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9 Responses to “Fake sennheiser cx300 headphones – How to spot”

1. Art says:

   March 27, 2008 at 7:58 pm

   I have a set that matches every one of your “Original” pics but Sennheiser claims they are fake and won’t fix them. Has anyone from Sennheiser verified that yours are real? Any suggestions?
2. Malware Crawler says:

   March 27, 2008 at 11:34 pm

   Sorry for late reply, akismet seems to have marked your comment as spam and moved it to moderation for some reason.

   The problem with these fakes is that they are getting more and more convincing. I have recently purchased a “fake” pair that very similar to the above, but have “matt” finishes instead of “glossy” finishes like the real ones. Needless to say they started coming apart quite quickly too. I will try to do some more comparisons and maybe add some newer images soon. Needless to say, Sennheiser will not be honoring any guarantees on purchases of their headphones made from eBay, genuine or not. I got a nice email confirming this from Sennheiser UK a few weeks back. I provide these images as a basic guide on spotting some of the charecteristics of fakes in good faith, however I cannot give you a 100% sure fire way of distinguishing real from fake unfortunately

   MC
3. Tony says:

   April 12, 2008 at 10:10 am

   Thank you for a guide that gives people a fighting chance in beating counterfeit goods sold on ebay and other web sites.
4. Malware Crawler says:

   April 18, 2008 at 11:25 am

   You are welcome
5. dateover says:

   April 28, 2008 at 2:17 pm

   ive got some pix here. can you tell if they’re real? I really want to buy these but im really not sure if its the real deal help please

   http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/4971/36510663ku1.jpg
6. michael says:

   May 8, 2008 at 7:43 am

   do different countries get different packaging? because mine looks different to the ones on the sennheiser website and to dateover’s one. i got mine off ebay and the metal webbing fell off. i already asked for a refund and im waiting for a reply.
7. Malware Crawler says:

   May 10, 2008 at 2:52 pm

   As far as I can remember there are two distinct types of packaging. The new one is clear plastic all the way around, while the old style one had a cardboard backing.
8. pedro says:

   June 15, 2008 at 6:28 am

   Hi,

   For dateover:
   As far as could see in Sennheiser website, in the products datasheets,those packages correspond to the CX-500 series.

   The 3 sizes earplugs, and the darker grey color are only available for the 500 series.
9. daniel says:

   July 23, 2008 at 3:17 pm

   thanks