[CL14715]

They stated they would be performing socket loosening on units not yet sold. They clearly performed a lot on this unit to ensure the socket was loose and would not grip any 2pin plugged into it tightly enough to break it. Come on, I get the fanboy is huge with you for EE but you gotta open the eyes a little. If they didn't do some kind of prep work to be 100 percent sure that unit wasn't going to shatter given the publicity they'd be absolute morons and their business would look very bad at a major show if their unit shattered into pieces on a user.

What’s wild to me is how comfortable people are speaking as if they know something when they don’t.

If you’re going to make accusations, show your work. Give us all some semblance of where the hell you extracted it from. I kinda know where you pulled it from but I think Headfi censors the word.

 

[zoidbb]

What’s wild to me is how comfortable people are speaking as if they know something when they don’t.

If you’re going to make accusations, show your work. Give us all some semblance of where the hell you extracted it from. I kinda know where you pulled it from but I think Headfi censors the word.

You're right, given the incompetence displayed in the shell design we have absolutely no reason to believe they would be competent enough to prepare the unit used for demo so it wouldn't be accidentally broken by people.

 

[stacey]

You're right, given the incompetence displayed in the shell design we have absolutely no reason to believe they would be competent enough to prepare the unit used for demo so it wouldn't be accidentally broken by people.

IDK.
I’d go with the company that has provided hearing aids and IEMs for performing artists for years now over some random Head-fi person with questionable credibility at best. Every company has a slip up, and at the very least Empire is standing by their work and adjusting it as needed. They stopped production to address the issue before it went into customers hands, what else do you expect from them?

 

[Delitia]

What’s wild to me is how comfortable people are speaking as if they know something when they don’t.

If you’re going to make accusations, show your work. Give us all some semblance of where the hell you extracted it from. I kinda know where you pulled it from but I think Headfi censors the word.

Anyone who has existed on this earth, with ANY time spent doing any form of work that would be visible to the public is well aware and qualified to make an inference based off the direct words of one of the owners of the company. Pull your own head out of said place and stop blindly defending a company which has blatantly screwed up and is now on a corrective course to fix that for users. They deserve criticism for their mistakes and they deserve praise for how they are handling the issue for users affected, but this is a PR nightmare and a VERY easily avoidable issue which was brought upon by their own hubris in design. Believe me, if anyone has their head anywhere, it's you. Stop. Really, stop.

 

[MistahBungle]

Why is this back 'n' forth nonsense still happening in this thread ?

 

[subguy812]

IDK.
I’d go with the company that has provided hearing aids and IEMs for performing artists for years now over some random Head-fi person with questionable credibility at best. Every company has a slip up, and at the very least Empire is standing by their work and adjusting it as needed. They stopped production to address the issue before it went into customers hands, what else do you expect from them?

Stacey... Be careful I have been saying and asking the same logical thing and they just don't understand the logic. Eventually they will point their barrel at you

 

[zoidbb]

IDK.
I’d go with the company that has provided hearing aids and IEMs for performing artists for years now over some random Head-fi person with questionable credibility at best. Every company has a slip up, and at the very least Empire is standing by their work and adjusting it as needed. They stopped production to address the issue before it went into customers hands, what else do you expect from them?

You're missing the /entire/ point/. CL was dismissing what they said because they have no clue whether what they're saying is true. CL does the same thing, speaking of things he doesn't know but in /support/ of EE.

 

[subguy812]

Why is this back 'n' forth nonsense still happening in this thread ?

? ? Beats me, that has been the question for a few days now

 

[subguy812]

You're missing the /entire/ point/. CL was dismissing what they said because they have no clue whether what they're saying is true. CL does the same thing, speaking of things he doesn't know but in /support/ of EE.

The difference is zoidbb I think he does know.

 

[zoidbb]

Anyone who has existed on this earth, with ANY time spent doing any form of work that would be visible to the public is well aware and qualified to make an inference based off the direct words of one of the owners of the company. Pull your own head out of said place and stop blindly defending a company which has blatantly screwed up and is now on a corrective course to fix that for users. They deserve criticism for their mistakes and they deserve praise for how they are handling the issue for users affected, but this is a PR nightmare and a VERY easily avoidable issue which was brought upon by their own hubris in design. Believe me, if anyone has their head anywhere, it's you. Stop. Really, stop.

Exactly. Their entire response to this was to basically say that /all/ of their IEMs, including past models, are prone to break and need to be babied -- so much so that it can't handle the expected stresses of an industry standard plug, in an industry they explicitly operate in. To me the response just drives home that EE IEMs are meant to be disposable.

 

[CL14715]

You're missing the /entire/ point/. CL was dismissing what they said because they have no clue whether what they're saying is true. CL does the same thing, speaking of things he doesn't know but in /support/ of EE.

I do what now? Is betting legal where you reside? Cause if so, put up your house and I’ll shake on it.

 

[CL14715]

The difference is zoidbb I think he does know.

Crazy right. Straight ignorance. I’m going to pour a nice bourbon and listen to some tunes.

 

[tjzurlaaa]

 

[subguy812]

Crazy right. Straight ignorance. I’m going to pour a nice bourbon and listen to some tunes.

Be careful if it is an EE IEM, unless of course you disposed of all of your EE IEMs.

 

[CL14715]

Be careful if it is an EE IEM, unless of course you disposed of all of your EE IEMs.

Pfffftt. I’m sitting here in EE pajamas with EE boxer briefs under them. EE ankle socks and an EE elbow brace for my tendinitis. EE bourbon in an EE glass. Topped it all off with a EE cable to my custom EE LX.