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原文很长，我只摘了他的总结：太郁闷了！！代理一定黑得要死！！！我看了这个200刀还以为是旧的呢，然后我去二手交易区一看居然刚用过一次卖160刀，用过4个月的卖120刀，还都只是要价.........
Overall value
Okay, so if you've read this far.. it definitely seems like I'm bashing the Ety ER-4's left and right... The truth is, after listening to both of them for weeks... I do feel that the E5c is a better earphone. However, this is where the Ety lovers will find their redemption.
If you look on the market, you can now find an ER-4P/S for $210 or so.. or you can get a ER-4P with a S adaptor cable for $50 more (if you use the authentic cable)... which brings you to $260 or so. Even if you find a really bad street price, you're looking at $250 to $300. Not to mention how many people out there has ER-4, even though they aren't likely to part with it, at least there's still somewhat of a market for an used ER-4.
The Shure E5c retails for $499. You can get the Shure E5, which is the same headphone without the consumer packaging, for about $450, but you miss out on some of the goodies, and the shiny cool box. There's virtually no used market for the Shure E5c, you've got to be luckier than (insert your own luckier than whatever reference here, I can't think of a good one.. hehehe) to be able to find one much cheaper than that. Then you've got to spend the extra $10 or so to get the tri-flange tips, which doesn't come as a part of the package, but by far provides the best sound to maximum the full capability of the E5c.
So, at the very least you're looking at a 2x price increase from the Ety ER-4 to the Shure E5c. Now, is the sound of the E5c "twice" as good as the ER-4? As the law of diminishing return kicks in, you can bet for sure that the sound is not "twice" as good from the ER-4 to the E5c. Some of us can still justify the E5c, because the added comfort and versatility, plus the superior sound quality might justify that $500 being spent.
Now, compare the Ety ER-4 to something else.. say.. HD-580. I can definitely see why people would prefer the ER-4 to getting something like the HD-580. After all, ER-4 sounds very, very good, even though the bass might still be laid back; then again, some people would think HD-580's bass is too laid back as well... So for $200 you get a headphone that's very good, both portable and for @ home use. You can choose to amp it or not amp it, it will only improve. Where with the HD-580, you've got to spend at least $150 to $200 on an amp to get it to sound the way it's really supposed to. (I've used a HD-580 with cheaper amps before, mint meta, for example... I don't think anything under $150 is really adequate). So if you look at it, $200 for a ER-4P or S, versus $150 for HD-580+$150 for amp... At $100 less you're getting a very, very comparable sound.
So... when it comes down to value/performance ratio...
Winner: ER-4
Conclusion
So... at the end of the day.. I think the Shure E5c is a much better headphone. Better build & construction, better sound, better at just about everything. Why shouldn't it be though? I mean, it's TWICE as much as the Ety ER-4. If it isn't overall better than the ER-4, I'd have a pretty big gripe to hold against Shure, right?
What it comes down to, is that do you really have $500 to spend on a pair of canalphones? When I first started this thing.. I had a very specific need for wanting to get the best portable set-up possible. In retrospect, with the $500, I'm very close to a Sony CD3K + Gilmore V2 or something.. right?
When it comes to recommendation though... I wouldn't hesitate to suggest the Ety as an option... (of course, I'd have to warn them about all the possible discomfort and so on.. so forth)... but if you've got $500 to chuck at a pair of earphones.. get a Shure E5c... |
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发表于 2004-10-27 03:21:41
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