avens
Head-Fier
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I stopped by the Mountain View headquarters a few weeks ago and demo'd the PM-3s to replaced my T5Ps, and man do I love these things. They're way more portable, they're built like a tank, and they hang around the neck and turn nicely. They're pretty much exactly what I'm looking for in a commuting / office headphone. I saw a pair of red PM-3s at the San Francisco head-fi meetup but was saddened to learn that's not a design that's offered yet (if ever), so I went with the black.
My only frustration is that after 3 weeks the right driver seems to have died. This is something that also happened with my T5Ps and was a cable issue, though in this case it seems to be an actual driver failure as switching the cable does nothing. Bummer! So now I've got to send them back to Oppo and get them fixed, which I'm sure will be a breeze. Why am I even mentioning this? Because after three weeks of using these things it really drive home just how much I like them now that they're broken. Oh well, at least it'll give me something to look forward to.
My first pair were defective, (Right side was cutting out and crackling after a few hrs of play) and they replaced them ASAP even honored my overnight with the same speedy re delivery of the replacement pair, that's service! So OPPO customer service gets the thumbs up from me.
That's too bad. Reliability issues are the reason why I didn't get a NAD VISO HP 50, instead of the PM-3 that is already on the way, as it had several reports of failures for such a niche product.