rchitecture
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4p and 4s, my understanding is that 4s is for use with headphone amp, but does anyone out there really notice the difference?
Originally Posted by episiarch /img/forum/go_quote.gif I own both, and yes, I notice the difference. I nearly always use my 4P with the 4P->4S cable because I prefer the 4S sound (I own one 4P and two 4S's). The 4P is awfully good, but it is not as neutral in frequency response as the 4S. To some people this is a non-issue. But if you are the sort of person (like me) who buys an Ety precisely because its very accurate response sounds 'right' to you, then the difference between the 4S and the 4P is the difference between 'remarkably right' and 'just not quite right'. And for that kind of person, that's an important difference. That said, IMO there's little downside in buying a 4P. It's a very good earphone in its own right, is noticeably easier to drive from lightweight sources than the 4S, and you can always add the 4P->4S converter to get the 4S experience. Because of all this, the 4P also has historically been a little easier to sell at a good price on Head-Fi than the 4S. (I admit I don't watch this as avidly as I used to, but I used to pay a lot of attention to those prices, which is how I wound up owning 3 ER-4's). |
pi3guy said:....I doubt many people will have both 4s and 4p models