IRONBUDS - modular, durable earbuds!

A project in Durham, NH by Thomas Young
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Lets work together and make better earbuds! IRONBUDS are modular, durable and offer audiophile-quality sound!
Backers: 1078
Average Pledge Per Backer: $57

Funded: $61,431 of $11,380
Dates: Jun 1st -> Aug 26th (87 days)
Project By: Thomas Young
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Latest News

Your shares of ownership in the new company.

January 27th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello Everyone, We are quite excited to finally bring this topic up to you.    Because Acoustic Forge was primarily funded by you that pledged us (plus some major external investors), we are thinking of giving you all actual shares in the business.... (Read More)

Update Time

January 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello Everyone, Quite a few things to address in this update: 1) Reaching the formal Kickstarter project goal is just days away! As you know, the goal of our original Kickstarter project was "to form a company that manufactures modular earphone... (Read More)

Quick Update...

January 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
Two things for everyone to look forward to: 1) The old Acoustic Forge site is being rebuilt using Wordpress and will be completed sometime next week.  We have decided to only present the 6-piece IRONbuds on the site because those are the only real... (Read More)

Merry Xmas Everyone!

December 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Merry Xmas Iron Elite! We will have a complete update on the final push to get everyone their 6 piece IRONbud cables early next week.  In the meantime, Merry Xmas to everyone who has supported us during the last two years of company formation at... (Read More)

Another item...

December 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
We have had at least dozen of you tell us that your IRONbud cables have failed.  We have a new batch of those coming in too and will ship them out after we get them. The factory has asked us for feedback on the cable failures so we can improve the... (Read More)

Good news for those still waiting for IRONbuds...

December 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Hello Everyone, We sent our remaining stock of IRONbuds back to the factory for remanufacturing several months ago.  Last week we received them all back.  These units were disassembled and rebuilt.  This time a new high strength epoxy glue was... (Read More)

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

November 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Here's hoping that all our IRONbud pledgers have a great thanksgiving!   Sometime ago one of our pledgers sent us a suggested logo that looked like this (below). Does anyone have any comments on it? We will have more updates for you next week!  ... (Read More)

Thank you everyone who sent in broken IRONbuds!

November 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks everyone who sent in broken IRONbuds.  We have sent these off to the factory for rebuilding. Anyone else who had problems with the glue on their IRONbuds, please send them in to us. if you haven't had success gluing them yourselves, let us do... (Read More)

Professional Repair Services

October 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear Iron Elite, As many of you know, a good proportion of our first generation IRONbud earphones were glued improperly.  Frankly, it was some 10-15% in our estimation. (About 10 times the failure rate we, or any other consumer products company,... (Read More)

Still IRONbud-less?

October 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello Iron Elite, The factory has just completed a second production run of the first generation IRONbuds (the original Kickstarter wooden ones).  We know that several of you are still waiting for your first generation IRONbud earphones and freebie... (Read More)

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