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I’m going to wait until I can hear a few customer reviews and then if they are favorable I’m so picking these up . It’s either these or the Shure E500’s

Posted by Glorybox3737 on October 4, 2006 at 11:54 AM (PDT)

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Sheesh…  And I thought my E3c’s were expensive!

Posted by Chahk on October 4, 2006 at 12:24 PM (PDT)

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honestly- i work for a guitar magazine and we get to test out all these in ear buds…. for the money, etymotic is the best…hands down

Posted by Larry on October 4, 2006 at 1:28 PM (PDT)

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Ok could anybody compare these(tf 10pro) to sf 5pro especialy in bass region(amount and richness)

Posted by Eskay on October 4, 2006 at 5:04 PM (PDT)

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Etymotic has no bass.

Posted by asdfasdf on October 5, 2006 at 1:31 AM (PDT)

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asdfasdf, Etys do have bass. It’s dry, it’s deep, it’s plenty. It’s neither loud nor overblown.

You on the contrary have
- an idea about bass that does no match the idea of Etymotic Research
- improper amplification
- a bad seal
- music that just has no bass
in this order of likelyhood, or several of the above.

Posted by Bad Beaver on October 5, 2006 at 2:46 AM (PDT)

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I agree with Larry. Etymotics are the most accurate transducers of the bunch. I have heard them all, and own several. I think people have lost what true deep, dry , accurate bass really is, because they are so exposed to the fake over blown boom they hear coming from the car four lanes over, and five lanes back. Sorry , but Etymotic got it right.

Posted by Tony on October 5, 2006 at 5:02 AM (PDT)

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i’m afraid i have a hard time understanding what is “right” in this instance.

purists do as you will, but the fact that consumers will buy what they want, and if they want bass accentuated music, then apparently ety isn’t what they’re looking for; how is this a simple right/wrong equation??

Posted by OnlyShawn on October 5, 2006 at 6:03 AM (PDT)

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I have never heard the Etymonics, but from specs they are more for studio, not for using with your basic MP3 player, unless you have a headphone amp.  These on the other hand with 117dB rating seem to be going after more of the MP3 market. 

And even though I might not be an audiophile, I do know good bass from bad boomy sounds like crap bass that just over takes the music even when its all gerenes of techno music which just doesn’t work without that heavy thump and I goto certain clubs and they have an awsome sound system, then goto others where you get that just boomy bass that over takes the music, and the only way I have found with any of the in-ear models to get that is using the foam inserts, atleast for me the silicone just doesn’t seal the ear off well enough.

Posted by Joe on October 6, 2006 at 12:55 PM (PDT)