Amazing sonic value - if you can handle earplugs and have a good source. These are hands down the best earphones for the price - coming within shouting distance of the very best. The resolution of these things are astounding and will show you every detail of your music source with x-ray precision. They provide excellent accoustic isolation - as good as a decent set of earplugs. This makes listening in noisy places possible. It makes operating a car dangerous too. The location inside the ear canal makes them stay put too - allowing you to use them for skiing, hik...
[Etymotic Research ER6P ER6 Isolator Earphones - Black Pillow Pack review by Joshua G. Feldman "Technophile can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0  |
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| Reviewed by: | Joshua G. Feldman "Technophile | | Review Date: | 09/12/2006 | | User Location: | New York | | Review From: | User Review |  |  |
100% (17 of 17) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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enjoy ... while they last I can't argue with the sound quality (although you definitely hear contact with the wire -- probably unavoidable with a light-weight wire).
More troubling is that they simply don't survive normal use. The wire is too light-weight & didn't last even a year before one ear starting cutting out. I nearly always placed the headphones back in their carrying case after use. They're simply too delicate to be this expensive.
[Etymotic Research ER6P ER6 Isolator Earphones - Black Pillow Pack review by GiacomoGo can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 4.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | GiacomoGo | | Review Date: | 12/04/2005 | | User Location: | Seattle, WA USA | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (13 of 13) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Best I've heard In terms of audio fidelity, these are the best portable devices I've heard. I can't claim an extensive experience with in-ear monitors, but I've listened to the cheap (~$10) headphones, relatively cheap active noise reduction headphones by Aiwa (~$55), passive noise reduction headphones by Bose (~$150), and some relatively high end audio equipment including Martin Logan and B&W.
My preferences are approximately in that order: The Aiwa HP-CN6 headphones are a complete step above t...
[Etymotic Research ER6P ER6 Isolator Earphones - Black Pillow Pack review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 8.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 01/13/2006 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (11 of 11) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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A Small Price to Pay for Sanity I've had a pair of these for about two 1/2 years - during which I've racked up over 150,000 miles of air travel. I thank these earphones for my sanity.
I see other guys wrestle with the Bose or other big headphones that, in the case of the bose, are so overpriced that it's ridiculous. But forget the price - the convenience factor and sound quality are what sell these things. You simply will not believe how good these sound - they are an incredible piece of technology. I'm very happy ...
[Etymotic Research ER6P ER6 Isolator Earphones - Black Pillow Pack review by TimInChicago can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | TimInChicago | | Review Date: | 05/09/2006 | | User Location: | Chicago, IL USA | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (10 of 10) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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ER6 vs. ER6i Earphones for Apple's iPod / Winner: ER6 After checking with the vendors that these headphones were returnable after being opened, I proceeded to test Etymotic Research's more economically accessible earphones - the ER6 and ER6i headphones - to more objectively make a comparison between the two. I compared their respective power usage, bass response, clarity, connection to the iPod, convenience, and sound isolation capabilities. The overall winner: ER6 Isolation Earphones. The report is below (*note this was not a scientific study ...
[Etymotic Research ER6P ER6 Isolator Earphones - Black Pillow Pack review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 05/31/2005 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
96% (55 of 57) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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The best ergonomics of the in-ear headphones I've tried! Confessions of an ex-Shure devotee... I come to my Etymotic ER-6i's after running the gamut of the so-called ear-canal headphones. In general this type of headphone provides great sound and superb isolation while maintaining a small form factor; although they are admittedly a little hard to insert properly at first and some people just don't like them at all. I have been a fan of Shure for a while having had both the E2C and E3C which I find are both superb in many ways. I also owned a pair of Sony's which was great for the price. ...
[Etymotic Research ER6P ER6 Isolator Earphones - Black Pillow Pack review by Alan E. Moore "Choklat Luvr" can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Alan E. Moore "Choklat Luvr" | | Review Date: | 02/01/2006 | | User Location: | Sanford, FL | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
96% (27 of 28) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Great for the gym After trying many portable headphones for the last ten years, I've finally settled two: the Sennheiser PX100 (with the Koss Porta Pro a close runner up) and these Etymotic phones. The Sennheiser's are great for where you need a little sound to infiltrate the headphones, such as bike riding (not something I'd recomend to inexperienced bicyclists). But at the gym, where the machines are noisy, the spin cyclist class plays god-awful music at top volume and people talk (more on that later), these...
[Etymotic Research ER6P ER6 Isolator Earphones - Black Pillow Pack review by Ross A. Seymour "rseymour10" can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 8.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Ross A. Seymour "rseymour10" | | Review Date: | 09/17/2004 | | User Location: | La Crosse, WI United States | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
96% (51 of 53) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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The best portable headphones in their class I bought these phones approximately 18 months ago when they cost 20% more than do today, and I never regretted the purchase. My upgrade path took me from the standard Sennheiser earbuds that were (at the time) bundled with various MP3 players including ones manufactured by MPIO, Rio, and Apple; then to a set of Sony in-ear headphones; then these Etymotics. I like the cheaper Sony's price and sound isolation, but not the asymmetric headphone cable or the boomy bass. The Etymotics brought even ...
[Etymotic Research ER6P ER6 Isolator Earphones - Black Pillow Pack review by J. Gitzlaff can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | J. Gitzlaff | | Review Date: | 02/07/2006 | | User Location: | Chicago, IL United States | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
95% (71 of 74) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Love the product, hate the lifespan Over the past three years, I've owned several pairs of Etymotic ER-6s.
I won't try to sway you on their sound quality; some people love them, others don't. I've never had a complaint in that regard. The customer service I've received from the company has been consistently exemplary.
They do have one fatal flaw, and it's the reason I've stopped using them. Unlike the more expensive ER-4s, they're too small to remove from your ear without pulling a bit on the cable.
[Etymotic Research ER6P ER6 Isolator Earphones - Black Pillow Pack review by E. Goldberg can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 6.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | E. Goldberg | | Review Date: | 03/22/2006 | | User Location: | Seattle, WA | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
95% (81 of 85) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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ER 6 Earphones WOW! First things first. So you will have the answer before you even ask the question: So what does "Etymotic" mean? The answer is that it is a term derived from the Greek word meaning "true to the ear".
Etymotic research has been producing numerous professional grade mic's and earphones for years, and believe me when I say that they know their stuff when it comes to audio.
Enter the age of the IPOD, and other various adaptations of the MP3 players.
The IPOD is now so ub...
[Etymotic Research ER6P ER6 Isolator Earphones - Black Pillow Pack review by W. Brandon can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | W. Brandon | | Review Date: | 04/14/2005 | | User Location: | Girdwood, Alaska USA | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
95% (20 of 21) Users Found This Review Helpful |