After a few days with my new ER-4XR, i must say I am really happy with the purchase. I reported on my first impressions which were very positive. Once perfect fit is found, I have managed with dual flanges and also with the Final Audio E eartips, the isolation is fantastic and sound quality is amazing to my ears. They are really precise like a scalpel. That is amazing with a good recording. Yesterday I was listening to Mahler’s 5th in a remastered edition from Bernstein. Truly fantastic. The horns sounded very real. Also they are are merciless with bad or old recordings where you can hear so clearly the background noise. That happened to me the other day with a Karajan recording from the 1960s. With other headphones or iems background noise was there but with the Etys, much more.
Questions for the Etyfans:
Would sound quality improve with a balanced cable? Do the ER-4XR improve with power and scale up or not so much? My experience with my Final E4000 coupled with the A & K SR25 that has double the output in balanced was very positive, but is it also the case with the Etys? I read somewhere they do not scale up so much, do you agree?
Also, microphonics is the aspect I do not like of the Etys. I cannot manage to wear them over ear. I have tried but I cannot get them as deep and upwards. Do any of you have experience with the following cables advertised in aliexpress? How is the sound quality and build quality? And microphonics?
https://es.aliexpress.com/item/4000...earchweb0_0,searchweb201602_,searchweb201603_
https://es.aliexpress.com/item/4000...earchweb0_0,searchweb201602_,searchweb201603_
https://es.aliexpress.com/item/1005...earchweb0_0,searchweb201602_,searchweb201603_
https://es.aliexpress.com/item/1005...earchweb0_0,searchweb201602_,searchweb201603_
https://es.aliexpress.com/item/4000...earchweb0_0,searchweb201602_,searchweb201603_
Any experience with these cables. Are they any good or should I disregard them altogether. I bought a cable from aliexpress for my Sennheiser HD599 and it was a good experience but I do not know if these cables are hit and miss?
Any Experience in microphonics and balanced? Or unbalanced?
Any help would be greatly appreciated