Actually, now that I think about it. I did have a similar experience. For like two seconds I could tell there was a weird sound when playing music. But after I just moved it it stopped and hasnāt since. Seems like hairs do get stuck in there once I a while. Dosent seem to be a big issue tho. The frequencies just sounded off tho, like something was there
I canāt recreate it doing that it appears.
I may of just figured out the problem. Something weird is going on when the wire touches my shirt.
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If I bend the right cable enough, the signal cuts out. So maybe it was due to the wire and maybe my wire is giving out on me.
Edit: The wire has now stopped cutting out when I bend it and move it unlike 2 minutes prior. Iām guessing the cable just acted strange for a short bit for some reason. Something to mention is with the aftermarket cable I got, at times it sticks to my shirt depending on what Iām wearing, so maybe itās possible it was latched onto my shirt and that was interfering with the signal causing the sound from earlier.
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It sound like the cable doesnāt have a solid connection into the headphones. If this is a cheaper cable sometimes there are size mismatches on connectors that cause this sort of issue and since itās intermittent it can be a pain to diagnose. If you have another cable, test that to see if it still happens
The focal cables are terrible and people frequently have then fail.
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Iām using an aftermarket cable and not the stock one.
It hasnāt acted up since so far. It was just for a few minutes which really just strikes me as weird. I wouldnāt say it is a cheaper cable. I have been using it for a few weeks now and it just suddenly today did this.
Iām really unsure of what happened this time, itās really strange. I couldnāt find out what might of been the problem before it went back to normal. I started playing a song and it sounded really off, most notably there was a huge amount of static engulfing the entire song. It also had some weird effect on the sound that I can only think to describe as making everything sound hollow and empty. I tried plugging the headphones into my phone on the same song to see if it persisted and everything was sounded normal, but then I go to plug it back into my amp and it suddenly came back, then I went to my phone again and back again, but this time it was how it should sound. No connections on anything were loose. This all transpired in about 5 minutes.
If I keep having problems Iāll just document it to myself from now until I can figure out the problem or something in the chain has a consistent problem that doesnāt just go away in a matter of minutes. As I fear if this keeps up I think it would just get repetitive to keep posting it here and likely wonāt be enough information to form a conclusion on.
It can really only be the cable or the amp, you can get noise like that with a bad cable, you get leakage between the channels and it will sound āhollowā, it can also cause the static.
Iād do the wiggle test, when itās working (or not) try wiggling the connectors and running along the cable doing the same.
Nothing happened performing the test, but in all likely hood, I think itās most likely the cable as none of this started before getting the new cable, but if thatās so, I still wonder why it only occurs for a few minutes.
I had a bad 6 1/4 extension I use that would do something similar, and just touching or jogging the cable was often enough to resolve it. I actually initially thought the issue was a bad valve in my amp, because it went away when I replaced it, but I must have knocked the cable in replacing the valve.
Could someone explain to me how this frequency is W shaped? I donāt see it.
This looks like a Neutral bright headphone to me? comparing that to the focal listen pro which is a definite W seen here 
The W-shape sound is not extreme at all. In fact I donāt recall ever seeing anyone complain about the treble being excessive. But it does sound W-shaped when compared to something more neutral like the Focal Clear.
hmm, guess I need to find something with a more significant W since the Elex are like that. alright then thanks.
Am I going insane or did you delete your thread where you asked for recommendations on this lol?
Anyway Iām guessing you donāt like using EQ at all? If it were me, Iād want to experiment with manually applying a W-shaped sound before putting in a ton of effort trying to find something decent
Nope, saw that other thread and had it deleted lmao
I am not particularlly against it, iād just rather it be more innate to the headphone instead. Considering the frequency I will probably pick up the listen pro over there for an audition less theres a better strong alternative. As someone who loves the V signature thats what I would look for due to not liking a real bad recessed mid frequency lol.
the thing is, you have mostly only auditioned headphones. and even then not for long to my knowledge. i think your opinions are a bit incomplete atm or staight up wrong. I suggest you try to spend ALOT of time with a headphone in order to truly get to know what it sounds like. Moving from headphone to headphone too in such a short span of time is going to kinda just get everything jumbled together.
Very incorrect. A lot of the ones I have tested out I have kept those that I didnāt enjoy after a couple weeks or longer I got rid of. Those that I have kept I listen to quite frequently.
eh whatever you say. Thatās a tad bit rude however, you are entitled to your opinion.