Sennheiser Pro Audio In-Ear Audio Monitor, IE 500 Pro Smokey Black Smoky

I personally owned 4 pairs of iem like Sony ier m7, AKG n5005, n40 and fender fxa7. It has the best clarity among all of them.This iem focuses on bass and mid construction. Bass of the iem is pretty punchy, vocal is spectacular for this iem. Treble probably has less energy, but it’s still very clear. Tonality is great. it has the brightest and widest soundstage among all of my iems. It is even brighter than my n5005. Overall this iem is very balanced, crystal clear and bright. You will never feel bored with this iem on.Moreover, this earbud sits in my ears so well, this is the lightest iem among all of my iems. Thumbs up for this.Isolation is okay. But it is not the best compared to my m7. The Sony ier m7 has the best noise isolation.One of the point which I really don’t like is the design. It looks cheap and it gets scratches very easily. I have seen some pictures of the clean version of this ie 500 pro, personally I think it’s really awful to look at. Therefore I bought the black version.If you don’t care about the design of this iem, and you want the best clarity and vocal in this price range, I highly recommend this iem to you. It never disappoints me.Is it worth this price? I would definitely say YES.

400 dollar set of buds and driver came unglued after only a few months of use. Seller refused to help ! Poor product even worse service. Sucks do not buy these

These are by far the best earphones I have ever heard. The closest thing I have been able to compare them to is the Sennheiser HD800SDR (modded) but the IE500 Pro has much better bass and narrower, more intimate imaging but does not lose out on speed and detail retrieval. Sennheiser claims their tuning for this earphone is "non fatiguing" and I would have to agree. When playing from a clean source, the music sounds every bit as detailed and bass extended when it's at low volumes, as it does when I have the source playing at almost ear deafening volumes. Sennheiser has had no interest in making an armature earphone because the technology was never meant to create music but to create narrow frequency bands in hearing-aids. Developers of multi armature systems have a very hard time overcoming the inherent technical difficulties of a multi-speaker design. This development of Sennheiser may help many others experience incredibly dynamic sound at safe levels but for me, it only means that the louder the music is, the more emotionally engaging and aurally immersive it becomes, as not a hint of distortion or struggle from the 7mm XWB to keep up with the details was ever picked up by me. This is the same technology introduced with the IE800 in 2012 but now in 2019 has been perfected. Thank you, Sennheiser for your tireless research into the pursuit of perfect sound and musical excellence.

I've used other Sennheiser in-ear monitors before, but I was interested in these specifically for singing live. The way these are tuned in (at least with my voice's characteristsics), they interact really well in allowing the vocals to cut through, without feeling harsh.I also feel WAY less "separated" from the music I'm playing versus my experience with other headphones. Paired with a solid headphone amp, you're going to have an awesome time going back into recordings you've heard before, and finding a whole range of "space" to listen to!It was definitely really scary to spend more money than I've spent on basically any piece of gear that wasn't an instrument, but to be honest, I feel like I've found my perfect match with these in-ears. They're looking like a permanent addition to my rig.

This in-ear is so insane. I never would imagine that I would pick most of the flaws that musicians made during the recording session in an earphone. The range exposed where musicians trying to hide. I could hear the hidden instruments more clearly, and this will make you smile when you notice the music has ANOTHER LIFE that you never know it before although I use my equalizer in iTunes. You're gonna notice the gap between better the singers and their recording instruments (microphones) much clearer.The guitar and every drum in the drum sets will be more pronounced than normal earbuds. The sounds of them extend a bit longer that you'll know the difference. You cannot hear much of the difference in YouTube or Spotify until you listen to songs on Apple Music with an equalizer, and that's the fact.One complaint is that the S sound is sooo prominent, so clear that it's going to distract you a bit.

First, the good. They have decent resolution and soundstage for the price I paid ($300). Tonal balance is to the dark side, but not wildly so. Here’s my problem with them… They fall apart. I put a pair of Comply TX-400 tips on. Decided to remove them. The nozzle pulled out of the housing. Sent them to Sennheiser for repair, used them for a while with the Sennheiser tips, but when screwing with the Comply tips, the same thing just happened again. They fit a little more snug than stock, but the nozzle shouldn’t pull straight out of the body. Twice. I’m really disappointed. The bodies are just cheap. I’m glad I got them during a price drop and didn’t pay today’s prices for them.

The audio quality on these in ear headphones is absolutely pristine. These were my first single driver professional monitors so I must say I was skeptical.Noise isolation (not cancellation) is very dependent on using the right in ear bud attachment, it comes with plenty of options to choose from, so test a few in similar conditions to your usual set up.The bendy wire that wraps around your ear is very hard to keep in one shape, so expect to fiddle with that, a lot. Best solution I've come up to remedy this, is to clip your in ears to your shirt to reduce movement altogether.