Etymotic Research Ety8 Bluetooth Stereo Wireless In-Ear Earphones

by Etymotic Research

Product Details

• Item Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000KK4G00
• Item model number: Ety8
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 7, 2004

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

First Bluetooth Stereo In-Ear Earphones

	Control your music Listen to and control your iPod from up to 30 feet away. The ety8 earphones remotely control volume and track selection. The ety8s provide the highest fidelity Bluetooth listening experience, sampling the sound at 44.1 kHz sampling rate, 16-bit resolution.
	Innovative iPod adapter ety8 earphones work with all iPods, except shuffle, which use a 30-pin connector. For 5th gen iPods and all nanos, users can adjust controls on both the earphone and the clickwheel and view settings on the iPod display.
	Comfortable, secure fit The earphones are lightwight (less than 1/2 oz. each) and are supported completely in the ear canal. A large selection of eartips is included to accommodate different ear sizes and to provide a perfect seal to give you the greatest noise isolation. Filters, filter changing tool and leather pouch (not shown) are also included.

Etymotic Research, the developer of the world’s first in-the-ear high fidelity noise-isolating earphones, has designed the first in-the-ear wireless Bluetooth stereo earphones with highly accurate sound reproduction and unsurpassed noise exclusion. The ety8 earphones have a Made for iPod adapter that is compatible with most iPods. These earphones support A2DP and AVRCP profiles and Bluetooth 2.0, and they can be paired with Bluetooth stereo enabled computers and mobile phones that have these profiles.

The earphones use the new full-bandwidth Broadcom BCM-2037 chip set, which represents a major advance in Bluetooth technology and minimizes power consumption. A unique, patent-pending, antenna design enabled Etymotic to make the earphones small. The earphone battery charge lasts 7-10 hours. The iPod adapter does not need to be charged because it uses power from the iPod.

Sound Isolation

The ety8 earphones are the first Bluetooth earphones to provide 35 dB to 40 dB noise isolation. This level of noise exclusion drops the typical 80 dB airplane cabin noise level down to the 40-45 dB level of a typical living room. It is more than twice as effective as over-the-ear headphones with electronic noise canceling circuitry, and equals that of Etymotic's other earphones.

Safe Listening

Thanks to high noise-isolation, users of the ety8 earphones do not need to turn up the volume too high: Recent studies show that when outside noise is excluded, people tend to naturally choose a safe listening level.

Freedom of Movement

The ety8 Bluetooth stereo earphones give users much more freedom of movement and flexibility in how they listen to music. Users can place their iPod, music phone or computer nearby and listen to music while traveling, exercising or moving about, without having to manage wires.

Product Description

Etymotic Research developed the world's first in-ear high fidelity noise-isolating earphones. Now enjoy the freedom of wireless in-ear earphones and audio quality expected from Etymotic.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

39 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Prepare yourself for these earphones, September 27, 2007

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A. Simmons (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Etymotic Research Ety8 Bluetooth Stereo Wireless In-Ear Earphones (Electronics)

Up front, I have to say, if you have no patience, don't get these. But if you're willing to give yourself a little bit of a curve to get used to them, they are worth every penny. You'll never give them up.

I've played music all my life, and sound fidelity is important to me. When I first got the ETY 8 earphones as a gift, the form almost overcame the function for me. It took some getting used to the in-ear placement of the earphones - you really have to get them placed deeply into your ear, which felt odd at first, and took some practice to be able to do quickly. Then, there was the sort of odd feel of the two pieces hanging off my ears. Plus, they look a little bit odd. OK, so I got over the oddness. The earphones are actually very light, and once you get used to the feel, you forget they're there. Because they'd been a gift, I kind of felt obligated to use them, so I powered thru the initial getting-used-to it period, and then I started to understand what these earphones are all about.

It's about real sound. Not over-cranked, duded-up bass, but real high fidelity sound. From a wireless earphone, which I didn't expect. I don't know of another pair of earphones that reproduces the original artists' sound with so faithfully. No kidding. It's really different than the deep pulsing bass you get with Bose and many other earphones on the market. You hear the individual instruments, and the color of the sound. And the noise isolation function of this type of in-ear insertion is superior. I can be riding the Muni bus downtown and be in a world of my own. Even on an airplane, the sense of uninterrupted sound clarity is flat out awesome.

If you like driving around in a car with your radio blaring and your bass shaking the drivers around you, these are not the right earphones for you. But if you are a seeker of true high fidelity sound, go for them.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quality Audio in a bluetooth headset, January 11, 2007

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James A. Davy "Father of two kids & a Techie Fan" (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Etymotic Research Ety8 Bluetooth Stereo Wireless In-Ear Earphones (Electronics)

I just auditioned these at Macworld and they sound great. Same hi quality sound as the ER4 but no cord. They are also very light so you feel nothing pulling your ears down at all. As for the comment about what you might look like wearing these headphones, who cares. You enter you own world of hifidelity with the sounds of the outside world gone. Thus only where these where you will be safe not hearing the outside world because you will not. Enjoy!

25 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Even looking silly they have major promise...but....., December 26, 2006

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SpikerJack "LotsaStuff" (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Etymotic Research Ety8 Bluetooth Stereo Wireless In-Ear Earphones (Electronics)

Was surprised to see these show up before Xmas. Still not sure if $300 is worth it for cordless headphones for my iPod. Initial tests with the iPod adapter on a 60gig Video iPod were impressive - automatically paired, excellent quality and volume levels...similar feel to my ER-6s. Of course much of this initial benefit was offset by the fact that when you wear these things, you look like a total uber-geek.

I also was able to pair the headphones to my Motorola Q and leverage AD2P with reasonable quality (the volume level on the Q sucks with Media Player...).

Where things started to go wrong was range. I decided to try and leave my ipod on the car hood while I did some yard work listening to the headphones (no more than 10-12 feet away). I got major cut outs on the music until I got within 5 feet of the ipod. I thought it might be the range of the iPod adapter so tried the same test with the Q....this time cut-outs occurred at about 12-15 feet. Not sure if there is something that keeps these headphones from working at the full 30 foot range of true Bluetooth - but mine sure do not. My primary use will still be when traveling (if I can get around the passengers staring...) so range won't be a huge deal..but if you say you support Bluetooth - support the FULL feature set of Bluetooth.


ETY8 Positives: Sound quality, in-ear noise cancellation, controls and power management

ETY8 Negatives: Bluetooth range problems, wierd design/look, mega-expensive


BTW...my absolute favorite pair of headphones for travel are the black ER-6s from Ety....they are so much more subtle than the Bose QCs and while volume levels aren't perfect, they are just so easy to travel with and produce excellent noise cancelling results.