oarnura
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That's Etymotics marketing department's problem, they still list them on the website as a current model. You can even buy it from their website. They are clearly overpricing 4 year old tech and trying to make it look like the HF5 and the er-6i are comparable at the same price. If some one didn't bother to check anywhere else they would think the er-6i and the hf5 are comparable. Etymotics is making them comparable by pricing them the same. If they had dropped the price on the er-6i no one would be confused.
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No it isn't an unfair comparison. I conceed that point.
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Would you compare a Er4 and the HF5 since they both have about the same street price?
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Fair enough.
Originally Posted by TacticalPenguin /img/forum/go_quote.gif I'm not trying to bash you or anybody else, I am just arguing against the idea that MSRP determines what you can compare. If you go by that logic, we should compare the HF5 and the ER 6i because they both have a $150 MSRP, even though the HF5 is newer and clearly better than the ER 6i. |
That's Etymotics marketing department's problem, they still list them on the website as a current model. You can even buy it from their website. They are clearly overpricing 4 year old tech and trying to make it look like the HF5 and the er-6i are comparable at the same price. If some one didn't bother to check anywhere else they would think the er-6i and the hf5 are comparable. Etymotics is making them comparable by pricing them the same. If they had dropped the price on the er-6i no one would be confused.
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I just don't see how you can call the ER 6i an unfair comparison when it is one of the most popular $75 IEMs among Head-fiers and in the exact same price bracket as the apple IEMs. |
No it isn't an unfair comparison. I conceed that point.
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Since the ER 4P MSRPs for 300, isn't it an even more unfair comparison? How dare you compare the Apple IEM to it! |
Would you compare a Er4 and the HF5 since they both have about the same street price?
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All I'm saying is that you can't compare things based on MSRP, it is street price. The ER 4Ps now got for $160ish, so they are compared to qjays, SA6, SF5, etc, which also go for around that price. As for the car, obviously I would get the lexus if it was likenew for the same price, I dont care about MSRP, I care about what can I get for $X? |
Fair enough.