Actually neither of you are correct. Westone when out of warranty will repair or replace your headphones for cheap. In my case my westone 3 broke as the shell fell apart when no damage had been done to the headphone- they offered replacement of my choice. They provided me the option of selecting...

I was only talking about the feel out of the box before use.   Honestly they don't like the presentation out of the box or try to knock it. But, it seems like it would last.   Should items fail westone warranty works great and post warranty replace items are cheap. They continue to offer...

The W60 is a huge upgrade from the 4r itself. I have owned the W3, W4r, W60. The W4r is decent but disappointing. It works and it capable but lacking. Both W3 and W60 are upgrades from it in my opinion. The W60 is a beast with performance unmatched by cheaper headphones for sure- the detail in...

Not at all accurate. I'm a picky consumer.. The W60 build quality is perfectly high quality. The size is smaller and they fit in your ears better and more comfortably. The SE846 are extremely large and hang out of the ear more..   They make both out of plastic. The Shure have some fancier...

If you go by the hype of Shure SE846- you would think they were actually better. They aren't. Its obviously paid product placement and commission/promotional interests at work.   I have used a lot of headphones over the years from Ultimate Ears super.fi 5 Pro, Shure SE530, Westone 3/4r, and...

  Thanks for clarifying that. It would seem then that the E5 does not have SBX 3D surround, meaning it is stereo mix with some added reverb and spacial effects at best. Sad to see because i was looking for a reason to keep this thing, hardware mixed surround for headphone sounded cool. I was...

Thanks for stepping up Rony. Um, got a Q, this is something I haven't tested yet, but I intend to. Can you confirm, as someone said a page back, is this stereo device the SB E5, is it taking the 5.1 or 7.1 or the individual streams in game, and is it doing the full SBX 3D surround effect...

Yeah i totally think they had an array of mics recording that, then they mixed it down to stereo for headphones to demo the effect of SBX 3D surround.. When you listen you are getting the equivolent output of SBX as it outputs to your headphones after mixing it in hardware.

  Binaural recording? What do you think virtual surround sound through headphones is? It is playing with your brain and ears listening ability to enable you to have a sense of direction through headphone stereo source. When I listened, it worked, I could tell when the sound was meant to sound...

  For the OTG issue google "micro usb to micro usb otg" there is only one or two shops selling a micro to micro otg. This bad boy lets you connect the phone to the micro usb on the e5 with minimal cable. Not a bad device as you say, could be better, more purist like..

  Also i had a moment of extreme underwealmed ness when the volume was really low. Turns out android and the E5 have separate volume switches when hooked up to Galaxy S4. Didn't notice that at first. I am gunna do some heavy comparison. I know the FiiO e18 had a unique sound, it made it...

  I think my ears were ****ed up last night when I first listened. I did a recomparison. I tested my Galaxy S4, neurton app, all EQ off, I compared phone output then hooked up the dac. Turns out the E5 didn't bomb as much as I thought, as both sounded at least the same.

  SBX actually is a hardware processing system developed by Creative Labs. It has a virtual surround mode - it may be as limited as a home theater DSP, or as powerful as what Creative Labs says on YouTube (SBX 3D surround mode is awesome, fully 3D, from stereo headphones). A cystalizer which I...

Just bought one. Its nice.

So I love to do stuff myself. I like to sit and perfect my technique. This will be my first time constructing my own cable tho. So I just bought myself some Sennheiser HD 650, I want to make a pure silver cable or silver with gold plating. I am aiming to buy as nice of stuff as possible, $0-$30...

http://hakshop.myshopify.com/products/micro-to-micro-otg?variant=211796287

Where does one find the cable posted there? There may be another one i saw in another topic too, its high end from an asian company, cannot recall the name..

Hmm. Yes. We are on th same page. Got a link about the custom driver the z2/3 have? I wanted to buy this device so bad, but looking at Android's docs made me upset about the 16/44 limit. Of course my Note 4 has support for 24/192 playback and internal chip has that as well, I am research if...

Do you have any info on the z2? Just want to learn more about the external audio functionality. I reviewed the android docs, its saying that since android 3.1 it supported native usb host mode but only for certain devices like storage and keyboards/mice (not audio). And they got accessory mode...

  Did you try it with a device that properly supports USB host mode, which night require android 5.0? I recommend the Note 3 or 4 also, other brands of phone aren't as good about supporting exotic features.

  See the port that PCs connect to? That actually works on many Android devices and it disables the charge functionality of the USB host port. Basically only use the USB host port if you want charging. Whther it works fully Android side may depend on your ROM. Just get a USB micro to USB...

bought myself some Westone UM56 custom eartips for my Westone 4r. the adaptors don't seem to fit. they were custom modeled, so they should create a perfect seal. at least as good as some universal ones, like the shure triple flange. but they aren't, they poke my ears and create severe pressure...

yeah I hope to god I do. I may swap them out if not.. the W3 were great, like nothing better I had ever used. but you know I don't trust the build quality, and hope that .. maybe they are just better. as long as there is bass on the W4R I will be happy, like if it's better than my old Shure...

yeah it sounds like there's no complaints about the W4R then. I ordered those, can't wait.   I use all lossless these days, too. flac, WMA lossless. I found with my Westone 3's that I could really hear the difference, pretty much all the high frequencies, the detail of the sound, you can...

alright I am looking for a quick answer. I got a broken w3 and they are replacing it today. I got the choice to pay for the replacement discounts from Westone since it's out of warranty. Here's what I got as options:   I could choose the Westone 3 again, but I kind of have decided against...