The creaking isnt my biggest issue with them. The cables itself just felt cheaply made and would tangle constantly. So its been like 4 years that i’ve been using a custom cable and never looked back since. You have the Focal Elear so it seems theyre not painted as I cant see any chips… Its not like I have much knowledgde on how these headphones are built, but why would you use black plastic earcups and put a layer of silver paint over them. I have no clue how they sprayed these. But wouldnt it be wise to first give them like a primer layer and then like 2 finished layers? So its atleast thicker and harder to break down? Cuz the coat on this is like 1/10th of a mm. I just think they’ve could done better at that area. I might be mistaken but who knows… I will still rock them. Im not trying to sound like a jerk.
So its been like 4 years that i’ve been using a custom cable and never looked back since
oh i thought you meant the actual connectors snapped, not the cable. they should do better yes and i’m guilty of just accepting that cables that are supplied by certain manufacturers are just shit cos they know the buyer will just use their own cable.
But wouldnt it be wise to first give them like a primer layer and then like 2 finished layers?
i hope someone else can chime in here as i think this might be wrong, but i think the thicker the layer of paint, the more likely you are to get cracking and then chips forming?
ideally focal should have made their own plastic cup in the colour they wanted instead of just painting the existing parts. so that’s a compromise i’d hope to not see on a premium product.
The creaking isnt my biggest issue with them. The cables itself just felt cheaply made and would tangle constantly. So its been like 4 years that i’ve been using a custom cable and never looked back since. You have the Focal Elear so it seems theyre not painted as I cant see any chips… Its not like I have much knowledgde on how these headphones are built, but why would you use black plastic earcups and put a layer of silver paint over them. I have no clue how they sprayed these. But wouldnt it be wise to first give them like a primer layer and then like 2 finished layers? So its atleast thicker and harder to break down? Cuz the coat on this is like 1/10th of a mm. I just think they’ve could done better at that area. I might be mistaken but who knows… I will still rock them. Im not trying to sound like a jerk.
oh i thought you meant the actual connectors snapped, not the cable. they should do better yes and i’m guilty of just accepting that cables that are supplied by certain manufacturers are just shit cos they know the buyer will just use their own cable.
i hope someone else can chime in here as i think this might be wrong, but i think the thicker the layer of paint, the more likely you are to get cracking and then chips forming?
ideally focal should have made their own plastic cup in the colour they wanted instead of just painting the existing parts. so that’s a compromise i’d hope to not see on a premium product.
Yeah fully agree here, with the resources they have they should’ve done better. Especially on the cups.