Sennheiser IE 80

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• 10 stars

  Excellent as expected

  by vaqar001 on August 8, 2012

  Pros: Excellent Sound Quality

  Cons: Useless supplied accessories which have no use compared to what you paid for.

  Summary: After enjoying the IE8's for almost 3 Years without any problems except for a cable change, i managed to sell them off and wanted to know what sennheiser did ...

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  Summary: After enjoying the IE8's for almost 3 Years without any problems except for a cable change, i managed to sell them off and wanted to know what sennheiser did with the new ones. Just got the IE80's poped them in and well well well what to say.
  First of all i would like to mention that IE8's out of the box were crap & even sounded bad compared to my CX300II's. Then after a very long burn in they really showed their potential but thats not the case with IE80's as out of the box they are spot on and ready to rock and ofcourse with further burn in they will improve a bit. Any how coming towards the sound.
  
  My first impression when i heard the IE80's at its default setting was how clean the highs were in a way you can say that the highs are more refined now. Mids are as gorgeous as they were on the IE8's and the sound stage is again same & amaizing as the ie8's. but since im a like bass it was time to crank up the bass. At the maximum level there is no sign of the infamous bass hump that the ie8's had which now gave more room to sub bass & highs. so over all you can hear sparkling highs and dashing deep bass. The mamximum bass setting puts some weight to your music giving it more life & warmth while keeping the music highly detailed & instrumental seperation is evident all around. the lowest setting brings out the clean & fresh highs and mids and giving the sound a more refined and crystal clear touch.
  
  Was it worth the upgrade? It was a slight enhancement to the sound but yes it was worth upgrading to some extent. As far as the whole package is concered a previous ie8 owner does not get much. its the same accessories supplied which mostly you dont use ever in your life. I never used the carrying case of my ie8's ever and kept using the pouch i got with my cx300II's, never used an ear bud other than the only one which fitted my ears, Never used the ear clips, never used the shirt clip. I know every thing is based on personal preferences but truly you dont need these things at all. you save and protect them all these years for nothing.
  
  Any how that being said i really would recommend any one to go for the IE80's as you will not be disappointed. Leaving aside the useless accessories provided in the package the real factor here is sound and its truly amaizing for bass lovers or one who enjoys natrual sound. so i would give 10/10 to the sound quality but 1/10 to the whole accessories package as the price you pay for the useless stuff that comes with it is just absurd. But alas nothing can be done about that. other than that you will really enjoy them. Go for it :O)

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