Hi everyone, I'm starting this tread in look for some help and advice regarding a pair of earphones I just got.
I'm new to this forum, this is actually my first post ever on a forum
, my knowledge about audio is quite limited and it's my first time "getting in touch" with the hifi world.
I recently started searching for a new pair of earphoens to use as a daily driver, after reading some reviews I decided on the Zhiyin Z5000, found them on aliexpress (here) and bought them.
After 3 weeks of waiting, yesterday I got the package, I opened it up and immediately started trying these earphones, eager to try this "HiFi" experience (I wasn't that impressed, but that may be due to me being used to a more v-shaped sound profile).
I noticed the metal casing on the L-shaped 3.5mm connector wasn't glued in properly, so it could slide in and out, no big deal, just some glue that went bad, or lack of it.
Same applies to a little ring that should be at the top of the wire splitter, no glue at all, flying up and down the wire. But again, no big deal I thought, although I expected something better for the price of almost 60$.
So it was all going okay(ish) when yesterday night, while pulling the right earpiece out of my ear and noticed it wasn't one piece, it did split in half with just a couple wires keeping it together.
I was a bit shocked by that, that was not what I expected from a pair of earphones described as a "little tank" in the review I red (here). Also, the most part of the inside was just...empty? Is this how it is supposed to be? Is this some kind of clone? I also briefly tried listening to it when it was split in 2 pieces and I didn't notice any meaningful difference, so again, is that how it is supposed to work?
Still a bit confused I rushed on head-fi, registered an account.. and discovered had to wait before posting, but one day later here I am.
I also contacted the seller which after seeing a video of it offered a partial refund of 8$
. I kept him on standby and told I'll let him know in the next days, also because I had used the earphones for just few hours at the time.
Now what is your advice? Is this a big red flag or just some bad glue? Should I go for a refund? Any reply would be greatly appreciated.
The left earpiece seems solid, I don't think it will fall apart.
As for the right earpiece.. I closed it up, but the "head" can still slide out of the "body" with no problems, pushing it in doesn't make any difference.
Here are some photos https://imgur.com/a/JcHdoRj
I'm new to this forum, this is actually my first post ever on a forum
, my knowledge about audio is quite limited and it's my first time "getting in touch" with the hifi world.I recently started searching for a new pair of earphoens to use as a daily driver, after reading some reviews I decided on the Zhiyin Z5000, found them on aliexpress (here) and bought them.
After 3 weeks of waiting, yesterday I got the package, I opened it up and immediately started trying these earphones, eager to try this "HiFi" experience (I wasn't that impressed, but that may be due to me being used to a more v-shaped sound profile).
I noticed the metal casing on the L-shaped 3.5mm connector wasn't glued in properly, so it could slide in and out, no big deal, just some glue that went bad, or lack of it.
Same applies to a little ring that should be at the top of the wire splitter, no glue at all, flying up and down the wire. But again, no big deal I thought, although I expected something better for the price of almost 60$.
So it was all going okay(ish) when yesterday night, while pulling the right earpiece out of my ear and noticed it wasn't one piece, it did split in half with just a couple wires keeping it together.
I was a bit shocked by that, that was not what I expected from a pair of earphones described as a "little tank" in the review I red (here). Also, the most part of the inside was just...empty? Is this how it is supposed to be? Is this some kind of clone? I also briefly tried listening to it when it was split in 2 pieces and I didn't notice any meaningful difference, so again, is that how it is supposed to work?
Still a bit confused I rushed on head-fi, registered an account.. and discovered had to wait before posting, but one day later here I am.
I also contacted the seller which after seeing a video of it offered a partial refund of 8$
. I kept him on standby and told I'll let him know in the next days, also because I had used the earphones for just few hours at the time.Now what is your advice? Is this a big red flag or just some bad glue? Should I go for a refund? Any reply would be greatly appreciated.
The left earpiece seems solid, I don't think it will fall apart.
As for the right earpiece.. I closed it up, but the "head" can still slide out of the "body" with no problems, pushing it in doesn't make any difference.
Here are some photos https://imgur.com/a/JcHdoRj
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