Review: Vision Ears VE8 – Perfection

3. Cable

The cable that comes with the Vision Ears VE8 is a basic/standard cable and not an aftermarket one. You have the choice between a black and a transparent version. It’s a 4-way cable with a basic split and a straight plug and it comes with a Velcro VE-labeled cable tie hooked to it. The over ear “memory” part is achieved by using a short pre-shaped plastic sleeve.

The stock cable is non-microphonic, light and very comfortably. Sonically it doesn’t do anything special but it certainly is a good cable. I myself quickly replaced it with Effect Audio’s Leonidas cable which improves the VE8’s sound even more. While the stock cable is pretty good I have to admit that I at this price level, for a TOTL monitor, expected a little bit more than a cheap generic cable. I didn’t expect VE to go the ARES II-way like Jomo Audio did with the Jomo Samba 8-driver, but something more would have been nice. Then again, the Vision Ears VE8 comes with a huge amount of accessories already.

4. Price & Accessories

Vision Ears is King when it comes to accessories, it’s that simply. The VE8 comes delivered in a nice personalized hard case (paid option). The box is hand packed by Amin and he even leaves you a personal message on the wrapping.

Inside the box you’ll find the largest number of accessories:

  • Stickers
  • A cleaning tool
  • A cleaning spray
  • A cleaning cloth
  • A 6.3 to 3.5mm adapter
  • A pair of dry caps for storage
  • Two leather personalized cable binders
  • A user guid

 

The Vision Ears VE8 is well equipped but it does come with a rather hefty price tag. The VE8 starts at €2330 and that’s without any special personalization options. The VE8 is the most expensive monitor in my CIEM collection but in its defense you do get a perfectly built custom in-ear monitor that sounds nothing less than sublime.

5. Customer Service

Vision Ears invites everyone to come see them in Cologne (don’t forget making an appointment) and if you’re in the neighborhood I can absolutely advise you to do so. The VE guys are very nice and they will help you with all your requests and questions. If you can’t make it there in person you can always check out their easy to use CIEM configurator on their website and to see how your ultimate set of VE’s will look like and what the price might be.

I didn’t follow the normal ordering process so I can’t comment on this.

6. Sound

The guys from Vision Ears describe the new VE8 sound signature as follows:

“Powerful sound with overwhelming precision and clarity. Extremely tight and precise bass with crystal clear and smooth highs and a brilliant harmonic mid-structure”

The VE5 that we reviewed has less mid presence and it is extremely strong with vocals, so I was quite curious to find out how Amin and Marcel tuned the brand new VE8, especially as their communication was focusing so much on the “mids”. And to be honest, the Vision Ears VE8 is everything they said it would be.

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4.4/5 - (23 votes)
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Lieven is living in Europe and he's the leader of the gang. He's running Headfonia as a side project next to his full time day job in Digital Marketing & Consultancy. He's a big fan of tube amps and custom inear monitors and has published hundreds of product reviews over the years.

8 Comments

  • Reply May 2, 2017

    david

    great review, hope you can review the ibasso it03 iem.

    • Reply May 2, 2017

      Lieven

      Thank you. We will but the Turkish FedEx confiscated our sample…

  • Reply May 3, 2017

    Adam

    Hi Lieven
    I have been a loyal reader of your articles. So it’s really delightful to see you comment on ve8 ,which I have also placed an order for. It seems like that I have made a sensible choice XD.

    The article seemingly to be the first all-round review on ve8 with incredibly comprehensive and lively content.I wonder if I could transfer this brilliant article and share it with my Chinese friends. I will absolutely post the origin and author of the article.

    Thank you ????

    • Reply May 6, 2017

      Lieven

      Hi Adam

      Please check your email 🙂
      You’ll love the VE8!

  • Reply May 6, 2017

    Lord Sinister

    Excellent review. Thank you.

    Can you please compare to the Kaiser Encore and Campfire Andro? Thanks in advance.

  • Reply February 22, 2018

    Each

    Great review. How about the VE8 with the Mars?

    • Reply March 1, 2018

      Lieven

      also good, especially for vocals but lighter body over all, I prefer Leo

  • Reply April 19, 2021

    Spie

    Out of curiosity, do you still have them?
    And if so, what do you generally consider a safe listening volume on SE or Balanced with the VE8 for all day listening? I don’t have the tools to measure dB levels and I’m curious about this 🙂

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