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Hey everyone,
I am a big fan of Etymotic Research products, especially ER4S, which I own.
ER4S always amazes me with its fantastic imaging and detail.
I was wondering if anyone ever encountered a pair of speakers which could reach or maybe beat the SQ of Etys?

Feel free to share on this subject.

 

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P.S. Darn, I posted in the wrong forum. Moderators could you please move the thread to the appropriate forum.

 

[panda]

merlin tsm and revel m20, and thiel cs1.5 come to mind. all three have very low distortion and clearly in the less colored category.

 

[thomaspf]

I started with speakers that reproduce voice and other natural sounds well and eventually found that the Etymotic get close to that sound.

I eventually switched to the ER4P since sound in a room tends to slope down from lower to higher frequencies. The ER4S is simply to dry to be realistic for my taste.

I use Harbeth Montitor 40 speakers. The Monitor 30 does not reach as low and is even closer to the Etys.

Cheers

Thomas

 

[labrat]

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[thomaspf]

Electrostats are very nice indeed but as you state room interaction is a major problem. Unless you put up a large amount of dampening around and behind the speakers you end up with an overwhelming amount of diffuse sound field from the reflected rear radiation. Good equalization is also key.

Cheers

Thomas

 

[fjf]

My Adam A7 have ribbon tweeters and an amazing clarity in midrange and highs. Plus the woofers give you a substantial bass that is not present with the etys (and I love my etys, don't get me wrong).

 

[Happy Camper]

Martin Logans or Maggies.

 

[warpdriver]

Check out the ELAC series of speakers, the ELAC 204 has a very clean high end using a Heil tweeter.

http://www.elac.com/en/products/two1....php?c=bs204_2

 

[LUMIERE]

Avalon.

 

[VicAjax]

i'm a huge Ety fan, myself. and while I look for a bit more groove in speakers than i do in headphones, i'll give a shout out to my Rega R5 speakers.

excellent timing and clarity give me almost the same "lost in the details" reverie as the ER4, with more musicality (grooviness, if you will).

 

[robm321]

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Originally Posted by Happy Camper /img/forum/go_quote.gif Martin Logans or Maggies.

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Hey guys,
thanks for all your responses.
I also discovered that ProAc Studio 100 with reflex ports sealed come very close to Etys in resolution and detail. I drive them using McIntosh MC2125 from 2Ohm output taps.

 

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Hey guys,
thanks for all your responses.
I also discovered that ProAc Studio 100 with reflex ports sealed come very close to Etys in resolution and detail. I drive them using McIntosh MC2125 from 2Ohm output taps.

So I have to admit that ProAc Studio 100 are nowhere near ER4S in terms of resolution. I still have ProAcs though

 

[Ergoforce]

High-end digital room correction system/loudspeakers would probably come close if you don't already have a very well-damped listening room.
 
Lyngdorf RoomPerfect, Genelec or Meridian.