Going out with a bang

The German company goes back to basics with this in-ear and CliffJoseph reckons that can only be a good thing

- Cliff Joseph

DETAILS

PRODUCT Sennheiser IE 300

ORIGIN Germany/China

TYPE Wired in-ear headphones

WEIGHT 4g (without cable)

FEATURES

• 7mm transducer

• Detachable 3.5mm cable

• Claimed frequency response: 6Hz-20kHz

DISTRIBUTOR Sennheiser UK

WEBSITE en-uk.sennheiser. com

Now that its consumer division is owned by Sonova, a Swiss company best known for hearing aids, the IE 300 could be one of the last products that’s produced by the traditional family-owned Sennheiser business. In some ways, the IE 300 harks back to the company’s earlier headphones from the pre-Bluetooth era. The in-ear design is more modern, but the IE 300 is a purely wired headphone, with no Bluetooth or active noise-cancelling. I can live without those features, although the lack of an in-line volume control is perhaps a touch more irritating.