My Sennheiser proprietary original tips for my IE800s have torn due to wear, and they are out of stock in my size (L) at Sennheiser (they still have other sizes). I don’t want to change to another tip… any ideas of where to get these? Thanks!
The Kevlar cable got too stiff, so I had them converted a few months ago. Glad my friend agreed to do it after a lot of prodding. Maybe I should‘ve gone custom but I also wanted other folks to be able to hear how these are with the mod.
Hey guys, I just got a used ie800 with mmcx connector and this is really good stuff. The mids are amazing. I come from Andromedas and there are noticeable differences but ie800s are really really nice. Just happy and wanted to share somewhere.
I hope to. Are there bigger differences? I have owned ie600 and have tried ie900. But this one feels more fun and musical for me, wasn't expecting it to be.
There's a Sennheiser video from earlier this year (or last year) in which they described how the IE-800 and IE-800S were built essentially by hand, whereas with the 600 and 900 they went to a more industrial / assembly line type production. I think in a sense they are a higher-end product and it wouldn't surprise me if that's true of the sound as well. I haven't heard the new ones long enough to have an opinion though... I haven't felt the need to buy another IEM after the 800S.
There are a ton of 800 vs 800s impressions in the 800S thread, you could look there.
By the way, sorry, I didn't mean to suggest you don't already have a good thing with the IE-800. I just meant that if you're enjoying it, it might be wroth keeping an eye for a good condition 800S down the line.
Gotta say I still love these IEM's after many years. I was an early adopter of ie800 (day they were released) and I still like them better than ie800s. I had the ie800 modified to mmcx by Vesper about a year ago, and then had custom tips made by .ADV that really improved things. The reason I had the mmcx conversion done was that I always hated the original wired cable from Sennheiser which had the worst microphonics of any cable I ever used. The cable I'm using now is Vesper's Legato which is a great match for these. Here are some pics if anyone is interested. Any questions, just send me a message.
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