I bought one of these a while back. That pair seemed to have a “channel imbalance,” but only at low impedance — put it through an amp and it was fine. Then, almost half a year later, it actually did go imbalanced. Yeah, properly imbalanced, the kind no amp can fix. The Taobao seller had promised a lifetime warranty, so I figured what the hell and messaged them — turns out the shop had gone under. Normally with sketchy earphones of unknown origin, you’d just let it die. But I still kinda missed it. Not the sound, though — I missed that absurdly long cable and the fit. So I went looking on Taobao and found the thing’s still being sold. Cheaper now, too: 59 yuan, free shipping. So I bought another one…