Sinocelt
Headphoneus Supremus
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I don't get it. What makes the Etys so great, isolation-wise? According to everything I've read, they isolate at least a bit better than any other IEM... even when they use the same Comply foam tips as many other brands/models.
I've just received (and immediately posted on these boards) a deal offer for the Ety HF5, so the question has become, for me, more than rhetorical. What's the best deal, would you say? HF5 for $100 (well, more, since I'll have to ask a friend to forward them to me) or SHE9850 for $60, as can be had locally? How isolating is the SHE9850 compared to the Etys? How comfortable, compared to the UM2? Are the Etys a bit more isolating but a lot less comfortable? Have you tried customs or custom tips? Does God exist, and if he does, does he use ES3x or UE11? Is Head-Fi slowly driving me insane?
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I don't get it. What makes the Etys so great, isolation-wise? According to everything I've read, they isolate at least a bit better than any other IEM... even when they use the same Comply foam tips as many other brands/models.
I've just received (and immediately posted on these boards) a deal offer for the Ety HF5, so the question has become, for me, more than rhetorical. What's the best deal, would you say? HF5 for $100 (well, more, since I'll have to ask a friend to forward them to me) or SHE9850 for $60, as can be had locally? How isolating is the SHE9850 compared to the Etys? How comfortable, compared to the UM2? Are the Etys a bit more isolating but a lot less comfortable? Have you tried customs or custom tips? Does God exist, and if he does, does he use ES3x or UE11? Is Head-Fi slowly driving me insane?