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No need to apologise. I need to either stand by (or offer my own apologies) for my own past posts. Just be aware of the limitations on those measurements as I (and others) have pointed out. No measurements are going to agree exactly with what you hear and no two people are going to exactly hear alike. That's why I'm begging, writing this whilst on my knees... please, please don't use language like "intrinsically flawed" or "obsolete" whether you're referring to the Xelento, the ER4XR or any other headphone on these forums. All headphones have their strengths and weaknesses. If you point out a specific aspect you don't like - that's fine. If you can suggest a fix or a superior product - even better. But simply disparaging products with statements like "intrinsically flawed" or "obsolete" is factually inaccurate, inflammatory and unhelpful. You can't measure a headphone's quality by the number of drivers it has or the reciprocal of its age. You'll find plenty of people on the ER4 thread that love their Etys. It may not sit in my top three for sound-quality alone, but the ER4XR is still my number one headphone choice for isolation. Personally, I'd still like it to have a fraction more bass, but others think differently...Another apology for my mistake of using your work (the FR curve) without neither having your approval nor citing it.
Besides of that, your comment on er4xr... Though you meant the exact opposite of "intrinsically flawed" regarding the er4xr. But I would say that it is quite close to being "intrinsically flawed"-- it is obsolete. If we count from the original er4's (b, s, p), the er4's have been out there for more than two decades. Combining its age with the fact it has only one BA unit per side, it is only reasonable to conclude that it is obsolete. Both because of the apparent advancements in technology nowadays, and that its sound signature is no longer so unique.
How it is on your FR curve, corresponds with what I heard. The er4xr has not enough treble extension. This should be easy to tell even when compared to xelento. It got its reputation of being a "clear" or "transparent" iem not because exactly how "bright" its treble is, but more likely because it got a much skinnier mid and lighter bass than most, if not all of the other iems by its time.
ER4 thread still going strong! I’ve let go of a lot of IEMs and the ER4SR still survives. The XR had to go though. The bass boost was too much.
See?!? Variety. It's the spice of life.