Uh oh... Now you're worrying me. Is it the replacent turnaround time or the quality of the replacement you are referring to?

I'll let you know. Should be fairly easy to tell if its new or a refurb. I already sent the headphones off, should get my replacement within 2 weeks I think.

Quote:   Hi Eric, thanks for the reply.   I have the original payment receipt from the original owner. I actually just received a call from a HiFiMAN customer service rep who provided me the return instructions for the headphones. The headphones were originally purchased on Nov. 10...

Quote:   I do have the seller's address, but unfortunately I'm past the 45 day range for a PayPal dispute. I was on a long trip abroad when I bought the headphones, they were shipped to me house and sat in the box for ~2 months since my trip was extended. I just listened to them for the...

Quote:   Unfortunately like I just said the seller is not willing to take the headphones back. I believe him that the headphones were working when he shipped them to me, so I guess they got messed up during shipping or something.   I originally had the bad driver hooked up to the L...

Quote:   I just got a PM back from the seller and he does not want to take the headphones back :/   I'm not positive it's the driver, but I have tried switching the cable and that didn't help. The cable I have is just the stock one.

Thanks. I definitely did not know about the defective driver, so I contacted the owner and hopefully he will take them back. If not, I'm not sure what I should do...

I recently purchased a lightly used HE-400 from a fellow forum member, and one of the drivers is completely dead. Can I ship these headphones to HiFiMAN/Head-Direct to get them replaced?

Quote:   Yup I couldn't resist buying the HE-400, but at least I found a cheap one off the classifieds here. Nah I don't own any Grados I just saw you were interested in the Asgard and at that point I was heavily debating between the Magni and Asgard(2).

Sounds good. I bought a Magni/Modi combo for my HE-400. Should come in soon.

Quote:   Thanks for the info. I am quite unfamiliar with pro audio gear such as powered monitors. That usage seems to make a lot of sense, since you could easily swap between monitors and headphones. How exactly would you switch the output though? If you have headphones plugged in, does...

What are everyone's thoughts on the Asgard 2 + HE-400? Has anyone compared Magni + HE-400 to Asgard 2 + HE-400?   I just bought some used HE-400s and am currently amp-less, so I'm looking to buy one. I'm leaning toward Schiit for quality and aesthetics.   Also, I'm unfamiliar with...

Hi cheesegrados, did you ever get your Asgard? If so, what do you think about it?

I have read a lot of similar things on the Magni concerning it's performance for price. Like I said I think I'll start with sound card (Xonar DX) + amp and then eventually maybe add an external DAC. I'm still not sure if I should get the Magni or Asgard 2 for the amp though. It seems to me that...

Thanks for the reply. The reason I was leaning towards the DX over the STX is that I was under the impression that pretty much any external amp (Magni, Asgard2, etc.) would be a better amp than what is included on the STX. Is that true?