What headphones?

[tee]

I need to replace my crappy Ipod headphones - any ideas? Anyone got a set of Shures?

[bugser]

you really want to browse through the headphone forum
for best advice on this!!

[tee]

Yeah just realised I posted in the wrong place!!

[spl23]

I have had 2 sets of Shure headphones that I have used with my iPod. I originally bought the E3G, which is a very nice headphone - very clear, well-extended bass without being boomy or over-emphasised, and detailed treble. I don't think Shure make them any more, but it was an excellent upgrade over both the standard iPod headphones and the Sony MDR-EX70 canal phones I'd been using.

Then, earlier this year, Amazon halved the prices on a lot of their Shure headphones, and I treated myself to a set of the top-of-the-range E500, which even at half-price cost as much as the iPod. I wasn't expecting them to be that much better than the E3 - I was wrong. They are the best headphones I've ever listened to, and are as much of a step up over the E3 as the E3 was over the stock earbuds. They sound a lot more rich than the E3 - the E3 sounds a bit weedy in comparison. If you can find a set going cheap, I'd thoroughly recommend them.

One caveat - the Shures need to fit really well to sound good. I found the foam sleeves sounded better than the rubber ones. Also, they really benefit from being broken-in - the E3 in particular sounded pretty bad out of the box, and I spent a week wondering if I'd made a dreadful mistake, but they improve noticeably after a few hours use.

[tee]

Thanks for the comments mate

I have heard about the running in actually. In truth I am unsure about whether to spend more on the EC3s or just grab a set of EC2s for less than £40 on Ebay......

[mattski73]

you can buy from ebay or from here

http://www.datakits.co.uk/store/shur...es-p-1827.html


shoot, or you can buy them from here at £23.99. damm, that's a good price, looks like i've just found my 5th pair of IEM's.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-lis...9539060&sr=1-1


for the price, have a look at the Super.Fi 3's. i'm listenign to my Suiper.fi 5EB's at the moment, and they are very good.

http://search.ebay.co.uk/search/sear...tle=super.fi+3

[rommi]

No question, the Futuresonics Atrio M5

94 quid

http://www.handheldaudio.co.uk/pages...e=c&cat_id=178

Nothing comes close, unless you spend at least double that money.
Unless you want a certain type of clinical headphones, like the etymotic

If you cannot afford that, then:
http://www.jaben.net/shopping.html
For the CrossRoads MylarOne X3 Earphone

AVForums are a bit light on Headphones geeks, goto:

http://www.head-fi.org/

[pollen]

I've got a pair of etymotic er6i's for my ipod and they are great. Comfy fit, great noise cancelling and fantastic sound - around £45 delivered from ebay...

[mattski73]

that's a good bargain if ever i saw one.