I guess whether the earphones go bust also depends on what vol level and how u use it. Even a speaker can go busted at some disturbing volume level.

Not too bad its running in and its still running. . . use them with confidence
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Feb 17 2007, 12:25 PM
Hi Hitsugaya,

Do not fret, the Mylars are still in stock, although selling really fast like hotcakes on a chilly winter night :D. If you drop by anytime soon, you should still be able to grab a pair.

If you are really interested in the bi-flanges, do try out the UE foamies too. Genocide said that the foamies gave a better fit.

Cheers.

Oh ok but what's your definition of anytime soon?I might be going this Friday where I'll be really free.Fongalv there's no winter in Singapore,despite me fantasizing the falling of snow now and then. :(

I'll be looking forward to try the foamies too instead of getting another bi-flanges.It doesn't really fit into my ears that well,thus the isolation isn't really there.Maybe it's just me?
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is jaben open tomorrow(tuesday) ? thinking of getting a pair of mylarone :D
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Feb 20 2007, 03:48 AM
If I am not wrong, the whole of Adelphi will be closed till Wednesday. =]

nope. it open. I went river ang bao and my dad park the car in the carpark.
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The MylarOne is simply amazing...

I have been listening to it since I got it. It's been about 5 days now maybe. I just tried on my CK7s (my previous primary IEM), and I was surprised at how awful it sounded. The MylarOne is just right. Balanced across the spectrum with details aplenty.

I like it so much, I wonder if recabling it is possible. But I guess not, the drivers are so delicate. :(
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i was guessing that the mylar one and the TC20 both using super duper thin voice coil, hence they can produce better sound when feed with lower current, and it's more sensitive to drive power.
and the draw back is, these extremely thin copper string is easily heat up. and might melt at certain point.
this is a limitation of physical properties of cooper i guess.
except if they come out with new and cheap material for voice coil, this couldn't be avoid.
this same problems goes with Beyerdynamic DT880 (as compare to AKG phone)
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well, for one i didn't use a amp to burn it in or drive it. it just broke down, my luck i guess.
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Feb 20 2007, 08:16 PM
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this same problems goes with Beyerdynamic DT880 (as compare to AKG phone)
...

Care to elaborate on this?

On the contrary to what you said above, I've only heard of AKGs getting burnt and not Beyers. Beyerdynamics are the one of the most robust, if not the most well built headphones I have ever come across. As for the coils, there were instances when I forgot to turn down the volume on my amp and they almost sounded like speakers on the desk for a few moments and they were still in perfect sounding afters. Just do a search on head-fi and you can easily find AKG701 horror stories(as in literally disintegrating into pieces) instead of Beyers, which even then have user replaceable parts.

I also doubt that the copper coils in the Mylars/TC20s can actually "melt", unless you pump in something like 2A of current.

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Hi

I too owned the mylarOne IEM but after reading all the horrible issue about the earphone getting burst by amplification, i am concerned about using my AUDIOLAB 8000A to test out the MylarOne. Guess better stick to my decent samsung YPT-55 to drive the can.

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nah..don't 100% believe those stories about the earphones getting burst by amps...see my previous post and you'll know why.
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My MylarOne has clocked about 80 hours out of a Meizu M6/ESI Juli@ ----> C&C Box and it's running fine.

There's no reason why an amp would bust the earphones but a DAP would no. It's not as if the amp outputs a higher current. If both the amp and DAP were at the same volumes, the voltage/current should be the same.

Call me crazy, but I think the MylarOne owns my friend's SR225s :D
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^ That would really depend on how you use it. The MylarOne would probably beat the SR225 by a huge margin if it were for portable use. Otherwise, it's the SR225 over the MylarOne for me, at least.

As for a bit of off-topic,
chaych, that looks like a rather nasty track accident in your avatar. Really, look left, right and left again before crossing the track (or road). :P
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Feb 21 2007, 09:39 PM
^ That would really depend on how you use it. The MylarOne would probably beat the SR225 by a huge margin if it were for portable use. Otherwise, it's the SR225 over the MylarOne for me, at least.

As for a bit of off-topic,
chaych, that looks like a rather nasty track accident in your avatar. Really, look left, right and left again before crossing the track (or road). :P

Actually for me at home, it's still the MylarOne over the SR225 for me. I just prefer the sound signature of the MylarOne. Of course all these is IMHO...

Off-topic: Regarding the nasty track accident, I have seen it used as an avatar on other forums before, but I would really love to view the whole video. ;)
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Feb 18 2007, 11:00 PM
i don't agree with the views that the TC20s and MylarOnes died due to them being paired with the XTRA X-1. i bought the TC20 and MylarOne for my brother and classmate, and both are just normal ipod users, and yet both experienced dying TC20s and Mylars too

Have you ever wondered why these "regular ipod users" keep getting spoilt earphones? If they treat them like they do with regular ibuds, I am not surprised that these delicate stuff can crap out all that easily.

by the way has apple fixed the problem of the metal backing of the case "shorting" the earphones? That might be another possiblilty...
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PcWork
Feb 20 2007, 08:16 PM
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this same problems goes with Beyerdynamic DT880 (as compare to AKG phone)
...

Care to elaborate on this?

On the contrary to what you said above, I've only heard of AKGs getting burnt and not Beyers. Beyerdynamics are the one of the most robust, if not the most well built headphones I have ever come across. As for the coils, there were instances when I forgot to turn down the volume on my amp and they almost sounded like speakers on the desk for a few moments and they were still in perfect sounding afters. Just do a search on head-fi and you can easily find AKG701 horror stories(as in literally disintegrating into pieces) instead of Beyers, which even then have user replaceable parts.

I also doubt that the copper coils in the Mylars/TC20s can actually "melt", unless you pump in something like 2A of current.

i have two friend with DT880, which the driver impedance of one side suddenly increase to >1500 ohm. and sound terribly weak. after send it back, they were told that the voice coil is slightly melt and become thinner in some part. hence the impedance is increase dramatically.

and i had search this over china website, which also found several with similar problems.

but it's just several cases. and the technical report told them the DT880 voice coil is about 1/3 size of other headphone. hence it sound more refine, and might due to some factory defect, easily melt.
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