[ericpalonen]

It is made in Ireland.

Fun fact: The percentage of components associated labor could qualify it for a made in Germany tag. The guts and shells are from Germany. Final assembly in Ireland.

 

[Vitaly2017]

Just waiting for confirmation, haven't forgot about you

Me waiting impatiently for the preorder button to finally become available on Sennheiser website. I have buying capabilities in both territories usa and ca I want the ie 600 quicker please


Tiger

 

[ericpalonen]

At the airport and ready for some Sky-Fi! Mile-Hi-Fi? Head-Sky? Sky-Hi-Fi? Anyways...

I'll be switching between the DFR and the new MacBook Pro 14" headphone out to see if their new headphone circuit holds up.

The passive attenuation is quite good for my ear shape, so I'm looking forward to a harsh din environment challenge.

 

[NewEve]

Update on market recommended retail price:

$ 699

Thanks!

So HiFiGO is $100 more as of this writing — I'll wait.

 

[SemiAudiophile]

At the airport and ready for some Sky-Fi! Mile-Hi-Fi? Head-Sky? Sky-Hi-Fi? Anyways...

I'll be switching between the DFR and the new MacBook Pro 14" headphone out to see if their new headphone circuit holds up.

The passive attenuation is quite good for my ear shape, so I'm looking forward to a harsh din environment challenge.

I could see this being my travel IEM paired with Mojo 2, RS6 / Gryphon, or new Sony dap.

Let us know how it sounds up in the air.

Currently enjoy the IE300 quite a lot for walks and casual listening at work.

 

[ericpalonen]

I could see this being my travel IEM paired with Mojo 2, RS6 / Gryphon, or new Sony dap.

Let us know how it sounds up in the air.

Currently enjoy the IE300 quite a lot for walks and casual listening at work.

On JetBlue's Fly-Fi internetz (I guess using that name for airplane hi-fi is out of the running). The noise isolation is more than adequate for me, and I'm pleasantly surprised at how effective it is. I'm on the notoriously noisy wing seat and I am enjoying a bit of reprive from the droning, slurry environment.

Wrapping up some listening on the MBP14's revised headphone out. It's decent, actually, but will be switching to DFR soon.

Feel free to send any song recommendations here and I'll listen to a handful and write up some impressions on the 600 in sport mode Cheers from over 36,000 feet!

 

[M3NTAL]

A relaxing song for your environmental nightmare.

 

[ericpalonen]

A relaxing song for your environmental nightmare.

WOW!

I listened on both YouTube and then over at Apple Music. These synth basses and filter-mod vocal effects are haunting. The extra dynamic range and bandwidth on Apple music revealed so many layers of reverb and delay effects. This mix in particular has a lot of "glue" to it, which I feel many listeners will be talking about with the IE 600. It's got this terrific way of tying it all up with a bow.

Great track suggestion. I was totally caught by surprise in a delightful way. The bass pulses are so sticky and full of motion. This, IMHO, was an excellent test track for this earphone and would easily recommend it to others.

️️️️1/2

 

[PopZeus]

Looking forward to FD7 comparisons. Concerned about the lower treble energy in the IE600's graph. Can't tell from it how non-fatiguing it'll be. Still, this announcement is a pleasant surprise.

 

[firesign]

Looking forward to FD7 comparisons. Concerned about the lower treble energy in the IE600's graph. Can't tell from it how non-fatiguing it'll be. Still, this announcement is a pleasant surprise.

Between 3 kHz and 7 kHz it is true that it has a dio, but from 7 kHz upwards it has quite a few peaks. Typical W profile (boosted bass, compensated upper mids, boosted high treble).

 

[Ichos]

It doesn't sound like W profile.
Graphs are deceiving, don't judge something without personal experience.

 

[firesign]

It doesn't sound like W profile.
Graphs are deceiving, don't judge something without personal experience.

As you say, every experience is personal. What sounds good to you may sound terrible to someone else.

What is not personal, never, is a graph.

And I have not said that all IEMs with a W profile have to sound the same.
If that were so, most IEMs would sound the same as each other.

Extracted from ran fan comment few pages ago: "becoming W-shaped with plenty of bass down low, and about equal mids and treble".

 

[Ichos]

Graphs are not the golden standard.
They are just a point of reference, actual listening experience is always different.
People value them too much and jump into conclusions without actually listening.
Anyway I am not going to argue, if you like to see the IE600 as W or whatever letter, please feel free to do so.

 

[firesign]

Graphs are not the golden standard.
They are just a point of reference, actual listening experience is always different.
People value them too much and jump into conclusions without actually listening.
Anyway I am not going to argue, if you like to see the IE600 as W or whatever letter, please feel free to do so.

On the one hand, the only comment currently in this thread from a person who has tried them talks about a W profile. On the other hand, the graph clearly reflects that.

As I mentioned before, for me the graphs are the only credible and valid point of reference. But just that, a reference. Of course, for me the only valid one. Simply because any opinion or review is totally personal, based on the personal tastes of the reviewer, and I am clear that my tastes are different from those of most reviewers that I have had the opportunity to read. For example, the reviews of the IE300 on headfi all list it as wonderful, and after buying it and testing it for a week, I found it totally bloated on the bass, and loaded with shrieking, sibilant treble spikes. In short, quite unbearable.

Apart from all this, of course that I like some IEMs that say they have a V profile, and I do not like others. And I also like some IEMs that say they have a W profile, and I don't like others. The same for profiles in U, in L... It was simply a way of expressing it (using "letters"), which are used a lot in this world, nothing else.

 

[Ichos]

On the one hand, the only comment currently in this thread from a person who has tried them talks about a W profile. On the other hand, the graph clearly reflects that.

As I mentioned before, for me the graphs are the only credible and valid point of reference. But just that, a reference. Of course, for me the only valid one. Simply because any opinion or review is totally personal, based on the personal tastes of the reviewer, and I am clear that my tastes are different from those of most reviewers that I have had the opportunity to read. For example, the reviews of the IE300 on headfi all list it as wonderful, and after buying it and testing it for a week, I found it totally bloated on the bass, and loaded with shrieking, sibilant treble spikes. In short, quite unbearable.

Apart from all this, of course that I like some IEMs that say they have a V profile, and I do not like others. And I also like some IEMs that say they have a W profile, and I don't like others. The same for profiles in U, in L... It was simply a way of expressing it (using "letters"), which are used a lot in this world, nothing else.

First thing is that I am reflecting actual listening experience since I have the IE600 for testing.

Then, I do not disagree, after all you already know that only personal listening experience is the one that matters in the end.

My concern is that a lot of people get influenced a lot by the graphs and then their brains gets affected by the graph to hear things that otherwise they wouldn't.

Let's make an assumption - experiment.

A brand releases the "X" new headphone.
Then we select a number of listeners from expert reviewers to everyday users.
They are not allowed to browse into frequency response graphs.
They can listen to whatever music they want but not frequency sweeps or test tracks.
Then we ask them to draw a frequency response graph or narrate their experience based on the listening tests.

I bet that the outcome will be deeply surprising and most of them will not be able to draw the actual line or sufficiently tell where a dip or a peak is.

What I am telling is that frequency response graphs are only valid for establishing a basic line of reference.
Nothing more and don't let them influence your brain.

While reviewing an earphone I try not to browse into graphs.