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re: Wireless earbuds recs
Posted on 3/11/21 at 11:43 am to bknight00
Posted on 3/11/21 at 11:43 am to bknight00
Etymotic is one of the best brands for what you’re looking for. ETA: if you consider Bluetooth with a wire between the buds to be “wireless”
The tips can be changed from deep-insert triple flange to soft foamies. They are going to offer super clear audio and, instead of being super loud, they drown out the world around you pretty tremendously, something that your ears in twenty years will thank you for.
If you want to go full crazy, their lab will accept impressions made by an audiologist and get you a custom in-ear fit. The isolation of these is slightly less than the triple flange, but the comfort is significantly better. When I have mine in on an airplane, it’s difficult to hear the announcements even without audio playin. When I’m listening to music, my wife has to be in my visual field or yell to get my attention. I typically am able to stay between 30 and 50% volume pretty comfortably. They tout something near 40dB noise reduction. They do have cheaper models, but the Bluetooth cable that works with them is fairly expensive. And the ER3 series is one-off their top-of-the-line model (the ER4). They basically all offer SR (standard or studio response. I forget) and XR (extended bass range).many reviews suggest even the XR are “bass light,” but having blindly bought them without hearing and only reading reviews, I do notice a bump in bass frequencies that I’m not the biggest fan of. I don’t dislike it, but I probably would have been happy with or even preferred the SR (said without, still, having heard the ER4SR IEMs). If you love bass, get XR. If you don’t think about it, probably get XR. If you intentionally listen with a fairly flat EQ, read more or find a way to get your hands on them.
The tips can be changed from deep-insert triple flange to soft foamies. They are going to offer super clear audio and, instead of being super loud, they drown out the world around you pretty tremendously, something that your ears in twenty years will thank you for.
If you want to go full crazy, their lab will accept impressions made by an audiologist and get you a custom in-ear fit. The isolation of these is slightly less than the triple flange, but the comfort is significantly better. When I have mine in on an airplane, it’s difficult to hear the announcements even without audio playin. When I’m listening to music, my wife has to be in my visual field or yell to get my attention. I typically am able to stay between 30 and 50% volume pretty comfortably. They tout something near 40dB noise reduction. They do have cheaper models, but the Bluetooth cable that works with them is fairly expensive. And the ER3 series is one-off their top-of-the-line model (the ER4). They basically all offer SR (standard or studio response. I forget) and XR (extended bass range).many reviews suggest even the XR are “bass light,” but having blindly bought them without hearing and only reading reviews, I do notice a bump in bass frequencies that I’m not the biggest fan of. I don’t dislike it, but I probably would have been happy with or even preferred the SR (said without, still, having heard the ER4SR IEMs). If you love bass, get XR. If you don’t think about it, probably get XR. If you intentionally listen with a fairly flat EQ, read more or find a way to get your hands on them.
This post was edited on 3/11/21 at 11:45 am
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