u/Zimishere

PX7S3 Unbalanced static during pass-Through mode

PX7S3 Unbalanced static during pass-Through mode

Hi everyone! Just replaced my old and pretty beaten up Momentum M3 with B&W. Unfortunately had no chance to test them in shop as the only one pair remained in a box and while they opened it for me to test the fit, battery was depleted :( At home I immediately noticed something is a bit off in transparency mode. In a completely quiet room it adds some hissing static that is noticeably shifted to the right cup. I tried refitting them, updated sw, made factory reset via app, and tried wearing only one cup at a time- pretty sure static is way louder on the right cup. Otherwise sound seem balanced. ANC is while also adding some hissing static which makes it actually louder in quite place, still have this hiss even, unlike pass-through mode. Is this what everyone have and is considered normal for this (or other models) or is it something worth returning to shop? They sound and fit nicely otherwise, its just happened transparency mode is pretty crucial for me so I don’t want to stay with faulty unit , but on the other hand its one hour drive trip to the shop and the wont be able to let me test other init since its also the in the box and most likely have depleted battery. I would verify them against my old M3 but ANC and transparency doesn’t work there for quite some time, they are beaten up by life :) So… does anyone else have (or don’t have) this kind of static that is way louder to one of the cups?

u/Zimishere — 6 days ago