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c00kiemon5ter · 08-27-2010, 12:51 PM

Finally got round to joining after reading/lurking for quite some time

Having bought a fair few over the ear headphones over the years I am desperately trying to find quality warm/bass sound IEMs.... So ....

I bought a pair of Sennheiser IE7 from ebay and arrived today. Box turned up with missing parts ( no case or cleaning tool ). Then tried them and I know they need burning in but compared to my Sennheiser CX550's ( which also needed burning in when I got them last year ) the IE7's sound completely flat and with zero bass. Some have mentioned that they do not fit well in the ear and so bass is worse etc as a consequence...

But after reading some great reviews of IE7's and how even out of the box the sound is quite bass heavy ( great forum here btw ! ) I am at a loss as to why my ones sound awful.

Anyways luckily at home I can still enjoy my Grado SR80s until I find the right IEMs.

I am ideally looking for quite bass heavy warm sounding IEM's. Any recommendations ?
Appreciated any help !

c00kiemon5ter · 08-29-2010, 08:12 PM

I think after the last debacle of buying IE7's from ebay I am going to invest in something better from hifiheadphones instead.

Tricky thing is whether to go for:

Audeo PFE 112 Perfect Fit Earphones in Black (PFE-112)

or

WESTONE UM2

or

SENNHEISER IE8

Am getting some IE8's for me other half so might just try them first then decide

geoffbrecker · 10-23-2010, 09:44 AM

Yeah this is just a simple matter of trying them out.

Let us know which way you went.

08-27-2010, 12:51 PM	#1 (permalink)
c00kiemon5ter Headphone Newbie Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Sennheiser IE7 Finally got round to joining after reading/lurking for quite some time Having bought a fair few over the ear headphones over the years I am desperately trying to find quality warm/bass sound IEMs.... So .... I bought a pair of Sennheiser IE7 from ebay and arrived today. Box turned up with missing parts ( no case or cleaning tool ). Then tried them and I know they need burning in but compared to my Sennheiser CX550's ( which also needed burning in when I got them last year ) the IE7's sound completely flat and with zero bass. Some have mentioned that they do not fit well in the ear and so bass is worse etc as a consequence... But after reading some great reviews of IE7's and how even out of the box the sound is quite bass heavy ( great forum here btw ! ) I am at a loss as to why my ones sound awful. Anyways luckily at home I can still enjoy my Grado SR80s until I find the right IEMs. I am ideally looking for quite bass heavy warm sounding IEM's. Any recommendations ? Appreciated any help ! Last edited by c00kiemon5ter; 08-27-2010 at 08:19 PM. Reason: Correction

08-29-2010, 08:12 PM	#2 (permalink)
c00kiemon5ter Headphone Newbie Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Going to get something else from hifiheadphones I think after the last debacle of buying IE7's from ebay I am going to invest in something better from hifiheadphones instead. Tricky thing is whether to go for: Audeo PFE 112 Perfect Fit Earphones in Black (PFE-112) or WESTONE UM2 or SENNHEISER IE8 Am getting some IE8's for me other half so might just try them first then decide

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10-23-2010, 09:44 AM	#3 (permalink)
geoffbrecker Headphone Newbie Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Yeah this is just a simple matter of trying them out. Let us know which way you went.