[Senorbobo]

I bought he HJE900's a while back and I have only used them for about an one or two hours tops over the last couple months. I have kept them in their carrying case the whole time and when I went to finally use them again today, I noticed that all the main vocals in songs were very distant but everything else sounded fine on both earbuds. I tested this on my mp3 player and on my computer just to confirm it wasn't my mp3 player. What I guess I want to know is that from this can it be concluded that the drivers are screwed up or would I need to replace the cables as the only way to be sure.
 
Thanks in advance.

 

[yello131]

Yes sounds like an issue with cable. Are this still under warranty?

 

[kyuuketsuki]

even if you are out of warranty, for $15 you can order a sleek cable from B&H that should work fine, thus fixing your cable problem. If it was the driver it would likely be distorted...

 

[Inks]

I don't think these are still covered under warranty last I saw panasonic USA doesn't recognize it anymore

 

[Senorbobo]

Yeah it sucks that Panasonic dropped them all ready but I am glad that it seems to be only a cable problem. Thanks again for the help!

 

[Redmetal1897]

The beauty of the Pana's along with the solid housing 

 
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Yeah it sucks that Panasonic dropped them all ready but I am glad that it seems to be only a cable problem. Thanks again for the help!

 

[kingpintps]

I had a very similar problem with my pair out of the box. It definitely is the cable, and most probably at the Y-splitter. You can see by twisting the cable at that part and checking if the sound changes, like it did on mine.