[StryGR]

Quiz. Is it real or fake?
 
http://www.ebay.ie/itm/321848751269?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

 

[BensonTT]

  Quiz. Is it real or fake?
 
http://www.ebay.ie/itm/321848751269?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

FAKE!! Real ones dont come in plastic wrap..

 

[chawya22]

  Quiz. Is it real or fake?
 
http://www.ebay.ie/itm/321848751269?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

The first clue that it's possibly fake is the box is shrink wrapped.

 

[StryGR]

But he provides... proofs!

 

[H20Fidelity]

Quiz. Is it real or fake?

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/321848751269?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

For an IEM of this value I will look at every single eBay listing as fake, regardless. Even if I'm assured with some receipt or a blessed Angel from heaven whispered it's genuine in my ear. Only buy from an authorised Sennheiser dealer.

 

[Dobrescu George]

   
The X5 II's treble will get smoother after some break-in, no worries! But it's still slightly more prominent than on the original X5. And then there's james444's mod. 

By the mod, do you mean using a non-woven piece of material?
 
I have come to love this treble now. It was lack of sleep what broke my mood back then.
 
I also like that it is dead silent, no hiss, no background noise, not nothing. I am selling my E12A at the moment, due to how great X5II sounds. Ie800 is a diamond now, I just have to listen at resonable levels. Listening too loud distorts sound,.. I wonder what is too loud.
 
 

  Would you say that IE800 could compare sonically with a well-driven HD800 or Hifiman HE-6 (my reference headphones)? 

 
They have similar levels of detail, and micro detail, but Hd800 is a soundstage difference. 
 
In rest, ie800 is worthy to be compared with hd800. I had not heared He6.

 

[Marat Sar]

Got mine suspiciously cheap too, around 300 eur. But they passed the authentication and sound great. So great in fact that if they are fakes then who cares. (But they aren't) 

 

[JaZZ]

  By the mod, do you mean using a non-woven piece of material?

 
That's the wording from the original mod. I use loose wool fibres, with great success. Does that count as non-woven? It doesn't decrease the treble at all, just makes it smoother, more linear.

 

[chawya22]

  Quiz. Is it real or fake?
 
http://www.ebay.ie/itm/321848751269?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Did you notice that at the bottom of the listing, the seller will charge you 50GBP ($76.53) if you return it unsealed. So if you find it's fake, the seller still thinks he's going to make money. Too many warning flags. 

 

[baritone]

Originally Posted by StryGR 

Quiz. Is it real or fake? 

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/321848751269?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

the box is a fake box
looking at my original sen box you do not see any picture under the number "800 " as shown in the ebay picture

 

[mikey1964]

the box is a fake box
looking at my original sen box you do not see any picture under the number "800 " as shown in the ebay picture

What do you mean? I'm looking at my box, and it looks exactly like the one in the pic, except mine didn't have shrink wrap, merely two plastic seals at the bottom sides of the box. I can assure you, mine's the real deal.

 

[holden4th]

If they are the same type of plastic seals as on the IE80 box then they are there for a reason. Very hard to replicate because once you pull those seals out they don't go back. This would prevent a box being reused (and looking genuine) and hence the shrink wrap.

 

[Dobrescu George]

  the box is a fake box
looking at my original sen box you do not see any picture under the number "800 " as shown in the ebay picture

The picture looks original, but original box has sharp edges, and is not wrapped in plastic. 

   
That's the wording from the original mod. I use loose wool fibres, with great success. Does that count as non-woven? It doesn't decrease the treble at all, just makes it smoother, more linear.

I do not remember if you use Ie800 around the ear or straight down, but I have been experimenting, and I got to asking myself, is it better to reverse left and right if wearing over the ear? For me, it seemed to calm the treble and make it more linear. 

 

[JaZZ]

  I do not remember if you use Ie800 around the ear or straight down, but I have been experimenting, and I got to asking myself, is it better to reverse left and right if wearing over the ear? For me, it seemed to calm the treble and make it more linear. 

 
That's possible. Reversing left and right channel for over-ear use is one solution to preserve the correct driver angling; another one is accepting another loop in the cable (that's mine). Not easy with a cable that short, but it just works (and a little better with the slider removed).

 

[Vesperaudio]

To wear it over-the-ear (with "stock" driver angling) and keep the right stereo sound you need to invert stereo channels. There are 2 ways to do this. 1. to find softplayer that will provide this feature, if you use iphone or android-based devices. Neutron used to have it. 2. To replace cable jack.