E-MU WOOD SERIES HEADPHONES on sale at Drop for 400$!
I JUST received mine yesterday - but I feel ok since I bought the removable cable version direct from E-MU. Took a while for them to process everything but so far they’re great! Some really good thumpin’ bass when you want it. They leak less sound than I imagined they would too…
Seems like they should get more attention than they do.
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but why not detachable cable 
Amazon.ca 40% off 1more triple driver, 20 and 30% off others from 1more
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Fuuuuuuuck. I already bought a pair off Drop and felt that was a deal at $125, but this is stupid. I sort of want a backup pair!
Poor Quality Control warning, but I’m sure somebody here will take the risk, especially with amazon’s return policy.
Open Box Hifiman Sundaras at $249:
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FML I bit. guess we’ll see, when it arrives in about 2-3 weeks…
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You are braver than I am. Looks like you got it right before it sold out too.
I have a feeling this is one where some vendor hast just one available. Or some third party selling their own or something. But it is Prime, so figured I’d be able to get money back. Hopefully it’s not a scam to get personal info through Amazon.
Wouldn’t call that one a scam. Headphones.com sells those all the time in open box at that same price. Sure its not the same company?
Sold by Kaviso
I found some other post indicating this “Kaviso”:
Yeah but they are authorized by Drop:
“Kaviso is a brand partner in the electronics and outdoor industry which utilizes data-backed, tailor-made strategies, to maximize brands potential. Our seller central account is an authorized seller of exclusive products and brands such as Drop (formerly Massdrop), beyerdynamic, and Hifiman.”
And the link underneath the title leads to a Massdrop product page. where they are listed for that price
Yeah you’re fine with the seller. Now it’s just a QC concern.
So what tends to be the issue with these? is it just a hifiman staple? or specifically the Sundara model? I heard there had been secret revisions.
I also read on a used sale post that the pads where crappy and peeled off so the owner had gotten some new pads and didn’t have the originals anymore. Any issues with the pads? or are we talking about headband, or worst of all, the drivers?
Erm, you may not want to hear this, but from what I’ve read online the issues vary and cover most of what you just listed. And QC issues happen with all Hifiman products, not just Sundaras.
The only officially announced revision from Hifiman was that the glue in the earpad was improved for durability. Seems the glue was a very prevalent issue.
An unofficial revision is that the older models have pads that are not as angled and less comfortable depending on your head/jaw.
The worst issue is that people have stated one side of the headphone driver is lower volume or simply dies out on them (see amazon reviews).
There are probably more issues but YMMV.
It’s an issue with the company at its core and they have shit quality control just in general. The headphones are incredible and build quality feels decent enough but theres a multitude of issues. My last 4 hifiman broke due to driver malfunctions. 2 of which were sundaras. What @kcrack mentioned is completely accurate.
Pads were known to have glue issues but as far as I am aware thats been technically resolved less you have an old addition or again just piss poor quality control as an issue
No word on headband but the driver is the biggest issue. Channel imbalance, one of the drivers practically imploding upon itself and just straight up breaking of parts coming loose inside the cups, cable malfunctions at the connection joint as though it wasn’t installed correctly. Theres a world of damn issues with their quality control. If I sound really angry about it its because I am. I love the sundara its quite literally one of my favorite headphones and when I got my ananda it was nothing short of incredible sounding. However all broke withint a short time frame. I took a hit of a little over $100 on my first hifiman which was the 400i as it didnt have return policies, ordered through ebay, not knowing any better busted on me within little over a week.
The open box models tend to be a hit or miss… if you get a refurbished model these are said to be already repaired by hifiman take that with a grain of salt as you will. Refurbished models claim to no longer have any qc issues
damn. I had the driver on one of the sides die on me on one of my Audeze Mobius. That sucked.
shit lmao thx. At least didn’t spend more than 250? lol…
Are the pads interchangeable on the Sundara? or glued?
In the cases where they broke, @Falenkor, did you contact hifiman? I think I saw commented that support was not great and something about the president laughing at people’s problems or some such? did I dream that?
I think the probability is that you’ll be fine. I hope so. Sundara is an excellent headphone so long as it works! Falenkor has indeed had a particularly intense streak of bad luck…
The pads have a mounting ring glued to them. They are not glued to the earcups.
I did yeah. Two of the headphones were directly from them. I had the second sundara replaced instead of repaired over to the ananda which I had heard good things about. The ananda broke and thats when I had enough and went off. Demanded my money back I didn’t want a repair at that point I was so angry. I won’t say their service is particularly poor? But it could be improved of course.
Hifiman claims that their open box models on their site are actually the already fixed versions though I have heard no true clarifications outside of hifimans claims. I hear to many incidents of their headphones breaking
I will put it to you this way man. If you have a working sundara? It punches way the hell above that price point. It’s one of the best planars I have tried Sub $500 in terms of neutral bright and being a planar. It’s one hell of an amazing headphone for sure. If hifiman would get their act together I would have practically nothing at all negative to say and it would be 100% instant purchase material
You can change them iirc they have that hifiman plastic filter you have to pop off with the pads though. It can be a pain in the neck suggest looking it up first.
Thanks, guess we’ll wait and see. Crossing fingers XD
It’s amazon though, I would assume your fine. Definitely check it for issues though as one of the more common that I experienced and hear more often was the imbalanced sound of the drivers. Pads probably will show wear from being an open box. If something happens and you want an alternative look into DT 880 or HarmonicDyne Helios. While not planars they share the signature and amazing detail of the sound
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