Vector Finesse

09/30/2022

min(amame) is now released! Affordable, portable, and great sound quality, all from your own 3D printer!

06/11/2022

These ones are for Sanjay (and you could win them!)

Sanjay Mortimer was one of E3D Online] 's visionary founders, had Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and is a big reason why we can exist as a company today. Without Sanjay's revolutionary extruder designs, many of you wouldn't be able to print our headphones.

There's a connection here because John bought one of the first V6 extruders from the E3D online store in 2014 when he started Vector Finesse. We got to see E3D grow from a small forum-based project to the consumer 3D Printing powerhouse it is today. It's an inspiring story for us.

This is why we were so moved by Sanjay's passing last year, and while 3D Printing lost one of it's stars, E3D has done a great job honoring Sanjay's memory by creating the Sanjay Mortimer Foundation:

"The foundation will be a resource for those who are gifted potential engineers, those who may not be able to progress without funding, and for whom mainstream education may not be working in some way."

Do you know someone who could benefit from alternative learning paths, new opportunities, or thinks unconventionally?

Do you enjoy using modern day 3D Printers and how far them have come?

If so, come join us on the E3D silent auction today at 10am PST on the E3D Online] YouTube channel and donate or bid to support this fantastic cause.

04/09/2022

New Open-back update to head(amame) here: https://shop.vectorfinesse.com/collections/files/products/headamame-open-back-files

Files come with:

-Open-Back Cone Files (mic and non-mic on Right Side)

-Open-Back Headband Mount

-Pre-Configured 3MFs for PrusaSlicer and Cura

We have decided these are a free download to supplement the existing head(amame) files. If you are happy about them, feel free to leave a tip, or go join the Patreon! (Patrons have had these for a while!)

What else?
New Serial Request Form: https://forms.gle/ZdxQAB9S74xoZGK56

The new form includes an option for the Open-Back model, so get those printers rolling! The early serial numbers wont last long! The new form also makes it way easier for us to print the labels for the letters containing your brass serial tag.

New Download system

With this file drop we are trialing a new download system. Last week we heard from a number of you that the head(amame) 1.7 files were not always coming through properly, so we think this system will work better. If so, we will adopt it across all file downloads!

That's it for this week!
As always thank you all for the support, we can't wait to see your Open-Backs!

Happy Printing

Morgan and John

02/06/2022

Little progress on the smaller on-ear headphones coming up next!

01/28/2022

A quick (Re)Stocking update from VF!

We hope you have had a great start to your New Year! We greatly appreciate your support and patience over the last few months while we worked to get parts back in stock. We aren't quite there but the shipping delays are starting to improve, and even eliminated in some cases. Here is a quick summary of where things are today:

Drivers are back!

That's right, if you were waiting to order a pair of matched drivers for your head(amame) build, both the Peerless by Tymphany 40mm and 50mm variants are ready to go. With this, we are working through the weekend to ship up to order #1484 on Monday Jan 31st, and #1535 the following week. To add, there's a way we might be able to improve this because...

Earpads are not back.

Brainwavz XL earpads are the next immediate challenge for us. While we expect this to be only a short delay, it means that orders after #1535 will be shipped in late February. We can however, offer another option:

If you are waiting for a kit, and would like to source the earpads yourself, we are happy to refund $25 from your order and get it out the door. Your earpads would get leap-frogged to another kit, and both would ship sooner. Win-win!

If you want your order shipped earlier without earpads send an email with subject line "SEND ORDER WITHOUT EARPADS" to [email protected] and we will get your order on the way.
*To be clear, if you choose this, we will not be sending you earpads later

Cables get an update!

While waiting for shipments, we've been hard at work on a mic'd-up head(amame) variant and have adjusted our cables to suit. These cables are expected to arrive in two weeks and will be clearly marked "MIC CABLE". Once we sell through our old stock all future cables will be mic compatible. We'll also offer two mic kits; one with, and one without the new cable. Mic options will also be added to head(amame) kits.

Wrapping up,

We are thankful for the support we have gotten in the last 6 months and the growing community that has sprung up around head(amame). We hope to look back and say "wow, I'm glad the last shipping delay email we had to write was in Jan 2022" (ha). Jokes aside, we are grateful for your patience and commit to more regular communication and updates. Stay tuned for more good stuff coming down the pipe, such as merch, updated models, fresh projects, new drivers and more!

Happy printing!

Morgan and John

11/26/2021

We should start this post off with a GIANT THANK YOU to everyone who has built a set of head(amame) so far... Thanks to all of you, we used up every Peerless by Tymphany headphone driver in North America!

Our current estimate is to have stock again in the first quarter of 2022. This is obviously a long way away and a wide delivery window, so we are testing other driver options to find a replacement we are proud to put in the head(amame). If we do find a suitable replacement, anyone with outstanding orders will get the option to change free of charge. With a bit of luck we can find something that sounds great, and ships way sooner.

With all of these supply challenges, we wanted to show our appreciation for all the support (and participate in the BFCM madness) by discounting the store by 15% until Dec 1st. Everything except drivers are in stock, so if you are helping a friend with a build, or need parts for the next one, go nuts!

Patreon members 10% discount stacks with the store promotion! If that's something you're into (and maybe some Patreon exclusive print files and other goodies) go join in the fun by subscribing!

If you are wondering what we are going to be doing over the winter, sign up for our upcoming newsletter at the link below. We'll send out an update next week after the Black Friday email blasts have calmed down.

Happy Holidays everyone, we cant wait to show you what else we have in the works.

Morgan and John

Entire store 15% off until Dec 1 Use code BFCM21 in cart We should start this post off with a GIANT THANK YOU to everyone who has built a set of head(amame) so far... Thanks to all of you, we used up every Peerless by Tymphany headphone driver in North America! Our current estimate is to have stock....

09/08/2021

head(amame) v1.5 has been published! Two important updates, and all of suggestions included! This should make the slicing process a lot simpler 🖨️🎧

06/24/2021

New Video! Here's the assembly guide for the head(amame) headphones!

In this video, we will explain how to assemble your head(amame) headphones.Buy Kits here: https://shop.vectorfinesse.com/collections/headphonesIndividual Par...

06/16/2021

What we think no name headphones would look like

05/25/2021

This headphone stand was a real fun one to design :)

Files in bio, for sale soon on our store!

05/19/2021

Just a couple glamor shots from last night :)