"Myths About Measurements" Discussion Thread

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@taronlissimore

It is something we have considered however it requires breaking the seal on any sealed unit we sell and makes things more complicated if people feel like they are getting open-box pair of headphones when it’s a new sealed unit. Also makes it harder on our end from a customer service perspective.

As far as offering a service to have headphones sent in, it’s a similar situation. Each one of us at Headphones.com have quite a few things on our plate at any one time so offering a headphone measuring service would pretty much require a new, full-time employee while also making sure that it did not interrupt the flow of content for any of our creators. Along with dealing with shipping issues, gear breaking, etc…

That’s not to say that neither of those things are possible. They just aren’t something we currently have the bandwidth to offer.

I understand. And thanks for taking the time to weigh in on this, Taron. Maybe I can get to a CanJam some time, and try to get a few squigs done there.

I’ve also considered trying to rent a good HATS to do my own measurements. Not sure how practical or doable that would be though.

I had one other general housekeeping question on this. We already have a place to request reviews and measurements of headphones here…

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I was just wondering though if there was somethin comparable for source components (ie amps, DACs, players, etc.). Or if I should also post my requests on that in the above topic?

A broken seal wouldn’t bother me btw.