Hey everybody,
Just wanted to post a warning for you guys! Be careful when ordering from Adorama. Even though they are an authorized dealer, they sent me a used and damaged pair of ESW9A.
They shipped my pair in a paper bag lined with a thin layer of foam. When I got the headphones, the paper box that the ESW9's came in was all crushed up, and even the plastic window on the front was all scraped and scuffed up. Personally, I was going to let it go, since I don't really care about the external packaging; however, there were more issues when I finally opened the box.
This is my 2nd pair of ESW9A. I bought a pair a year or two ago, but sold them due to curiosity of what else was out there. I know how the headphones are supposed to be packaged, and mine were not packaged the way my last pair were. For one, the "left" and "right" labels on the side of the headphones were not covered with the clear plastic sticker. Furthermore, the wooden cups were not even covered with the plastic film, which they were last time. The cups even have little scuffs/scratches, and pits on them, almost like someone dropped them, or dropped something on them. The thing that irritates me the most, is that the left wooden cup has a visible hairline crack in it. Not cool.
I've contacted Adorama and demanded a refund as well as a return shipping label, and they want me to send them pictures of the damage, but my point and shoot camera (best camera I have unfortunately) can't pick up the damage on the wooden cups.
edit: I just took another look into the box and noticed that the headphone cable in incredibly half-assed wrapped back with the twisty tie... clearly not done by the factory... unless the worker was having an incredibly bad day. =/
