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fgt-boi OP t1_je8ergg wrote

Already on my third pair in two years. First issue right driver died, second time the pads started disintegrating and now after a peaceful night of coding, the right driver just died. Thinking about owning these after warranty runs out is a scary though... 😐

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Joulle t1_je92y8n wrote

We don't have any statistics and Hifiman sounds like it's a popular brand in this sub so it's a bit problematic to draw conclusions.

It could be just that its sheer popularity could cause so many of these posts to pop up.

I'm convinced that Hifiman's quality control is terrible due to all these posts and the problems are pretty systematic as well. Should be easy to fix with higher quality solder, right? Maybe not as I have no idea what really causes drivers to lose contact

I ordered Hifiman Arya SE as an open box deal directly from Hifiman half a year ago. It came with a bad cable: Contact issues on the 6.35mm end due to too short contact part and too long plastic cover over it. Of course I got a new cable from them but it was another 1 week of waiting.

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Hail_LordHelix t1_jecd0ch wrote

I absolutely believe people have had bad luck with hifiman but on the flip side there's plenty of people like myself that own multiple hifiman headphones and have had zero issues.

So ymmv I guess. But their build quality definitely leaves something to be desired for the price.

Their customer service is decent fwiw, but I couldn't fault anyone for being worried about buying a set

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random_LA_azn_dude t1_jee0kgm wrote

Yeah, I own 7 Hifiman headphones. The only QC issue that I experienced was with a brand new HE-5XX. Its headband yolk holder already started to separate. I didn't want the HE-5XX anyways, so ended up returning the headphone (it didn't hold a candle to my HE-500).

HE-6 (4S and 6S), HE-500, HEKv1, HEXv2, Arya v2, HE-X4*

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OriginalAccording802 t1_je94z0i wrote

I own a ED XS and it had a hole in both drivers near the stalks of the unit, i'm currently in a RMA cycle myself. Shit's annoying, hope you resolve it my guy

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extremefriction t1_je97v9t wrote

I feel you. My Anandas' right pad started breaking too and one day, just a month after warranty ran out, the driver died.

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fucfaceidiotsomfg t1_jeaklz1 wrote

That sucks. I have been abusing my HD650 daily since 2017 and they are still going strong because they were made in Irelan and was thinking of buying the Ananda because of their sound quality but after seeing comments about their buil quality I changed my mind.

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Complex-Ad5423 t1_je936cq wrote

Oh so sad. I have read about this issue multiple time before. Sometimes it is due to high volume as well and it starts working suddenly as well in 1-2 days. Do you know what could have caused it, like if you tried high volume high gain etc. May be related to voltage, but not sure

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