Question for Scott, Richard and any other ER-4 users on the group. I'm
planning to finally splash out on a pair of ER-4s and wonder if anyone
has had personal IEM ear moulds made for them, or whether everyone
just uses them as they come. If anyone has had them fitted, have they
ordered the earphones with the moulds in place or had the phones
retro-fitted. I don't have particularly weird shaped ears but have had
difficulty in the past getting other in-ear headphones to sit
comfortably and properly, and I'm thinking of leakage here. There's
nothing on the Etymotic website about moulds for any of their
earphones, just for their earplug range - obviously I'll ask them, but
I thought I'd ask the group too.

Secondly, anyone in London (or Newcastle), England, who could
recommend an audiologist centre to take ear impressions?

Thanks all, Jez Adamson

I had earmolds made for my ER4's but find that I prefer the sound of them
when using the foam earplugs much better...especially for music. Much better
isolation and much better bass although I do insert the earplugs as far into
my ear canal as possible.

Question for Scott, Richard and any other ER-4 users on the group. I'm
planning to finally splash out on a pair of ER-4s and wonder if anyone
has had personal IEM ear moulds made for them, or whether everyone
just uses them as they come. If anyone has had them fitted, have they
ordered the earphones with the moulds in place or had the phones
retro-fitted. I don't have particularly weird shaped ears but have had
difficulty in the past getting other in-ear headphones to sit
comfortably and properly, and I'm thinking of leakage here. There's
nothing on the Etymotic website about moulds for any of their
earphones, just for their earplug range - obviously I'll ask them, but
I thought I'd ask the group too.

Secondly, anyone in London (or Newcastle), England, who could
recommend an audiologist centre to take ear impressions?

Thanks all, Jez Adamson

"Charles Tomaras" <tomaras@tomaras.com> wrote:

I had earmolds made for my ER4's but find that I prefer the sound of them
when using the foam earplugs much better...especially for music. Much
better
isolation and much better bass although I do insert the earplugs as far
into
my ear canal as possible.

Hi Charles, thanks. I kind of expect them to sound slightly different
and indeed maybe slightly worse, but was after the better fitting (and
extra isolation?) .. in fact seeing that isolation works better
without moulds changes things somewhat. A couple more questions: I
take it you had an existing set of phones fitted into the moulds? If
so, could you tell me where you had them done? I'd be tempted in such
a case to just get a set and if I found that keeping them snug in my
ears became a problem I could get moulds made in the future. Secondly,
do your moulds snap around the phones or are they fixed and immovable?
If the latter, is/was it a simple job to replace filters?

I can't remember who did my molds. There was a guy set up taking impressions
at an AES convention a few years back and I had the molds made and received
them in the mail a couple of weeks later. The ER4 just slide into them and
are easily removable.

I had never even heard of these puppies before - I had a look at the
etymotic site, they look interesting.

What are you guys out there using them for? Maybe I should give them a
go...

used them for mixing concerts, racing events, scenes with gun fire, etc.

Brad Harper

I had never even heard of these puppies before - I had a look at the
etymotic site, they look interesting.

What are you guys out there using them for? Maybe I should give them a
go...