Shure E2c Sound Isolating Earphones | List Price: $99.99
Discount Price: $59.99
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Brand: Shure
Binding: Electronics
Warranty: 2 years warranty
Features: - Sound Isolating in-ear design - Hear only what you want to hear
- Portable and lightweight design - weighing only one-ounce
- Personal fit kit to contour to your ear size
- Built in High-Energy in-ear speaker technology
- Enriched studio quality sound used by Musicians worldwide
Great sound, noise cancelling, nice Bass [Posted on 2008-08-22]
Shure E2c Sound Isolating Earphones
I purchased these headphones about 18 months ago. So far, they are the best phones I have found. Good bass, cancels out noise better than the Bose "noise cancelling" and they have a pretty good fit. Two things I don't like as well. 1. Over the ear wires. In order to get a proper fit, you have to drape the wires over your ears and then back down. 2. Ear fit. Although Shure gives you multiple options for ear sizes, these don't fit just right for me unless I ram them into my ears.
Overall this is a GREAT set and I highly recommend them.
Great mids and highs. Thin bass. [Posted on 2008-09-03]
After using these for a while and comparing to other in ear canal and earbuds I have, and to a set of over the ear headphones, I have come to the conclusion that this isn't the frequency response I like. These do a terrific job with mids and highs, and the bass is very clear and defined, but lacks punch. I mean, you can hear individual bass guitar notes very distinctly, as opposed to somewhat of a mash of bass sound. But the compromise for this clarity is that it sounds a bit thin.
This review is an edit (my first, written soon after purchase wasn't very helpful), so I'm not able to change the stars. I'm really not sure how to rate them now, though. If you like feeling the bass a little, then I think you would be disapointed with these. If you prefer clarity, and are willing to sacrifice a little bass, these might be perfect. So, one person might say 1 star, the other 5 stars. Subjective. I guess I'd say 3 stars at this point. I have to give them credit for making a mediocre source (iphone with 128 bit rate) sound pretty good.
I'm not affiliated with these people, and I'm not sure Amazon will let me post this, but this site has frequency response graphs for most headphones. They even have a thing where you can choose different headphones and overlay the graphs to compare. The E2c graph clearly shows less bass response. Based on the graphs, I ordered some Sennheiser px-100s. (Which aren't in canal or isolating). Unfortunately, I purchased the E2cs from Ace Photo Digital, and their return policy is very restrictive (if you open the package, you can't return). Wish I had read the fine print, because now I'm out a small pile of cash.
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They aren't especially comfortable, but because the cords go over my ears and the plugs fit my ear well, they stay on when I'm running.
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Added a week later:
I received the PX-100 headphones I ordered, and I have to say that I don't think there is any comparison. For my subjective preference, the PX-100s deliver a much more enjoyable experience. Of course, I'm sort of comparing apples and oranges, because the PX-100s are over the ear headphones, and they don't isolate sound either, and, being open, they leak sound. If I needed any of those things, I would go with the Shure, but all I wanted was good sound in something I can jog with.
Shure In Ear Headphones [Posted on 2008-09-19]
I favor clear music. I am impressed with the clarity and detail of these headphones. The bass does not suffer because of the clarity. You must make sure they fit in your ears. On the third try with the various earpieces that came with the phones, I got a perfect fit. I can't hear anything but the music.
Broke 3 times before warranty was up [Posted on 2008-09-30]
I got these in part because of the warranty. Mine broke 3 times during the 2 year warranty period and each time Shure replaced them, but I had no headphones for two weeks. Each time they broke, I got a new pair in sealed packaging, so I think that these headphones just break a lot, which is surprising considering how sturdy they feel. The warranty just ended and they broke again, not buying another pair.
Sure earphones [Posted on 2008-10-01]
Great sound but I have't gotten the part that goes in my ear to be comfortable yet
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