Etymotic Research MicroProâ„¢ ER-4P Consumer Headphones

Pros: Great with binaural recordings
Cons: very limited use, bright with stereo recordings

The Etymotic ER4B is the most specialized of Etymotics 3 ear phones. Designed to work with binaural recordings, their equalization circuit compensates for the rolled off high frequencies lost due to the binaural process. These recordings use a dummy head...

Pros: portability, amazing sound, exclusivity
Cons: price

If you want to hear things in your favorite music that you've never heard...whether at 30,000ft or on the subway...what else is there?

Yeah...they're expensive. But if you travel a lot and require isolation from everything that's around you,...

Pros: Crisp clean sound. Can't believe what comes out of these little guys!
Cons: See the bottom of my review. Just a couple, but not enough room here.

I purchased a set of these headphones to use with my iPod. Just amazing... Every time I plug these in my ears, I'm blown away. I read a few reviews complaining about the lack of bass. Here is the answer to those complaints in a nutshell... "With these ...

Pros: Great sound, clarity. Comfortable (when you get used to them).  Easy to pack/carry.
Cons: Need to clean after every use.  Expensive filters.

I've had these for almost three years now, and am constantly going back to them.  So far, I've yet to find a pair of headphones or other earbuds that produce the clarity of sound these do.  The bass is light, but easily detectable.  I've ...

Pros: Sound quality, portability, isolation
Cons: Price, but you get what you pay for here.

I purchased my Etymotic ER4P's a week ago. Since then, I have been going through my CD and MD collection non-stop, rediscovering many new tones and intricacies of the music that I had been missing. The quality of the sound coming from these little...

Pros: Can be used with portable players
Cons: Not quite as accurate as the ER4S

The Etymotic ER4P is the newest addition to the fine line of earphones from Etymotic. They are designed to be more efficient than the ER4S so that portable players can drive them to decent listening levels. Portable players have notoriously weak outputs...

Pros: Sound like you oughta hear it
Cons: Pricey, needs more than passive maintenance

Etymotic ER-4P Earphones

I'm writing this review at 24000 feet, plugged into my laptop and listening to B.B. King and Diane Schuur's "Heart to Heart" CD--hearing only the music and, faintly, the white noise of the airplane's flight. I cannot...

Pros: Great isolation, wonderful, clear sound.
Cons: Great isolation, learning curve on proper insertion.

I found the ER-4Ps to be exactly what I was searching for in a set of headphones. They reduce external noise, from my experience, down to the level that regular earplugs do. This is a plus, because it allows the listener to hear the details and...

Pros: portable, clean sound, not active noise cancellation, price
Cons: cord (but it's really not a big deal)

I am a true audiophile. There is nothing that I love more than powerful, crystal clear sound. Aside from these headphones, I own a Klipsch 4.2 surround sound system for the computer($350) and I have 2 Infiniti Kappa Perfect 12.1 ($350 each)subs in my ...

Pros: Sound quality, comfort, noise cancelling.
Cons: Price...but you soon realise they are worth it! Microphonic cable.

This is a product that you have to try for yourself, rather than listen to other people's opinions. Some people will find them uncomfortable or won't have the courage to insert them deeply enough into the ear to get a really good sound. I tried them and ...

Pros: great sound in a tiny package perfect for travel
Cons: in canal design is uncomfortable for some

These "in-canal earphones" arrived in a nicely packaged plastic storage box. Anybody who buys these will immediately see that Etymotic intended on delivering a quality product.... and that they did!

The sound is first rate, rivaling...

Pros: Freaking-Fan-Tastick
Cons: Gambino- Capone - Amy Fischer - Martha Stewart....all cons

These Head/Earphones are simply the best for the price....If you want to hear amazing music and tune out the outside world then buy them...yes they cost 200 to 230.00 but who cares.... when you go through all the trouble of buying an expensive mp3 ...

Pros: Great bass, Crisp Highs and Total, Blissful Silence surround me.
Cons: Discovering how crappy some recording qualities really are.

I'm not an audiophile. Now that you understand this, here goes my review of my Ety ER4P's:

Just got my Ety's a few hours ago. I'm impressed how such rich sound can flow out of a stem no bigger than the head of a pin.
What a strange...

Pros: Extremely accurate and musical Very portable Comfortable Not expensive looking
Cons: Expensive, but a bargain compared to any other headphone of similar sound quality

Over the years I've owned around 70 different pairs of headphones, from cheap to rather high-end, and I used to think I just had a compulsion with buying phones that would go on forever. Each set had it's own unique sound and I used different sets ...

Pros: Tone balance, isolation, extension, silky highs, smooth mids, price.
Cons: Narrow sound stage, physical cable noise.

I bought the etymotic ER4P's to use as stage monitors for live music performance and to use as a reference system when I program sounds. Since we mix from stage (no sound man) I needed ear monitors that sounded a lot like the the very accurate, very flat ...