IE800S is on the Sennheiser Website

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  1. Kunlun

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    http://tinyurl.com/yaqpqhw7


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    IE800S = Drugs ; Drugs = IE800S


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    After 3 days, the earth and sky fell away, I grew wings and tasted of the bread of Sennheiser, and the IE800S had four faces, Man, Cow, Lion, and Axel Grell



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    It's only after giving up bathing that I began to notice, music has a smell, you dig?


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    Have you ever felt that the IE800S was the only thing keeping you from axe murdering everything that lives?

    Asking for a friend.
     
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    The video is even better.



    This is guy is probably the actual marketing executive after a week on the yayo working on this copy.
     
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    sennheiser should be commended for this bipolar awareness video
     
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    On a serious note, look at how far down the Y-split is on our meth-enjoying model friend. They've changed the cable, and the tips as well (complys are now included along with silicones). You'll be able to put these in upside down (which I always prefer on my set of ie800, even though it's a bit tight on those).

    I'll pick up a set of these for sure.
     
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    Order now and get a free shirt:
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    Will the cables still have that neat green stitching on them? I find little details like that endearing.

    My favorite cable right now is probably the Beetlejuice Sandworm cable on the Focal Clear.
     
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    I believe the IE800 cable had a Kevlar weave (as well as Arrakis Spice), so that green stitch was doubly cool.



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    Rumor is Knausgaard was Sennheiser's first choice.

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    There are two things here that annoy me:

    - The fact they removed one of the silicon tips* from the original (the second large one** that had a bit of an elliptical shape; 4 vs. 3 now)
    - 300 euro price increase when this is clearly just a rehash of the original with a new balanced cable thrown in. Why not just retire the IE 800 entirely and replace it with this? At 1000 euros this has a lot of competition. The original was already pushing the limit when it comes to universal IEM prices.

    * Oh and they cost 30 euros per tip (not pair!) as replacement items... The proprietary locking mechanism isn´t that solid either so many will end up loosing one or more. I sure did with the IE 800 at least. At this price they should include a full backup tip selection. They can´t cost much to manufacture.

    ** That was my favorite in the original.
     
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    Did I miss something? How is this clearl?
     
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    Oh brother! That is corny. o_O

    Edit: Do people (other than me) still use the phrase "Oh brother"?
     
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    Same basic design retuned, just a different color? Almost certainly an evolution of the original driver too. Only difference in the official technical data is a slightly wider frequency response (5-46500 vs 8-41000). Same impedance, THD and SPL. Depends on how you interpret rehash though; I just don´t see big enough changes to warrant a price increase over the last version though.
     
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    Wow, that link turns into:
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    http://click.linksynergy.com/deeplink?id=je6NUbpObpQ&mid=42592&u1=j8rbbxw9up0002cl04qjw&murl=https://en-us.sennheiser.com/in-ear-headphones-earphones-ie-800-s-ceramic?utm_source=linkshare&utm_medium=affiliates&utm_campaign=2454844&ranMID=42592&ranEAID=je6NUbpObpQ&ranSiteID=je6NUbpObpQ-PIa1TO6ONrJYlob3uRCV_Q
    
    Whatever "linksynergy" is, it's explicitly blocked by uMatrix. Presumably some sort of affiliate marketing/tracking thing.
     
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    The ie800 has reduced in price now that it has been out 3 years or whatever.

    It's weird to think that Sennheiser would find it a good business idea to bring out a revision for the reduced price of the original.

    But sure, iem prices have gone crazy.​
     
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    I think "Oh brother" is an appropriate response. As are "WTF were they thinking?" and "What drugs were they on and where can I get some?"
     
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    Reduced price? I think that´s where our misunderstanding comes from. The IE 800 was, in the beginning, much cheaper in the EU and is still more or less around the same price as it was originally. I bought mine for around 700 euros when it was released. It´s still the same price. It never was 1000 euros here like the new model is. It´s only recently that Sennheiser started maintaining the dollar = euro price conversion in practice.
     
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    Don't know how the OP arrived at a URL with indirection and references, but here is the direct link:
    https://en-us.sennheiser.com/in-ear-headphones-earphones-ie-800-s-ceramic
     

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