jynxed
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I ordered X2 from Amazon Warehouse deals. Saved £70...£230 instead of £300.
Unless I hold the 3.5mm connector in (and to the right) the right channel outputs nothing/very minimally and all the bass has gone from the headphones.
I believed this was the wire so I ordered a new wire via Philips CS but because they are crap it took them 2 weeks to get back to me (and I still haven't recieved a wire from them) in the meantime I purchased a Forza cable, but this has the same results. So the headphone female 3.5mm jack inside the left headphone speaker is faulty.
Warehouse deals only have a 30 day warranty (and they shouldn't have re-sold them as "used very good" when they are faulty at hardware level!) and it has been 31 days...
So either they go in the bin and I buy new ones for £300, costing me £530 in total or I have them repaired/repair them myself.
I am thinking of just plugging the connector in, holding it in the right place and superglueing it. There is literally 1mm of movement between normal position and pushing it slightly in/to the right where both channels work properly.
No idea why these didn't work. Took them apart, all solders fine etc. Contacts properly. Must have been the barrel inside the jack.
Screwed them back together and going to pester Amazon under DSR's (90 days legally) for refund and buy new and hope they work...
Pisses me off that Amazon sell faulty electronics as "used - very good condition" knowing that they don't work! So much for caring about its customers.
Just a quick tip when buying from Amazon, consider using an EU price checker and save yourself some cash. It can often work out cheaper to buy new from amazon.de or for my x2's amazon.it than it does from warehouse deals on .co.uk
Fidelio X2 on EU amazon sites comparison
Anyway gl with the refund, my bet is they just give the products a cursory look over when they have been sent back and chucked up for re-sale without testing. Sucks that they would be this sloppy.