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ER4S revisted (again for 4th time) versus UERM, ZA CT DX200, Klipsch R6R
shotgunshane:
Nice set of detailed impressions. I'd love to be able to re-post these on the head-fi Tenore thread without them getting mod deleted. The UERM, ER-4S and Tenore are some of my favorites. Too bad the ety fit is so cumbersome. I sold them because of it and contemplate buying them again all the time, as I really love their treble.
funkmeister:
Dang, I ran a sales promo and gave away some ER4S IEMs and it came down to between two dudes who really seemed to want 'em. The one who was shopping for IEMs and the guy who got 'em... never used 'em. He just put 'em up for sale. We all had disapproving glares for him the next week when we found that out.
OJneg:
Ok, read through your comparison a bit.
I think I need a refresher on what your definition of "clarity" is. Because in terms of delivering vocals, I feel the ER4S destroys the Tenore by a country mile.
Also, could you give me some pointers on a few tracks that might reveal the "greyness" you're talking about? Do you feel the ER4S is that much worse than the Tenore in that regard?
M3NTAL:
Anyone have a Fostex TE-05 to add to the comparisons?
Anaxilus:
--- Quote from: OJneg on June 23, 2014, 04:08:03 AM ---Ok, read through your comparison a bit.
I think I need a refresher on what your definition of "clarity" is. Because in terms of delivering vocals, I feel the ER4S destroys the Tenore by a country mile.
Also, could you give me some pointers on a few tracks that might reveal the "greyness" you're talking about? Do you feel the ER4S is that much worse than the Tenore in that regard?
--- End quote ---
Clarity is absence of veil, the inverse. It's a combination of absence of distortion and proper timbre with a deep black background. In essence, notes and instruments pop more clearly.
I don't know what you mean by vocals and how that relates to my definition of clarity and what you are hearing. Country mile doesn't tell me very much specifically (Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra?). The only time I complained about vocals was on that specific track where the Er4 just couldn't keep up with all the layered vocals. That was speed and separation issue on a congested passage, not a tone issue. On Gloria (not the Laura Branigan hit), the Tenore beast the ER4S and the UERM beats both by a country mile.
Start at 3:23 (not the exact same track I used, a touch slower and youtube compressed, Ensemble is a little different)
Greyness has nothing to with tracks in this case (though some tracks are greyer than other based on their mastering, you could ask LFF to explain this). It's ever present in the driver, phone, DAC or amp regardless of tracks and should be evident in direct A/B.
Visually speaking think of a picture. The ER4 nails the sharpness and contrast around the elements in the picture but the gamma is subdued so the colors might be a little dull or washed out. The Tenore and UERM get the gamma and colour tones right, but the Tenores are fuzzier around the edges so the elements within the picture bleed a bit more. Let me know if that makes some sense.
Sokath, his eyes Open! :)p17
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