Sennheiser IE800 IEM's
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Dobrescu George
Reviewer: AudiophileHeaven
I have the warranty of the old owner, no problems, I talked to the Sennheiser Romania representative, there is no problem, I will take a walk and leave my ie800 there this week.
I think that my cables hardening might be because I sweat... BAD. I live in a college dorm at the moment, no cooling, and outside are 35-40 C degrees. I literally have to stay in wet clothes, even buying a fan does not help, the air itself is hot. As a side note, this could be the reason my cables hardened. Maybe people living in a cold country will never have hard cables.
I know that they changed the cables, so they do not hard anymore.
I think that my cables hardening might be because I sweat... BAD. I live in a college dorm at the moment, no cooling, and outside are 35-40 C degrees. I literally have to stay in wet clothes, even buying a fan does not help, the air itself is hot. As a side note, this could be the reason my cables hardened. Maybe people living in a cold country will never have hard cables.
I know that they changed the cables, so they do not hard anymore.
That will be a good result for you. Do they replace just the cables or return a whole new set?
Dobrescu George
Reviewer: AudiophileHeaven
I do not know the answer yet. The representatives send the entire package to Sennheiser, and then sennheiser evaluates the situation, and come with the solution.
At least you we aware it could happen, did research and checked that you would be covered. Hope it all works out smoothly for you, then we know CS is good.
Are you certain, George?
May I ask where you got this info from?
When I contacted Sennheiser Germany some time ago, they replied very vaguely without a definite answer and no further reply.
Dobrescu George
Reviewer: AudiophileHeaven
I asked this before buying.
The cables will not harden anymore, and the old batches will not all harden. It seems that it is not a problem with every single human, but it is something that only happens to some, regardless of batch.
mathi8vadhanan
1000+ Head-Fier
May be it's the case, that's causing the hardening. Has this happened to anyone not using the leather case that comes with ie800?
May be, We should three finger roll and store in a regular iem case/pouch.
May be, We should three finger roll and store in a regular iem case/pouch.
Dobrescu George
Reviewer: AudiophileHeaven
May be it's the case, that's causing the hardening. Has this happened to anyone not using the leather case that comes with ie800?
May be, We should three finger roll and store in a regular iem case/pouch.
mine hardened progressively regardless of keeping in the carry case.
Mine stay even harder, without having the cable separator up to there.
mathi8vadhanan
1000+ Head-Fier
Ohh, I have no cable hardening issues with mine. The top cable has gotten a bit shiny, because of skin oils, otherwise its as supple as bottom cable.
Dobrescu George
Reviewer: AudiophileHeaven
This is great to hear!
Mine is oily, and hard. HARD!.
But this is part of the fun, eh?
frankrondaniel
500+ Head-Fier
I've had mine since June 2013 and my cables seem to be the same. No noticeable hardening. Interesting that people have had such varying experiences with the cables.
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Dobrescu George
Reviewer: AudiophileHeaven
Wrong forum.
Ha!
But seriously, they look like hard memory wires now, thing which would be great if it were not for my fear of cable degrading further.
privilege15
Previously known as "stillevil"
I already thought of using a normal case instead but IE800 has a composite cable which you cannot roll in place of the joint. This makes it impossible to place it in an ordinary portable headphone case. I have two of them and I tried both. Neither of them works. The only case that is suitable is the one that comes with IE800.
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