[Winston Smith]

I noticed today that the left channel of my IE8's has suddenly become very quiet and muffled compared to the right. Unfortunately I do have very waxy ears, and I think that the culprit might be a clot of wax that has become lodged in the speaker mesh. As there doesn't appear to be a way of removing the mesh to access the blockage I'm at a loss as to what to do. Are my IE8's a write-off or is there any (reasonably inexpensive) solution to this predicament? Right now the left channel is more or less inaudible.

 

[milford302009]

if ur running out of ideas you can try getting the wax out (or poke it in) with a needle atleast it might fix it... otherwise you'll have to take it a part, the screw is behind the cover in the 'inside' (other side from the bass knob)

 

[midoo1990]

send it to sennheiser if you are still under warranty,there is no other solution.

 

[dosley01]

I had this happen once, it was just the cable was a little loose on the earpiece. I just pushed it back on all the way and problem solved.

 

[HONEYBOY]

This problem seems to be getting quite ubiquitous. I just had the same problem. I sent them back to Sennheiser and they sent a new pair of IE8 back to me.

 

[DougGreenberg]

Let me add my voice to the chorus. My IE8's suffered the same fate--left earpiece, even. I sent the unit back to Sennheiser and without hesitation they sent me a brand new unit, complete in a sealed box. I was happy with their customer service but to this day I am a little leery of the IE8's because I wonder whether the same thing will happen again. I for one would like an explanation of what is going on with this product.

 

[sen_fan]

Quote:

Originally Posted by HONEYBOY /img/forum/go_quote.gif This problem seems to be getting quite ubiquitous. I just had the same problem. I sent them back to Sennheiser and they sent a new pair of IE8 back to me.

If i bought it from JR so i have to send my ie8 to JR or sennheiser. And what is their address.

 

[WithBadIntent]

The same thing happened to me about a month ago. Strangely it only happened after I switched the BassWind system from Maximum to Minimum. Not sure if that affected the headphones at all but that was all I did in the twelve hours between that and the problem occuring.

 

[Bigsy]

I've also had this problem, I found that it would actually come back normal after a little while of using them, but then the otherside started doing it too. I've actually requested a refund, I have no faith in them anymore.

 

[Skampster]

How about cleaning your ears while your at it.

 

[Gbjerke]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skampster /img/forum/go_quote.gif How about cleaning your ears while your at it.

One hell of hassle, even though he's at it.