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As it turns out, I just needed to change the filters. You get a set of 6 in addition to the two that come with the PFEs.
I had recently contacted their customer service because I couldn’t get into their store on audeoworld.com
They were SUPER courteous and helpful but couldn’t reproduce the error. I must have sounded like a CRAZY person.
Everyone was kind enough not to point that out. However, he did suggest changing the filter because often, that’s a cause for decreased sound in one earbud. I thought he was crazy because it was so sudden. Turns out, I’M crazy. Not about Audeoworld.com, though, seriously I’ve tried three different computers and I can’t get to their store!
I changed the filter to the bass ones (after ruining one by twisting the tool one revolution too many, and this after I read about someone doing that on the anythingbutipod forums and swearing I wouldn’t be so reckless! Egad, maybe I am crazy…) and yeah, sound is perfect now. I <3 my little babies! Just gotta get some new ear guards and earbuds and I’ll be perfect again…ah, I love these damn earphones….
I suppose I spoke too soon. In the past few days, after having written my previous post extolling the virtues of the Phonak Audeo PFEs/Cowon S9 combination, I have been suffering from the death of one o fmy earbuds (the right one). I suppose I’m the only one to blame, I’ve accidentally stepped on them and more recently, lost the ear guides for one of them, so that I’ve taken to tucking it behind the leg off my glasses when wearing them.
It’s no accident that the right earbud has been dying. The sound is noticeably reduced. UGH. I’m mostly upset with myself for being responsible for ruining such a great set of earphones that will be turning two in October.
As such, I’ve thrown myself back into the mix to look for a set of quality-sounding phones with good build quality and a decent price tag.
I’m looking at the Denon C551, Hippo VB, and the MEElectronics A151.
The review of the MEElectronics A151 over at anythingbutipod.com said himself that the Phonaks are probably a step up from the A151s. Great. Just when I had hope…
But owning a pair of over-the-ear Denons, I’m looking forward to the Denon C551. The Hippo VBs apparently have better sound in every arena, but build quality loses out to the Denon C551. I’ll keep looking for a review of someone who’s had them for at least a year.
Important lesson: Take damn good care of your headphones.
