Kazaam
Well-Known Member
The ER6i's finally arrived a couple of days ago.
I think they'll work for me, but I do wish the bass extension were deeper. I think Etymotic says that the -3dB point is at only 50Hz, so I knew not to expect much, but still I had held out hope for slightly more satisfying bass. However, since I've read where sleeve fit can affect overall sound, part of me wonders exactly what frequency I'm hearing when the bass disappears. (Is it even reaching down to 50Hz?) And so I'll probably grab a test CD in a few days when I get back home and give it a check. That said, what bass I'm hearing is nice and definitely NOT boomy.
As for treble frequencies, I really like the ER6is. Nice and clear. As an interesting experiment, I happened to have some Hewlett-Packard earbuds in my laptop case and I compared those HP throw-in's to the ER6i's. The HP earbuds sounded surprisingly enjoyable with nice treble and similar bass levels as the ER6i, but the Etymotic IEM was still the overall winner. The HP's sound seemed slightly 'colored' whereas the Ety's seemed more 'pristine'.
Now I'm trying to decide which sleeves I like best. I like the triple flanges way more than the nasty, rather porous foam sleeves that Ety included. They both sounded more-or-less the same. With that said, I plan to hopefully get some Shure 'olive' foam sleeves and see if I like those before I settle in on the flanges permanently.
Sound isolation abilities of the Ety's (with the flanges) should work well enough for me. There's a dehumidifier that makes a crapload of noise and, in my experience, inserting the IEM's cuts its droning hum significantly. Maybe not by quite as much as my foam earplugs, (those claim 31dB reduction), but it's effective nonetheless. My "tests" were essentially going back and forth between the IEMs and the earplugs, but it was hardly scientific.
For kicks and grins, I checked to see if those Hewlett-Packard earbuds did anything for noise-isolation. They didn't block any of the outside noise, of course.
I think they'll work for me, but I do wish the bass extension were deeper. I think Etymotic says that the -3dB point is at only 50Hz, so I knew not to expect much, but still I had held out hope for slightly more satisfying bass. However, since I've read where sleeve fit can affect overall sound, part of me wonders exactly what frequency I'm hearing when the bass disappears. (Is it even reaching down to 50Hz?) And so I'll probably grab a test CD in a few days when I get back home and give it a check. That said, what bass I'm hearing is nice and definitely NOT boomy.
As for treble frequencies, I really like the ER6is. Nice and clear. As an interesting experiment, I happened to have some Hewlett-Packard earbuds in my laptop case and I compared those HP throw-in's to the ER6i's. The HP earbuds sounded surprisingly enjoyable with nice treble and similar bass levels as the ER6i, but the Etymotic IEM was still the overall winner. The HP's sound seemed slightly 'colored' whereas the Ety's seemed more 'pristine'.
Now I'm trying to decide which sleeves I like best. I like the triple flanges way more than the nasty, rather porous foam sleeves that Ety included. They both sounded more-or-less the same. With that said, I plan to hopefully get some Shure 'olive' foam sleeves and see if I like those before I settle in on the flanges permanently.
Sound isolation abilities of the Ety's (with the flanges) should work well enough for me. There's a dehumidifier that makes a crapload of noise and, in my experience, inserting the IEM's cuts its droning hum significantly. Maybe not by quite as much as my foam earplugs, (those claim 31dB reduction), but it's effective nonetheless. My "tests" were essentially going back and forth between the IEMs and the earplugs, but it was hardly scientific.
For kicks and grins, I checked to see if those Hewlett-Packard earbuds did anything for noise-isolation. They didn't block any of the outside noise, of course.
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