REVIEW! Sennheiser IE 300 - BASSY buds

I've spent a few weeks with Sennheiser's latest $300 IEM, the IE 300. The name and price are just a coincidence. So how do they sound? Let's talk about it, but spoiler, they got bass.

00:00 Product info & Pricing
01:35 What's in the box
02:20 Build quality
07:35 Fit & Comfort
10:20 Sound signature
13:25 Sound: What I don't love
15:10 Sound: What I do like
16:50 vs. Moondrop Blessing 2
17:50 vs. JVC FDX1
18:55 Conclusion & Rating

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#SennheiserIE300 #SuperReview

[r-g-s]

I saw the older videos and had a few reservations about the quality of the videos. But damn man, the channel has come a long way!! This looks rich. And like a million bucks.

[cadmiumpureland]

The IE300 is not bad at all. The stock ear tips have a little piece of sponge in it which acts as a filter. This will cut back some of the treble which can cause sibilance and add some warm to the mid as well. I find the stock tips are meant to give u the perfect sound for the tuning. U change to a 3rd party ear tip u are changing everything. The top treble has sparkles to satisfy treble heads and the bass to satisfy bass head. The mids is ok to me, they have the crispness and details as well. U can’t go wrong with this iem.😊

[producersproducing]

Great review! I picked up a pair of these a few weeks ago and absolutely love them. I've always tended to air more on the 'rich/bass leaning sound' and these have fit that perfectly while still offering great detail and personally for me the best fit I've had with IEMs. I've tried the Polaris v2 and IKKO OH10, both of which sounded great but I could never get a good fit, seal no matter how many different tips I tried, which I can't even tell you how many I went through. The size / form factor the 300s + their sound make them a super winner for me!

[nihalguron]

Thank you for including the comment about sleeping with them. That’s one of the reasons I’m changing earbuds😅

[garygriffiths]

You should do a ranking list of iems :)
Really enjoy your reviews

[HOTSPEEDMike]

Got them for 140$ Amazon prime day. These are keepers because of tonality, of which Sennheiser is known for. No recessed vocals for me if that was the case I would return them. Listening on silicone stock tips size medium gets me perfect seal. Love the big powerful balanced sound with lots of microdetail retrival. These have some bass emphasis, but not so much so as you claim them to be. I've heared much bassier-boomy IEMs thankfully these are not that.

[HiFiGOAudio]

Would love to see how these compare with FD5 in my collection haha. Thanks for your honest review.

[BarRYK]

Feeling that tshirt! thanks for the review!

[richardlaub]

Love these when they work Have had to send back two pairs to Sennheiser for repair (They just send a new pair) because their is an issue with the connection between the earbud and the cable connection. It will start with static and then cut out from time to time before completely dying. The first pair lasted 8 months after using them once a week. The second pair had the same issues right out of the box. I think it has something to do with the proprietary cable Sennheiser uses. I'm waiting on the third pair to arrive.

[TomerBenDavid]

+1 for small sleeping buds I also prefer oval shaped small buds forget they are on ..

[jimawhitaker]

Mark about eartips. Do you have a recommendation for new ones for the IE600 I like many others can't use the supplied ones?

[koolthing]

These are like 200 now so I wonder how they stack up next to the kato, elixer, and timeless types

[jaxtaylor]

I just purchased these IEM's. Can you link the tips that are shown installed on them?

[Gioandriolo]

excuse me, what was the name of the ear pads your're using in this review? thank you!!

[SuthesanSA]

I am not Expert, but the ear tips it self is the tuning of the IEM? Like if you use other Ear tips compared to the include that contain the tune of the IEM, it will change the signature right?

[arar]

Hi, the only iem experience i have worth mentioning is blon bl03, can you please explain ie300 compared to it, i don't care much about vocal performance but does it atleast have the midrange performance of blon bl03? and how much of a difference is there in resolution, sound stage and imaging, my playlist consists of mostly electronic music like techno, do you have any other better iem recommendation suited for this type of music in this price range ? (note: i dont like bl03 for electronic music either, but i like Sennheiser cx180 which is a cheap iem and technically way worse than bl03 but i like the tuning, and i am assuming ie300 is a better version of that)

[NicolasKaniak]

What would you rather choose? IE300 or Fiio FH5?

[dagohoyting]

How long have you been sleeping with the iem before it broke? I just need to know.

[OhDearBabajan]

if you were a video editor who really wants to hear the audio dynamically, if sound effects were important, would you get the blessing 2 or the IE 300? Or even the IE 900 that just dropped. Thank you!

[DenisDamulira]

I'm getting this as my daily driver, love that bass selling the Final A4000. UM MEST for home listening.