Headphone random conversation

[Kaamos_Llama]

Got my new Creative Zen Hybrid 2. Build quality is good, they look nice and are comfortable. Sound wise they seem decent with the ANC on, but without it everything starts to mash together a bit. Theyre really comfortable though, and perfect for some TV headphones. Wont be replacing my wired ones for the PC but great for €50.

 

[ZedClampet]

Apart from breaking the cable, I am technically still using the oldest pair of IEM I bought. Sure, it is a replacement set that are only about 3 months old, but I originally got them last February, actually listening to them now.

I haven't listened to them much as I only wear them when I am travelling and I haven't had to go anywhere for almost a month now - apart from shopping and I don't listen to music on such a short trip. They have more bass than the Hifiman do, just less top end. Can make songs sound different.

Only listening to them now as storms around and its easier to use my DAP than listen out for a storm with headphones on. Since I had to send the entire package back when they replaced cable, its a new unit mostly still. Probably only listened to them about 5 times since I got them back.

I just make sure they in a safe spot when not in use. Cable can't be replaced so easily next time. Though I can use my other cable if I really need to - other IEM I own is also 2 pin connection. Those IEM work too, I just don't use it as much. New ones probably use same connector just to make it consistent. I was going to buy some now but they can wait. Who knows, by time I look there be 300 new IEM to sort through.

I have no idea why mine break so often other than that I use them 14 hours a day. Every time I take them off, I hang them on the screen of my laptop. I'm actually fanatically careful with them because they are always breaking, and when they break, it's always the earbud, not the cable, and it's always the left one, which makes me think that the manufacturing process if flawed in some way.

Maybe I should try Fiio, but their low-end IEMs don't sound nearly as good as KZs, so I'd have to actually spend money on higher end ones, and then they'd probably still die after two months.

 

[Colif]

i haven't used any Fiio headphones, I just knew that existed as I saw it on a video in recent weeks. They seem to make good hardware.

If all the IEM you buy are from same company and all fail same way, could be manufacturing or they might just use cheap parts.

KZ were involved in a scandal 2 years ago when it was found they didn't have the number of drivers per ear as they said. Some weren't connected

So maybe try another brand. I have only had one pair of Dunu and apart from cable, the earphones themselves were okay for about 11 months. I pretty sure that was the cable that time as moving its connection to both dap and amp would cause sound to die.