hey guys. long time etymotic listener here (pardon the screenname haha..) and i am looking to take my listening to the next level.
i used a pair of etymotic ER6 IEMs for a few years playing them from several mp3 players including a samsung YP-T7JZ and an ipod touch and was pretty happy with them. when they got plagued by static i got a pair of ER6i's since the ER6's were no longer being produced. those are my current IEMs. the only method for portable music listening i have now is my phone (htc evo).
this past christmas i was fortunate enough to get a headroom total airhead amplifier. hooking this up i have noticed a difference in the general clarity and subtle details of my music. however the change is not leaps and bounds different. i can now hear interference from my phone that goes away if i put it in airplane mode to prevent any data transmissions which kind of defeats the purpose of it being a phone since it is unusable in that regard in airplane mode.
based on my research and some things i have read here i am looking at a Sansa clip mp3 player and playing FLAC files on it exclusively. as my ER6i's are starting to get some static in one channel, i am looking at getting the ety hf5's or the ER-4X's, which i am still doing additional research on.
any advice on my plans? i have read the sansa is an excellent piece of hardware, albeit a simple device. using FLAC seems like a no brainer to me but if anyone has any recommendations i would appreciate it. lastly i have read several threads on IEMs here but they are all brands i have never heard of, or are super expensive. thanks!
