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Do they still sell 2002 Lexuses in 2008?
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Yes you can. They are called used cars or certified pre-owned.
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They still sell Ety ER 6i's. They are now produced for less money. They obviously are old technology and no doubt they should be beaten hands down by brand new technology for the same price, no? |
According to some the ER4s are beaten by the Apple's? Have you been reading this thread at all?
I got the NE-7M and have been listening to them so far I still prefer the Apple. I am going to let the NE-7M burn-in more. The NE-7Ms are really fantastic for the price. I'd recommend them over the D-Jays and UE Super.fi 3s any day.
Something is off with the imaging. It has the same flat wall type imaging that plagues the others I mentioned earlier. May be a few more hours of burn-in will sort it out.
Many people consider the NE-7Ms to be much better than the er-6is. So naturally the NE-7Ms should blow away the Apple's when I listen to them. They don't, at least not for me.
Just because I have a low post count on Head-fi doesn't make me a newbie or a non-audiophile. Just a little background:
My knowledge of audio and stereo imaging comes from extensive auditions of a range of audio setups from small cheaper mid-fi systems to super high-end HI-FI speakers. I own a fantastic imaging home stereo setup. PMC GB1 speakers powered by a Bryston 5B ST amp. The big brothers of my PMC coupled with Brystons are used in quite a lot of mastering studios, like Dolby, DTS, Polygram. Coldplay uses them too. I bought these after months of auditioning many many speakers.
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It would think that PMCs image properly if the sound engineers are using them to mix the stuff you listen too, no?
Of the limited set of IEMs I have tried the Apple IEM comes closest to what I would expect a good stereo to recreate. Good mind you not the best. The Apple's still sound like earphones but less so than others I have heard. I am sure there are other far better IEMs in this department but I can only base my opinion on what I have heard.
The NE-7M do a very flat wall like image, the distance between instruments isn't readily apparent even if you concentrate very hard to make them out. All the instruments and voices seem to occupy the same flat horizontal plane.
Some one who has never heard a properly set up audio system that images very well would confuse the NE-7M as having a huge soundstage. In reality the Apple produces a much more realistic stage where every instrument is suspended in its space on the stage.
With the NE-7m the voice and Sax on the Girl from Ipanema song sound as if they are coming from one single plane occupying the same space. In reality the singer and the Sax player stand apart.
Spad also expressed something similar in comparison to the er4. But you are hell bent on ignoring anything that disagrees with your presumption about Apple's product. I know you are an Etymotic research fan and see why you are so confrontational when some one puts down your beloved pair of phones.
I am offering feedback after trying and doing a proper auditions.
I trust my ears more than anyone else's and to me the Apple IEM's sound better, cleaner and image like I would expect from a quality stereo setup.
The NE-7m sounds like speakers kept too close to a wall with no room behind them to produce a deep soundstage.
Nuforce says the NE-7Ms need 24 hours burn-in and I am going to make up my mind after I have put a lot of hours on them. But those are my initial impressions.
I'll post a thread with a much more detailed review. I need to spend more time with the Apple and NE-7m. I cancelled my order of the er-6i after listening to the NE-7Ms. If they are indeed like the er-6i I'd rather not add one more variable to the mix.