@cc1995 Congrats on your purchase.    If I may ask, since it's an open headphone (and the X2 do leak sound), I believe you will listen to it from your home, so is there a reason to not simply use your computer ? or even if you want to move a lot in your house, a portable audio player ? I know...

Without objective proofs, I'll stand by my recommendation and keep recommending the kabeldirekt cables, as I frankly love them.     I will highly recommend the X2. That's said, the K7xx is "legendary" if you play online competitive FPS. ^_^

Cable resistance can have a impact, and maybe others things too, not all the cables are the same.  That the reason I highly recommend kabeldirekt audio cables, I got 2 different (one 3m, one 1.5m + one extension cable) and they work really good with the X2, as far i can tell.  ...

@RSC08 Sorry I can't compare it to the official X2 cable because I never had the official one. It does some microphonics, but I find it good/acceptable, but it really depends on you and your preferences.   I don't even know if you can find one without microphonics noise with the X2. I would...

I suggest you a kabeldirekt cable : https://www.amazon.com/KabelDirekt-3-5mm-Stereo-Audio-Cable/dp/B00RXNUELM   This is what I use for mine. :) I also use their extension cable for my TV. I highly recommend them, and they come with a 18 months warranty.

I remember having a hard time buying them new... in February or March 2015 in France. So much hard time that I gave up and bought them secondhand because I couldn't find them easily. I would just wait a little bit ^_^   I was wondering about getting a second pair... in the end I just bought...

You can always buy a odac+o2 combo. I'm really happy to have this for my X2.

A little update about the Fidelio X2 and the O2/Odac combo. (Used on Linux).   They both pairing very great ;) I'm very happy about this purchase.   I built it myself, using a custom X1 gain for the X2.   And yes, to my subjective ears, the sound is way better than my on-board sound...

I didn't connected the aluminum case to the GND plane at all, so maybe it's the issue ^_^ I will try it in a couple of hours or tomorrow.   Thank you for trying to help, it's appreciated ;)

Hi there,   I have just finished building my O2 amp, as well as putting my Odac in there, using the "method 2", that consist of cutting 2 traces of the input jack, to be able to still use the input jack of the O2. I bought the full kit, as well as the Odac, from www.headnhifi.com. (really...

  I want to *believe* they should be of the same sound quality, whatever it's gibson or woox. That said, just look if the pads are detachable. If you ask me, it was a bad decision to glue them, that something that shouldn't happened in the first place.     Probably 2 things, one is your...

I just received the bass plus cushions, I figured it's good to have replacement pads, considering I use the fidelio X2 up to ~16h a day.  Costed me ~34€ for one pair + 3€ for shipping in Europe.   Surprisingly, they were at first hard to put on the headphone. I believe they need some time to...

That the thing with the X2, they are a great all rounder headphone. Music, movies, gaming ... and you add this 35 ohm impedance, you can use it on your phone, mp3 player, TV, consoles...    I also use mine not only on my computer, but on my TV as well, and I'm very happy about this.   I...

Quote: That's why I wrote (almost). Wanted to be easily understood, and yet not giving false statement.   I figured at the time it was the best way I could write it.    

It's a open headphone.  The X2 leak sound, and (almost) don't isolate from the outside. What you might want is a closed headphone.