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I love my new ipod but can't get on with the earphones at all.
I've been thinking about getting some in-ear headphones and am prepared to spend up to £70. So far I've identified the Shure E2c as a possibility...can anyone recommend these, or any others?
I've been thinking about getting some in-ear headphones and am prepared to spend up to £70. So far I've identified the Shure E2c as a possibility...can anyone recommend these, or any others?
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In the end I shelled out a bit more cash and went for the etymotic e4p and I absolutely love them, the sound across the whole frequency spectrum is lush. My only fault would be with the design which isn't as convenient as the Shures.
In your price range the etymotic equivalent is the er-6i. I've never used them, although from what I've heard their very similar to the er4p in terms of frequency response. However I've heard the bass response isn't quite as good
One word of warning, for in ear phones to work well, both Shure and the Etys, you need to get a good fit so the phones need to be right in the ear, this can be uncomfortable, although I've gotten used to it. Don't be surprised if when you first try them you wonder what the fuss is about. Until you've gotten the fit right, and that does take practice, they won't sound much cop.
Thanks for that...I was actually pretty set on the E3c as Amazon have reduced them in price, so in a way I'm a bit disappointed that you weren't altogether happy with them, particularly as I listen to a lot of female vocals. The Shure came out on top in the review I read (the E2c got 5 stars) though I can't recall the Etys model...I guess to a large extent it's a personal thing.
Ultimately, I'll just have to take the plunge and maybe upgrade at some point later on.
Cheers again.
my ears must be different shapes
quick look on amazon, and even full price the e3c's are now £90 when they used to be £140 odd. so if you can pick them up on amazon for £70 i'd say it's a bargain.
Iain
I've got the Shure E2C's and I love them.
If you want something better I've heard that it's not worth moving upto the E3C's (as there is not much diffrence between those and the E2C's), but just go straight for the E4C's as these are a lot better.
Also it's important to use the foam buds with the headphones (they come with some rubber ones that are not too good) + make sure you have got a air tight seal as that bass will not be too good if not.
The sound has more bass and is louder.
http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/earjams/index.php
They clip on to the earphones and turn them into an in-ear design. They come with different sized ear buds. I have friends who swear by them.
Just got all excited then and thought I'd found a solution to my own iPod earphones falling out constantly. Found Griffin Earjams on Amazon at a great price and although only two reviews both were bad. One reviewer mentions that they won't fit the Nano's headphones - different sizes.
Griffin Earjams and Amazon
Can anyone recommend any good quality, small, lightweight earphones that go on the outside of the ear that are good with an ipod?
It depends how big you want them + how much you want to spend.
I had a go with the Sennheiser HD25 headphones, but decided against them and went for the Shure E2c's in the end, but the HD25's sounded realy good.
They are about £100'ish though, but are great headphone, well built and not too big compaired to the other over ear headphones.
I now have Shure E4Cs which seem more substantial. The noise isolation was better on the Etymonic but my ears tended to overheat ! The Shure are more comfortable but don't cut out noise quite as much in my view but that could be down to the type of bud I'm using. I haven't yet experimented with the different types supplied.
Sound quality is good on both.