The ER4XR is definitely worse in clarity and sparkle compared to ER4SR to me. That being said, I went straight for the ER4XR because the slight bass lift helps it be a more enjoyable earphone in general.
Change of ownership; does anyone know how the new owner is?
Massdrop failed since Etymotic failed to respond.
Etty-Dave (on head-fi) seems to have taken a long vacation?
I'm still interested in getting the 4SR and I know that the 4XR often has a very good price at places like Amazon. So I'm looking around for a good priced 4SR and I noticed that Etymotic themselves does not sell it anymore. Only the 4XR.
Same case from where I live, there is no one carrying the etys line up so it has to be ordered online or wish someone would sell a used pair in the local audio forums for you to have one.
I pulled the trigger on a pair of 4SR before it's too late.
Since it looks like Etymotic is moving from product quality to profit (new management) I'm thinking they started making er3 in China and has stopped production of er4 since they costs alot more to produce with the extreme QC etc. That would explain why they couldn't deliver on Massdrop and also the seemingly low stock on er4.
This is my guessing based on what I read and have seen in forums. Maybe no reality in it at all.
I pulled the trigger on a pair of 4SR before it's too late.
Since it looks like Etymotic is moving from product quality to profit (new management) I'm thinking they started making er3 in China and has stopped production of er4 since they costs alot more to produce with the extreme QC etc. That would explain why they couldn't deliver on Massdrop and also the seemingly low stock on er4.
This is my guessing based on what I read and have seen in forums. Maybe no reality in it at all.
Etymotic does have a history of making their lower end models in China and only making the higher end models in the U,S., going all the way back to the old ER6. You might have imagining things a bit too much.
The ER4XR is definitely worse in clarity and sparkle compared to ER4SR to me. That being said, I went straight for the ER4XR because the slight bass lift helps it be a more enjoyable earphone in general.
Change of ownership; does anyone know how the new owner is?
Massdrop failed since Etymotic failed to respond.
Etty-Dave (on head-fi) seems to have taken a long vacation?
I'm still interested in getting the 4SR and I know that the 4XR often has a very good price at places like Amazon. So I'm looking around for a good priced 4SR and I noticed that Etymotic themselves does not sell it anymore. Only the 4XR.
Sorry, I occasionally read but have not posted as much as I previously have. I don't have quite as much free time these days, but I will do what I can to post on a more regular basis.
I can definitively confirm that the 4SR/XR are not being discontinued. I think some retailers are just out of stock at Christmas. Hopefully, going forward, we see less of that.
There certainly has been some conjecture here about the change of ownership. Over the years, I think Etymotic has had a really solid technical approach to making great sounding products (which I'm obviously biased towards) and, while we've had some wonderful sales folks here, as a company we have simply been more engineering driven. Going forward, we plan on continuing to make products with solid technical design, but the hope is that there will be more of an effort to grow the brand and the distribution network. Many here have commented on how difficult it is to find our products at times and that is something that we hope to improve, although growth takes time.
TL/DR, I'm still here. We're still working on products and we will be pushing to keep putting out products that we think are cool, and hope you like them too.
As far as Massdrop goes, I don't know if that's in our future or not.
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