I also paid full retail for mine and I am working on formulating my thoughts.

I bit on the EVO pre-sale. ER4S was my first-ever premium in-ear headphone that I bought way back in my introduction into this hobby around 2007. I have been a die-hard fan since. I doubt Etymotic will let me down, though $500 is a big price point to live up to!

I would love to try these out and review them if a demo train gets setup. Definitely excited.

Yeah this thread actually spurred me to go through his list of reviews on his website and... there's a lot that doesn't seem to make any sense to me. He seems to be almost all-or-nothing with something matching his exact perfect tone. For me personally, about 75% of what I look for in an...

So... your experience with them is a couple hours at most with a few songs. I have more than 60 hours using them and comparing them with over 50 other IEMs I currently own. Maybe I value different qualities of sound performance than you. Maybe it's just a lack of experience.

You've bought a pair and listened to them yourself?

Sorry you feel that way. I've been here giving my unbiased thoughts for nearly 10 years and 2000 posts of content / reviews. Maybe you should take the time to investigate my claims, you might be pleasantly surprised :ksc75smile:

I own the IE500 Pro and I think it is one of the best-kept secrets in this hobby. It is easily the most overall impressive single-driver earphone I've ever heard, even more so than the ER4S/ER4XR from Etymotic. And there's no doubt it outclasses many, many competing multi-driver earphones. I...

In my short opinion, RE-400 for $22 is definitely a good deal, I had them for quite a while; though I prefer the sound, fit, and durability of my $32 Blon BL-03 more.

IMO I am a little disappointed by the ER3SR/XR series. It sounds like a lower-resolution version of the ER4SR/XR, a direct downgrade for less money, which makes fiscal business sense but doesn't impress me as a collector and lover of music. The ER3 are still very technically competent compared...

No, they don't sound the same. I've used the ER4S for over 6 years, and the ER4SR for a few months. To my ears, my main takeaways are ER4S is a little more pronounced/forward, where the ER4SR takes a few steps back in its presentation (not to be confused with increased sound stage depth) ER4S...

I really hope Etymotic doesn't turn into a historic case of a corporate race to the bottom after going defunct in a few years. They were for a long time the premier brand in portable earphones and have still been for decades one of the top. Really sad to no see, at the very least, a clear...

I remember testing EtyKids, MC5, MK3, and MK5 in the past, which were all previous attempts at dynamic driver topology while meeting the Etymotic house sound. While EtyKids can be discounted as a special use case, all three of the M-series were really just awful. They sounded like the standard...

I slowly slide the silicone stem straight down over the IEM stem -- luckily newer Etymotics have stainless steel tubes so there's no worry about damaging those thin stalks. I do not roll or twist them at all, just slowly push. Then, when they're on the IEM stem, I gently compress the tips...

I've been using Westone True-Fit Foam ear tips for all my Etymotics and Westones for about 5 years, and have never once had the inner core come unattached from the foam. Are you buying genuine ones? I've seen lots of fakes on eBay and Alieexpress etc.

From what I've read the ES100 should drive them easily, the E4000 are pretty easy to drive -- certainly more than any of my planar IEMs. The E4000 have a very detailed, wide, moderately midbass-forward sound. I try not to get wrapped up too much in using marketing terms to describe sound but...

I agree a little bit, that collecting and hoarding is more of a burden than it's worth, for example having more than 10 expensive ($200+) earphones at any given time is more of a burden on almost anyone than the joy of alternating them. Clutter is very damaging on the mind and sometimes hard to...

TRI i3 (Graphene DD + Planar + BA) Tinhifi P1 (Planar) Hidizs Rainbow (Graphene DD) Etymotic ER4S (BA) Final E4000 (DD) The top 5 always change slightly but there's always an Etymotic in there, and the advent of Graphene DDs and Planar drivers has basically made all my previous "top-tier" PET...

I have been using the Westone Star-Fit (silicone) and True-Fit (foam) tips for my Etymotics on a near-daily basis for over 3 years now. https://www.amazon.com/Westone-True-Fit-Foam-Replacement-Eartips/dp/B00DBAAGZK/ They have given by far the best sound, fit, and isolation out of any tip I've...

Fantastic news! I would love to give them a spin and offer my impressions. •-Headphone(s) / earphone(s) you possess: Too many to list! I have experience listening to, comparing, and reviewing over 100 IEMs in the past 8 years. I've used numerous products from Etymotic, Sennheiser, Sony, FiiO...

Is that DIY version pretty accurate? I've been eyeing getting a pair.

I received the AIWA Prodigy-1 IEMs in the mail today. Here's my quick impressions :) Purchase Experience / Shipping / Packaging: The Prodigy-1 were purchased for $49 inclusive of standard USA shipping on their website and arrived at my house in about a week. They were put in a hard pleather...

Yes, you are the inappropriate one to accuse me of doing things I didn't do, then try to "move on" once I point it out. That's the only "troll" behavior going on here.

I'm not in control of what other people post, I'm only talking about my own posts and the healthy skepticism that I have. Then you cop an accusatory tone towards me based on what someone else writes, it's very inappropriate.

What was the negative part of my original post? I only said I was skeptical and wanted to investigate these IEMs myself. I never called you a liar or wrote anything to make you feel unwelcomed. In fact, in the same sentence, I thanked you for your input. Then you come out of nowhere with a...