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4.5 stars
"Simply a very isolating clean sound"
Pros: Amazing clarity in dense music, So quiet, when the music stops you can hear your heart beating, drowns out all the stressful noise of traveling effortlessly. Customer Service at Shure is top notch. My fourth pair of headphones. All connects are gold.
Cons: Volume adjustment seems cheap, Price (ebay deals can be found new for less than MSRP),
Summary: My first Shure headphones were E3C's that I bought with my 5th gen IPOD. A huge upgrade to most headphones, they were basically earplugs with good sounding single driver components. I broke the earbud holder on two pairs of those, since I would sleep with them in when I was in the Navy. Shure replaced them with brand new ones no questions asked and the second time, they gave me E4C's. Which sounded even better.
Well I had those old E4C's for about 2 years now, and I was tired and lost them at work. Some lucky guy found them and I have these now thanks to my girlfriend.
The sound is twice as good. I listened to the newest Radiohead album earlier today (lossless of course) which I've seen live in concert and listened to hundreds of times. With about 2 hours of use on them thus far (no real break in), I heard drums in the last track and people talking during instrumentals that I have never heard before. My Car stereo is a stocker and my home audio equipment isn't as amazing as it could be. I've heard some amazing standard 2 channel home audio systems that were amazingly expensive and detailed. These little headphones will make you feel like your getting a private to yourself taste of that.
I won't tell you the bass sounds amazingly low and robust, it sounds low and precise but it's not thumpy and obviously you can't feel it like a show or big speakers will so that may make some people shy away. I am stoked though, these babies will drown out the annoying people at work and serve me well when flying near screaming kids.
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Shure SE420 Sound Isolating Earphones (black):
$229.00 - $349.99
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