[Purzel]

You can only speculate about what happened.......and I generally don't take part in speculation

NOMAX

PS.Since the owner is from Asia...it will probably take a little while...but you have to expect that...just like I do with my models from the USA when I have a problem
But I am also sure that distributors will receive these foams as replacements/spare parts in the coming months....that it will go even faster
And those who willfully tear it down...they should pay for it

I can tell you what happened. 3 guys from Austria started an advertising thread and some people(me included to be fair) hate when a product is praised too much and to offensive. that’s all what happened. quite simple. nothing about when people like a headphone I’m happy for everyone if it’s really the truth. and I never said the composer is bad. it’s a good headphone which is built well. much fun everyone who likes the composer.

 

[Terriero]

5 pages of foam discussion, wow

 

[ThEvil0nE]

I can tell you what happened. 3 guys from Austria started an advertising thread and some people(me included to be fair) hate when a product is praised too much and to offensive. that’s all what happened. quite simple. nothing about when people like a headphone I’m happy for everyone if it’s really the truth. and I never said the composer is bad. it’s a good headphone which is built well. much fun everyone who likes the composer.

To hype the living hell out of it.. sure I'm fine with it. But when all Nomax do is point fingers and throw other manufacturers under the bus when his precious composer is called upon or put on a hot seat is another story, grow a backbone for cryin out loud or just invest in this book. If indeed the composer will open gates to audio heaven then I won't be opening that gate soon as my interest on the composer has slowly been withering away out of principle.

PS: Somebody must be really short on their quota

5 pages of foam discussion, wow

Not just any ordinary foam.. it's industrial foam.

 

[ThanatosVI]

I won't be opening that gate soon as my interest on the composer has slowly been withering away out of principle.

Your principles are really questionable if you pass on a headphone you deemed interesting because another User who really likes the headphone hyped it up on an online forum.

 

[John Buchanan]

OMG - one person noted that their Composer has ripped foam. I too would have guessed someone further up the chain between the manufacturer and the customer wanted to see what was underneath the foam and ripped it up then passed it on to the customer.
Has the manufacturer refused to fix/replace something that is clearly not their fault? Not that we have heard.
Stop with the Nomax bashing - it's very boring.

 

[ThEvil0nE]

Your principles are really questionable if you pass on a headphone you deemed interesting because another User who really likes the headphone hyped it up on an online forum.

Like I said, I don't have issues with hyping a product up. it's the sentence after that. There was a question of pads was first brought up and then the cable after Resolve's review and now the foam and you get the same defensive answer.. "oh let's just throw other manufacturers under the bus". Of course if the opportunity do arise that I will be able to try it out, AXPONA or Canjam Chicago maybe, then I would give it a shot but to shell out $$ upfront to try nahh not too excited for that.

 

[S Crowther]

Shabta said: " I can't imagine how under normal circumstances that could have happened. So, either it's an extreme user error, or there is a problem with the what happened to the headphone before purchase ."
That's the main thing for me in this discussion and what I tried to say twice. It's obvious: The foam didn't come off, they were ripped off.

The foam was not ripped off.
The phones dropped about 3 feet from a table onto a wooden floor. The impact detached the pads. Replacing the pads I noticed the foam was loose and inspecting it I saw the issue in the photo.
So I asked whether it would be safe to glue the foam back in place.
I got the reply from Austrian Audio that this was not advised and that replacement foam and tape was only available from specialist dealers.
I have asked them for an address to send in the phones to them for repair/service. I have not claimed under the warranty.
I am waiting for an answer.

 

[Nomax]

To hype the living hell out of it.. sure I'm fine with it. But when all Nomax do is point fingers and throw other manufacturers under the bus when his precious composer is called upon or put on a hot seat is another story, grow a backbone for cryin out loud or just invest in this book. If indeed the composer will open gates to audio heaven then I won't be opening that gate soon as my interest on the composer has slowly been withering away out of principle.

Strange....that other manufacturers with one or the other model also have a very high status with me.....even if they are even more expensive
But they are not available at the Composer price (most in my signature)
There just isn't much that excites me personally in the lower price segment
With the cheaper ones it's only Bathys at this time

️And I have never claimed that the Composer is the holy grail of all models️
Okay on the Dap it certainly is .....for me personally

NOMAX

PS.Good Morning from Austria

 

[KarlStromberg]

The foam was not ripped off.
The phones dropped about 3 feet from a table onto a wooden floor. The impact detached the pads. Replacing the pads I noticed the foam was loose and inspecting it I saw the issue in the photo.
So I asked whether it would be safe to glue the foam back in place.
I got the reply from Austrian Audio that this was not advised and that replacement foam and tape was only available from specialist dealers.
I have asked them for an address to send in the phones to them for repair/service. I have not claimed under the warranty.
I am waiting for an answer.

Thanks for clarifying on that. As you can see there are people desperately waiting for something they can throw at Nomax, they start an almost 6-pages discussion about a possible problem which wasn't there at all.

Wow that's either AA putting in a sloppy job or just plain poor choices. That's the most filter I've seen on a phone, fabric/foam/fabric and wouldn't be surprised if there's some type of paper filter hidden underneath. The foam does look like it will degrade faster in countries with high humidity. Anyway, that's going to be a tedious affair removing, scraping and then re-applying glue. Personally, I'd rather send it back to AA and have them do it.

It really don't matter if removed 10, 100 or 500 times coz at some point that foam needs to be replaced.

 

[John Buchanan]

So, we have discovered so far that it the Composer headphone was dropped and damage was incurred to it. So there's a few people who need to pull their false speculations about substandard manufacture in and stop with all the Nomax bashing.
I'm very surprised that this thread hasn't been cleansed of all the nastiness.

 

[S Crowther]

So, we have discovered so far that it the Composer headphone was dropped and damage was incurred to it. So there's a few people who need to pull their false speculations about substandard manufacture in and stop with all the Nomax bashing.
I'm very surprised that this thread hasn't been cleansed of all the nastiness.

I am not sure the situation with the foam has anything to do with the drop.

 

[FritzS]

..... Maybe multiple variants, I don’t know. What I know is that the foam doesn’t tear up from removing the pads. However often.

I carefully tugged at the foam (to see if I could easily replace it myself - that was before this photo appeared), but immediately gave up when I realised that it was firmly glued and would tear.
What happened here in the photo requires forcible removal. There is no way this could happen when removing the pads.

I see the discussion about the foam more positively as input for further developments and whether something could be improved. Basically, there should be pros and cons in order to uncover any weak points - and to pass this on to the manufacturers.
What should not happen under any circumstances is bashing against a product.

 

[Purzel]

Your principles are really questionable if you pass on a headphone you deemed interesting because another User who really likes the headphone hyped it up on an

So, we have discovered so far that it the Composer headphone was dropped and damage was incurred to it. So there's a few people who need to pull their false speculations about substandard manufacture in and stop with all the Nomax bashing.
I'm very surprised that this thread hasn't been cleansed of all the nastiness.

are you a Nomax Fan or why you always say that Nomax is bashed? he get criticized for advertising but that’s not a bashing. to be critical is important to keep things neutral. That’s democracy. otherwise if only positive reviews are allowed and people with concerns are eliminated your a fan of a dictatorship.

 

[Nomax]

Advertising looks a bit different
And what I think, know and hear with my own ears and share with others is certainly not part of it

NOMAX

PS.lol

 

[ThanatosVI]

are you a Nomax Fan or why you always say that Nomax is bashed? he get criticized for advertising but that’s not a bashing. to be critical is important to keep things neutral. That’s democracy. otherwise if only positive reviews are allowed and people with concerns are eliminated your a fan of a dictatorship.

Did you by chance quote the wrong post?
I don't see the connection to mine