Fake AliExpress Sennheiser IE300 IEM Teardown.. Are they too good to be true?? 🤔🧐 

Thank you for the insight! I'm not a friend of diy/fake IEMs at all, but also testet one of the ie 900 diy out of curiosity. There're some versions in the chifi market, got one with the special mmcx connector and no box whatsoever for round 70,-. (btw: hard to give any 'recommendations' if you don't know what knockoff you get). Interestingly the resonance correction around 8k worked good with the clone I received, this is remarkable. Needless to say, the frequency response is not close to the original, but to be honest, not this bad that you can't get it smoothed out with some easy EQing and then it's a pretty good and comfortable IEM in the Aria range. (But not worth / necessary to put upgrade drivers in it IMHO) Big problem is the fake market where more or less private people try to sell diy types for real ones. Every 2. offer feels fraudulent nowadays ... We will see if it'll stay this way in the future. Hope not so, but also think sennheisers IEMs are way overpriced for the most part and just image items for many. But the construction with a good 7mm and the resonance chamber against the peaks is a superior way to get the job done. (still prefer dynamics over BA and planar cause of the 'timbre')

Great detective work Hi-Fri. It looks like they spent more money on the paperwork packaging etc than they spent on the iems.

The word you're looking for is *counterfeit

Hey, I stumbled across this video while looking at the "DIY" ie900's and I'm interested in doing that mod that you mention. Do you have any tips, or any links I could follow for the people that have done it? I haven't been able to find anything, and I feel like it could make for some really good IEM's for the same price as the IE200's.

IE300 has a texture to it. Those look very smooth and shiny. IE300 is not glossy, it's muted. Anyone who has ever owned an IE300 would immediately tell it's fake, but I could see it fooling someone with no prior experience.

A real ie 600 teardown is something I'd love to see. It's tuning matches my preference for most music

Would have been great if you had an original to properly compare it with.

I feel like a fool thinking they were real though I did twig before they arrived in the post from China. Anyway one good thing is I really really like the size and comfort and I think the cable is very good as well, the way you can mould it around your ear, though you have to do that each time you put then on. Now I'm on the hunt for a genuine pair, can't decided between IE300 or IE600.

19:31 i think what you mean is the ie 200 with the dual tuning ability to have more bass or more flat tuning with position of the nozzle vent. I dont think the ie300 have that

The link is not working, what was the name of the store to not buy them?

ie900 from ali claims that they use the same x3r drivers and I have huuuuge doubt. I hope you can do the teardown for all the fakes for us. this has been one of the most helpful information I haver saw or read from the interent. thank you sooooo much!!!! wishlist: Se846, Se535, ie500 pro (some even claim, sound quality is almost upto 98% of the original, which i believe is a complete hogwash)

I actually like my ie300(legit).They sound detailed although they are V shaped,Soundstage is A+,and most important to me is that they sound natural Just sold my timeless because they sound not natural And yes this looks like fake as hell not even close to the legit ie300,the legit one has glittery paint like my HD 650 and the legit box has Sennheiser original sticker on upper right side

I have the real IE900 and the fake IE900 and everything is crappy on the fake ones, the sound, the wires, etc etc, but actually the Chinese silicone ear tips work better than the real Sennheiser one! Go figure.

Great teardown. I got the fake ie900 last year, too. I miss the bass but otherwise pretty decent for the price. Let me know if you tear it apart. IE 300 is now sold and supported by a different organization called Sonova Consumer Audio. I still hope Sennheiser will see this teardown and support you with some originals. Keep up the good work.

Can I know the cost of a custom IEM made by you with 5 to 8 drivers with a sound signature close to your liking? I adore your channel and your work. When I can't sleep, I watch your videos; before I know it, it's morning.

Your homebrew IEMs looked like palm trees on the faceplate. Pretty neat actually.

Hey, there has been some Campfire/Alo Solaris iems popping up. I was wondering if you could do a teardown and maybe a review of one of those. They're diy/replicas looking from their price tag, but would be interesting to see.

I was waiting forr this. Or better the 600. I am going to watch it right now ❤

The nozzle hole for the bass leak is the IE200, I don't believe the real IE300 has this, I don't have the IE300 but there are no reports of it while it's widely reported on the IE200 (generally as a pointless gimmick). I do have the real IE200, it actually does have these "L1" and "R2" markings on the nozzle, with the number following the letter, so I suspect they are on the IE300 and copied from the real thing. IE600 doesn't have these.

I love reviews that talk about how fast shipping is and not the product. It's like shipping was fast but product is shit

The real one has this type of nozzle that I think all iem should have the single or double captive cut from inside that gives them the quality of sound

I'd be curious to buy a IE200 then rehouse it into a metal shell form Aliexpress. Do you think it's doable?

Thank you for the review

Nice. I thought you’ll be comparing it as well to the authentic unit side by side, but thanks.

That set of blue alien ear customs where a hot mess I still can believe they sent those out the door

Jesus Christ ! I looked at that graph and it looks like all bass and hisses

I'd to know how do you measure the ear frequency on PC

Do a video on ie900 also thank you

The cables are not as good as the real Sennheiser wire and the connectors are not as good, either.

Awesome video. Thanks a lot. I saw them on ali and of course i was curious. Glad that i didn't buy this crap 😂

I have a question for you man, please help me

Please do ie900 review

Thank you, very interesting. I recently have had a budget, half priced new IE900 on Ebay (original Sennheiser MMCX connectors) which sounds so good, so dynamic and extended I thought it must be original. I then have had a original IE600 too which I like too and pairs quite well, more V shaped and punchy, less airy and defined compared to IE900. Still I wonder if I could have had such a Momentum geared fake one. If it is it sounds so great, though ....

Is it worth the price?

Nice video Brow

Just get on with it

HOW do they SOUND?

2:00 nice

Scheißheisser that's what are. Haven't seen a diy custom monitors yet. This is really cool what do.

Did you ask for refund for these fake Sennys ?

interesting to compare these to my ie200, especially when you talk abt the suspicious lettering on the nozzles that supposed to have the "bass-bleed" vent; only the ie200 hv that feature afaik. So the shell is probably genuine too minus the suspicious lettering and botched quality.

The word you were looking for is forgery.

Quick? its 34 minute dude..

you say replica I say theft

Fake IE800 are like $8 on Taobao lmao

I see these not as fakes but a variation of the IE series hahaha

If they manufacture the case, the eartips, and the cables...why doesn't tell you they also made the earphones too???

I just send you a message on facebook but you didn`t repond me 😎

please measure them Im curious what theyre like