Sennheiser IE-8 Headphone Reviews

Tested on:
- Cowon D2 mp3 player
- PC with Sound Blaster X-FI

- requeres burn in (very nasty sound for the first hours of play)
+ Excelent Isolation -> very nice sound at very low volume (risc of damaging the ear are lower)
+ Sound clarity/precision Excelent, ideal for clasic music entuziasts
+ travel box with silicon cristals absorbs humidity from the earphones
+ no distorsion at very high volume (i don't recomend using them at high volume)

I bought the phones one year ago and i used them allmost on a daily basis. I recomend them to audiophiles.

MY TEST SETUP:
MP3-player: Sandisk Sansa Fuze
Music: FLAC
Amp: Portable FiiO E5

- easy to drive with an MP3 player (you don’t have to turn the volume high)
- extreamly wide soundstage
- not ideal for bicycle because the you hear the wind-noise. The main reason for this is the big plateshape of the speaker’s back
- but the advantage of this shape-form is that you can lie on your side (sleep-rest-chill effect in bed is superb)
- in the first 3 weeks (at average use) the bass is too much, even if you turn the trigger at minimum, but don't be afraid because the burn-in will help a lot
- burn-in time (100-200hours) is annoying but it makes wonder (basically i don’t care about this)
- strange to put the half-ring on your ear (it takes a lots of time but after practise you can handle this faster)
- lot's of detail
- Flac is significantly better than MP3 (320kbit/s)
- expensive but very-very good value
- extreamly high clarity -> not so warm sound signature as iGrado (not so much texture)
- high notes are amazing (i hear even the highest notes supernatural and relaxed-sounding)
- bass is rounded and detailed
- very comfortable


i would say for the sound signature: direct sounding bass monster with highfreq-clarity out of this world and huge soundstage

My Ety ER-4S has no chance...