Panasonic CZs (HJE900) Appreciation Thread and Pending Review - Page 58

For anyone who has the Panasonic HJE900...

Its pretty well known that their tiny mesh protecting them against ear wax and other intrusions is very prone to accidentally get dislogded / lost.

Once lost, likelyhood of stuff getting inside and wrecking them rises sharply.

Well, by accident, I was digging around for new foam tips and found a new version called Tx-400.  They are the usual memory foam tips, but with a built-in earwax barrier.  So long as they stay on, your earphones are well protected.  I also found that The strong treble of the HJE900's are not noticeably compromised.

(no, I don't work for Comply... :P  )

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Originally Posted by kyuuketsuki 

 

Modded T50RPs sound amazing. I am saving up for some Mad Dog T50RP modded headphones. Heard them at the meet, and those are guaranteed to be my next closed set. It is not even a question in my mind. $300 for premium sound is a steal. 

Pretty sure they they lowered their price to $250 recently as well. I'm sure they sound great. I got me a pair of T50RPs that B is in the process of modding. So far they've got some real potential.

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Originally Posted by n13l5 

For anyone who has the Panasonic HJE900...

 

Its pretty well known that their tiny mesh protecting them against ear wax and other intrusions is very prone to accidentally get dislogded / lost.

 

Once lost, likelyhood of stuff getting inside and wrecking them rises sharply.

 

 

Well, by accident, I was digging around for new foam tips and found a new version called Tx-400.  They are the usual memory foam tips, but with a built-in earwax barrier.  So long as they stay on, your earphones are well protected.  I also found that The strong treble of the HJE900's are not noticeably compromised.

 

 

(no, I don't work for Comply... :P  )

Thanks for this btw!

In case there are any Hong Kong users of these amazing earphones experiencing the same problems as I did, here's a tip that will hopefully be useful.

I've been using my HJE-900s for a year non-stop, and one day the right earpiece just started to sound like stuttering, then would eventually lose 95% of all the sound that's meant to come out from the right side. Upon detaching the two earpieces and switching right to left and the left one to the right one, I realised that it's a problem of the cable rather than the driver.

I rang the local customer service hotline 2406-5555, and they said they can order a replacement cable for me for $320 (but it will take a month, so I am waiting). Not cheap (~40 USD), but much better than buying a new pair. Plus I've auditioned several other top-tier universal and non of them have the sound signature that I love from these panasonic's. Plus these are very hard to get in UK and Hong Kong these days, and considerably more expensive than a couple of years ago.

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Originally Posted by sfoxy 

Plus these are very hard to get in UK and Hong Kong these days, and considerably more expensive than a couple of years ago.

The prices in China actually went down. But due to the weak Euro it still costs more than two years ago:

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=18278304735&ali_trackid=2:mm_14507416_2297358_8935934:1354185736_3k4_488277454

Not as good as the Play.com deals that used to pop up. Really miss those!

haha, yes. I got mines through the play.com deals back then when I was still in London, but they are still more expensive than the J&R sales a few years ago

Taobao really puts me off. The user interface, the payment system makes me uncomfortable )=