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(23 customer reviews) 12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
A FANTASTIC bargain!!,
October 2, 2006 dltstl "dltstl" (Oakland, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Altec Lansing inMotion iM616 Headphones (Electronics)
I can't believe anyone would review these negatively. At least no one is questioning the sound quality. In fact, they are an amazing bargain.
This is my first pair of IEMs, so I can't personally make comparisons to others, but from talking to people and reading reviews and some posts on headfi, there seems to be no question that these can easily hold their own with IEMs costing twice as much or more (at least, based on Amazon's price).
I first tried them with the flanged tips, and I have to say at that point I thought they were just OK. I switched to the foamies, and it was a whole different story. The sound is definitely very good.
Personally I find them very comfortable. I'm used to wearing earplugs, though, so maybe there was less of an adjustment for me. It's surprising that AL only has one size of foamies, but others at headfi have confirmed that replacements for the Etys (but not the regular ER6s) and Shure (not the E2) will fit these, so that...Read more
15 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Great Sound. But lacking in other areas.,
January 11, 2006 dartnok (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Altec Lansing inMotion iM616 Headphones (Electronics)
Isolation:
I had to use the foam inserts because the plastic ones were a little too large for my ears. With the foam, it completely sealed my ear canal and blocked out most noise. My commute home on the J train (light-rail) was quite silent. I was listening to classical music for the first time on the train. With earbuds, I had to put the volume level around 50%. With the Sony MDR-EX71 model, I could to keep it around 40%. The noise attenuation wasn't that good with the Sony model, but definitely better than earbuds (but the sound quality was quite terrible though.)
Sound Quality:
Superb sound. The partnership with Etymotic Research is evident. Everything sounded great: rock, grunge, classical. The Sonys sounded really muddy while these had a really bright sound with good bass (when the seal was good). Very balanced sound.
Cord/Construction:
I string my earphones through an REI One jacket, so this was more or less perfect length. The...Read more
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
THESE ARE NOT FOR EVERYONE,
August 26, 2007 Coug Moog "s_gil" (York, PA, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Altec Lansing inMotion iM616 Headphones (Electronics)
You may love these phones, or the Ety version, or the Shures. Chances are, if you like the Shure or the Etymotic phones, you'll like these.
However, no matter how wonderful those $500 Shure in-ear phones are, there are people who absolutely hate them. If you can't tolerate something stuck in your ear, you do not want any of these in-ear products.
If you can't tolerate the experimentation with different eartips, insertion depths and strategies needed to fit the endless variety of ear canal shapes among humans, you are very unlikely to have a positive experience with these unless you're one of the lucky ones who got a perfect seal the first time you put them in.
If your ear canals are in that minority that just flat out can't seal no matter what you try you will not be impressed with these phones.
I have fairly deep and wide flaring canals, and I thought no in-ear phone would work for me. Then I found Etymotic Research makes the three-flanged...Read more
