[fickl3]

Anybody have an idea on the authenticity of these? Recently purchased them from a fellow Head-fi member.

 

[Vesperaudio]

100% fake. Sorry for bad news.

 

[Rob80b]

Anybody have an idea on the authenticity of these? Recently purchased them from a fellow Head-fi member.

Definitely fakes....overall quality is very poor, in fact lower than the two counterfeits I've seen.

The backward "S" is the most immediate and common flag though.

 

[lowendtheory77]

The real question we should be asking in this thread is, who makes the best fakes?

 

[kuebler]

The real question we should be asking in this thread is, who makes the best fakes?

You absolutely nailed it to the point!

But I'm afraid that the reliable flow of easy-to-identify fakes has completely dried out. Since at least 1..2 years. So most probably there will be no answer to your search.

From those times I kept 2 which I carefully selected from app. 5..8 which I tried (most from AliExpress). I'm no longer having source information, and even if I had, it would be useless after such a time.

If despite my pessimism somebody still should still have viable and usable information, I would be grateful and feel tempted to buy me a 3rd, because my "old" ones unfortunately meanwhile have much stiffened cables.

 

[stretchneck]

Thanks for posting - very helpful in determining fake IE800 earphones.

 

[chips2481]

https://www.ebay.com/usr/ryawagne-532?_trksid=p2047675.l2559

Bought from this guy. I only paid $50 for a set that had a bad bottom cord so not too angry. I was able to fix it. They are fake, backward "S" on the both 3.5mm and 2.5mm plugs, cord can not wrap around case and fit in the hole for 3.5mm, and there are multiple holes for some reason. Speaker screens fell off when I picked at them.
Very good sound from what I can tell but highs are tinny sounding, I do not have a authentic set to compare to though and don't own anything more then a pro 50. I prefer them over my pro 50's. Amazing quality on the box and packaging, case is also very good, s/n is etched. I did not even consider they would be fakes as I have sold headphones I repair since 2011 on ebay, the detail put into making it look genuine is just unreal, and something so stupid to have the S backwards.

 

[beaux]

https://www.ebay.com/usr/ryawagne-532?_trksid=p2047675.l2559

Bought from this guy. I only paid $50 for a set that had a bad bottom cord so not too angry. I was able to fix it. They are fake, backward "S" on the both 3.5mm and 2.5mm plugs, cord can not wrap around case and fit in the hole for 3.5mm, and there are multiple holes for some reason. Speaker screens fell off when I picked at them.
Very good sound from what I can tell but highs are tinny sounding, I do not have a authentic set to compare to though and don't own anything more then a pro 50. I prefer them over my pro 50's. Amazing quality on the box and packaging, case is also very good, s/n is etched. I did not even consider they would be fakes as I have sold headphones I repair since 2011 on ebay, the detail put into making it look genuine is just unreal, and something so stupid to have the S backwards.

At this price, you take your own risk...

 

[chips2481]

At this price, you take your own risk...

I paid $50 for a broken set, he has them for $500 or more for unopened sets. So just a warning.

 

[se7en7]

on the real ie800 cables which ever way you look at cable the sennheiser s should be the right way round???

or is that not the case

 

[vrateshpinge]

Any opinion on if these are real or fake? I think these are fake

https://www.ebay.es/itm/AURICULARES...115349?hash=item1ccb503415:g:CREAAOSwZjpceRkr

 

[thefitz]

Any opinion on if these are real or fake? I think these are fake

https://www.ebay.es/itm/AURICULARES...115349?hash=item1ccb503415:g:CREAAOSwZjpceRkr

I think the pics are too low-res to tell. Interestingly, it has the "gold ring" at the Y split when the 2 cables are attached, which is a hallmark of a genuine set. However, the Sennheiser logo on the 3.5mm barrel looks funny to me, and the general cable weaving doesn't look even, and these are hallmarks of a fake set.

Unless I'm 100% positive it's the real thing, I wouldn't do it.

 

[vrateshpinge]

I felt that the Sennheiser logo was also reversed. Can you please confirm that?

 

[eeans]

Maybe a silly question, but should the Sennheiser logo always be the correct way round on both sides of the cables?

 

[Rob80b]

Maybe a silly question, but should the Sennheiser logo always be the correct way round on both sides of the cables?

Yep.