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They are also very cohesive, and have a certain fluidity in them which makes them lean toward musical than monitoresque. I think those who’ve tried and enjoyed the ER2SE’s sound will likely want to step up to the ER4SR at some point in their lives – the improvement is certainly not negligible. The new: for the first time in quite a while, Etymotic has abandoned its tradition of using balanced-armature (BA) drivers and switched to a single dynamic driver. Tuned in the same neutral house signature, the dynamic drivers in ER2SE give us a little peek into the character and nature of the moving coil dynamic driver. I was using the triple flange tips on the Ety IEMs, and using wide bore silicon tips on the Blessing 2, and used a narrow bore silicon tip for the Legacy 3.
It appears that even the protection grid at the tip of the mic can vastly change the treble response due to the varying volume in front of the capsule and the properties to reflect and diffuse the incoming sound waves. The result is the need for higher SPL in the 2-5k region (lower treble) for compensating said resonance. To appreciate what I mean, try listening to the track ‘Goodjinns’ from Renaud Garcia-Fons’ Oriental Bass [Enja Records, 16/44. It’s that way with the ER4SR as well, but the greater resolution allows for more instrument separation and a better sense of space.They all have the same basic shape: a round housing with a nozzle and maybe an ear hook thrown in, but the Etymotic ER2SE sticks out, literally, due to its tube-like housings. I do sometimes use these earphones for audio mixing when I have to, because of their incredible resolution, but I always end up having to switch to something else when figuring out the stage, because it’s just a bit too claustrophobic. It has better value than the ER3SE because it sounds 90% the same, without the BA timbre due to it using a speedy, dynamic driver.
mm short to be exact, squeezed foam would close the output in you ear, particularly with deep insert. It's not just the birdsong either, there's a bit of a hollow and muffled character to the midrange that's pretty odd in contrast to how shouty and nasally it also is (slightly so), but I guess DF tuning isn't entirely my jam; the mids are a bit too anti-clockwise for me, but not enough so that it's outright offensive as, say, the ADX5000 was, though I wonder at how a clockwise correction might bury even more detail in goo. The ER2SEs play in a (slightly) narrower stage, and yet have similar or even more breathing space between the details. In my experience, this discomfort goes away over time – it’s something you just learn to get used to, and should only take a couple days. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.Probably the single biggest problem I had with the ER2SE was a lack in the variety of included eartips. The ER2’s did a superb job of delineating the signature transient characteristics and timbres of each of the instruments, while also conveying the distinctive dynamic ‘feel’ of each instrument—neatly showing how each in its way helps bring the composition to life. Coming in two variants, the ER2SE, with its flat frequency response, will appeal to professionals and the ER2XR provides impactful bass response while maintaining clarity in the midrange and highs that Etymotic is known for.
In general I'd say I enjoy the sound of the 2XR over the 2SE (I like bass and they're pretty close to identical in every other way), so I'll focus my impressions on those. To equalize the headset for mobile use, we recommend amplifying the sub-bass around 10dB and cutting the 1-5kHz range to about 8dB.Just know that they have a deep insertion, but other than that anybody should be happy to have this as a commuter IEM, beater IEM, or just a really good IEM for the money that they can use until they decide to upgrade to a higher end IEM.
Well, I'd say the bass and treble on the 2XR are strikingly similar to the FDX1, but that 4khz bump from the JVC is now shifted down to 2. I’ve been very impressed with the ER2SE – in fact, I own a pair myself, and you can read my review of them here. Using the foam tips mitigates this somewhat— they level the upper frequencies out and make a better case for using them as a treble reference, but the foams don't resolve the matter entirely.From ER4XR to ER2SE – To get similar output i had to push the ER2SE’s volume one notch higher in my HTC10. Doing so not only secures the components together but also prevents listeners from mixing and matching cables and housings. If that’s the case, there are plenty of options abound that support aptX for high-quality streaming. Etymotic’s original earphone design used balanced armature receivers, which established these speakers as the gold standard for high definition in-ear earphones. Then, on ‘Cecile I’ observe the deft way that both ER2 earphones define and delineate differences in textures and timbres between the bowed cello and pizzicato acoustic bass heard on the track (there is enough overlap between the ranges of these instruments that their voices can become muddled through some earphones, but this was not a problem at all for the Etymotic ER2’s).