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The black pouch containing my Ety ER6i's and my old custom earmold musicians plugs must have fallen out of my pocket. Luckily the ipod remained.
I'm obviously p****d, but really I don't quite know what to make of canal phones. They sounded pretty good, but you can't move while wearing them, footfalls reverberate through my head. I don't travel enough at the moment to take advantage of the isolation aspect either. I bought them because I thought I would need isolating phones for field recording, and critical listening in my home studio and they are okay for both of these purposes - I especially like the small size. I used them with my ipod unamped and they sounded good but I guess the bottom line is I have other cans that sound better (Grado 325 and AKG 401) and I rally like my PX100's for portable use in non noisy environments.
So...What do I replace them with? Isolation and maybe portability are the key issues, as is price of course. PX200, 280mpro, cheaper sp25's, Maybe Beyer's or AT's. Anything isolate as well as the ER6i? It's unlikely that i can audition any of these in Ottawa, so suggestions would be appreciated.
thanks.
I'm obviously p****d, but really I don't quite know what to make of canal phones. They sounded pretty good, but you can't move while wearing them, footfalls reverberate through my head. I don't travel enough at the moment to take advantage of the isolation aspect either. I bought them because I thought I would need isolating phones for field recording, and critical listening in my home studio and they are okay for both of these purposes - I especially like the small size. I used them with my ipod unamped and they sounded good but I guess the bottom line is I have other cans that sound better (Grado 325 and AKG 401) and I rally like my PX100's for portable use in non noisy environments.
So...What do I replace them with? Isolation and maybe portability are the key issues, as is price of course. PX200, 280mpro, cheaper sp25's, Maybe Beyer's or AT's. Anything isolate as well as the ER6i? It's unlikely that i can audition any of these in Ottawa, so suggestions would be appreciated.
thanks.
