> 250 is pretty cheap. I paid more than that when you add up > what I paid for the ER4P's and the molds separately. Yet > still in pretty much all of the monitors I've listened to the > Etymotics are about as antiseptic as I've found.
The performance ratings of the ER6P is only slightly lower than the ER4P, isolation is similar and they can be found for $80 at many places on the web. If you want maximum sound isolation, choose the ER6i (it has the three flange tips vs. 2 flange tips with the ER4P and ER6P). The only problem with the ER4/ER6 is there is no place for the (headset) mic <G>. 73, ... Joe, W4TV > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brett Howard > Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2008 2:38 AM > To: AE4CW > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: Bose QC Mic Modification > > > 250 is pretty cheap. I paid more than that when you add up > what I paid for the ER4P's and the molds separately. Yet > still in pretty much all of the monitors I've listened to the > Etymotics are about as antiseptic as I've found. I'm a big > fan of a very clean very flat response and the ety's are > quite amazing at producing that. Many feel that if there > isn't a 3 to 6 (or sometimes more) hump in the bottom end > they aren't bassy enough but to each his own. > > Anyway one other comment is that if you go the route of > custom ear molds you won't get as much isolation as you would > with the stock ety ear pieces. I've seen this in the numbers > but I've also experienced it. I'm not so sure that the foam > molds produce the isolation that they claim but I do attest > to the fact that the 3 flange silicon tips do a better job > than custom molds. Etymotic claims 35dB of isolation with > the silicon tips and 42dB of isolation from outside noise > with the foam tips. Wish anyone luck pulling that off with > active noise cancellation! > > > On Sat, 2008-03-22 at 21:14 -0700, AE4CW wrote: > > I second Brett's comments re the use of custom fitted > in-ear monitors > > (IEMs) > > for great isolation and sonic clarity. Properly fitted, > they are very > > comfortable, provide about 25 dB of external isolation and you hear > > exactly what your receiver is producing. > > > > I do live sound monitor engineering on a weekly basis and > have used a > > variety of low, mid and high-end IEMs ($60-$500+) over the > years. The > > best price/performance I've found so far is the Live Wires > IEMs. They > > are not > > cheap ($249) but for the money (IMHO) there is nothing better. You > > can > > check them out here: > > http://www.livewiresforyou.com/index.php Live Wires Site > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [email protected] > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
