Shure earphones
I’m the proud owner of a nice pair of Shure E2c headphones. They’re a particularly good in-ear style headphone that offer excellent tight bass and general goodness. I bought them after my last pair of Sony in-ear ‘phones went the way of the Dodo.
The E2cs come with a choice of three different in-ear covers: the latexy black rubbery ones (ala my old Sony pair), the sexy-looking clear white rubber ones, and the funny orange foam ones. Each type also comes in three sizes: small, medium and large.
When I first purchased the headphones I tried each style and size out until I settled on the medium-sized orange squishy type. They offered the optimum comfort and noise-blocking qualities. The only downside was that inserting them into the ear was a little more invovled: you have to squish it down all the way around and then insert them into the ear before they expand. Once you get the hang of it it becomes straightforward, but it still requires more time than the other types.
Unfortunately my medium-sized foam covers had pretty much given up the ghost a few months ago. They were looking really grubby and didn’t fit as well as they should. Thanks to Shure and eBay, I’ve invested in five new replacements:
Here you can see the medium-sized clear rubber ones I’d been using in the meantime… but now I’m a very happy bunny. £11 + delivery seems a little on the high side for ten pieces of foam, but this many should easily last me the year.
Tags: Music
March 5th, 2008 at 9:13 pm
Do you still have these? I bought a pair a few years ago for about £80, and found the sound quality to be of fairly good quality, especially compared to the Sony Fontopia in ear phones I had previously. However, after about 10 months the flex on the thickest cable started to split and crumble up the whole length of the chord, and they eventually stopped working. I was wondering if you had the same problem.
I use a pair of these now.
-Matt
By the way, Björk is awesome
March 5th, 2008 at 9:14 pm
Oopps, put some html in there, meant to put http://www.sennheiser.co.uk/uk/icm.nsf/root/products_sennheiser_headphones_evo_500095 for the headphones.
March 8th, 2008 at 6:46 pm
Hi Matt
I still have the Shures… they’re still working beautifully. No problems with any part of the cable, other than that I find it too long (but this does sometimes come in handy)