ATH-M50X Problems

[Guest]

I bought my pair of ATH-M50X headphones ready to experience "true audio" compared to my Siberia 650 Headset (because it is the law that all gaming headsets are fucking garbage and can't amount to the cheapest of headphones). The first thing I did was play Toes by Glass Animals from my Lumia phone. Starts out just fine, then 10 seconds in I get this fucking static. I'm thinking, "What gives? I just paid good money for these shits...maybe it's just my phone acting up." I get home, plug them into my PC for a sound comparison to my Siberia's, hoping the static was just on my phone. Sadly, the instant I start playing any song, the M50X's crackle the entire length of any song. It doesn't matter if the literal breakdown is actually silence, it's still crackling. Again, what fucking gives? I understand that to achieve the best audio possible I need a DAC. But are you telling me, that in order for my brand new headphones to work I have to spend another $170 on a DAC for my PC and can't listen to anything at all on my phone? I see Marques Brownlee walking around praising these headphones like his life depended on it and plugs them straight into his phone. Are my options literally limited to, spend more money on something just so I can get rid of this crackling that makes enjoying music impossible OR just refund these headphones and never get another pair unless I can shelve out at least $290 just for the shits to work like they're supposed to.

 

This was really rant like. I apologize for that because it really does make me look like an idiot, which I am sadly. I'm just really pissed off that something so ridiculous is happening with what is called the "best value headphones on the market." (Debatable sure, don't argue about that shit now.)

[MeepLikesToBuildPc's]

you probably got a faulty unit. return it and get another one 

[Pomfinator]

Uhm....return it and contemplate your life choices?

 

Seriously tho, try and get a replacement, if it's crackling on more than one source, it's not the source's problem, its the headphones.

[SSL]

Remember warranties?

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Pomfinator said:

Uhm....return it and contemplate your life choices?

 

Seriously tho, try and get a replacement, if it's crackling on more than one source, it's not the source's problem, its the headphones.

I will return it for sure. What's getting to me is that when I tried looking up this problem people seem to have the consensus that this is a problem with my sources. That everything I plug these headphones into, if it's not a DAC, is bottlenecking the headphones and causing it to crackle. I honestly don't know what to believe anymore. 

[Dackzy]

1 minute ago, Airplanegun said:

I will return it for sure. What's getting to me is that when I tried looking up this problem people seem to have the consensus that this is a problem with my sources. That everything I plug these headphones into, if it's not a DAC, is bottlenecking the headphones and causing it to crackle. I honestly don't know what to believe anymore. 

It's not a problem with your sources if you dont get noise with other headphones or headsets.

[Pomfinator]

4 minutes ago, Airplanegun said:

I will return it for sure. What's getting to me is that when I tried looking up this problem people seem to have the consensus that this is a problem with my sources. That everything I plug these headphones into, if it's not a DAC, is bottlenecking the headphones and causing it to crackle. I honestly don't know what to believe anymore. 

Normally crackling is a source problem.  But when multiple sources crackle out of their minds, thats a clear sign of faulty headphones or maybe even something as simple as a faulty cable.

 

Consider yourself lucky, now you can research some more on headphones that are actually good

[SSL]

Doesn't the M50X come with multiple cables? Have you tried a different one?

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Pomfinator said:

Normally crackling is a source problem.  But when multiple sources crackle out of their minds, thats a clear sign of faulty headphones or maybe even something as simple as a faulty cable.

This is gonna be a dumbass question, but when I do get my replacement pair, and IF they exhibit the same behavior as this current pair. Am I just fucked on getting new headphones?

[SSL]

Just now, Airplanegun said:

This is gonna be a dumbass question, but when I do get my replacement pair, and IF they exhibit the same behavior as this current pair. Am I just fucked on getting new headphones?

It won't happen.