*New* Sennheiser IE-900: Flagship in-ear REVIEW 

Is it just as you expected? Or it barely met your expectations?

no one would have that experience, unless they used to smth like le jardin

its very impressive and no reviewers would 'spoil' the sound

The hemps are awesome but you are paying for the look, if you want higher quality go the 325x, if you want bragging right and got some extra change go hemps.

that was just their consumer section, they still own the professional and audiophile sections afaik

@@starplatinum96 The audiophile stuff is part of the consumer section. They only kept the professional business

The acquisition from Sonova should lead to more freedom, I think in a year's time we will see some pretty cool new products.

@@starplatinum96 Nope, the audiophile products are included in the sale.

The reason I pulled the trigger on HD 660s

They will improve with a better downstream source, like a Neve RNHP Headphone Amplifier and a serious DAC (I have a Topping DX7pro, which isn't made anymore) I am so happy with this setup. iPhone is OK, but the IE900 deserve better, as you do, too! 🎉

Sounds like a good purchase. Can you compare it to the (also single DD) Beyerdynamic Xelento iem at all?

@@keithb5612 Yes, I own both, so thats no problem at all. I just need more time to give a good take on a comparison - to not talk bs so to say

Would you say that the BASS is big in your home BASE?

@@dasboss9111 Thanks. It would be great to hear your comparison thoughts on the Beyerdynamic Xelento iem.

Having owned ie800 and now Campfire Audio Atlas, Xelento feels rather underwhelming when auditioned them. I was expecting more from Tesla drivers. Congrats on your having enough disposable income to afford ie900.

If you're looking for an open-back option, the Phillips SHP9500/9600 are always considered to be good choices. For an IEM, the Moondrop Starfield is a good option as well. I think you can get both the SHP9500 and the Starfields for under 200 dollars.

Honestly, for me the k361s are my preferred long listening session cans (over my elegia, hd58x and fideliox1). The best upgrade to a stock k361 is a well EQ'd k361 :)

Get an amp first.

A small portable amp like the qudelix 5k is honestly enough to powerful anything, especially with it’s balanced 2.5mm jack. It’s also not that expensive for such a nice package

If you haven't gotten into open backs, the 58x is probably the best choice. Though, the monolith m570 is $200usd on amazon USA. I much prefer these, but they need a beefy amp like my thx 789.

I would like to

no buy it before sennheiser stop producing it

I owned the KZ ZS10 Pros briefly-when my IE 800 iems we’re damaged! I then did a lot of searching for a new earphone. I bought The KZ ZS10 it was surprisingly close-amazingly close! sounding to my once costing $1,000.00 Sennheiser IE 800. That I purchased from Amazon for $788.00 I bought the KZ ZS10 Pro for my Son, brother and best friend, to help give them an idea! of what an expensive flagship model earphone sounds like! The KZ ZS10 Pros are incredible sounding for their low price of $50.00. I have since bought another IE800 on EBay for $212.00 The IE900 will only be about 10 to 15% better than my IE800. The law of diminishing returns.

@@SONJOY77721 Since my comment I purchased the ZS10 pros.. duuuuude.. these are by far the best earbuds I ever owned. I hear sounds and frequencies in music that I cannot hear in my regular Astro A40 TRs. The cable that comes with them kinda sucks, I got the version with the mic, the mic kinda sucks because it only works if you're holding it right up to your mouth. I since bought a tripowin cable without the mic and it's perrrfect

@@Jdawg0529 Alright! so glad to hear that you pulled the trigger! on those bad babies.

I am planning on picking up the IE 300s what's your experience with them

LOL yep that's me

wait what, i need a quick rundown

👌

Got them. Better sound in all stages.

Nobel khan encore, andromeda, jh 13v2

Same here in Germany. 299 vs 1299€. Think he got it wrong with "more than double the price" 😂

@@MisterFDF what's your experience with the IE 300 planning on getting some

@@stgeorge4559 great sound and comfortable fit. Didn't like the ear hooks, though. But that's just a personal preference. What made me ultimately sell them was the extremely microphonic cable. Couldn't stand all the noise there. Other than that, very good sounding wired earbuds.

@@MisterFDF thanks appreciate it

For the price that Senn is charging this should NOT be happening. Long since lost faith in Sennheiser :/

@@jopar3292 They cost $2,100 AUD in Australia

What about the ie600?

How do these compare to the Final Audio A8000?

Does IE 300 have that problem too?

Yeah such as HD650, its default response curve sounds so weird. EQ it then bam, a very impressive headphone.

its not your own v-eq thing w max bass, highend vshape sounds pleasing and adds more 'highend feel'

Dude... Crinacle has rated thousands of IEMs

oh no

itll shookt you

Final audio VR3000

its a refined ie800, in many ways, and delivers, sounds like flagship, totl, from huge audio company such as sennheiser

I compared them today with my campfire solaris 2020. I Was a bit disapointed. They need a lot Power and i missed dynamic and punch. With my AK SP1000 i was on maximum Volume(150 3.5). I was definetly disapointed und can not understand all these reviews.

Surely the Solaris outclass these anyway? They are more expensive than the ie900’s after all - I know not all value comes from the cost, but CA tend to be the pinnacle of you paying for what you get - from what I’ve heard all CA Ken’s are fantastic! Only reason I’m leaning more towards the ie900’s myself is long term comfort. I sometimes use my Shure’s for 4-5 hours at a time so the majority of CA stuff just wouldn’t work for the intended long term use

@@bipadyhow in my mind the Difference wasn't 200 Bucks. It feels like 600 to 700 Bucks. If you Listen to snare drums or Piano, the comparison of the dynamic, the punch and "Sound Flag" ( Don't know the exact Translation of Sound Flag, maybe you say Echo) was really big. For me it was outclassed. I played Midnight Blue /Kenny Burrell and Aja / Steely Dan.

@@bipadyhow I have both. The ie900 are more comfortable technically but I can listen to the 846 longer. I get air fatigue a lot faster on these then any other iem for some strange reason. It’s not like the high are so high that it’s causing it. But idk it’s sounds very smooth but fatiguing at the same time. They are better then the se846 I can say that. I will also add that they did sound underwhelming at first and during audition but in my experience that’s do to tips most of the time and when I got a good seal they sounded very very good. I changed the air tip and solved the problem but I would still like to try others, as it could be these tip that causing the fatigue. I own jh audio 13 v2 and andromida but not the 2020 one along with this and the 846

Personally prefer IER-M9 sound wise. If you’re a bass head, IE900 is class leading along with Z1R

depends on your budget the cheapest would be unique melody mext

mini mest isnt enough for pros imo

I own the ie300 and i can only use the Sennheiser connector cables

I'm not an expert, but if you want wired IEMs, I'd highly recommend something by KZ, they are a very budget friendly brand and stuff like the kz zs10 pros are lauded by everyone who gets them as hitting way above their price range of about $40 US, and i myself can attest they are great for the price, sound better than any true wireless buds I've used, including high price stuff.

They need it because the IE900 blows the HD800S's away

i know immediately that its limited

IE600 didn't exist yet back when I released this video.

7mm

@@Kirko_bangz Thank you! That's what I was afraid of... Anything under 10mm just doesn't sound as rich or full in my opinion. Pass.

@@warpathh u haven't heard many good iems with a smaller than 10mm driver then.

@@michaelgilbert7841 rofl there’s a specific reason that most IEMs have a driver that’s larger than 10mm. You can’t skirt physics my friend… I like deep, rich bass and smaller drivers will not produce that as well as larger drivers…Period. Go be delusional elsewhere or do some of your own research.

well get a set of headphones, IE on the other hand produce rich detailed sound than what headphones produces. ​@@warpathh

The IE900 are totally better in every way.

@@BillKinsman have you tried them ?

no go for ciems

I would go for IE600 instead.

it will

Mostly audiophiles and high end consumers Edit: if you’re an editor and need an IEM there’s always blessing 2 DUSK

@@DMS3TV thank you for the feedback...what other IEM offerings by Sennheiser would you recommend? Would you say this is better than the blessing 2 DUSK?

i recommend their headphone 820s or smth

Of course I tested it with a DAP, but there’s not much point really. Phones are just as good for something this easy to drive if the phone has a quality DAC.

@@DMS3TV could you tell me which (IE300/900) is better for normal phone to drive?

@@ficklenesscal7775 I got my ie900 with a Dragonfly cobalt DAC a few days ago, the IE900 sound amazing, but i've tested the DAC for hours to see if it can make the sound any better, I couldn't hear any difference at all.

@@arbeloss5205 so u meant you hv tested the IE900 with phone "alone", then u add DAC to it, the difference is not big, right? I can't really relate ur comment to mine question.

​@@ficklenesscal7775 that's correct, no difference at all, phone's DAC can handle them easily, ur not gonna need any DAC or amp to drive them.

For comfort, the IE900. Sound quality, the Z1R.

@@versaleyang sound wise the ie900 wins in terms of timbre over ier-z1r mup. Ie900 especially has better imaging and seperation ove the ier-z1r. Ier-z1r still got the better frequency response chart needing less eq touch ups.

IER-Z1R blows these out of the water as far as I'm concerned. The IER-Z1R is one of the best iems ever made. Check out crinacles list if you need a "tier list" of sorts

@@drewdidonato8594 Wow I didn't know he ranked the z1r's so high. Literally S tier lol

@@blitzkreig000 yesss, I have them and they are truly amazing. The fit is wonky for some people though

@@drewdidonato8594 Nice, I have a set too but was wondering if I should sell them for the ie900. Guess I'll be sticking with the Sony's lol Btw what source do you use for them?

@@blitzkreig000 honestly it depends what I'm doing. If I'm feeling like a pocket brick then I'll pair my phone to an idsd micro signature and run off that. If not, I'll throw a usbc to usb adapter into a dragonfly cobalt just for the simplicity and size. Works pretty well 😂

Mmm i actually never brought a Sennheiser headphone, the only ones i tried is AKG which sounded normal or boring but realized i loved the details but was ear piercing on some of them. I wanna try Sennheiser because of how good the headphones are expecially the HD800s according to the reviews.

It's matter of taste. I never liked Sennheiser sound either, and their products never really had the price to performance ratio. Now that the consumer audio business has been sold off, it's probably a good idea not to touch Sennheiser products for a while anyway.

Flagship IEMs for gaming are for plebs. I casually use my HE-1 on my Gameboy Colour.

@@dannybos7024 The HE 1 is not really portable, so my question was meant seriously. 😉

@@vancybergoth Oh oops. No but it’s fine for gaming. Of course you’re sacrificing imaging and staging, but the sound is good.

@@dannybos7024 Don't worry, i thought the joke was funny. I used the Focal Elear for Switch gaming for a while until I had a defective driver and sold the Elear after it was repaired.

You joke, but the 3d imaging of flagship Sennheiser iems make great gaming iems. They let you experience gaming ambience with VR-like immersion. This is for being lost into the game; not for competitive gaming that probably need exaggerated footsteps and such.

Are you trying to blow your ears out?

@@bart1534*Skull

it is