Fiio E10k is in and I can finally hear the difference between the athm50 and fidelio x2!   The fidelio x2 is so much smoother, its not as harsh as the m50. I am listening to Nelly Furtado-Showtime on Tidal and the cymbals on the fidelio x2 are more recessed and not as annoying and in your face...

Ok I just bought a fiio e10k since these can ship faster. Plus I don't see myself using my athm50 or x2 outside of the house.

It's $126 on Amazon marketplace unfortunately it's not direct from Amazon but I think there's no fake of these.

Given that the 13th is my last day to return the x2 I will most likely keep them. I was looking into a fiio e18 or e17k alpen 2 a while back b/c my note4 snapdragon has a pretty bad dac. I thought that my rxv1800 wouldn't be too bad since it has a burr brown 192/24 dac though my understanding is...

I know sound is subjective,but what are the differences you hear. Perhaps I can focus more on those to see if I can reach th eureka moment.

The build quality does feel right, I guess my worry of fakes is I'm not hearing what other people are stating. I'm probably just in doubt or denial that I can't hear the fantastic difference they provide. I will listen to a flac song like Fleetwood Mac The Chain and go gee these sound great...

If I didn't have the athm50 I would say they are fantastic. I hear all these fantastic reviews and I'm inclined to return these and buy another direct from Amazon in fear I have fakes.

So after listening to my fidelio X2 for almost a month I have come to this conclusion. The headphones are very comfortabe, but sound wise they don't seem to be a major upgrade from my athm50. The sound stage seems a little larger and the highs are not as sharp. I thought as an open back they...

I measured the resistance on my stock X2 cable and i got 1.1-1.4 ohms of resistance depending on the section tested. I purchased a mediabridge 4' cable and got a measurement of .7-1ohm.   I do notice an increase in sound quality and it sounds more like I was hoping it would. I thought the...

I looked at the bottom of the box and turns out I have the X2/00 not the X2/27 no wonder there were some minor packaging differences. I am slightly curious aren't the x2/27 and x2/00 both made in China? I've read about the X2/00 and have heard the only reason for a different model number is that...

Is the wire clip supposed to be made of plastic?

Thanks and repped uberclocked!   I feel a lot better about the set I have now. I was concerned hearing about how mine was a bit different.

Buy them directly from Amazon not any of the Amazon re-sellers.

I think I might in fear that they are fake. It's only a $40 difference to buy from Amazon directly (Tax+ slightly higher price).   The cable has a couple bits that are frayed so I might just say arrived damaged.

  I have this exact same thing with my X2's. I'm curious if they could be fakes, I ordered from a place called DB Deals on Amazon which had the order fullfilled via Amazon.   The earpads came lightly glued on the pins and the box says "Hi-Res Audio on the upper right corner of the box." The...