[Adairen]

I was referred to Meyer Audio as I was told that they ship to US. Recently they took their Philips headphones line off their site for some reason.

Anyone know of a place where I can buy the Philips HP890's, and have them sent to the US?

 

[Patrickhat2001]

Hmm...I would email Dr. Meier and ask him what's up. That is kinda weird that the Philips phones would just suddenly disappear.

I was in the same boat as you a few monthes ago--looking for a U.S. dealer of the Hp890. I never found one--I just found one place that had the hp900 and they charged way too much for it. I ended up buying my hp890 used from another head-fier. Coincidencely I currently have my hp890 up for sale, check it out on the Gear for sale/trade forum.

And welcome to Head-Fi, sorry about your wallet (standard greeting around here).

 

[Adairen]

I've tried to email Dr. Meyer twice so far about the cans, but I get no reply from him. So I dunno. BTW, check your PMs

 

[MegaMeee]

you know those pics of car crashes they show people to stop them speeding...

edit: the bottom pic is mine, and thats my second pair as well, first pair was returned because socket in the headphone stopped making a connection after a few months

 

[Patrickhat2001]

Oh dear, my pair has those same hair-line fracures by the screws as shown in the second and third pics. I didn't know these phones were so prone to breaking.

Still some tape or superglue along the fractures should keep them from getting worse. Anyway, it looks like I'll have to drop my asking price for the hp890s that I'm trying to sell being that these fractures can potentially lead to things much worse. Ah well, thanks for the warning MegaMeee.

 

[Adairen]

Well, crap. Thanks for the info megamee.

I guess I'll look for another company, mebbe some Beyers.

 

[MegaMeee]

i dont think the hairline cracks around the screw matters too much, as you can see the bottom pic, my bottom screw is not doing much of anything, but its still holding together ok at the moment (not that it ever gets used, i dont like the sound either

)... its big cracking where the headband comes out as in the pics that you need to worry about

i think because the headphones are so big theres just too much torque put on the hinges, causes the hairline cracks. the plastic is just way too thin for headphones of that size. it also looks like the headphone cups themselves are made from a stronger plastic than the headband - perhaps if it was all made out of that pastic it would be ok...

 

[Snufkin]

Don't forget the headband gets sloppy after a while and the pads wear out fairly quickly - I don't think Philips have replacement parts either

 

[erl]

If you're still interested, a good place to start searching might be:

http://uk.pricerunner.com/sound-and-...allcountries=1

I'm pleased with mine. No breakage yet.

 

[Duncan]

No damage here on this pair...

That being said, i've only used mine for about 20hrs in a year... just listening to them now... not bad for the price (considering that they're 1/14 the price of the RS1 at UK prices

)

 

[erl]

...And just after my post about no breakage to mine, I notice that they have broken on one side around where the elastic headband connects to the sides

 

[Adairen]

Well, hmmm. Due to the overwhelming responses about breakage, I think I'm going to look for another model/brand for my headphone needs. Thanks for all of your imput and it is appreciated.