[Vitaly2017]

Out of interest are there any concrete timelines on shipping of preorders from the Sennheiser website?

From I was told and its a message that pops at you when you done with preorder, will start from june

 

[ericpalonen]

@ericpalonen

I forgot to ask how much sound isolation does this new ie900 offers? For me isolation is very important I am in a very noisy environment.
I need minimum 20db.

Up to -26 dB passive attenuation above 1 kHz, stock tips.

 

[Vitaly2017]

I think the upcoming Etymotic EVO might be just what you need instead.

I am not a big fan of super deep insertions and Q-Tip style ear buds.

They look scarely deep

 

[InvisibleInk]

I am not a big fan of super deep insertions and Q-Tip style ear buds.

They look scarely deep

There are tips, such as the Westone Starlines, that make for a much more comfortable experience. And, the passive sound isolation is second-to-none.

 

[frix]

How much does one earpice weight without the cable vs. the IE300?

 

[a-LeXx]

There are tips, such as the Westone Starlines, that make for a much more comfortable experience. And, the passive sound isolation is second-to-none.

Couple of questions that someone from Sennheiser may be able to answer.

1. Do they leak sound when listening at high volume? The thing is, many DD-designes do, and would disturb my wife in bed next to me. And an IE900 has pretty large vent holes.
2. What happens if you close those vent holes by e.g. a pillow when lying on your side? Would it have a negative impact on the sound?

And a last question. I‘m actually from Germany, but there is not much of action happening there in terms of IE900. Sennheiser did not even post a single message or anything on hifi-forum.de, German online community that also offers a headphones section (there is no separate German headphones community). Why is Sennheiser neglecting it‘s own home market, with only communication happening on the international platforms?

 

[ericpalonen]

How much does one earpice weight without the cable vs. the IE300?

IE 900 = 4g without the cable
IE 300 = 4g without the cable

 

[jmills8]

Couple of questions that someone from Sennheiser may be able to answer.

1. Do they leak sound when listening at high volume? The thing is, many DD-designes do, and would disturb my wife in bed next to me. And an IE900 has pretty large vent holes.
2. What happens if you close those vent holes by e.g. a pillow when lying on your side? Would it have a negative impact on the sound?

And a last question. I‘m actually from Germany, but there is not much of action happening there in terms of IE900. Sennheiser did not even post a single message or anything on hifi-forum.de, German online community that also offers a headphones section (there is no separate German headphones community). Why is Sennheiser neglecting it‘s own home market, with only communication happening on the international platforms?

Good questions. For me I just go to a bedroom I created just for me. Its decorated with posters of bikini girls and Rock bands.

 

[ericpalonen]

Couple of questions that someone from Sennheiser may be able to answer.

1. Do they leak sound when listening at high volume? The thing is, many DD-designes do, and would disturb my wife in bed next to me. And an IE900 has pretty large vent holes.
2. What happens if you close those vent holes by e.g. a pillow when lying on your side? Would it have a negative impact on the sound?

And a last question. I‘m actually from Germany, but there is not much of action happening there in terms of IE900. Sennheiser did not even post a single message or anything on hifi-forum.de, German online community that also offers a headphones section (there is no separate German headphones community). Why is Sennheiser neglecting it‘s own home market, with only communication happening on the international platforms?

Great questions.

1. Relatively, no. But if cranked to an uncomfortable level you might hear a weeeeee bit of treble. If you're listening this loud may your audiologist be well compensated.

2. Only if the pillow actually dislodged the earpiece and thus modified the coupling.

We're always looking at the various forums, websites, communities, etc. We wish we could be in all of them but have to direct resources appropriately. We will continue to monitor other channels, however and that could change in the future. Thx for the suggestion!

 

[Chris Kaoss]

Good questions. For me I just go to a bedroom I created just for me. Its decorated with posters of bikini girls and Rock bands.

And your wife is slipping to her "Baywatch/Magic Mike "- bedroom instead??

 

[jmills8]

And your wife is slipping to her "Baywatch/Magic Mike "- bedroom instead??

Ha , nice , actually I wish she would. Shes more like a robot. Oo my extra bedroom has a 60 inch TV too and a small fridge.

 

[Chris Kaoss]

Ha , nice , actually I wish she would. Shes more like a robot. Oo my extra bedroom has a 60 inch TV too and a small fridge.

Sounds like well thought interior.

 

[Evshrug]

Urgh I already have a 64Audio U12T for referential listening and the IE 900 looks tempting. Iam a sucker for minimalist yet elegant looking design like this one. Read through reviews, but can somebody help comment on the "fun" factor of this IEM? I know it's bassy, but will it throw off somebody who's familiar with the resolving capability of the U12T?

If you don’t mind me not comparing to the U12T (partly because it would be bad form for one sponsor to rate another sponsor’s product, but also because I haven’t heard a U12T myself), I feel there is enough of a u-shape in the IE 900 to kick up the fun factor when a song calls for it. Just yesterday, I was listening to the IE 900 with this track (and eventually, the whole album), and I was experiencing a weird effect where my mind was being tricked into feeling the bass on other parts of my body.

Your Mileage May Vary, of course, but I feel pretty confident that people will agree the IE 900’s bass is quite visceral. If you know Yosi Horikawa’s music, you know that a large portion of his songs are made up of field recordings, and I suspect he uses binaural microphones or even head-shaped microphones to do so, and that his recording quality is immaculately clear. In my mind, Horikawa-san spends a lot of time in a sound-proofed and treated basement, throwing ping pong balls and tearing paper all day. I think it’s this resolution in the recordings (conveyed by the IE 900) that contributes to this sense of hyper-realism, all the grit and texture that tricks me into feeling like I am in Horikawa-san’s studio and it is only natural for me to be feeling the bass.

Actually, I want to replace my excellent Xelento due to be unable to buy a protection grille, as I broke it in trying to clean it.
Let's hope Sennheiser services are better than Beyerdynamic for parts selling when necessary (Tips, Grille, Cable).

One thing that I’m noticing about the IE 900 and IE 300, it appears that both the nozzle AND the included tips include a protective grille (and foam?). So, I don’t think my cerumen is going to get down into the IE 900’s nozzle, and in fact changing a dirty filter will be as easy as changing Sennheiser tips.

If you need to change the filter inside the IE 900’s nozzle, though, I have so far had pretty good success with Sennheiser’s service department, either for myself (I just remembered! I need a fresh headband pad for my HD 800!) or when I hear back from other customers after I refer them to the CS department.
I bookmarked this link, you are welcome to as well: http://www.sennheiser.com/customer-service

@ericpalonen

I forgot to ask how much sound isolation does this new ie900 offers? For me isolation is very important I am in a very noisy environment.
I need minimum 20db.

If you don’t mind me not being Eric
I’m still waiting to hear what the average spec figures are, but I recently experienced a practical example. With the IE 300 (similar ergonomics as the IE 900, and I’m literally using my small IE 300 tips so I keep my ear gunk off of Eric’s IE 900), I decided I wanted to listen to music while mowing the lawn. “Whole Love” by Wilco, if you’re curious Now, I have a Ryobi battery powered lawn mower, which I would guess is 6-10 dB quieter than a gas powered mower, and I set my music volume BEFORE I started the mower so I wouldn’t be tempted to set the music too high... but I was totally able to mow while jammin out! There were a few points where my mower automatically throttled up for thick grass and the song was a little more mellow, and I could hear the buzz of the motor, but there was also one point where I got to the end of a mowing line, turned around, and saw that I would have to redo my last line. The battery had died, and I had kept walking

To hazard a guess, I would say there is somewhere between 20 and 26 dB of isolation (obviously a little less against the penetrating powers of longer wavelengths), and maybe I’m estimating conservatively. So it’s pretty good, and the IE 900 isolation will have been informed by Sennheiser’s PRO IEMs which are intended for stage musicians.

You may still be able to hear the roar of a tiger through your IE 900. Which, I’m sure you would agree, is probably a good thing for safety But you should be able to enjoy music and ignore more mundane things.

 

[xenithon]

I feel pretty confident that people will agree the IE 900’s bass is quite visceral

If you don’t mind me asking, how do you find long term ear fatigue? It’s one thing I’m cognizant of (though my ears are particularly sensitive) - especially with large DD bass profiles loading the ear canal.

 

[misteral201103]

Ha , nice , actually I wish she would. Shes more like a robot. Oo my extra bedroom has a 60 inch TV too and a small fridge.

You live in a one bedroom apartment in Wan Chai. Your "extra bedroom" is your living room/kitchenette where you sometimes sleep on the couch. Your "wife" is a XiaoMi S6.
This spartan existence is the price you pay for such a heavenly collection of audio gear!