I've been using mine for quite a few years and they still work fine, but they have been my only IEM's ever so I have nothing to compare them to... sorry can't help more than that :)

  Not yet and I haven't had the time to research more... It will depend on availability and price for each meanwhile... Hopefully more reviews will come out soon!

  I tried to browse through all the thread but with so many posts is not easy... I was searching mostly for comparisons between the DF Black and 1.2, so I probably overlooked/skipped the Red vs 1.2 comments.   Theoretically the Red should be better than the Black, so if 1.2 is better than...

Thanks GerMan, that's what I was looking for... someone who had tried both 1.2 and Black on PC/laptop. Why didn't you say so in the first place? I posted my previous comment before reading yours... Regarding the output volume, is the Black "louder" than the 1.2? What noticeable differences did...

  Thanks for the reply.   I have no intentions of using it with a mobile. Do you have any idea how "hot" the Black is on a PC? It's running on lower voltage than the older DF - 1.2V vs 1.8V (and a lot less than the Red at 2.1V) - so one could expect the Black would be "less hot" than the...

I lot can be said about reviews reliability...   Anyway, I browsed amazon.com comments and I actually found only one comment explicitly saying the DF 1.2 was better than the DF Black. On the opposite spectrum there's this review (which is featured on AQ website) saying the Black is better...

  JYang have you come to any conclusion?   I'm looking for a small usb dac to use with a Gigabyte Brix mini-pc (running Linux). I have no real interest in using it with any smartphone or the like. I haven't found yet any clear comparison between the DragonFly 1.2 and Black.   I'll probably...

I got a pair of Radiopaq Jazz for myself a few weeks ago for around £40. It's my first IEM so can't really compare them to other models. I haven't been using them much yet and still getting used to the feel of having something inside my ears, so that's probably why I don't feel very comfortable...

Thanks. I got myself convinced to go for the Jazz... I was going to place the order and... "out of stock, please choose another item" That sends me back to the PL-50...

Thank you for the reply Mark. In terms of noise isolation how does the Jazz and the PL-50 compare? And do you think it would greatly improve from changing the tips to comply's?

I hadn't heard of the Jazz before joker mentioned it, so after my previous post I digged a bit about it and I got quite interested on them, specially after reading mark's review and checking the price at hifi headphones: £29.95... almost half the price of the PL-50. Sounds like a very good deal.

I found it at the appealing price of £29.95 at hifi headphones... I was leaning toward the SoundMAGIC PL-50 but after reading this review and for almost half the price of the PL-50 I'm now giving a good thought at this... mark (or anyone else) have you had the chance of comparing the Jazz to...

Thanks joker for the quick reply. My favourite genre is jazz, but I listen to a lot of different genres (classical, electronica, world music, etc) and lately I've been listening a lot more to downtempo electronica and folktronica. In jazz, double bass is one of my favourite instruments and I...

After a lot of searching and a lot of reading, mostly on this forum, I decided to order just the Clip+ for now and think about the new IEMs later. I wrongly assumed that being happy with other sennheiser models (PX100 and HD595) I could expect a similar sound signature from a Senn's IEM. From...

Quote: Originally Posted by ljokerl The NE-8 has neither of those things. Other $60+ IEMs that I've tried blow it away. I assume this thread refers to NuForce NE-8 and SoundMagic PL-50. I've been searching the forums for reviews on these two IEMs and the comments on this thread...

I'm about to pre-order one of the Sandisk's new Sansa Clip+ mp3 player at amazon.de and I'm thinking about ordering also a new pair of IEMs. I'm currently a happy and satisfied owner of Senn's HD595 and PX100 headphones, but for the portable player I think a pair of IEMs with noise-isolating...

Last night I went to a local store with my headphones (Senn HD-595) and plugged it to the built-in headphone out in this 3 cd players. First, I must say, for the record, that I'm not an audiophile, and my ears have never listened to $500+ equipment, so I can't compare the sound of this...

Thanks for your reply Paulboy I haven't decided yet, but I've found a local store that has the Onkyo DX-7333 and the Denon DCD-485. I don't know about the Marantz, but if they have it I'll see if they let me take my headphones and do some comparison tests.

I'm also looking for a dedicated cd player w/o amp for my Senn HD-595 (120 ohm model). I'm also not willing to spend too much money. Until now the most interesting models I've seen are the Denon DCD-685 (199€), followed by Onkyo DX-7333 (189€) and Denon DCD-485 (149€). Unfortunately, I...

I'm considering buying a budget CDP for using with my Senn HD-595 (120 ohm version) and, occasionally, I might get my hands on a Senn HD-600 (300 ohm). For now, I'll be using them unamped, but I might get my hands on work and build a diy headamp (like a cmoy or better) in the future when I have...

When I wrote my previous post I wasn't aware of this new 50 ohm models, so my comment was based only on the 120/300 ohm models. I haven't tried out any of this new models, but with that impedance they're probably well driven from a pc soundcard or ipod, so you might consider them again has a...

Quote: Originally Posted by will75 The 580 may not be the best choice unamped. I have the 595 50 ohm and they are easily driven from my pc. Good sound too. Bass is lacking but other than that they are nice. 50 ohm? Is that a new version of the 595? My 595 are 120 ohm, and I...

For the hurried ones, if you don't feel like reading the entire post skip to the conclusion for getting an idea on what is this about. First of all I must say I'm not a gamer. I just need a mic because I use skype. I currently own two Sennheiser headphones: - HD-595 for high quality music...

mannfred where did you order your chaintech from? I'm having trouble finding that soundcard here in Portugal, and I haven't seen any online store in Europe having it... btw, how much did it cost?

I own Sennheiser HD-595. When I connect them to my philips amp in the living room I don't feel fatigue (at least for 2h/3h, I never listened more than that straight in a row). If I connect the headphones to my PC soundcard, I start to feel fatigue after 15/20 minutes. The sound is awful...