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February 25, 2005
A Thing That I Like, Part 1: Etymoptic ER-6i
As winter shortened the days, my dissatisfaction grew with the Sennheiser noise-canceling headphones I had purchased over the summer. Gotta blame something. I began researching other options. The Bose was tempting, but a pretty penny. Plus, I wanted something smaller.
My big-ape Technics headphones are great fun, and for pure rock-n-roll bliss nothing touches those holy-mondo drivers, but flying, coding, and urban travel demand a more innocuous and portable solution.
Enter that twice-blessed organization by the unpronounceable (but strangely memorable) name of Etymotic Research. I now use & abuse two of their fine products with much audiophilific satisfaction. The EtyCom headset snaps into the 2.5in earpiece jack in my cell phone, and pipes crystal-clear voices into my head while I strill and chatter about the 40-mph wind gusts skirting around the trees. But that happiness pales compared to the satisfaction that comes from sliding into the silent aural cocoon that is provided by my Etymotic ER-6i earphones. I will share just one story out of many that I could tell, and that others have told. I like to lunch outside in the nearby plaza on nice days. However, the adjacent sidewalk has been subjected to a harsh pummeling this week by a revitalization-mandate-wielding jackhammer attached to a Bobcat. Noise, noise, wretched noise of progress. Thanks to my ER-6is and an iPod on full random, however, my lunch Tuesday was bliss. When the Bobcat started jackhammering half-way through my afternoon meal, I failed to notice 'till the birds took flight from nearby trees in apparent disgust regarding the unheard noise.
Ah, things I like.
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