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Sennheiser IE 900 in-Ear Audiophile Headphones $1359.15 ($1,327.17 eBay Plus) Delivered @ Sennheiser Australia eBay

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Sennheiser IE 900 in-Ear Audiophile Headphones $1359.15 ($1,327.17 eBay Plus) Delivered @ Sennheiser Australia eBay
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ozbs25 on 17/10/2023 - 16:20 ebay.com.au (2029 clicks)
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Full title of item: Sennheiser IE 900 In-ear Audiophile Headphones, Silver Balanced Cables

I hope I got everything correct. I copied a prior deal from the same eBay store and used the store name they used. Previous deal had them at $1919 from Addicted to Audio here.

IE 900 - The precision-manufactured aluminum housing of the IE 900 faithfully protects the dynamic TrueResponse transducers at the heart of Sennheiser’s innovative X3R technology. Experience the peak of German audio engineering and manufacturing with earphones that deliver only the purest, most natural sound.

Features
  • New benchmark in portable audio
  • Ultimate precision & craftsmanship
  • Made in Germany
  • X3R technology: TrueResponse transducer combined with three Helmholtz resonator chambers and acoustic vortex
  • Precision-milled and anodized aluminum housing
  • Hand-assembled at Sennheiser´s headquarters
  • Gold-plated Fidelity (+) MMCX connectors for improved stability
  • Choice of para-aramid reinforced cables (2.5 mm, 3.5 mm, 4.4 mm)
  • Adjustable ear hooks and choice of ear adapters including memory foam
  • Frequency response: 5 Hz - 48,000 Hz
  • THD: 0.05% (1 kHz, 94 dB)
  • Impedance: 16 ohms
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    • AustriaBargain on 19/10/2023 - 21:57

      At this price, I think those headphones own you.

  • 9hundred on 17/10/2023 - 18:02

    you need an amp also for an extra coupla grand

    • eleventyfour on 17/10/2023 - 20:08
      +1

      Strapping vintage speakers to my head. Now there’s an idea!!!

      • caitsith01 on 17/10/2023 - 20:44

        Hence the comment about over ear headphones…

    • zjz93 on 18/10/2023 - 03:15

      Ok, go ahead and wear your open back earphones outside then

      • caitsith01 on 18/10/2023 - 08:25
        -2

        Are people really walking around outside wearing $1300 earbuds? I was assuming anyone crazy enough to buy these would be sitting motionless in front of a headphone amp.

        • Jetkuma on 18/10/2023 - 12:03

          There are people walking around with LV purses, Hermes bags, or rings/gold worth more than 5k. IEMs are meant to be listened to on the move. Hence, you see all those artists dancing on stage and wearing one? Do you see any artists wearing open-back headphones to concerts?

          • caitsith01 on 18/10/2023 - 12:17

            @Jetkuma: So the target market for this deal is… Bono?

            • HulkBroden on 18/10/2023 - 13:16

              @caitsith01: They are tons of working musos and professional kit is expensive in all industries.

    • SvcKpc on 18/10/2023 - 10:43
      +1

      Your "open backed over ear headphones" do not necessarily sound better than IEMs. You clearly don't know much about headphones in general.

      • caitsith01 on 18/10/2023 - 11:04
        -3

        I know a fair bit about hi-fi (I rebuild older amps/speakers/turntables for fun), although admittedly less about headphones/IEMs than other components. I recently did a bit of a deep dive and ended up with some open backed hifiman headphones which are surprisingly fun to listen to.

        That deep dive certainly confirmed my impression, however, that the headphone world is one of the worst for people obsessing over utterly ridiculous and irrelevant details and paying fantastically inflated prices. Like most things hi-fi I bet many of the allegedly critical differences between headphones could not be discerned by the people shrieking about them in forums via an actual blind listening test.

        I know that sort of view isn't popular on this site which seems to attract a, er, certain type of personality.

        Personally if I was going to spend this sort of money on something to listen to music I would definitely prefer speakers first or some over ears cans second just in terms of the actual experience of using them.

    • idonotknowwhy on 19/10/2023 - 20:24

      spend lots of money on something inherently fragile

      Like a new smartphone with a cpu fast enough to open the camera app within 10 seconds yeah?

  • BarneyKB on 17/10/2023 - 18:08

    Man, not sure I'd trust MMCX at this price point, I've had lots of headphones (Shure) have connection problems. Any thoughts from owners of similar earphones?

    • whyisave on 17/10/2023 - 20:03

      The Sennheiser implementation of the MMCX connector is quite good actually.

      I have not had any connnectivity problems
      (but I also use them gently and have not had moments,
      where the cable got YANKED! accidentally )

      It has a small ring around the socket, which "discourages"
      other random MMCX plugs from getting a good fit,
      and so the Sennheiser cable is the the best cable for it.

      Plus, the Sennheiser MMCX can 'rotate' around,
      so this introduces a little bit of flexibility and manoeuvrability.

    • idonotknowwhy on 19/10/2023 - 20:20

      I've had to replace the MMCX on my SE846's twice over the past 6 years (one for each side).
      Had to get the connectors from taobao and use a very thin soldering iron tip, was not easy the first time!

  • shaybisc on 17/10/2023 - 18:11

    The marketing placebo effect - the more you pay the more you enjoy.

  • bhavesh8sep on 17/10/2023 - 18:28

    Cheers OP for making me realise how poor I am!

  • Deals For Days on 17/10/2023 - 18:56

    I don't understand how earphones can be a genuine audiophile option. Over ear/headphones, sure quality etc., but earphones everything is smaller which necessarily means it is much harder to manufacture high quality items. Further, wired earbuds means you get sounds whenever the wires bump or move so they always sound worse than headphones when moving around (even wired headphones the sound of the cable moving is decoupled from the sound you hear far better than with earphones due to the weight of the cable relative to the drivers etc.).

    Unless there's something i'm missing i would just think earphones will always be inferior sound quality to headphones at any given price point, so why would you ever get audiophile earphones when the point is the sound quality.

    • Phesto on 17/10/2023 - 20:19
      +1

      Spent 2 hours in addicted to audio trying out focal headphones because of the steep discount, ended up not really liking any besides the utopia which were too expensive.
      They gave me the ej07m iem's to try and they blew me away instantly.
      Headphones can feel like speakers on your head and you're in a room that's playing music but iem's make music sound like it's coming from within your head, smaller drivers but they are right next to your eardrums.
      I decided I liked bassy iem's and got ikko oh10s for $250, couldn't be happier.
      it's all preference.

  • frugaljerk on 17/10/2023 - 18:59

    At this price point you really should look into getting custom IEMs made up instead…

    • ShortyX on 17/10/2023 - 19:44

      Definitely!

    • zjz93 on 23/10/2023 - 01:59

      There aren't many custom iems that sound this good. JH audio for example mostly sound terrible.

  • OzBestDeal on 17/10/2023 - 19:10

    Curious, would this make a difference if you only listen to Spotify instead of Tidal

    • sqheaven on 17/10/2023 - 19:24
      +4

      CD quality is all that we need, anything above that requires dog ears

      • idonotknowwhy on 19/10/2023 - 20:23

        Yep. Seen all this wanky 40khz response, high-res, etc (when they tracks are highly compressed / normalized modern tracks anyway)

    • whyisave on 17/10/2023 - 20:05
      -1

      Well tuned earphones really do make a difference,
      even if you're streaming,
      but the biggest amount of difference would be from the quality of the source,
      eg. you can use MQA* (from Tidal), or FLAC / WAV files.

      *There lots of videos on Youtube about MQA being snake-oil,
      but more importantly you would need a good enough DAC chipset
      that can "unfold" the MQA files.

      Disclaimer:
      I don't have any experience with MQA
      nor do I care to want to listen to MQA either.

      • snep on 17/10/2023 - 21:44
        +4

        the biggest amount of difference would be from the quality of the source, eg. you can use MQA…

        Disclaimer: I don't have any experience with MQA

        Thanks for clarifying that you have no idea what you're talking about.

    • idonotknowwhy on 19/10/2023 - 20:21

      Yes it would

  • cd-v on 17/10/2023 - 19:59

    Anyone who knocks this down without actually giving a fair shake before passing judgement, should probably avoid consuming anything that's considered above average.

  • DrDan on 17/10/2023 - 20:42

    Good for gym?

  • haru on 17/10/2023 - 20:43

    At this price you can get decent CIEMs

    • Namidairo on 17/10/2023 - 20:56

      You can probably get quite a few pairs of decent Chi-Fi IEM's.

  • PuppieWayne on 17/10/2023 - 20:44

    Free Standard Parcel Delivery

    Ya - Shipping killed this deal.

  • dsesaz on 17/10/2023 - 21:05
    +1

    d😭b

  • mrgeckoz on 17/10/2023 - 22:22
    +3

    81 upvotes and 21 bought.
    More than I would’ve expected to be honest!

    • OzBestDeal on 18/10/2023 - 09:55

      2 years warranty ✅ | 30 days free return ✅

      That's probably what ozbargainers aiming
      Return on day 29

  • jamestas on 17/10/2023 - 23:22

    I’m not sure if these qualify as headphones? ( buds maybe) Also wondering if there’s a typo in the price?

    • whyisave on 17/10/2023 - 23:50

      if there’s a typo in the price?

      No typo.
      I get the same price(s) in the title as well.

  • Jared17 on 18/10/2023 - 02:36

    People seriously buy these? Economy must be doing better than I thought

    • whyisave on 18/10/2023 - 07:59

      I checked now and URL has " (1354 clicks) "

      I checked the eBay listing yesterday and today,
      and the amount sold still hasn't increased.

      On the flipside, the economy mustn't be doing well,
      if "luxury items" have started to be sold at >50% off
      than what they used to be, about a year ago.

  • whitfords on 18/10/2023 - 04:50

    How do these compare to Anko?

  • shaybisc on 18/10/2023 - 10:02

    "They gave me the ej07m iem's to try and they blew me away instantly."

    I'm surprised that they have stick- em-in-your waxy-ear type headphones as demonstrator models in shops. Is that common?

    • starKz on 18/10/2023 - 12:38
      +1

      They have sterilised silicone buds on the side in different sizes generally for testing (at least at minidisc)

      • shaybisc on 18/10/2023 - 18:00

        It's obvious now that you've told me.

  • Jayson Argon on 18/10/2023 - 10:41
    +1

    save yourself a thousand trips to KFC and instead look at a pair of Linsoul BL-01

    • John on 18/10/2023 - 10:48
      +1

      Are you inferring that going to KFC will save you money? o_O

      • Jayson Argon on 18/10/2023 - 10:49

        sorry, i meant mcdonal

        • John on 18/10/2023 - 10:53

          Lol. I’m thinking more in the line of Indomie

  • Baghern on 19/10/2023 - 10:03
    +1

    Did Sennheiser buy out the company that made these earbuds?

    I recall years back a friend showing me a pair of 1500 earbuds, and I recall the name being similar

    I was blown away, took it off after a few seconds, any longer and I would have to buy them

    • zjz93 on 23/10/2023 - 02:00

      Sennheiser made these.

  • jake93s on 19/10/2023 - 18:47
    +1

    IE 900's are seriously good. In a recent trip to Tokyo I was lucky enough to try these out as well as many other 'very' expensive IEM's. the IE900's were my favorite sounding. I tried a few that had asking prices of 4 to 6k aud.
    I personally ended up buying the 'Meze audio Advar,' They sounded quite similar to the IE900's. I bought them on sale for $830.
    At 1350 I still would probably lean towards the Meze Advar. like with buying any audio product at this price. try before you buy.

    • whyisave on 21/10/2023 - 11:46

      IE900 are AU$ 1199 at Minidisc (in-store, Sydney).
      This deal ends by 4pm - Saturday 21/10.

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