etymotic 4P earphones

I have the 4S's and agree with Pmotz and Lazarus28. These are the best in-ear cans out there IMO.

Have used the 4s for atleast 7years.They are great especially for airtravel and exercise.For me they only work with the white "rubber" fittings.They do clog up at times and you have to replace the green filters.They are not as good as the STAX speaker phones or the sannheiser 600 but these earphones are realy only for home use.

I have a pair of ER6's and can only say that they are the best "headphones" I've heard for listening on airplanes. As a number of people have said, the trick is to make sure they are inserted far enough and you have a proper seal. If you do, ambient noise is greatly reduced and you can actually hear music. I've tried both the Sennheiser and Bose noise cancelling headphones, both of which seem to deaden the sound.

Having said that, they are a bit inconvenient when you have to remove to talk to the flight attendant and they would not be my choice for home listening.

I have a pair of these, and I have two thoughts about your experiences. First, as has been mentioned, it is crucial to have them pushed deep enough into the ear canal to get a good seal. The headroom info that came with mine said that this tinny sound is what will happen otherwise, and my experiences confirmed it.

Second, they do need a good bit of break in. I played mine for about 20 hours straight connected to my iTunes library. This was crucial, as the sound became much fuller and natural sounding after they became fully broken in. Try this overnight twice, and then try them out again. Make sure you experiment with placing them in your ear canal, too.

When you first start using them, it is very unconfortable, IMO. It just doesn't feel right to push them so far into the ear, but it is required for good sound with the ER 4P.

Hope that helps.