[imnostatic]

   
What ?
 
Sorry Audeze but the situation is getting ridiculous!

I think part of it is that they had some personnel issues. The guy I was dealing with evidently no longer works there so some stuff may have fallen through the cracks. I talked to a human today, got an RMA, and shipped them back. I paid for it but it was less than $10 to send them.

 

[money4me247]

I think part of it is that they had some personnel issues. The guy I was dealing with evidently no longer works there so some stuff may have fallen through the cracks. I talked to a human today, got an RMA, and shipped them back. I paid for it but it was less than $10 to send them.

lol, giving you free return shipping when the product was defective out of the box shldnt be some favor one guy gets you, but it shld just be the company policy. i hope they didnt charge you a restocking fee too lol.

 

[YtseJamer]

 
I think part of it is that they had some personnel issues. The guy I was dealing with evidently no longer works there so some stuff may have fallen through the cracks. I talked to a human today, got an RMA, and shipped them back. I paid for it but it was less than $10 to send them.

 
I can't believe that Audeze had the guts to charge you for the shipping!
 
Seriously I'm really disappointed to hear what you're saying and I really hope that they will reimburse you your $10.  (Even if you don't care about the $10 that you have lost)

 

[imnostatic]

fwiw I didn't really ask about the details or ask to wait for them to send me a shipping label (which is originally what they offered) so we'll see what happens. Sounds like they've had a rough patch and I prefer to give small local companies some benefit of the doubt. 

 

[pcbr]

Hi. I'm new here.
I'm waiting for LCD3f and now I am worried...

 

[money4me247]

Hi. I'm new here.
I'm waiting for LCD3f and now I am worried...

why worried? sure you will like them

 

[pcbr]

why worried? sure you will like them

It seems all the people receive a defective Audeze...

 

[ogodei]

   
And now they want me to pay to ship it back

 
I just received my replacement pair of headphones, yay ! 

 
But I had to call Audeze last week and remind them to ship them. 

 
Emoticons aside, they seem to be functioning and that's all I can say for now.  Should have some listening time tonight on the rag and the Zana Deux, impressions forthcoming.

 

[ogodei]

Unfortunately I am sending these back. Sounds like a hole at 8 or 9 Khz. ( like someone shoved a wad of cotton in there, muffled). There's not much of a top end after that either, though it is there. Unfortunately holes cant be modded away & I love me the treble so these don't do it for me.

I didn't get past the muffledness to pay attention to much else but one other oddity hit me: Many parts sounded like they were coming from behind me? Might be placement of the drivers or a side effect of that muffled hole but it was weird.

Oh well, next headphone.

 

[money4me247]

Unfortunately I am sending these back. Sounds like a hole at 8 or 9 Khz. ( like someone shoved a wad of cotton in there, muffled). There's not much of a top end after that either, though it is there. Unfortunately holes cant be modded away & I love me the treble so these don't do it for me.

I didn't get past the muffledness to pay attention to much else but one other oddity hit me: Many parts sounded like they were coming from behind me? Might be placement of the drivers or a side effect of that muffled hole but it was weird.

Oh well, next headphone.

awww... well i'm sorry to hear about your negative experience esp after all that trouble you had to go through to get the headphones fixed and everything.
 
I've been doing some more critical listening tests and I am surprised that no one has mentioned another particular sonic trait that is really glaring to my ears.

 

[daphen]

  awww... well i'm sorry to hear about your negative experience esp after all that trouble you had to go through to get the headphones fixed and everything.
 
I've been doing some more critical listening tests and I am surprised that no one has mentioned another particular sonic trait that is really glaring to my ears.

Do share please, what other sonic trait?

 

[jmsaxon69]

Nice short and to the point review over on CNET that I pretty much agree with completely. These headphones are hyper transparent, I'm kind of leaning towards the closed at this point.

http://www.cnet.com/news/great-american-sound-the-audeze-el-8-headphones/

 

[Juanfranco]

I just got my EL 8 (less than a week) and so far no issues with the quality.  I'd say it is a very excellent sounding headphone and easily better in terms of details, clarity and bass (compared to K712 and HD600 - soundstage and head wearing comfort  is better in these 2 headphones).  The connectors can easily detached if you pull on the cable, not sure if it will become loose over time.  After a few minutes you will feel a little heat up around your ears because of the pleather material in the earcups.  So far Im very happy with this purchase and instantly my favorite headphone.  

 

[daphen]

  I just got my EL 8 (less than a week) and so far no issues with the quality.  I'd say it is a very excellent sounding headphone and easily better in terms of details, clarity and bass (compared to K712 and HD600 - soundstage and head wearing comfort  is better in these 2 headphones).  The connectors can easily detached if you pull on the cable, not sure if it will become loose over time.  After a few minutes you will feel a little heat up around your ears because of the pleather material in the earcups.  So far Im very happy with this purchase and instantly my favorite headphone.  

I have the same experience, aside from the favourite headphone part. I think the problem is that the people that speak up are the ones with problems. 
I mean, why would everyone that's without problems write that everything is normal? Because you shouldn't have problems with a brand new purchase.
But that's just what I think. 
I don't even have a problem with the connectors, but then again, I sit still while wearing them.

 

[Ultrainferno]

I finally got round to publishing my EL-8 review (open and closed)
 
http://www.headfonia.com/review-audeze-el-8-open-closed/