[marcums]

I've had my er6i's for about a month now, and I noticed that one of them has started distorting starting at a certain volume. I rarely play music at that volume, but it's still disconcerting that it's distorting.

I tried replacing the filter, but the distortion is persisting. I'm also positive that I'm making a good seal. My ears are really sensitive so I'm pretty meticulous at getting a good seal. The distortion seems to occur in the frequencies between 2000hz and 2300hz.

I seriously doubt that the driver's gone bad, but I don't exactly know what's wrong. I'm guessing that something is loose and the resonance of those frequencies is causing whatever is loose to vibrate. Should I open them up and check for external particles and make sure that everything is secure or what.

I had this problem with a pair of Sennheisers I had one time (at a different frequency range), and I found that tightening all of the screws fixed the problem.

Any insight would help. Thanks!

 

[synaesthetic]

probably a hair in the sound tube.

 

[member1982]

i dont understand what distortion means!!! hehe

also how do u know there are distortion? did u generate some sine waves?

 

[lon420]

I'm having a similar problem with my ER6i. Its left monitor seems to distort at medium-high volumes. Well, distortion may not be the word here - It's more like crackling. I think a lot of us who have used crap headphones in the past are familiar with this sound, but I don't think the ER6i are exactly crap phones, so...

I also recently replaced my filter, but the crackling is still apparent. No foreign objects in the sound tube, either. I use my ER6is most frequently with my D2 as the source. marcums, if you do open yours up, please tell us how it goes!