[theemgee]

Hi everyone, After sifting through tons of info on head-fi (thank you) and the rest of the net, I finally purchased my shure SE215's. I'm extremely happy with the buy, except I came across a song where the left earphone distorts with the treble. I then switched the cables, so the left cable feeds the right earphone, which made the right earphone distort and not the left. So, i think it's safe to say the earphones are not faulty. But can it be the cable to blame? Or is it the song? Even when I turn the volume right down, the earphone distorts by the same amount as when the song is playing loud. Using other (cheaper) earphones i don't hear any distortion. But is this because they are not as precise, and are not picking up certain frequencies in the song? Thanks

 

[namaiki]

What song is it? Could you link a sample of it?

 

[theemgee]

Hi, yes i can, go here:
http://yourlisten.com/channel/content/16956308/Headfi_preview
I initially only picked it up at 4.30.
but now also noticed distortion significantly at 1.30

 

[soundstige]

I hear very minor clipping throughout the entire track. There is distortion from reverberation starting at 1:20 and going on for quite a while. It's just the way that synth sound was mastered I guess.

 

[kaixax555]

Yes I can pick this up even with the cheaper Monoprice 8320s

 

[MeltedWelly]

Can hear clipping & some fuzzy distortion on these Sennheiser 650's sounds more prominent in the left ear but I'm fairly certain it's there on the right side too.

 

[theemgee]

whew that's a relief, guess i was just being paranoid. Thanks for the input guys. Champs all of you!