[youurayy]

 
Agreed. We need to pay shameless amount of tax for U.S. products. This however is true vice versa.

The problem is Massdrop won't even ship to EU.

 

[norkuy]

Thinking about biting the bullet on the Fidelio X2's but Amazon US doesn't have any in stock except for third party sellers that are fulfilled by Amazon. Worried that these third parties may have old stock with all the issues. Am I better off waiting for some new stock from Amazon?

 

[betula]

  The problem is Massdrop won't even ship to EU.

It did to UK. Which is technically still EU. 

 

[youurayy]

  It did to UK. Which is technically still EU. 

 
Oh you're right, the shipping policy is per "drop". Nice!

 

[Sunrider6]

A little update about the Fidelio X2 and the O2/Odac combo.
(Used on Linux).
 
They both pairing very great
I'm very happy about this purchase.
 
I built it myself, using a custom X1 gain for the X2.
 
And yes, to my subjective ears, the sound is way better than my on-board sound, even the (very) slight audio imbalance is gone.
 
Trust me or not, I didn't expected such a leap in audio quality.

Should have done that from the start... ^_^

 

[burnzilla]

Love my X2's but im getting annoyed with the headband. Its really squeaky when I put it on and move slightly. Of course, when music is on you cant here it and Im not usually moving enough for it to creak.
 
Anyone else have this happen, is there a fix, cause I haven't found anything by googling.

 

[Mr Trev]

  Love my X2's but im getting annoyed with the headband. Its really squeaky when I put it on and move slightly. Of course, when music is on you cant here it and Im not usually moving enough for it to creak.
 
Anyone else have this happen, is there a fix, cause I haven't found anything by googling.

Mine did the same thing. In my case the problem was from where the stretch band goes through the padded part (I know technical terms, but stay with me

). The problem is that the holes are lined with vinyl to keep the fabric from fraying (I assume). The vinyl rubs against the plastic and thus squeaks. I just stuffed some small pieces of cloth into the hole between the vinyl and plastic band. Problem solved. After a couple of days the cloth fell out because it slides around as the headband moves around, but it must've stretched the vinyl or something because they still don't squeak.

 

[youurayy]

  Love my X2's but im getting annoyed with the headband. Its really squeaky when I put it on and move slightly. Of course, when music is on you cant here it and Im not usually moving enough for it to creak.
 
Anyone else have this happen, is there a fix, cause I haven't found anything by googling.

 
Put a little grease on the tip of your finger and apply it to the surfaces where the head rest part "eats" the head band (for lack of better terms). In the picture you can see the greased part by being more reflective. (It is greased from all sides, not just the top.)
 
I have used a odorless teflon bike grease.
 

 

[burnzilla]

thanks guys

 

[slex]

I just pull out my X2 from a long hibernation after my goto HE400S was broken.

X2 met my mimby for the first time. Man the lows are so much more enjoyable now compared to DS dac.But still miss the extensons on the planars.

 

[betula]

This thread has kinda died. While X2 still remains an excellent value for money headphone. And I honestly mean it.
I wonder where all the old members have gone with their headphone choices.

 

[Thenewguy007]

Thinking about biting the bullet on the Fidelio X2's but Amazon US doesn't have any in stock except for third party sellers that are fulfilled by Amazon. Worried that these third parties may have old stock with all the issues. Am I better off waiting for some new stock from Amazon?

Didn't Philips stop making them?

 

[wordfool]

Didn't Philips stop making them?

 
They're still listed on the Philips USA site with links to retailers (Best Buy, Target and Walmart). I'm considering trying a pair if I can find them for closer to $200, but the likes of Best Buy only sell at full retail and those third party resellers on Amazon sound decidedly dodgy, with names like "Priority Sales Inc." and "Robert's Fojjer". 

 

[Pahani]

  This thread has kinda died. While X2 still remains an excellent value for money headphone. And I honestly mean it.
I wonder where all the old members have gone with their headphone choices.

 
Still have my X2's, but they've been supplanted for music listening by my X00 PH HOWEVER, when BF1 is released, I'm pretty sure X2 + BoomPro will be my headset of choice.

   
They're still listed on the Philips USA site with links to retailers (Best Buy, Target and Walmart). I'm considering trying a pair if I can find them for closer to $200, but the likes of Best Buy only sell at full retail and those third party resellers on Amazon sound decidedly dodgy, with names like "Priority Sales Inc." and "Robert's Fojjer". 

I got my X2's from Massdrop for $200. I'm not at all sure they'll show up there again, but it's one more place to check.

 

[PopZeus]

Didn't Philips stop making them?

God I hope not. Even though I'm thinking the TH-X00 could be my summit-fi, I still can't bear to part with my X2s, selling off other equipment to justify holding onto them. They're too versatile for home use and they're the only fully open pair of headphones I own.