Etymotic Evo Earphone review – Refined Balance
Evo
$499
Pros
- Excellent build, mastering signature
- Solid shells, Cool modern design
- Transparent neutral detail
Cons
- Cable thinness a concern for durability
- Nozzles pretty long, so care needed
- Upper region harshness with less warm sources
The Evo’s scale with coherent transparency, relaying a well layered elegance with a dash of reference sparkle.
With the texture in the lower end, slight warmth flows in this region adding some flesh to the overall sound signature.
So there is a lot to take in for the new era of Etymotic’s legacy, I think this new fresh approach with the shell redesign, multi driver setup and T2 cables, work well overall and set up the playing field for a lot of new potential in a very well established audio brand.
Sometimes it takes some bold decision to progress audio technology in a new direction, of course you may lose some hardened veteran fans along the way but new blood will be ready to take their place and embrace new frontiers with verve.
The team at earphonia.com are certainly waiting for the next stage in the development of the legendary Etymotic Audio brand.
