You should contact customer support see if you can get it fixed or replaced

Oh hey, wireless option.

Rhey get a bit warm and the clamp is a bit tight but overall comfortable

But are they comfortable for extended hours of gameplay with the boyz

This Soundguys comparison is from 2018, and it shows major differences in AAC encoding between iOS and Android, and for that matter between Android phones.

I don't think simply looking at the high frequency cut-off really tells much about audio quality, it's not the largest factor, and particularly when many of them are high enough that I know I wouldn't hear the difference personally. But it does indicate objectively that there were at least differences between the encoders as recently as 5 years ago, you don't need to go back 15.

AAC on my phone running Android 12 is also still truncated, I think around 17kHz. Subjectively, I think it sounds good, I don't think that's a problem. Arguably, cutting at 17kHz they don't have to waste as many bits on frequencies that most people can't hear. But it's lower than apparently iOS does it (Soundguys says it goes to 18.9kHz).

i liked using my hd-58x over the hd-560s even though the soundstage is inside your head with them. the imaging felt more accurate and easier to tell where things were. got me curious about the 6600S2 now

just wait for what happens to the cable after 2 years...

This is why I'm just waiting on my koss ur40 cable to die. Plan on modding it extensively

Yeah I will keep trying to find one, I called beyerdynamics India and they said if I parcel them my headphones, they will see through it and tell me the price of repairing, so that is also an option

i am not able to find any replacement drivers on google in India... There are options in international market but buying from there would cost even more. 1 driver is like $70...

Sometimes i wish 🤣

Are these DT770's?

Hope you can’t feel the bullets too

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I'm sensing some sarcasm here (hope you get a new set of cans)

Just use the warranty and get a proper new unit. You might as well use it if you got it.

Neat! The ones I have were definitely older and well used. Paint missing off of every corner and edge basically. Crazy stuff considering the new pair are 47xxx. Wonder if these serial numbers are consecutive because that’s a lot of 800s out there.

Must be a recent issue, Mine have been solid and I unplug them about once a month when i transport them.

I have a 4xxx made in Germany too! 10+ years old, rock solid.

It might be something more than codec, lots of people who are into audio can't tell the difference with better codec, but even normal people can easily tell samung buds sound better on Samsung phones, I think it's the same for Apple as well. Some people say they make other devices purposely sound worse and then say it's just the codec, or they apply a slight eq which makes everyone perceive them as better.

Also the battery and software part was very easy. For software I paired them to my phone and turned off touch controls because I was going to unplug the touch sensor and didn't want it freaking out, turned off transparency mode because it would freak out as well if this worked. And the battery was easy, there was a positive and negative contact pad, you have to solder the positive and negative end of the USB wire to them, the only hard part was soldering them individually and connecting them together into 1 USB port. One bud didn't work so I had to remove it and solder again until it worked.

It was a huge pain to work on it, something so small and I have very little experience and lacked the propper equipment for the job, probably the most janky soldering set up anyone has ever seen.

You can try to get a hand on a different defective headphone and salvage a working driver from there. But be very careful to get the right model. Beyerdynamic has a lot of drivers. Old Dt770 Pro drivers for example are not the same as new ones, even if they have the same impedance.

I agree 100%! The PC38x really threw me off because imo they felt like cheap plastic. The Astros I had previously weren’t amazing but things like the metal arms on them made it feel much more “premium”. Besides the Astros and AirPods (Pros & Max), the only headphones I owned are actually M50s! I was thinking maybe I was being too bougie since that kinda build quality was all I know.. but maybe it’s not enough lol

I figure the 800s would be a good base line. Neutral with a good sound stage I can use for gaming/VR/XR plus plays nice with an EQ. Once I settle in good I’ll find one really nice pair I can listen to music on till they can zap jams directly into my brain.

Honestly after going inside of these I think I’d be tempted to swap out whatever. It breaks down nicely, I was surprised.

I try to stay away from things I don’t understand well like software or batteries so that project already sounds complicated. Especially on something so small. Everything looks easy when someone else is doing it.

Interesting on the Samsung codec. I’ve had every Fold and this is news to me… possibly because I use an iPhone/AirPods for music usually. Folds getting more love these days though since it can output Ldac… not that I can really tell a difference if I’m being honest haha.

That's fair, I suppose.

Me, I only ever tried one pair of Sennheiser headphones, HD660S. And I disliked them. The sound was good, but everything else wasn't. Very cheap feeling plastic, it squeaked annoyingly every time I moved my jaw, or even head in general. Since they were open, I heard that squeaking all the time & it drove me mad. Heck, even my old ATH-M50 headphones (original ones, not even an X version) felt a lot more premium with their build quality and materials. HD660S felt like a good, $300 sound within a horrid, $10 housing. Suffice to say I never bought Sennheiser again.

Technically this is my 5th pair of Sennheisers. After having this happen I have seen a few post complain about the same thing and I mean… I can see why I wouldn’t call it poor QC but maybe they could’ve done something to hold the metal piece inside the headphone housing better.

Regardless this was the last pair of Senns I planned to buy anyway. Was eyeing some Audeze’s but I’m sure there’s problems or negative opinions/experiences with any choice lol.