[Zeebit]

I've had my Tenore for about 10 months now with about 500 hours of use. I've always had issues of the mesh collecting moisture during use. I would use a q-tip and wipe it dry. It is annoying but the last few days have been really bad. I have to raise the volume unusually high just get them to play loud enough. Turn out that the mesh is clogged. This is my first pair of earphones that had its mesh clogged even with regular cleaning because to the very fine material of the mesh. 
 
I took the mesh out and there was a very noticeable change in sound. The upper mids/lower highs got too forward and harsh. It was no longer smooth. As much as I love an airy and bright sound these got too uncomfortable to listen to even for just a few moments. My solution was to stuff the barrel with some cotton and that tamed the harsh sound.

 

[Nathan Lim]

Has anyone had problems with the lack of strain reliefs on either of these IEM's?

 

[Drhonker]

Has anyone had problems with the lack of strain reliefs on either of these IEM's?

I've just received my DX210-C Bassos and they seem frail. The housing is on point, and the cord feels surprisingly nice, i'd go as far as to state it may even be somewhat thicker than the usual earphone cable, but ever so slightly. HOWEVER, the strainrelief is the big issue, whether it may be that these are new iem's to me, but i feel it necessary to take housing out as a whole, rather than just the cord. I've read on some reviews that the cable actually being pulled out of the housing all together due to a sudden unfortunate yank. The plug seems solid, but I highly recommend removing the input by grabbing the base which has 'some' reinforced rubber.

 

[Jill]

Has anyone had problems with the lack of strain reliefs on either of these IEM's?

On my pair of Tenores, the cable on the left earpiece came out of the strain relief, exposing the wire, after about 8 months of use, but it didn't effect the performance. And about half a year later it eventually died. I was pretty careful with them, otherwise I don't think they would have lasted that long.
 
Still, they are such a good value, and I like their relatively unique sound, that I just bought another one.

 

[james444]

Has anyone had problems with the lack of strain reliefs on either of these IEM's?

  On my pair of Tenores, the cable on the left earpiece came out of the strain relief, exposing the wire, after about 8 months of use, but it didn't effect the performance. And about half a year later it eventually died. I was pretty careful with them, otherwise I don't think they would have lasted that long.
 
Still, they are such a good value, and I like their relatively unique sound, that I just bought another one.

 
 
The cable sheath (not the cable itself!) has a tendency to come off the strain relief. This has been reported by several users.
 

 
 

 
 
However, in my experience, this can be fixed quite easily:
 

  No biggie so far, as the cable is still intact. Tucked it back into the strain relief and secured it with a drop of superglue.
 
I'll probably do the superglue thing on my new pairs right from the start, just to be on the safe side.

  The cable sheath is stronger than it looks and able to withstand some strain. It's just inadequately anchored at the strain relief, so I used superglue to reinforce the joints.

 

[Jill]

 

Has anyone had problems with the lack of strain reliefs on either of these IEM's?

  On my pair of Tenores, the cable on the left earpiece came out of the strain relief, exposing the wire, after about 8 months of use, but it didn't effect the performance. And about half a year later it eventually died. I was pretty careful with them, otherwise I don't think they would have lasted that long.
 
Still, they are such a good value, and I like their relatively unique sound, that I just bought another one.

 
 
The cable sheath (not the cable itself!) has a tendency to come off the strain relief. This has been reported by several users.
 

Oops!!

Yeah, that's what I meant, the cable sheath, not the entire cable.
 

 

[Lurk650]

My Tenores got snagged and tugged with no issues

 

[Aevum]

im wondering if a good 1-2cm of heatshrink could resolve that.
 
Same time use blue and red to make the left/right easier to distinguish.

 

[Lifted Andreas]

From the review on here they are bass kean and need at least 50hrs burn in. Not getting the One Plus?

Cool thanks.

Yeah my OnePlus Icons should be arriving today.

I'm gonna hold off on hunting the puros down for now. One of my mates received the Icons and he said they sound and look amazing! Then again he's not much of an audiophile.

 

[rambomhtri]

Like 3 weeks ago they stole my Tenore's while I was kind of sleeping in the bus. I got to my stop, started walking and I didn't have the Tenore's, and they were in my pocket, they did not run away.
 
Whatever, I've ordered them again, and they just arrived. I missed during these 3 weeks what's to wear an extremely comfortable pair of IEM's. I love them so much I didn't want to try another pair, as I've always done when my IEM's die. I'm in love with these tiny little diamonds, seriously

 

[Aevum]

Well, atleast it was a 35 buck pair of tenores.
 
I lost a SM3v2 and a Sony A15 on the bus... thats 550 bucks worth of equiptment

 

[Lurk650]

Cool thanks.

Yeah my OnePlus Icons should be arriving today.

I'm gonna hold off on hunting the puros down for now. One of my mates received the Icons and he said they sound and look amazing! Then again he's not much of an audiophile.

Latest ones I'm on now are the iValux Bette 10mm. Twin recommended them so I received them Sunday. Only $45 on Amazon. Worth it. So if the One Plus don't work out look into these

 

[Lifted Andreas]

Latest ones I'm on now are the iValux Bette 10mm. Twin recommended them so I received them Sunday. Only $45 on Amazon. Worth it. So if the One Plus don't work out look into these

Okay will do, however I cannot order from America.

 

[rambomhtri]

Well, $35 is "a lot" of money for me, I can't spend that amount of money in a pair of headphones just because. 

 

[Lurk650]

Okay will do, however I cannot order from America.

Oh yeah. Forgot. Amazon UK seller wants almost $300 USD