[AnyDave]

 
Absolutely! As long as it connects signal before ground of course.

Unfortunately, that is a "break-long-before-make" switch.  I suppose we could weld one a piece of metal to make sure the signal side hits first. 

 

[ClieOS]

I did post this awhile ago: an old ER4 clone with B-S-P selector - a true 3-in-1 IEM.
 
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[Hutnicks]

 

Unfortunately, that is a "break-long-before-make" switch.  I suppose we could weld one a piece of metal to make sure the signal side hits first. 

Perfect! That will open up the opportunity for a resistor so you can offer it to legacy ER4p to s users as well.

 

[thefitz]

Heck, the cable's removable - why not buy a second set of drivers without the cable and just switch? That sounds wonderfully practical.

 

[joed83]

Very interesting

 

[AnyDave]

 
Perfect! That will open up the opportunity for a resistor so you can offer it to legacy ER4p to s users as well.

 
Sure, that'll help defray some of the development cost. 

 

[Voyageur]

Nice concept, looks impressive. Love that translucent/white/silver finish!

 

[FastAndClean]

 
EtyDave when can we expect multi driver etymotic flagship that can cover 20hz to 20khz flat

 

[james6333]

That would be awesome, thanks! I've never messed with equalizers before, so I guess if you could give me some tips to how you EQ it down, that would be helpful.

Your preferences sound about how I felt between the two (I originally bought both XR and SR, and returned the SR... While I liked the accuracy of the SR, I felt it was very similar to the S, while the XR was fun and full-bodied sounding while filling its own niche). If I could EQ the XR to sound like the SR, like a more full-sounding S, that would be really nifty.

The answer to this question is yes you can EQ them to sound the same tonally BUT I lost a lot of resolution doing it with just iTunes eq. If you had a good plug in it might work better. I would not recommend it. Using heavy eq both became pretty average and lost their sparkle in both the mids and highs.

With that being said it is better to eq up the SR than EQ down the XR. The XR seems to have more distortion in the bass and around 1k. It shows itself when you start EQing them.

All in all I feel the SR is a little more refined with less stress in the mids and more accurate tonally, UMMV.

I used my etys on my main rig for the first time and I have to say they really opened up on the 2watt Burson and wyred 4 sound dac2. It inspired me to do a little 5 way battle, ER4SR,ER4XR, Grado PS500e, Focal Elear, and my Thiel 2.4/JL audio sub combo because they are all in the same room... I came away more impressed with the ER4SR than I was before. Really shocked with how good these are.

Maybe I will write a little quick comparison for all those people that start speaker vs headphones vs IEM threads lol.

 

[ClieOS]

   
EtyDave when can we expect multi driver etymotic flagship that can cover 20hz to 20khz flat

 
ER4SR already cover 20Hz to 20kHz flat to human hearing. If you are referring 'flat' as in a straight line in FR curve, it will just sound completely unnatural to human.

 

[FastAndClean]

Er4sr cover 20-16 000 with 3-4db db drop at 20 hz, I was thinking for something without any drop off from 20-20 000 diffused field compensated

 

[ClieOS]

Er4sr cover 20-16 000 with 3-4db db drop at 20 hz, I was thinking for something without any drop off from 20-20 000 diffused field compensated

 
You do realize you are just describing an ER4B since it is probably still the best diffused field matched headphone ever? Besides, I think you need to think more about natural hearing loss than complete flatness when you get higher and higher after 16kHz.

 

[FastAndClean]

look at the aaw w900 measurements to get an idea

 

[james6333]

look at the aaw w900 measurements to get an idea

Not sure I would put much faith in that measurement. What is the compensation? There are a few customer measurements that look terrible. Time will tell as they are pretty new. Pricy too at $2000 or more.

 

[FastAndClean]

Not sure I would put much faith in that measurement. What is the compensation? There are a few customer measurements that look terrible. Time will tell as they are pretty new. Pricy too at $2000 or more.

yes they are expensive, i think etymotic are able to tune their in ears very well with only one driver, i am very curious what they can do with double or triple driver design with their knowledge and experience