Audio Technica ATH-AD2000X faulty driver?

[SGT-Morre]

I just bought the ad2000x and i think the right driver is damaged. I can hear a crackling sound in speech. Its hard to hear in some music but its hearable. I have tested different sources and different DAC amp combo. And it is the same in every case. Do I have to return them or is there something I can do?

 

[SGT-Morre]

No one?
 
I bought them in Japan and I live in Sweden. Thats why it is a litle bit problematic to just return them.

 

[Me x3]

Is the plug clean? (not the most probable cause of your problem, but it has happened to me in the past with some IEMs. 
(Kind of dry oil from the manufacturing process over the plug made one channel distort)
 
Does it happen with quality recordings?
There's plenty of clipped music around and AD2000x will surely expose it.
 
If you are able to hear the problem with just a few recordings, maybe you can share a link to one of them, I can try it here with a headphone that's similarly resolving as the AD2000x and tell you if the recording is clean.

 

[SGT-Morre]

Thanks for the replay. But I left it on over night and now the distortion is worse. Now I here it in almost every song i play. Its like a scratching sound somewhere in the mids.

 

[serman005]

It certainly sounds like your AD2000X are going to be making a trip across the ocean to Japan. Unless you have an excellent headphone technician in your town who could take a look at them for you first (?), It sounds like the driver to me, though I suppose there are a couple of other things it could theoretically be.  I don't know what else there is for you to do.

 

[SGT-Morre]

I dont know any headphone technician in my town. So I guess I have to send it back then . Thanks for the help guys