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Originally Posted by PeterDLai
Just wondering, just how much brighter are the Etymotics that you have over the Klipsch Custom-3? I sense that it's a good deal brighter, but I have never heard any Etymotics phones so I would not know.
Thanks!
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Not to answer for ron--HiFlight--but I find the Custom 3s to be very very comfortable in fit in virtually all the gels. And it isn't a question of being "brighter" as it is musicians have more "presence". Like Keith Jarrett's Koln Concert CD--a solo performance of piano work. With the Ety, I get soundstage. With the Customs, I get soundstage plus depth--as if the concert were miked down the length of the piano and his treble lines are more in the front of my head than the ranges below mid-C on the piano. Or Mahler's 5th symphony with the Etys I hear the kettle drums where they should be, in the back of the orchestera. With the Customs, they are in the back of my head and a little to the right. Yeah, there's the standard "brightness"--or lack of coloration--tht Klipsch is known for in its larger speakers. But regarding the music there's more "there" there.
I still love my Etys. But now I love the Customs just a bit more.
O as for sources: Portaphile maxxed, Imod 5.5 with ALO Imod cabling