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Pros & Cons

These lightweight ear-canal headphones provide clean, clear, slightly bass-heavy sound; flanged eartips reduce external sound. The ER-6s are well suited for use with a player only, and we heard improvement when adding an amp. We did find them difficult to fit.

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Matthew Sarrel

Matthew Sarrel

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Matthew D. Sarrel, CISSP, is executive director of Sarrel Group, a technical marketing consultancy. He is also a technical marketing consultant and technical writer. To read his opinions on games please browse http://games.mattsarrel.com and for more general information on Matt, please see http://www.mattsarrel.com.

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