Sennheiser IE600 anyone?

[Oldson]

i have not taken the plunge on the ie600, as yet.
struggling to justify the cost new , even when discounted to £499.
cant risk a used purchase, as risk of buying a fake.

so i am looking at other options, inc a full size closed back.

 

[Sebby]

i have not taken the plunge on the ie600, as yet.
struggling to justify the cost new , even when discounted to £499.
cant risk a used purchase, as risk of buying a fake.

so i am looking at other options, inc a full size closed back.

Jump to IE200 and do the nozzle vent modification (simple modification and if you want I'll explain how to do it). From there you'll have an IE600 but slightly less bright. Yes, female voices on IE600 are slightly better, but that's where the differences end.

 

[Ronin]

Hope you have a chance to listen to them before purchasing. I have the IE200 and find them very difficult to get a proper seal. Then they end up bright with no bass.

 

[Oldson]

Hope you have a chance to listen to them before purchasing. I have the IE200 and find them very difficult to get a proper seal. Then they end up bright with no bass.

is this not down to the tips rather than the iem itself?

 

[Ronin]

is this not down to the tips rather than the iem itself?

It is. I went though 7 sets of tips and haven't found one yet that works reliably.

 

[Oldson]

Have you considered the Truthear Hexa:

TRUTHEAR HEXA In-ear Monitor

truthear.com

They are great sounding, have a quite a compact body and cost less than £100.00.

decided to jump on the Hexa in the end.
just could not justify spending the money on IE600.

certainly very different to my Zero2

 

[Count Arthur]

decided to jump on the Hexa in the end.
just could not justify spending the money on IE600.

certainly very different to my Zero2

What do you think of them?

 

[Oldson]

What do you think of them?

physically i hoped they would be a tad smaller, but comfort is ok.

sonically they are much more neutral than my Zero2, which is what i expected given the fr curves of both.
i thought i may find them a bit hot in the treble, but i do not. probably due to my age.
they give me the impression of greater clarity.
tbh , i really like them.
i may try adding a tad more subbass, but at the moment i enjoy them as they come.

 

[PSKTNML]

I'm rocking IE200 with spring tips (ones that came with OG Chu) and I must say, I couldn't hope for more. With this setting I can confidently say that I have found a IEM substitute for all the other neutralish headphones I own. Crazy how well they work even with the Feliks Audio Echo 2 even though the impedance being pretty low! Of course there's tad bit of impedance mismatch which boosts low end but with Apple dongle or straight from my laptop they are so well balanced but not dull. I'd buy these over the other models without hearing them because like I said, these give me the perfect sound I was after!

 

[Oldson]

I'm rocking IE200 with spring tips (ones that came with OG Chu) and I must say, I couldn't hope for more. With this setting I can confidently say that I have found a IEM substitute for all the other neutralish headphones I own. Crazy how well they work even with the Feliks Audio Echo 2 even though the impedance being pretty low! Of course there's tad bit of impedance mismatch which boosts low end but with Apple dongle or straight from my laptop they are so well balanced but not dull. I'd buy these over the other models without hearing them because like I said, these give me the perfect sound I was after!

is the Echo 2 otl or transformer coupled?
i have an Icon HP8 among my amp collection but no chance of using iems with that.
thinking of moving it on now as i only really use my ADI-2 dac.