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Pros

These are excellent sounding headphones, very natural and balanced. I love that you can change the chord, it is the weakest part of a headphone. Etymotic's service is great and they have a lower-cost replacement program for damaged headphones.

The sound is astounding. Etymotics deliver uninflected, unembellished, accurate sound from good sources/recordings.

Official etymotic foam tips (beige) and the shure yellows.

Etymotic's er3 se and xr iems are great for the price they go for. Using the chin cinch allows you to insert the i ems as intended. They do sound even better with a good amp.



Cons

The inherent design of earbuds makes them pretty much too fragile and essentially disposable. If you don't stick them in far enough, the bass is tinny, at best. This is why there are laws governing advertising and this one isn't up to *.

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Quality


Easily my best set of earbuds for sound quality.


Sound quality is great, noise isolation is excellent.


However, the factory foam plugs offer such a tight insertion that they fell apart within a day of use - roughly 5 separate insertions.


The earphone body stem is too long and wide, causing severe pain, when inserted deep in the ear - necessary to block the outside noise.

Price


Bought these on sale for $64 and for that price they cannot be beat.


Excellent value for what it can do!


That's why i spent $100 instead of $50.


I am shocked at the sound quality in a $100 headphone.

Packaging/appearance


They were packaged nicely and included a case, but the soft material of the case's interior seems to shed plastic fibers with l...  Read More

Competitiveness


The sound quality of the er3se is superb, notably better than the shure e2cs i used for 10 years or my sennheiser active noise ...  Read More


I've tried the best ones like sony linkbuds s (forget your typical mediocre airpods pro).


Not almost identical size-wise se215 (which sounds better than a more expensive 425 imo), and not ety er.


I’ve listened to countless headphones including high end audiophile gear in the $600 range and these are simply the best sound ...  Read More

Overview

  • How are reviewers describing this item?
    bass, good, better, quality and fit.
  • Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
  • Our engine has detected that there may be counterfeit products sold through this listing.
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  • Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 286 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jun 5 2024.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Probably the best sound stage ive heard on a set of inner ears


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The bass is almost non existent really missing out on half the music without the lows and weak mids


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I wanted something that wasnt base heavy that i could use to listen to audio books and music when at work


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    After trying a few other isolating earphones i am sticking with my etys which are the closest to the sadly discontinued er6i which first drew me to this brand


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Unfortunately nothing on the market now performs as well as er6i in the sound isolation department


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    However the newer er models come close with carefully cut thirdparty tips


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Because the latter doesnt come close to silencing the main enemy of biker ears the wind noise

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