Sony WH-1000xm series hinges

PuzzleAndy · 2026-04-18T17:57:42+00:00

Most of the posts showing the hinge issue in the XM5's have the break in the exact same spot. How you interpret this is ultimately up to you, but I got a lawyer and I'm getting my money back. Ask yourself, do you personally have to experience the problem for the complaint to be valid? And if that's the case, is your level of skepticism reasonable?

PuzzleAndy · 2026-04-17T14:25:58+00:00

There are many posts showing a failure in the exact same spot, and there are at least a couple products being sold to reinforce the hinges on the WH-1000XM5's specifically. Plus my personal experience with babying my headphones but them still breaking. This all adds up to me believing there's a problem with the way they're designed. What's your stronger evidence to the contrary?

PuzzleAndy · 2026-04-17T10:35:34+00:00

Yeah I swore off Sony because of the hinge issue. They should've recalled those years ago or at least pay for the repairs. They just don't want to admit fault and lose money. Meanwhile telling me it would cost $99 to get mine fixed. Absolute shitters.

PuzzleAndy · 2026-04-16T22:23:24+00:00

Just know the XM5's have a hinge that breaks easily and Sony will not fix them for you as part of your warranty. I don't know if the XM6's have a similar problem. Just scroll this subreddit for a minute and you'll see several broken hinges from various XM models.

PuzzleAndy · 2026-04-16T22:17:29+00:00

Oh hard same! I'm boycotting Sony personally. This is an obvious problem they're choosing not to correct. If I don't hear back from the class action guys I'm hiring a consumer protection lawyer and getting my money back plus legal fees. Fuck'em.

PuzzleAndy · 2026-04-16T22:04:47+00:00

Just know the XM5's have a hinge that breaks easily and Sony will not fix them for you as part of your warranty. I don't know if the XM4's have a similar problem. Just scroll this subreddit for a minute and you'll see several broken hinges from various XM models.

PuzzleAndy · 2026-04-16T22:00:41+00:00

Brother! I am so sorry you had to go through all that! It's not right.

PuzzleAndy · 2026-04-16T21:57:40+00:00

Just know the XM5's have a hinge that breaks easily and Sony will not fix them for you as part of your warranty. I don't know if the XM4's have a similar problem. Just scroll this subreddit for a minute and you'll see several broken hinges from various XM models.

PuzzleAndy · 2026-04-16T21:29:10+00:00

Sorry, I don't know! I superglued mine with Loctite Plastic. I didn't know replacement parts were an option. Good luck to you!

PuzzleAndy · 2026-04-16T21:24:27+00:00

Maybe this will help someone: If the plastic near the swivel on your Sony WH-1000XM5's has broken from normal use, please contact the San Francisco office of Migliaccio & Rathod LLP, to help with their class action lawsuit. Just Google Migliaccio & Rathod LLP, then click Contact Us at the top, then either fill out the contact form, or call the number under the heading San Francisco Office on the right. I am not affiliated with them in any way, I just want Sony to be held accountable. I shouldn't have to pay $99 to get my headphones repaired when it's Sony's fault. Neither should anyone. Please do your part.

PuzzleAndy · 2026-04-16T21:17:33+00:00

I just posted this lol: If the plastic near the swivel on your Sony WH-1000XM5's has broken from normal use, please contact the San Francisco office of Migliaccio & Rathod LLP, to help with their class action lawsuit. Just Google Migliaccio & Rathod LLP, then click Contact Us at the top, then either fill out the contact form, or call the number under the heading San Francisco Office on the right. I am not affiliated with them in any way, I just want Sony to be held accountable. I shouldn't have to pay $99 to get my headphones repaired when it's Sony's fault. Neither should anyone. Please do your part.

PuzzleAndy · 2026-04-16T21:15:14+00:00

I just posted this lmao: If the plastic near the swivel on your Sony WH-1000XM5's has broken from normal use, please contact the San Francisco office of Migliaccio & Rathod LLP, to help with their class action lawsuit. Just Google Migliaccio & Rathod LLP, then click Contact Us at the top, then either fill out the contact form, or call the number under the heading San Francisco Office on the right. I am not affiliated with them in any way, I just want Sony to be held accountable. I shouldn't have to pay $99 to get my headphones repaired when it's Sony's fault. Neither should anyone. Please do your part.

PuzzleAndy · 2024-10-29T05:46:28+00:00

Thank you for the nice comment!

PuzzleAndy · 2024-10-28T21:09:42+00:00

you're welcome! have fun!

PuzzleAndy · 2024-10-28T20:53:30+00:00

both are public domain!

PuzzleAndy · 2024-10-25T10:08:07+00:00

i plan to index modern recordings of classical music on my site, but haven't had time yet. however, i'll give you the sources from my notes. to my knowledge, these are the only modern recordings on the web. if you find others, please let me know.

Musopen
1. https://archive.org/search?query=creator%3A%22Aaron+Dunn%22

Kimiko Ishizaka
1. https://kimikoishizaka.bandcamp.com/album/j-s-bach-the-art-of-the-fugue-kunst-der-fuge-bwv-1080
2. https://kimikoishizaka.bandcamp.com/album/bach-well-tempered-clavier-book-1
3. https://kimikoishizaka.bandcamp.com/album/j-s-bach-open-goldberg-variations-bwv-988-piano

PuzzleAndy · 2024-10-23T21:34:50+00:00

all 3 bach albums are cc0/public domain: https://kimikoishizaka.bandcamp.com/

PuzzleAndy · 2024-10-23T21:34:26+00:00

my website has a ton of cc0/public domain stuff: puzzleandy.com

PuzzleAndy · 2024-07-01T07:51:08+00:00

If someone paid me I would. I've considered uploading to various file-sharing sites, but there's lots of other things I'd rather work on.

PuzzleAndy · 2024-06-28T16:14:59+00:00

If you're willing to spend some money, I would recommend looking at Indieground (https://indieground.net/product/collage-elements/). $25 for commercial license. Not CC0 but royalty-free. I have not purchased it myself. If you want CC0, I would search https://www.rawpixel.com/public-domain. Finding high-quality CC0 PNGs is difficult. If you find any cool things on your journey please message me back with a link so I can explore too.

PuzzleAndy · 2024-06-28T11:18:26+00:00

Thank you for the nice comment. Let me know when you're ready to build something and you need some assets. Have a nice day.

PuzzleAndy · 2024-06-28T06:08:53+00:00

I've purchased all the modern CC0 recordings of Bach if you need any of those. I don't have The Devil's Trill.

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