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Megidolaon10 t1_j81zqp7 wrote

Reply to comment by Lego_Hippo in Broken Hifiman’s was a great excuse to try something new by Lego_Hippo

The exact same thing happen to mine as well. A cheap fix I did was to tie the headband and the support up with cotton string, few loops below, above and around along the circumference of the circular plastic part as tight as possible to make sure it does not slide around. That worked pretty well and lasted for few more months before I moved onto Focal Clear.

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pkelly500 t1_j81uj2e wrote

Reply to comment by lurked_4_a_bit in Broken Hifiman’s was a great excuse to try something new by Lego_Hippo

I take it you've never owned a HiFiMan headphone. They are notorious for quality control and build issues, even if you handle them with white gloves like the Crown Jewels.

Just because you've never had a headphone break doesn't mean that everyone who gets a bum unit from HiFiMan treats their gear like shit.

HiFiMan and Focal are neck and neck in the shitty quality control derby among audiophile headphone brands.

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lurked_4_a_bit t1_j81omo2 wrote

Reply to comment by DiabloII in Broken Hifiman’s was a great excuse to try something new by Lego_Hippo

You sound a lot like hater rn. They fuck, for cheap. Also just take care of your things? My 4xx has been fine for over 2 years, and XS for over a year. But I’m reasonably careful with my things. I’ve actually never had any of my gear break from normal use. Except a cloth cover working it’s way off the actual wire from my hookx cable (still didn’t fail, cosmetic) I feel like a lot of people here don’t care for things as they should. Like sure if you abuse things they break. Even if it doesn’t immediately hurt the item over time over extending, pulling, stretching things will wear on anything.

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WookieePoot t1_j818f6w wrote

Reply to Broken Hifiman’s was a great excuse to try something new by Lego_Hippo

I had a pair of HE400SE that I recently sent back but the build, while probably on par for a pair of $100 HP, was good with no issues. I also knew about HiFiman qc issues so I curbed my expectations when I clicked the 'order' button but again, I had no issues with my pair.

However, I did not care for the sound of the HE400SE HPs. Not that they were that bad but I was just unimpressed. Nothing stood out to me across the board as special so I had little motivation to pick them back up again. I tried several dac/amp combos with the same results.

I do love my DT 770 Pros though. I will never get rid of those and if they ever break, I will order a replacement.

Cheers!

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