I've left this for the last minute and definitely need some input as I have to buy it within a week.... I'm moving to Paris and my boyfriend likes to futz around with his Roland keyboard on his mac (no other amp) and sometimes his guitar. The apartment is teeny and he doesn't want to bother me...

Has anyone taken their Etys or Shures on holiday where there is lots of sand? I'm going to Maui at the end of next week and wanted to know how safe it would be to wear these walking along the tides if I'm very, very careful. Or should I just hide them in my bag once I get there?

Has this happened to anyone else? If I (egads!) leave the email from Head-Fi (indicating a response) open, read the forum, then click back on the message to close it -- I end up unsubscribing. Is there any way to re-subscribe? It's happened enough so that I've had a few PM's from people that...

I've been kinda thinking about this and finally tried it.... I connected the Shure E2's with the Etymotic P/S converter cable through my iPod. The sound is *definitely* different, but I can't quite put my finger on it.... Am I now hearing the E3? Anyways, if anyone has these two goodies (or...

I have been listening to a lot of Patricia Kaas lately. My french is only adequate so I usually supplement it by doing one of those quick and dirty translations over the internet. That usually suffices. There is one song, however, that I just can't get a proper handle on: "Je voudrais la...

After killing the filters on my Etys after an especially sweat-intensive workout session (no, I let them "dry" for more than enough time -- I really did kill them), I decided I did not want to destroy these beautiful phones just because I don't simply perspire.... So I started searching. My...

I saw a post in another forum and it made me curious -- do any of the canal phones work well with SACD? Do any of them work poorly with it? (I've only ever listened to SACD with extremely high quality speakers -- not even normal headphones.) This question goes for SACD's on a good home SACD...

I asked this question on another topic, but thought I'd broaden it to *all* canal phones -- not just my Etys. I was at the gym this morning and had a really good long sweaty session. (I have longish thick hair, too, which I'm sure doesn't help.) Anyways, I was using my ER-4P with the Shure...

Bear with me, here, I've been working really *long* hours.... Anyways, midnight last night, I have my Ety ER-4P/S on, listening to Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here." The only think I could think of was how perfect a Bombay Sapphire on the rocks would go with this. So the question here is this...

So I went to the NAMM show and in my entheusiasm to hear the Shures, I didn't even wait for Sugarfried to try them. (Patience is *not* my strong suite!) Understand that listening conditions absolutely suck. The noise of the show is incredibly loud and fatiguing and Shure (with a touch of sadism...

I'm going to NAMM tomorrow and will be bring my iPod and my Ety ER-4P with the S cable. I'll finally get a chance to compare them with the Shure E3 & E5's. What songs and/or genres should I load to best show the different sonic qualities of both headphones? Obviously, I'm taking familiar stuff...