Seasho
New Head-Fier
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Hello everyone, been a long time lurker of this forum and it's been a valuable asset for deciding on purchases, for that I want to thank all of you! This is my first post here.
About 4 months ago I purchased a pair of Beyerdynamic DT880 600 ohm headphones, they were incredibly bright out of the box but toned down a bit over time, 3 months into their use the right headphone completely died, I sent it in to Beyerdynamic's only US authorized repair center, they ended up replacing the system of the right headphone, and the connecting cord.
Unfortunately when I tested them out after repairs the replaced side was drastically quieter and less "bassy" than the left original headphone. The left phone has at least 300+ hours of burn in whereas the new (repaired right) one has only 10 - 12 hours, however the discrepancy between volume is roughly 20% - 24% (gauged by shifting the signal balance in an eq until the image seemed even), that is, the right repaired side was disturbingly quieter than the left, and I don't know if burn in will be enough to even out that huge volume difference.
Currently powering the unit with a Fiio E9, however I do not believe the amp to be an issue as prior to the right side dying the volumes we're relatively even ~ - 3% quieter on the right side.
At a loss as to what I should do, I've been burning in the right phone by sending all audio to the right channel through a bass heavy playlist, hoping to loosen up the drivers, but I can't forsee them getting a boost of 20% volume from being burnt in 200+ hours.
If the technician approved it, any ideas on what could be wrong? I emailed him directly but received no response. Thanks much for your time and expertise!
About 4 months ago I purchased a pair of Beyerdynamic DT880 600 ohm headphones, they were incredibly bright out of the box but toned down a bit over time, 3 months into their use the right headphone completely died, I sent it in to Beyerdynamic's only US authorized repair center, they ended up replacing the system of the right headphone, and the connecting cord.
Unfortunately when I tested them out after repairs the replaced side was drastically quieter and less "bassy" than the left original headphone. The left phone has at least 300+ hours of burn in whereas the new (repaired right) one has only 10 - 12 hours, however the discrepancy between volume is roughly 20% - 24% (gauged by shifting the signal balance in an eq until the image seemed even), that is, the right repaired side was disturbingly quieter than the left, and I don't know if burn in will be enough to even out that huge volume difference.
Currently powering the unit with a Fiio E9, however I do not believe the amp to be an issue as prior to the right side dying the volumes we're relatively even ~ - 3% quieter on the right side.
At a loss as to what I should do, I've been burning in the right phone by sending all audio to the right channel through a bass heavy playlist, hoping to loosen up the drivers, but I can't forsee them getting a boost of 20% volume from being burnt in 200+ hours.
If the technician approved it, any ideas on what could be wrong? I emailed him directly but received no response. Thanks much for your time and expertise!