AURVANA: Creative People - R

i bought an Aurvana canalphone last September, and i had it returned and replaced because the right earphone sounds damaged and broken, like a hiss that is not tolerable. It was replaced with a new one. I got the replacement at around end of October. It was awesome, and it now works fine. I've been bragging about it and how "detailed" the sound it produces... now, the left earphone suddenly stopped producing sound. i think the reason was loose wiring inside the protecti've cable.. and it's near the earpiece. it produced sound when i tried wiggling the cable.. this is not good. i am seeking anyone who can help me with this. i think this is not covered by warranty because it resulted to "wear and tear". i do think that the loose wiring is near if not inside the earpiece,?and that?i could not just cut the?cable and reconnect/fix the wire inside (i might need to tear open the earpiece). i haven't done anything yet, as i was still hoping this could be covered by the warranty. what disappoints me was that it is Creative's best earphone. it is the most expensi've.. and it easily broke. it even?got all that casingfor protection, and even two sets of earbuds.. and even a gold plated jack.. but somebody forgot to put an effort on the wirings. now, should this be a warning that Creative puts too much effort on quality and not durability.. that?you just throw (lots of)?money on something that breaks after?a couple of months with no way to fix it's?or perhaps somebody from creative or?just anyone?could at least help me on this.. i am willing to fix it myself as i am an advanced?techie. my cheap HQ-40, EP-630 and EP-480 are still working fine... but my delicate and expensi've Aurvana is not. i feel like i was cheated.. and i am a patron of Creative. i tell people to go buy Creative and not Altec Lansing. i tell them to throw money on Creative and not Apple. and?now i think i?lied?when i told them that Creative is better than Sennheisser
!!! i'm desperate...

silverberet,
I would suggest you to contact back Customer Support and check with them regarding the warranty coverage on the earphone. They will be able to advice you accordingly. I won't be able to determine this for you without actually seeing the product condition.
Jason

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    Ckristof ~ In this _1995 interview_, Steve Jobs explains the type of creative people behind the original Mac. And at the end of the quote below, Jobs reveals something special those people put into Apple's products — and presumably still do. ...Could it be that which is the +"something more"+ ? ... Could it be that which indirectly makes Apple's customers so loyal without them really understanding why?
    Interviewer:
    And the artistry is in the elegance of the solution, like chess playing or mathematics?
    Steve Jobs:
    No. I think the artistry is in having an insight into what one sees around them. Generally putting things together in a way no one else has before and finding a way to express that to other people who don't have that insight so they can get some of the advantage of that insight that makes them feel a certain way or allows them to do a certain thing. I think that a lot of the folks on the Macintosh team were capable of doing that and did exactly that.
    If you study these people a little bit more what you'll find is that in this particular time, in the 70's and the 80's the best people in computers would have normally been poets and writers and musicians. Almost all of them were musicians. Alot of them were poets on the side. They went into computers because it was so compelling. It was fresh and new. It was a new medium of expression for their creative talents. The feelings and the passion that people put into it were completely indistinguishable from a poet or a painter. Many of the people were introspective, inward people who expressed how they felt about other people or the rest of humanity in general into their work, work that other people would use. People put a lot of love into these products, and a lot of expression of their appreciation came to these things. It's hard to explain.

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