Shure E4c Sound Isolating Earphones
by Shure Incorporated
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Customer Review: Will Be Using the Warranty.
Summary: 3 Stars
For some reason the volume is not equal between the right and left ear buds. There is a distinguishable difference in amplitude, as if the left earbud has a short. Otherwise the tone is great, though deep bass is a bit lacking. I love the wide range of sleeves provided for best fit.Customer Review: Good all-around earphones
Summary: 4 Stars
I first tried the Etymotics ER-4P and found them very honest, but too shrill for my taste. Sent them back and traded them in for a pair of the Sure E4c. I think the Sure isn't quite as accurate, a really good pair of speakers will beat them for picking out distinct sources of sound, but the E4c's have a good even response range that suits me very well. Nice base, you swear you can feel the thump in your chest. I think in-ear-monitors are very personal in fit, everyone's ears are shaped different, and you need a good tight seal to really hear what they can do. Getting that without sacrificing comfort can be difficult to do, but Sure includes a generous variety of earpieces for you to try to help find the right one for you. To reduce microphonics (picking up sound from the cords bumping against things), wrap the cords up over the front and top of your ear and down the back.Customer Review: Reasonable product
Summary: 3 Stars
I like these but don't love them. I prefer the sound of my Koss KSC75s (especially when I place a slight pressure to them with my hands!). These cost one-quarter of the price, but I wanted some noise reducing phones to use at my gym (to drown out the crap they play there). I love the long cord and the angle of the stems on the body of the phones and the large set of covers that come with them. However, I wish they and other companies would pack more foam pieces as these always work best but are the least durable.
I have bought quite a number of earphones in my search for the ultimate sound - I should have just saved all the money and invested in the type that require a personalised earmould. BTW, I have Ultimate Ears super.fi 3 studios, and the E4c's are much, much better. This is true with respect to sound (they provide a much broader sound-scape, nicer bass and hi-end) and construction.
Customer Review: Try Before You Buy
Summary: 1 Stars
I am confused. Usually I find that reviews of products help me make informed decisions - but this is not the case with the Shure EC4 headphones.
I am a musician, engineer and producer and have tried a variety of headphones in my life. I needed some travel earphones for music composition on the road. Based on the reviews and specs the EC4s seemed great.
NOT
My daughter has a pair of 15 dollar earphones that she randomly picked up at Target - they are far better. Here are the key issues:
1. Frequency response. Maybe my ear canal is abnormal but I find a bass response fall off that is ridiculous. I understand acoustics and how the ear works, but these earphones have no psychoacoustic bass emulation for me - none - zero.
2. External noise attenuation. Again, it might be my retarded ears (they look normal...) but you can forget about using these earphones on an airplane unless you want to test the tensile strength of your cochlear cilia - in other words, blow out your ears. They just suck (again, this is for my ears).
Bottom line -man I wish I had my 200 bucks back - I could have bought some very nice studio earphones, a guitar, or a whole bunch of other stuff that know works. Instead I am stuck with some wire and plastic that is, in my opinion, one of the worst products you can buy in terms of performance and cost.
I recommend that you stand in a normally noisy environment and jam these into your ears and make darn sure you hear what you want to hear before you cut loose those hard earned c-notes. I realize this is the minority opinion, which is why I keep qualifying that it might be my ear structure - but if that is the case, there is a unique disparity with these particular earphones because my ears work fine with other phones and audio output devices.
Good luck! I will sell you mine for 100 bucks - barely used...
Customer Review: Fabulous
Summary: 4 Stars
Very good sound quality, but thats not enough to justify the price really. What does justify it is the reduction in ambient noise. If you can handle in ear buds these dramatically outperform the Bose active system. You get a better ambient noise reduction, from a system that does not require batteries, and a much more neutral sound. If you like the Bose sound thats fine, but I tend to prefer a much less coloured sound, so these suit me. For a Sennheiser fan these will sound good. Also impressive is the build quality, these things are well made and durable, so that helps justify the cost.
SUMMARY: great for travel and noisy environments if you like in ear buds. Great neutral sound and high quality construction.