[jwbrent]

Congrats on your acquisition, @jwbrent
! 

Thank you! So far, I'm very happy with them.

 

[cellarbro]

So after roughly a week of burn in, the treble and bass bloat is gone. These things are fantastic sounding. One thing that I did kind of feel was missing was the premiumness of the IEM. I carried the thing around with me and it didn't feel like a 800$ IEM.
 
I finally got around to taking the case out of the box and I must applaud sennheiser for the carry case. It is really nice. It adds to the premium feel and I get the sense of how luxurious and amazing the sound is. The matte leather look kind of reminds me of a high end BMW or Mercedes leather seats. 
 
It adds to the need that I need to baby and take really good care of the headphones and the case because they are both so nice.

 

[jwbrent]

So after roughly a week of burn in, the treble and bass bloat is gone. These things are fantastic sounding. One thing that I did kind of feel was missing was the premiumness of the IEM. I carried the thing around with me and it didn't feel like a 800$ IEM.

I finally got around to taking the case out of the box and I must applaud sennheiser for the carry case. It is really nice. It adds to the premium feel and I get the sense of how luxurious and amazing the sound is. The matte leather look kind of reminds me of a high end BMW or Mercedes leather seats. 

It adds to the need that I need to baby and take really good care of the headphones and the case because they are both so nice.

I haven't played around with the case, but I noticed there were three holes on the right side. I figured one of them is to insert the right angle plug, but what's the purpose of the other two?

Regarding the sound after about 40 hours of play time, I really like them a lot, better than my HA-FW01. The tizziness in the upper frequencies I reported earlier has mostly gone away, and what's left is a purity of detail.

Happy, happy, happy.

 

[harpo1]

I haven't played around with the case, but I noticed there were three holes on the right side. I figured one of them is to insert the right angle plug, but what's the purpose of the other two?

Regarding the sound after about 40 hours of play time, I really like them a lot, better than my HA-FW01. The tizziness in the upper frequencies I reported earlier has mostly gone away, and what's left is a purity of detail.

Happy, happy, happy.

Which hole you use will depend how tight your wrap the cable.

 

[Dobrescu George]

  Which hole you use will depend how tight your wrap the cable.

 
And what direction you wrap the cable in 

 

[harpo1]

   
And what direction you wrap the cable in 

It will only reach if you wrap it one way.

 

[jwbrent]

OK, thanks for the replies about the holes.

I wonder why there aren't more manufacturers using ceramic in their designs. I believe RHA makes an IEM with ceramic enclosures, but I don't recall any others. My Raidho speakers use ceramic for the woofers, but again, I don't recall other makers using ceramic in their loudspeakers.

Too difficult a material to work with?

 

[Dobrescu George]

OK, thanks for the replies about the holes.

I wonder why there aren't more manufacturers using ceramic in their designs. I believe RHA makes an IEM with ceramic enclosures, but I don't recall any others. My Raidho speakers use ceramic for the woofers, but again, I don't recall other makers using ceramic in their loudspeakers.

Too difficult a material to work with?

 
Very difficult to mold properly in very fine spaces and they are somewhat brittle. 
 
Sennheiser's PR stepped on a ie800 during a presentation - they are extremely resistant from this standpoint - but you can't for example drop them on a surface that has a higher durity than them. Like a subway floor.. 
 
 

  It will only reach if you wrap it one way.

Oh, I haven't tested that... 
 
Then it's only for the wrap tension 

 

 

[tracyca]

ALO Audio made the Lyra 1 out of ceramic also, I sent my ie800 in for replacement repair on the 1/13/17 right earbud stop working. Well Looks like UPS lost my package it never got to sennheiser repair. Last scan was on the 1/19/17. This sucks. I know things happen and the world will go on but I do love them ie800's

 

[jwbrent]

ALO Audio made the Lyra 1 out of ceramic also, I sent my ie800 in for replacement repair on the 1/13/17 right earbud stop working. Well Looks like UPS lost my package it never got to sennheiser repair. Last scan was on the 1/19/17. This sucks. I know things happen and the world will go on but I do love them ie800's

I hope they show up for you. Insured?

 

[tracyca]

I hope so too, Sennheiser emailed me the return label. I hope it is insured. I am still waiting on info.

 

[jwbrent]

I hope so too, Sennheiser emailed me the return label. I hope it is insured. I am still waiting on info.

If Sennheiser paid for shipping, it is their responsibility if indeed your IE 800 is lost.

 

[shield]

Does someone by chance has a spare cable ie800 left? Part below the connector. Ofcourse I'll pay.

 

[cellarbro]

best bet is contacting sennheiser and purchasing the cable.

 

[kuebler]

  Does someone by chance has a spare cable ie800 left? Part below the connector. Ofcourse I'll pay.

You can either pay app. $75 at Sennheiser or $15 at the guys mentioned in the post below. If you love exercising psychoacoustics, then I recommend Sennheiser...  

 
http://www.head-fi.org/t/605438/sennheiser-ie800-iems/5970#post_13085626