fourthwall
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This subject's probably been covered Ad nauseam but I've yet to find a definitive answer. I currently have a pair of Westone 4 IEms and they are very nice.
But I looked into the Etymotic ER4 and found that it has a near ideal EQ curve, being mostly perceptually flat. But people complain of issues like "anemic bass" and whatnot. Is it not bass how it was intended to be heard in the track? I suppose some bass boost is needed beyond neutral in canalphones because of inability to cause bodily bass impact, but I don't know. Put simply:
What makes my Westone 4s better? They're both BA transducers, just the ER4 seemingly has more accurate FR. I guess there are figures like distortion and other things I'm not totally versed in.
But I looked into the Etymotic ER4 and found that it has a near ideal EQ curve, being mostly perceptually flat. But people complain of issues like "anemic bass" and whatnot. Is it not bass how it was intended to be heard in the track? I suppose some bass boost is needed beyond neutral in canalphones because of inability to cause bodily bass impact, but I don't know. Put simply:
What makes my Westone 4s better? They're both BA transducers, just the ER4 seemingly has more accurate FR. I guess there are figures like distortion and other things I'm not totally versed in.