[omega1990]

No need to apologise, great write-up.


I find it easy to believe that a cold IEM would sound off and need a bit of time to warm up so I agree with that more than burn in.

You don't like planar's, IEM's or Headphones? I happened to be reading your review while listening to my Oppo PM-3 and thinking, I bet Omega1990 hasn't tried these.

I didn't see what tips you are using on your ie900?

I have tried the following planars: T+A solitare P on a HA 200 amp, meze elite, rosson rad 0 and have own/owned the following planars abyss 1266 phi tc, diana v2, lcd 24, lcd 4, solitare p-se, hifiman he6sev1. Out the three I tried I did not walk away thinking I had to have them or was particularly wowed. Out of the ones I own/owned, the closest to being happy with a planar are the 2 I have left, the lcd 24 and lcd 4 using the audeze king amp and schitt folkvangr, but they are next on the chop block if I feel like selling anything next. I have not tried planar iems yet.

So far my feelings toward planars is really a preference thing and I respect anyone who finds satisfaction with them as I do acknowledge they achieve exceptional technical performance. From what I've read I still wanna try susvara, the final d8000, and the new yamaha planar could be worth a try. Still gotta get a zmf planar the caldera as I've never been dissapointed with their dynamics!

Also I used the silicon stock tips for all my iems. I'm not a iem aficionado, so I have really no experience with all the variety of tips that are out there.

The sennheiser IEM’s are severely downgraded in my book for not using a standard iem cable connection. Love the sound of the ie900, but the cable connection is why I won’t keep them long term.

Totally understandable. With my post being already so long I do agree the cables pick up outside taps and movement like a doctors stethoscope. However, it did not ruin the experience for me.

 

[Vladimir_F1]

Sorry for the long post,

Thank you for the long post

 

[RoninChaos]

If you are 'brave' and remove all the foam from a stock tip, leaving only the silicone nozzle and wax guard, some tips will fit over the top. I do this with spiral dots and get the best of both worlds.

Do you have a picture of what this looks like? I’d love to try this. The spiral dots are sooooo comfortable.

 

[dgjl]

Do you have a picture of what this looks like? I’d love to try this. The spiral dots are sooooo comfortable.

 

[OneEyedHito]

Speaking of tips, I find the stock silicone tips to be too muffled and warm for my preference. Crushed the mids to my ears.

Once I switched tips these opened up a lot more and are incredibly enjoyable for music to me. Ordered a set of Z1R to compare them against today (David v Goliath from a size perspective) and am hopeful for the comparison but if I don’t love the Z1R or the fit is too obnoxious then I’m content with the ie900 with music for now. They were relinquished to my gaming set before the tip swap.

Sold my U12T and Mest MKII that were recent acquisitions due to the enjoyment from these ie900 now.

 

[Nostoi]

Long shot, anyone know of an IE900 compatible MMCX to 2-pin adapter?

 

[OneEyedHito]

Long shot, anyone know of an IE900 compatible MMCX to 2-pin adapter?

Ordered these OEAudio adapters from Musickteck, if they don’t fit directly I’ll cut some of the plastic off as I had to do on my Antlion Gaming Cables. Easy enough with exacto knife and some care.

https://shop.musicteck.com/products/oeaudio-0-78mm-2pin-to-mmcx-adapter?_pos=5&_sid=0ce2cc1cc&_ss=r

 

[Nostoi]

Ordered these OEAudio adapters from Musickteck, if they don’t fit directly I’ll cut some of the plastic off as I had to do on my Antlion Gaming Cables. Easy enough with exacto knife and some care.

https://shop.musicteck.com/products/oeaudio-0-78mm-2pin-to-mmcx-adapter?_pos=5&_sid=0ce2cc1cc&_ss=r

Thanks, sir. Was actually looking at just these ones. If I may, I'll wait for yours to arrive so you can test them.

 

[RoninChaos]

Thank you @dgjl.

Sorry for the dumb question but I’m a bit confused on how you got this to work. Did you cut the stock tip to just leave the part in the picture and then put the spiral dot over it?

 

[OneEyedHito]

Thanks, sir. Was actually looking at just these ones. If I may, I'll wait for yours to arrive so you can test them.

Absolutely. They’ll be here Tuesday and I’ll report back. If I forget feel free to tag me or on me.

 

[dgjl]

Thank you @dgjl.

Sorry for the dumb question but I’m a bit confused on how you got this to work. Did you cut the stock tip to just leave the part in the picture and then put the spiral dot over it?

Yep. Exactly that.

 

[quicklytoo4]

any good reasonably priced cables that match the look and properly fit? I've been looking and haven't found anything yet.

 

[Nostoi]

Absolutely. They’ll be here Tuesday and I’ll report back. If I forget feel free to tag me or on me.

Any luck with the adapters?

 

[Nostoi]

any good reasonably priced cables that match the look and properly fit? I've been looking and haven't found anything yet.

Plenty of options, depends on your budget?

 

[MarkParity]

Today's "almost"-portable setup, well its battery powered anyway