Product Description

The best earphones available for your portable media player ER-6i isolator earphones are designed specifically for use with the Apple iPod and other small portable players, offering 8 dB higher overall sensitivity and slightly more bass than the ER-6 isolator earphones. ER-6i Isolator earphones have an accurate frequency response surpassed only by the ER-4P professional earphones, and have greater sensitivity than the 4P earphones. ER-6i earphones reduce noise naturally. They slide in your ears like earplugs to block out external noise, allowing you to hear every recorded detail. Box Contents : - ER-6i Isolator earphones - 5 ft. cord with 3.5 mm stereo plug - Flanged and foam eartips - 2 replacement filters - Filter changing tool - Shirt clip - Pouch

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4545 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Etymotic Research
• Model: ER6iC
• Released on: 2005-02-28
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 1.00" h x 6.00" w x 10.00" l, 2.00 pounds

Features

• 5 ft. cord with 3.5 mm stereo plug
• 1 pair white 3-flange eartips
• 1 pair foam eartips
• 2 replacement filters
• Filter changing tool

Manufacturer's Description
Get the most from your iPod with the ER-6i Isolator earphones, which deliver plush, clear tones to your favorite tunes. The phones are compatible with any portable audio player with a 3.5 mm stereo plug, though the stylish white earpieces and cord look straight out of the iPod playbook. The phones are also lightweight and compact, fitting conveniently in a shirt pocket, purse, or iPod carrying pouch. The elite audio performance derives from the phones' high overall sensitivity and the noise-reducing design, which reduces environmental sound levels by 30 to 35 dB, allowing listeners to hear the full range of today's digital recordings without having to play them at extreme levels. The design also reduces distortion and improves clarity. Users who are particularly attuned to fluctuations in audio quality will appreciate the filter changing tool and pair of replacement filters. When a filter eventually gets dirty and reduces the earphone's output, the listener can install a new filter in minutes. Whether your component of choice is a portable MP3 player, CD player, DVD player, or laptop, the ER-6i Isolator earphones are a great fit. The phones come with a shirt clip that keeps the cord close to the vest and a storage pouch.

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Customer Reviews

First impressions...
Just got these today. In a word, FANTASTIC. I bought them primarily because of the issues surrounding the volume cap imposed by the EU on the new iPod Classic. I found the volume pitifully poor and bought the Etymotics in an attempt to beef up the volume.
Having tried them this morning I can tell you that this has worked a treat. I had no problems fitting them into my ears...as a regular (i.e every night) wearer of ear plugs I found the foam tips to be the best. The much talked-about bass response was something I had no problems with and after road testing them for 5 mins I returned to my Sony MDR-EX71s for comparison. They were bassier but there is just NO comparison between the clarity of sound or the improved volume.
I am extremely satisfied. I realise there are some obvious design issues but I hope not to suffer any of these. After 1 day of ownership I recommend these headphones highly.

Badly designed
I've had 2 pairs of these headphones in the space of three years which tells you a) they provide great sound but sadly are let down by b)incredibly fragile build quality. The good simply outweighs the bad. Twice I have had to bin my phones as they have narrowly lapsed the 12 month warranty but for £60 I expect far better. I have emailed Etymotic to complain and advise they do something about the faults in the design only to receive a brusque and impersonal reply explaining that it was my fault. I took such care with the second paid I owned for fear of breaking them, only to see one of, and shortly after both, headphones die on me.
Etymotic have been terrible in their customer service during these incidents, asking me to pay the postage costs!?! I fully expected them to pay for the return of the faulty product and return new ones but this was obviously to optimistic.
You may see many other reviews below which detail a similar experience. I have been completely underwhelmed by Etymotic product, and worst of all attitude and would strongly advise you not to purchase anything from them. I intend never to purchase from them again. Go and buy something from Shure, Bose or Sennheiser, or Sony all of whim make more sturdy yet no less sophisticated headphones with better warranty and customer service.

They get one star due to the fact for the short period they are good, which is the most frustrating aspect of it.

STAY AWAY FROM THESE IMO.

amazing.. but one recuring problem !!
i have found theas headphones to be amazing ! , i was astonded at the diferance between them and my old *cheep* headphones, i use them at work under eardifender whall using machenary , firstly with to methods of sound isolation you carnt actuly hear the machean! which means you can turn the music down alittle and save your ears! the 2nd point is that i oftern get to the end of a job take the eardifenders off , and then remember that i actuly have a pair of headphones in ! i actuly forget that they are stuck in my ears.
as u can tell i love theas headphones but afew months after i got them, problem! the left headphone stoped working! i was devistated i sent an email to etymotic and had to sent them in to them for repair , well afew weeks back i receved a new pair back, was so happy to get them back at last and i mad sure to take care of the jack conection,, but again afew months later they went again ! they are now in the usa with etymotic after afew emails last week to etymotic they recomended that they sent back a pair of there black ER6i's because the jack is in an L shape and i prisume that would hold the wire in better, i would recomend that any one looking at getting theas headphons to get the black ones (that are cheeper at the moment !) and they dont look like u have an i pod, so hopefully less stolen headphons!
i would never consider going back to a pair of plastic "normal" headphons now ! and would obviosly recomend a pair of theas tipe of headphons to any one! . i just hope the black ones dont break this time!
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