April 9, 2004

new earphones

So I just got myself a pair of Etymotic ER-4S earphones. The headphone amp I ordered, the HeadRoom Total Bithead, is delayed in shipping (it's a new product) but I can already hear things in my music that I didn't used to hear, and that's largely because of the ridiculous amount of sonic isolation. My iPod is straining a bit to power these phones, but things sound reasonably good. Certainly better than I'm used to, anyway. I can only imagine what things will sound like once I get my amplifier. I'll try to post a more detailed review of the earphones later, but the initial impression is good. They're reasonably comfortable and sound good. What more can you ask for?

Posted by Dennis on April 9, 2004 12:39 PM |

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  1. holy shit, $330 for earbuds?! think of how much beer you could've bought with that!

    Comment by amar at 14:10 (Central), April 9, 2004

  2. They're only $219 at HeadRoom (www.headphone.com). And yeah, I suppose that's still a lot to pay, but considering most of the so-called DJ headphones I've bought over the years have been in the $120 - $150 range, it's not that much more for a marked improvement in sound quality. I have thought about how much booze that could buy, though, and it's a lot...

    Comment by Dennis at 14:16 (Central), April 9, 2004

  3. an amp and etys -- that's some serious audiophile stuff. are you going to play gigs with these earbuds?

    Comment by triet at 17:28 (Central), April 11, 2004

  4. I'm going to try, but I'm not sure that I can currently drive them hard enough. I mean, they're nice and loud when they're both in my ears, but that's because you can't hear shit else so you don't actually have to drive them hard. (By the way, I highly suggest not wearing these things in environments where you might possibly get run over by a car. You probably will.) So when you remove one earphone to listen to the master mix, I'm afraid I probably won't be able to hear cue. We'll see, though; maybe I can just turn everything up, or maybe I'll learn to mix in my headphones...

    Comment by Dennis at 21:38 (Central), April 12, 2004

  5. So we should all evaluate any purchase by the amount of beer we could buy instead. What a stupid thing so say...

    Comment by Sam at 08:55 (Central), May 6, 2004

  6. You're new here. It's actually not that stupid if you know me at all - I'm somewhat notorious for drinking a lot among my friends.

    Comment by Dennis at 13:34 (Central), May 6, 2004

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