Just Incase You Missed The Fake CX400 Post
May 15th, 2008 | by |Just a quick link to the head.fi post, showing you pictures on how to identify the difference between the real and fake Sennheiser CX400 earphones.
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4 Responses to “Just Incase You Missed The Fake CX400 Post”
By Kenji on Jun 19, 2008 | Reply
Good examples of differences. But does it mean unconditionally they are fakes? Could it be due to re-design between older and newer batches? This occurs all the time with consumer electronics.
By Anonymous on Jun 20, 2008 | Reply
This is where my hands are tied regarding the conversations I’ve had with Sennheiser. From my point of view this is a decent comparison between real and fake. However, again there are details i just can’t go into here, but my advice still stands, buy from an ‘Authorized’ dealer, not a ‘reputable’ dealer.
By mattosan on Aug 1, 2008 | Reply
I just got a pair from ebay. I was looking foreward to getting them but the sound wasnt at all what i expected. I have been to a few comparison sites and mine have some of the traits of fakes but not others. I read the case with the real ones is leather. Mines definintely not leather but the logo stitched to the side looks like the one from the real example not the fake. Also my clip looks like the fake one but my rubber ‘dongle’ bit looks like the real one not the fake. I also read about print quality on the packaging. Mine seems fine. Also that on the real ones the metal cover over the inner ear part is set inside the tube but in the fakes its glued over. Mine seems glued over.
Basically ive seen lots of sites that offer tell tale signs but mine have a combination. Whats up with that?
Im not sure if theyre real and Im expecting too much from the sound or if theyre fake and the sound quality proves it.
By Anonymous on Aug 2, 2008 | Reply
My first impression is that Senheiser wouldn’t vary their manufacturing process. So if your headphones don’t tick ‘ALL’ the boxes, they’re fake.
There’s one sure way of telling a fake, and that’s the price. If you see new Sennheiser’s for less than 75% of the retail price, then I’d think again.
The other is the model. Some models of Sennheiser’s are popular with the counterfeiters.
Third is where you bought them. if its ebay (in your case) then they’re probably fake anyway. Not speaking for Sennheiser (I forgot to ask), but in the case of Bose, they don’t allow authorized dealers sell their headphones/products through third party sites.
I’m not allowed to tell you where amazon.co.uk (for example) get their Sennheiser’s from, but amazon themselves are legitimate dealers of Sennheiser headphones.
Go to the forum, and post a new topic, and we’ll talk about this further.