After the huge bout with Clieos and Dookiex, I've decided that sound and sound technology is a potential for high blood pressure induction.. It went at least some way to answering the question, although perhaps not in the way that I'd hoped. I wanted to cry by the end of that 'lesson' :)  ...

You're suggestions have definitely been helpful Tomscy2000. I really enjoy learning in more detail about this area: sound and sound technology is a brilliant area.  I would very much hope that one or more of you could explain to me my above questions in good detail. I know relatively little...

I really would love the chance to actually listen to a number of in ear monitors, which seems to be a near impossibility without actually buying them, at least here in Suffolk! I wonder, with a single microdriver, whether sounds are 'cancelled' and instead, a single amalgamated signal is...

Well I just received my E5, but without the rest of the gear (LOD, ER-4P>S converter).  I'm not entirely certain whether it has made a difference to the sound response yet. When switching over and testing between bare and amped, it is hard to know if there is a real difference or a...

I agree that the ER4 series have a wonderful sound. The microphonics certainly are annoying though! I wonder if the above mentioned method of replacing the wires with westone wires vastly improves the problem?

I do indeed. It certainly minimizes it, assuming I can get the wires to stay!

Ha ha, that's ridiculous! Kudos to the person that cares for their possession so well :)

Thanks Uber, I've got one on the way :)

So are all of you guys working in this industry/ have degrees in electronics or whatever, or is it just self motivated interest? The rewiring sounds like an idea. Is it easy to do yourself?  If all of the IEMs beyond a certain point are much of a muchness, then why are the prices so different...

Well thank you again to all of you for the information. I will at least try the ER-4P>S converter with an amp running through the L5 cable. Ah that reminds me! Do any of you have a good method for cutting down on the microphonics of those things! I use the clip supplied. Sorry for the tangent-...

At the moment, I feel the monitors are 'pushed' with their sound when I play through an mp3 player. When I play them through a PC the sound seems more pronounced, although I hope that with ER-4S running through an amplifier, the sound will be clearer and more pronounced. That's the hope anyway...

Saving money is a good thing for me, so I'm thinking of getting the Viio E5 with the L5 cable and the converter cable. Sound a good combo?

I think as it stands with money, an amp with a converter cable would be the best option right now. Perhaps if I were to buy new monitors at some point then a trade of all those parts could go some way towards a trade of some new IEMs? I also really think I need to hear the ER-4S sound signature...

Hi again,             I've searched through the archives but I still couldn't find what I'm after. I take it there are cheaper versions of the Etymotic product but I don't know where to look or what to type as a search in Google. The official cable seems very expensive! Thanks again.

Wow, thank you for that :) I'm still thinking amp and wire however, even with the added arse of lugging it around with me, simply because I think that the problems I'm concerned about will be resolved with this set-up. It's not an easy choice though because I would love a new set of monitors...

My mistake, I see what you mean about the dock now. So that then plugs into the amp and the headphones into the amp too?

Ha ha, I'm very confused with all of the acronyms and terminologies! I can just about get my head around it I think. Let me see if this is right: I would benefit from having the Fiio L5 and E11. So does the L5 fit into the headphone jack, then into the amplifier and the headphones into the...

Hi guys,             after speaking to people about my options to either get new new IEMs or a cable to convert ER4Ps into S's and a portable amp, the latter seems the better option. I thought it might be worth asking you what I should really be looking at?    I've heard DAC/ AMP coined as...

I have to say that based on what you've all said, that a portable amplifier and the wire to convert to ER-4S sounds the option to go for. I wonder, are there portable amps that aren't too ridiculously priced that have an equalizer?

I certainly love the clarity of tone in the ER-4Ps but I have found them a little flatter than I would hope for. My hope was that instead of buying a new set of IEMs that a portable amplifier would enhance some of the frequency responses. I have a simple equalizer on my mp3 that allows me to...

I would say that I'm both analytical and a fun listener, so probably a happy medium between real audio clarity and beautiful tones would be ideal! I see a lot of people rate Earsonics. What are these like with respect to the others that both of you have mentioned? Oh, and how much would I be...

Hi guys,            I'm new to this forum so forgive me if I'm repeating questions, but I feel this is at least quite specific!   I have had my ER-4P's for at least two years now. Concerning previous earphones at £40 or less, they are absolutely wonderful. However, I think I would like...