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Reviewed By marcus(Audiophile) From middletown Review Date 06/14/2001 Overall Rating  5 of 5 Value Rating 5 of 5 Rate this review? Price Paid: $270.00 from Headroom Summary The last reviewer (nancy) has no idea what she's talking about. While it is true that at first the white eartips are uncomfortable, the foamies are very comfortable, and after a month or so of listening the white tips are unnoticable and sound better than the foamies.The sound, ah! the sound! These sound better, more open and more accurate and quicker and more effortless than any speakers or headphones i've heard, including Senn HD600s, martin logan prodigy and B&W 802s. Nancy is obviously not an audiophile and obviously does not know what accurately reproduced music sounds like. These are transparant phones, and if she hears tinniness, it's in the recordings or the associated electronics. Oh yeah, these sound much better with a dedicated headphone amp such as those built by Headroom. I have a Total Airhead and it sounds great. These phones are also extremely durable and i have dropped, sat on and thrown around these headphones and they worked fine. Don Wilson who works at etymotic has even washed his etys with his jeans and after a filter change they worked fine still. All in all, a top notch audiophile product and the best value in high end audio Strength sound quality, isolation, durability, everything!Weakness maybe too much isolation at times, microphonic effectWould you like to Comment? Join audioReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Reviewed By Nancy Marinelli(Audio Enthusiast) From Rochester, NY Review Date 05/11/2001 Overall Rating  1 of 5 Value Rating 1 of 5 Visitors rate this review 1.00 of 5, 5 votes Rate this review? Price Paid: $200.00 from Audio Review classifieds Summary Imagine wearing a vise on you head with 2 tin cups as ear phones and you get an idea of what these headphones are like. I got headaches wearing them and the music reproduction from my CD player was so bad I seriously had to double check to see that these weren't hooked up to an old 45 rpm record player.Painful to wear and painful to listen to - avoid these - I wish I did. Nancy Strength Build qualityWeakness Sound reproduction, comfortWould you like to Comment? Join audioReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Reviewed By Ryan Merrill(Audiophile) From Dallas, Texas, USA Review Date 05/02/2001 Overall Rating 5 of 5 Value Rating 5 of 5 Rate this review? Price Paid: $225.00 from Sage Arts Summary For those looking to be complety connected and absorbed by their music these are the cans for you. The isolation, while great, is not their strength however. The sound produced by these little guys is absolutely amazing! These are all about accuracy. The sound is tight and controlled across the board. The soundstage is magnificent, leaving you with the feeling that you're on stage performing. Some would say that the bass is lacking. I find it to be anything but! While you don't feel the bass against your ear, you do hear it very well. In some cases I could actually feel the bass reverberating within my ear canal, especially with the foam eartips. Not until I purchased these had I really unserstood what it meant to be an audiophile. Listening to cymbals crash off into infinity with the utmost clarity is a pleasant experience. I had never really heard a consistent, and clear, high hat either. As far as construction goes, etymotic uses the strongest plastic they could find for the application. And besides, if they do break, they usually repair them for free. If you want true audiophile sound, with the utmost accuracy and detailed presentation possible, along with sound isolation to boot, then you can't go wrong with the etymotics.Strength accuracy, control, separation, and isolationWeakness noneWould you like to Comment? Join audioReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Reviewed By Z. S.(Audio Enthusiast) From Austin, Tx Review Date 03/08/2001 Overall Rating 5 of 5 Value Rating  4 of 5 Rate this review? Price Paid: $275.00 from headroom Summary These earbuds are phenomenal. I primarily purchased them for their isolational abilities, but have found them to be absolutely remarkable in tone as well. While, as a previous reviewer noted, they lack an extra crispness at the high end, they do seem to make up for this by rounding it off into a tight treble that is even sometimes preferable to the original.They're remarkable, in terms of transperancy. They don't have the "soul" that comes with such greats as Grado and Beyerdynamic, and they aren't quite a precise as the HD 600s - but you aren't buying these to put in a studio setting. If you don't like running around with two huge cans strapped to your ears, and don't want to give a concert to any passerbys with your open headphones, these are, by far, the most convenient and best-sounding headphones I've owned. Strength Tonality; isolation (Air-travel!)Weakness Construction - (ought to be alloys, not plastic for $300)Would you like to Comment? Join audioReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Reviewed By Martin Defronde(Audio Enthusiast) From West Deer Park, Michigan Review Date 02/26/2001 Overall Rating  2 of 5 Value Rating 1 of 5 Visitors rate this review 1.00 of 5, 1 votes Rate this review? Price Paid: $345.00 from Internet Summary After an ear piece broke 2 weeks after I received these headphones I sent them back for a refund.The sound was good but not great. Certainly not worth the $345 I paid for these. I sent these fragile cans back and purchased Sennheiser 600's. I am very happy now. Strength Nice but not overwhelming soundWeakness Build quality - an ear piece broke after 2 weeksWould you like to Comment? Join audioReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member.
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