Shure E2C Canal Phones
July 20th, 2003 | by Brandon King
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Average user rating from 9 users |
Awesome sound stage
by Matt on Oct 11th, 2006 at 3:40 AM:
I bought these 'phones at the airport. I also had the sony's mentioned below, but the cable was starting to degrade. It didn't affect sound quality, but made them slight uncomfortable on the back of my neck. When I first connected the headphones to my iPod mini, after putting the bits together on a turbulent plane! (wax guard and seals), I put them in and they do feel strange for a while. I'm on the smallest rubber sleeves (as I was on the sony's). I wasn't blown away at the start but on further listening was really impressed (I think that being on the plane didn't help the finesse of the 'phones, they certainly cut out most of the sound of crying babies though). The sony's are good phones but don't have the openess of the shure's. The expansive sound stage and subtlety of the recordings really come through. When I got to use the the headphones in a quieter environment I tried James Blunt and Vanessa Carlton, I felt like I was in the recording studio. Great placing of instuments, vocals locked in and crystal clear. Daft Punk - Around The World, rocked my world big fat bass throbing, filling my head. With these 'phones I can't help but toe tap (much to the amusement of my wife).
I'm looking forward to ripping the rest of my music collection and checking out different bitrates (192 and rising!!).
Using the shures is like turning off Dolby noise reduction on a tape, the sound stage pops.
Clarity and Isolation.
by Michael on Oct 24th, 2005 at 8:13 AM:
Take the time to find the right seal with these headphones, and you will be rewarded with great detail and impressive frequency response. Midrange and treble are great, and the bass is surprisingly good enough to keep me happy. These things truly isolate you from any sound going on in the outside world, and have even made trips to the crowded grocery store bearable. I only wish I were irresponsible enough to wear them on the drive to work and back.
Wonderful Headphones
by Chris on Sep 14th, 2005 at 11:23 AM:
I had the sony's that the previous reviewer is talking about, and I actually took them back to get these. A friend of mine had the shure's and I had to have them. They are absolutly amazing. Best headphones I've had/
Amazing Sound - hard to use though
by Andrew on Sep 2nd, 2005 at 10:20 AM:
I just switched over from the sonys, and there is no comparison at all in sound quality. I use them with an iPod and the sonys were overtaxed pretty frequently (giving a good bit of distortion). These are handling everything I throw at them with no problems.
The only thing that I don't like is trying to fit the darn things into my ears and getting a good seal. I used the mid-size mold with the sonys, but stepped up to the large soft ones for this pair. The harder clear silicon ones offered absolutely no seal, and the foam ones are a little cumbersome to deal with. I guess that it is good that they give you so many different options when you buy them.
Overall, I love them - I'll put up with some extra adjustments for this quality of sound.
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Great sound, incredible isolation and overall quality
by Aaron Leyh on Jun 13th, 2007 at 9:10 PM: