Antihawk
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I've also got both and agree.
The only things the SD-2 does better than the Ety are (imo) sounstage expansion in terms of depth and width (though the Ety's soundstage is brilliant, too and has probably the more precise layering), as well as comfort (though I don't have any problems with the Etys' comfort, they feel somehow ticklish).
Although I like the SD-2 and its well-textured bass with rather slow recordings, you can clearly hear that the lows driver is back-vented, what is expressed by a somewhat "soft" bass with less dry/hard impact, especially with fast/more complex recordings. That's where the Ety is also better, imho of course.
Haha yeah. You must be the one of the few people on the planet who have no comfort issues with the Etys. Triflanges for me are leagues above any other type of tip for me in terms of sound quality. That goes for the IEMs I currently use regularly - the Etys, SD2s and Se846 (I'd imagine saying I like the Shures is blasphemy around here, but it depends on my mood and music type honestly). Anyway I have to overall prefer the SD2 because of the comfort. SQ is better with ER4S but I can't tolerate the triflanges with deep insertion for more than a couple of hours.