i don't know about the IE600 but i can say that it punches above the IE300 for sure, espescially considering the price for it. ironically i bought the IE300 (new) cheaper than the IE200.

they are competing for sure as they are in the same price bracket. I like the z12 but you can surely hear the planar metallic sound to it sometimes and the treble on the z12 is spicier than the ie200. I think sennheiser hit a sweet spot with this one, it can definitely compete with chi-fi iem in the same price bracket.

so far no connector issue for me.

they are competing for sure as they are in the same price bracket. I like the z12 but you can surely hear the planar metallic sound to it and the treble on the z12 is spicier than the ie200. I think sennheiser hit a sweet spot with this one, it can definitely compete with chi-fi iem in the same price bracket.

my source is apple dongle, qudelix 5k, zorloo zuper dac pro, and the fiio K7. they use the recessed connector.

the ugly one :)

in my experience albeit limited, you won't lose significant performance if you get the 200 rather than the 300. I have both and the 200 is more fun and smooth than the 300. the 300 can sound muffled at times. vocal sounds clearer on the 200. the 200 is much closer to the harman curve, with a sennheiser treble.

the cable on the ie200 is paper thin.

i'll take the microphonic everyday rather than the connection issue, which is still best of the worst. why can't sennheiser make a decent cable????

it has a microphonic effect on the cable. the top part of the cable that connects both iem has a very noticable micrpphonics effect bu the bottom part which is most likely underneath the shirt is not very noticable

yes they have filters on them

it just arrived so i'm listening to it while writing this. the dual tuning is certainly interesting. the cable is okay, it has some memory to it but very very lightweight. when i put this on i don't feel like i am wearing anything.very very comfortable. it has no connection issue like the ie300 which is a big plus for something half the price of the ie300. this thing is so fun to listen to. overall very happy with it in my first impression.

edit: if you decide to swap out the tips, placing the tip for the second tuning option will be harder, the stock tips have something in it that hold the tip in place.

spinfit w1 is also a good alternative. i like the w1 build better because it has a hinge like structure inside so it fits more comfortable. it also grips!!

so the point of oratory1990 is to be as near as possible to the harman curve? and the measurements that we see is relative to the measurement tool as well then? what is the margin of error on a measurement rig?

i'm sorry for the stupid question but if every headphone are tuned to the harman target, won't everything just sound similar? isn't the point of different headphone is the different sound each one produce or is there something i'm missing?

if you want a t2 with 2 pin getg the dlc version, people said it is good

say thank you

almost every android phone has a limitation that whatever quality of your media is, it will always be sampled to 16 bit 48 kHz. So all your 24 bit 96kHz, 16 bit 44.1 kHz will all be sampled to this. Unless you are using UAPP or use exclusive mode on tidal, both with an external dac, the sampling to 16/48kHz will always happen on most android phones. the external DAC will be used to process the signal without being resampled by the phone and it will be transparent.

mmm bro the salnotes zero, chu, cadenza etc. literally costs less (?) what you don't understand of what i'm trying to say is the t2 were considered the best for its price a couple years ago, but today, 20$ IEMs are better than what it was a couple years ago, even better than the t2. so don't think too shallow and think that we want the newest things with the highest cost, it may be just you that think that way.

enjoy!!

they are not forgotten, just a legend of a different era of IEM.

that's dank

the galaxy buds have tips on them and you can even change the tips out for 3rd party tips or whatever so that it can give good isolation. if you can outside noisr that means you're on ambient mode, put it into the normal mode without anc and ambient node and with a good fit ot will block out noise as in your regular iem, ANC cancels out sound using a processor which uses pattern, that means regular noises will be canceled out better. this applies to very tws and some will be better than others. ofcourse it's not comparable to b2d because they are twice the price. while the buds have bluetooth, anc, ambient mode, microphones, etc. at that price point some sacrifices will be made. even more expensive tws suffer the same problem, which is bluetooth.

OP literally just compared a $160 TWS to $300+ wired headphones. well done!