I struggle to understand the reason for owning 5000€ IEM. Wouldn’t you be worried of losing them or damaging them on the trip or outdoors? Or if listening indoors, why not just get an equivalent in full size headphone or speakers?
After I heard Moondrop Variations and Letshuoer EJ07 with candy tips M size. Often feels even superior to my Arya Organic.
I am on the lookout if anyone is selling an EJ07 used as they are worth backing up for life.
ANC doesn't really cope well with sudden, sharp noises.
If you're looking for solutions with good audio quality, there are ways to go about this a lot cheaper: Consider the Etymotic ER2XR which is probably good enough to isolate the noise entirely on its own, but you can also put some ear protectors over top for heavy-duty isolation. I've done it before and the result is 100% blockage of outside sounds via your ears.
If you must have wireless, then there are smaller bluetooth buds that will still fit under ear protectors.
I've ranted about this here before, but I have issues with the direction that IEM development is trending. They are getting extremely expensive, bulky/large, uncomfortable, and can have atrocious tuning.
But the size and fit is one of the worst ones, at least for me. With IEMs getting the proper fit and seal is absolutely everything and that is such a difficult thing to achieve if you can't fit the damn things in your ear or wear them for more than 15 minutes because the nozzles are painfully big. With most IEMs I have to spend more time fiddling with fit and tip-rolling than I actually do enjoying my music and, in my opinion, that defeats the point of them.
Also I've largely stopped caring about IEMs since I got my ER2XR. I feel like they perfectly highlight everything that is wrong with other modern IEMs. They're small, affordable, simplistic in design, and have an excellent tuning. I see little point in getting anything else.
I'd recommend the Etymotic ER2XR. Some people would go for the ER2SE, but they're too "flat". At least, my ears feel the XR are more natural sounding.
They're also like $70.00 sometimes, and usually $99.00
https://preview.redd.it/twi61zd90u0g1.png?width=1080&format=png&auto=webp&s=127308c6c86eb67aca96b99a3252eced8d984d25
Then again, the Hexa and the ER2XR are very close, at least in FR graph.
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https://etymotic.com/product/er2xr-earphones/
This is the best noise cancelling headphone on the market. 75 bucks on sale. These headphones also sound better then nearly anything money can buy.
So how do you think your "noise cancelling" works. There's a sound wave the mics in your head phones listen to the sound and moves the sin wave half a phase to cancel out the peaks. This results in no sound because the waves add each and -2 +2=0 therefore no sound.
What these iems do is they make sound -40 db less or a 13x reduction is loudness to whatever you're listening to.
Look I have nose cancelling headphones and I have the er2xr and the er2xr wipe the floor in noise isolation and sound quality. The only downside is it has a cable.
I've say in the plane and heard my heart beat. My roommate was a drummer and it almost completely cancelled out his playing these are the real deal for 75 bucks and they sound absolutely fucking amazing. If you don't believe me go look at some iem reviews about the er2xr. Most people buy them for their sound quality but their primary purpose is to reduce the sound that you hear from the outside world and they are absolutely amazing at that.
https://www.reddit.com/r/headphones/comments/sivxbi/etymotic_er2xr_im_convinced_they_are_the_best/
If you don't believe me go to any concert video and look at what the performers are wearing they aren't using noise cancelling headphones they use custom fit iems to isolate the sound.
They are the best you can buy. They're also 75 bucks and you're looking at options over 500 dollars it's a no brainer in my opinion if your sole concern is not hearing the world around you.
The ER2XR offers Etymotic’s renowned passive isolation, providing 35-42 dB attenuation. You will hear all the details in the music with lower volume levels that are safer for your hearing.
Straight from their website. That's 10-14x reduction in noise. If you say next to a 120 db jack hammer it would be technically safe for your ears and OSHA complaint. No other noise cancelling headphones with mics will be able to say that.
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