| Re: Shure SE210 - I'm disappointed
I have just acquired a pair of SE530s. I also own a pair of E3s, which I hardly used at all, but for lifestyle reasons rather than sound quality which is excellent (incidentally, I will be selling them, let me know if you are interested.) I bought the SE530s on impulse really, but they may well end up replacing my Stax setup...so you can guess the sound quality is excellent, but I do agree with your comments on the cabling.
I can't understand why Shure don't use a more flexible cable like pretty much every other manufacturer. I sometimes feel like I'm trying to fashion a length of twin and earth solid core mains around my ears and yes, the slidey thing is a bit of a cheap afterthought, and badly thought out too.
I really don't understand why they didn't at least make the cable long enough so that you could put a player in your shirt pocket. As it stands, they are useless without an extension cord attached, and as soon as you attach one, you have a mass of inflexible plastic and wires. They should have just made the whole wire 9 inches longer in the first place and used the tiniest possible plug on the end.
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