Thank you for your suggestions, IEMusic! I’ll now investigate a bit on those! I’m also a bit concerned that the deep insertion might not be for me, actually...

Hi everyone! For the past 10 years I have been using the IEMs that cured “upgraditis” for me: the Hifiman RE0. The fairly lean (but clean) bass, lovely mids and great, extended highs did it for me. But they just died last Saturday. With this in mind, do you know of any other IEMs with such...

Well, if his Yamaha is anything like my Marantz (recent model, with a great DAC inside) he'll have trouble going past 9 o clock on the volume pot. The HD650 aren't that difficult to drive.

I live in Portugal. Will I have to pay customs? Does it ship from the USA?

Just arranjed to get a refund and the headphones will go back. Will buy later from amazon at the usual price of 310/320€. I just rushed to get the lower price but it didn't go as expected. Thank you all for your help.

Just read in the terms and conditions of the store that warranty could be claimed directly through the manufacturer. One more good thing to know.

They seemed brand new to me but one never knows. The price was great (262€) but it wasn't worth this hassle. Thanks for all the help!

The headphone is genuine. I'm sure about that. It has the holograms, it passes the test on sennheiser's webpage, the store only sells genuine products and the headphone has that glorious sound quality. It's just the cable that came reversed in the plug. I bought an Hifiman RE0 from them some 7...

Ok, that's great to know. The headphones are still within the returning period so even if they say the headphones are fine I can return them or even contact Sennheiser as you mentioned. Thanks!

Well, I had an HD600 that I bought new on amazon and the cable came already plugged in on the headphones. I'm waiting for an answer from the store at the moment. I'm hoping they won't charge me for the returning postage as this wasn't my fault.

The plugs still won't go in the wrong way, at least without brute force, I guess. But maybe you're right and I shouldn't take any chances so I've contacted the store stating my concerns in the long run. The headphones are genuine as confirmed by the qr-sennheiser website. Thank you all for...

No, he got it right. It took quite a bit of force to disconnect the plugs from the earpieces but now everything seems to connect and click perfectly. So, yes, I thought about returning them but if everything is working properly...

I'm one of those people that find the FiiO E10K capable of running the HD650. I had the previous version, the E10 (not the "k") and it powered both the HD650 and the HD600 without breaking a sweat, in low gain mode. If we were talking about the Akg K701 then I'd advise against the FiiO.

Well, my understanding is that we have different views about what might be a huge improvement in sound quality but that's alright. Another thing: I pretty sure my HD650 had never been touched before I opened the box but I found that the plugs that connect to the earpieces were inverted, with...