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I'm sure many of you (Ety fanboys in particular) will say "If it ain't broke don't fix it", but why on earth doesn't Etymotic ever come out with new headphones? I'm not sure about their lower-end models, but it's been a really long time since they had a new flagship, and some would argue they could definitely use one to keep up with the competition. Even purely from a business standpoint you'd think they'd do it to bring in more money. To my knowledge there has not even been an announcement for anything new to look forward to. What's the holdup?
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Actually, they did... but maybe not flagship on-the-headline IEM.
ER7 - Ety's OEM model which has been sold by Altec Lansing and Harman/Kardon.
ER8 - The ugly bluetooth headphone for ipod.
Don't know how many ER8 was sold, but I am pretty sure ER7 has a good sell figure just based on the number of head-fier who owns one.
Well, one can argue ER7 is probably the most 'mainstream' IEM Ety has ever conceived since ER6i. I think Ety is doing a fine job on bring low cost, great price/performance ratio IEM to the mass...
*of course, a 3-ways IEM from Ety could be very exciting, but it's probably an overkill to use two/three balanced armature drivers to create an Ety's classic flat line freq. response signature, right?