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April 10, 2005

Etymotic ER-6i earbuds for iPod

Just got these last week and they are amazing! As much as getting the iPod was an amazing improvement to my life, so these are on top of that.

What's good about them

They isolate outside noise very well. I'm already a heavy user of foam earplugs as I find I am inordinately sensitive to noise in a number of contexts. I use Howard Leight Max Earplugs, in case you are looking for some pretty effective ones. The foam tips for the ER-6i are smaller than the usual foam earplugs I use, and more comfortable. But they feel comparable in the amount of noise they block out. For comparison, the Leights are rated at 33db reduction and the ER-6i are rated at 27db. I walk for exercise and when using the Apple earbuds it was very annoying because, when listening to a radio show or a talk, if a car went by it would prevent me from hearing what was said. Not a problem any more.

The sound is amazing. I keep hearing things that I've not hear before in music I've listed to a lot. With the Apple earbuds I would change the EQ settings on my ipod and wondered whether there was any difference. When using the ER-6i there is a clear difference in EQ settings. The sound is so pleasurable that it's got me listening to a lot more music for the sheer sensual pleasure of it!

What could be improved

You hear any jostling of the wires. I have to wonder, since Etymotic has such obviously talented sound engineers, whether it was a cost cutting effort that prevented them from including some better coupling of the wires to the earbuds to reduce this. The clip that comes with is helpful - if you are wearing something to clip it to. But this will be a problem when walking in the hot summer.

Related to the transmission of sound from the wires to the earbuds, when the wind blows, and not too much wind at that, you can hear a whistling sound transmitted by the wires. An unfortunate resonance. You can avoid this somewhat by arranging the wires so that they hang closer to your head - I drape them over my ears and this helps somewhat.

Posted by alanr at April 10, 2005 08:40 PM

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