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Do-It-Yourself, Repairs and Fixes

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Sony WF1000XM3 Water Damage (self.diy)
submitted 1 year ago by ERPAdvocate to c/[email protected]
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May have accidentally sent my earbuds through a wash cycle, pretty gnarly corrosion on the right bud and the main charge controller. My first water damage! Is this worth doing anything with or shall I move to another used pair of buds? For reference I picked these up secondhand for $50 :)

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd be on the lookout for some cheap XM4s as they are worlds better than the XM3s but that is probably just me being salty about the dogshit battery life of the XM3s

[โ€“] ERPAdvocate 2 points 1 year ago

I was happy with the battery life until I switched on EQ, then it plummeted to like 45 minutes. These were my first real pair of wireless earbuds so I don't have a baseline.

I'll have to keep an eye out and look into the WX4s. I picked these up because the repairability was pretty good but they aren't idiot proof apparently :)