[J-Fly]

Cable or amp?

Good question. I don’t think it was the amp. Two amps, same result. No issues when I went back to the two original headphones I started with. Two of headphones with the problem were Beyerdynamic and the other was Monoprice. My current two headphones with no issues are both Audio Technica

 

[Hippocamp]

Well, that was fun while it lasted....

Some people have reported channel imbalance, so I downmixed to mono and tested. Everything good -- dead center image.

But then, in the middle of a song, the right channel suddenly dropped to maybe 30% volume. And that's where it is right now. The problem is not the cable. Switched cables and same issue.

Seems to be a similar build quality story as the original 1060s (I was an early adopter, there, too, with the cracking wood and terrible mmcx connectors).

So, here's the question... replace now, or return for refund and wait until M1060C v2 comes out?

 

[frizfnatic]

Well, that was fun while it lasted....

Some people have reported channel imbalance, so I downmixed to mono and tested. Everything good -- dead center image.

But then, in the middle of a song, the right channel suddenly dropped to maybe 30% volume. And that's where it is right now. The problem is not the cable. Switched cables and same issue.

Seems to be a similar build quality story as the original 1060s (I was an early adopter, there, too, with the cracking wood and terrible mmcx connectors).

So, here's the question... replace now, or return for refund and wait until M1060C v2 comes out?

I can't speak from personal experience on this particular item but from what people are saying (and how I approach other items) I'd say wait til V2 as there could be more/other QC issues people haven't experienced yet. That's what I'll do on these anyway.

 

[FastAndClean]

Well, that was fun while it lasted....

Some people have reported channel imbalance, so I downmixed to mono and tested. Everything good -- dead center image.

But then, in the middle of a song, the right channel suddenly dropped to maybe 30% volume. And that's where it is right now. The problem is not the cable. Switched cables and same issue.

Seems to be a similar build quality story as the original 1060s (I was an early adopter, there, too, with the cracking wood and terrible mmcx connectors).

So, here's the question... replace now, or return for refund and wait until M1060C v2 comes out?

go for v2

 

[SomeTechNoob]

Well, that was fun while it lasted....

Some people have reported channel imbalance, so I downmixed to mono and tested. Everything good -- dead center image.

But then, in the middle of a song, the right channel suddenly dropped to maybe 30% volume. And that's where it is right now. The problem is not the cable. Switched cables and same issue.

Seems to be a similar build quality story as the original 1060s (I was an early adopter, there, too, with the cracking wood and terrible mmcx connectors).

So, here's the question... replace now, or return for refund and wait until M1060C v2 comes out?

I have also had the right channel drop in volume by a significant amount, although that never happened during playback. Usually you can kick it back to proper levels by pushing the volume up and coming back down.

I just got a prepaid label for my RMA so we'll see how the replacement is.

 

[Hippocamp]

I have also had the right channel drop in volume by a significant amount, although that never happened during playback. Usually you can kick it back to proper levels by pushing the volume up and coming back down..

That worked....(!) Back to absolutely no difference in the two channels. What's the explanation?

 

[SomeTechNoob]

I have no idea. I was already going to RMA my pair because of a channel imbalance so I just tried a bunch of things and that fixed it every time.

 

[jdoo]

maybe driver sticking?

 

[caenlenfromOCN]

lolHmm, might refuse my order upon delivery... even though I got it for $263... Monoprice quality control just is not very good. Better just save up for a more well known brand I think. My dream headphones are the ZMF Eikon, little out of my price range though haha

these quality control issues are scaring me heh

 

[jdoo]

well you have 30 days so may as well try them out.

 

[omegaorgun]

lolHmm, might refuse my order upon delivery... even though I got it for $263... Monoprice quality control just is not very good. Better just save up for a more well known brand I think. My dream headphones are the ZMF Eikon, little out of my price range though haha

these quality control issues are scaring me heh

If you get buyers remorse pm me

 

[OldDude04]

Mine arrived this morning. Initial impressions are favorable, but I can't really A/B these things until I let them air out, they have a chemical smell out of the box. They are really beautiful, color is more like Purple Hearts than just dark.

 

[bjaardker]

lolHmm, might refuse my order upon delivery... even though I got it for $263... Monoprice quality control just is not very good.

You get 30 days to try them and they also come with a 5 year warranty. Even if you did have issues, they seem to be quick to fix things. If nothing else just give them one production run and they'll have things sorted out.

*knock on wood* I have yet to have any issues and have had them on my head or on a burn-in station nearly constantly since i got them last week.

 

[frizfnatic]

You get 30 days to try them and they also come with a 5 year warranty. Even if you did have issues, they seem to be quick to fix things. If nothing else just give them one production run and they'll have things sorted out.

*knock on wood* I have yet to have any issues and have had them on my head or on a burn-in station nearly constantly since i got them last week.

If you happen to knock a little too hard on the wood and it splits, let us know

 

[jdoo]

Mine still have that smell a week later but it smells to me kind of like an electrical smell.