shure e2c sound isolating earphones
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The E2c's unique, affordable design comes from Shure's years of collaborating with professional musicians. Featuring a high energy speaker in a distinctive enclosure, the E2c produces studio-quality sound with excellent isolation from background noise.
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Technical Details
- Sound Isolating in-ear design - Hear only what you want to hear
- Portable and lightweight design - weighing only one-ounce
- Personal fit kit to contour to your ear size
- Built in High-Energy in-ear speaker technology
- Enriched studio quality sound used by Musicians worldwide
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2010-04-10
By GG (Montclair, NJ USA)
These are very good sound isolating headphones when they work. I like the over the ear design of the units and how they fit inside the ear canal. With plenty of options and sizes almost anyone will be able to find a good fit. They really do a good job of passively blocking out the outside noise. I like that because I don't need to crank the volume up all the way on the MP3 player.
The main problem with the headsets and some subsequent iterations of this model is the poor quality of the cords. I'm on my 3rd unit in 3 years and this cord just went after 9 months of use. Good thing for Shure's 2-year warranty, because you'll probably need it. The good news is that the support service is fast & responsive. But you kind of don't want to deal with that on a $70+ item.
2010-01-28
By M. Conant (NEW CASTLE DE)
JUST GOT THESE HEADPHONES,AND THEY SOUND EXCELLENT.I WAS A LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT ALL THE REVIEWS ABOUT THE LACK OF BASS.HERE'S THE DEAL THESE HEADPHONES ARE VERY PICKY ABOUT FIT AND SEAL .YOU ABSOLUTLY MUST HAVE A PROPER SEAL AND PROPER TIP INSERTED ON HEADPHONE TO ACHIEVE THE VERY GOOD AND POWERFUL BASS RESPONSE THESE HEADPHONES ARE CAPABLE OF.THE CLEAR SILICONE TIPS ARE WAY TO STIFF TO SEAL PROPERLY,THE FOAM TIPS ARE ALSO STIFF AND SOMEWHAT PAINFULL FOR ME, BUT CAUSE A GOOD SEAL.THE BLACK RUBBER FLEX SLEEVES (SIZE MEDIUM)FOR ME WERE THE WINNING SETUP.DURING MY EXPERIMENTATION WITH THESE I FOUND THAT THE WRONG TIP WILL GIVE YOU SOME BASS BUTT WILL SOUND THIN AND NOT FULL BODIED AT ALL. SO YOU REALLY DO HAVE TO FIND THE RIGHT TIP.FOR PEOPLE WITH TINNY AND ODD SHAPED EAR CANALS WILL HAVE TO EITHER GIVE UP ON THESE ,OR HAVE CUSTOM EARTIPS MADE WHICH SHURE GIVES A PHONE NUMBER IN THE PACKAGE FOR INFO ON THIS .HIGHS AND MIDS ARE ALSO VERY CLEAN AND PRECISE.AND THE CLEAR SHELL IS REALLY COOL TO LOOK AT.IM GLAD I BOUGHT THESE DESPITE THE NEGATIVE REVIEWS ABOUT THE BASS. BECAUSE THESE REALLY DO SOUND GREAT.
2010-01-21
By Alex Rodriguez (NYC)
I've owned these phones for about 3 years now. These are the phones I travel with a few times a year. Their compact size makes them ideal. I used to travel with Grado SR80's, but their size was annoying. The Grado's are great and if you don't mind the size, I would highly recommend them.
I initially had some issues with the fit. With any in ear head phone the fit is important for both comfort and the sound quality, so make sure you get that right. Otherwise they will be uncomfortable and not sound as good as they can. I ended up using the smallest foam size and I have to very carefully compress the foam before I put it on. I also have to jam it in pretty good into my ear. But once in they really do block out other sounds, at least as good as other cheap active noise canceling headphones. This also leads to one of the problems I have with them, after a few hours they become uncomfortable.
The build quality on these is also very good. The cables are nice and thick and look like they will last a good long time. Other headphones I have had, like the Etymotic, had thin flimsy cables which made me concerned as to whether they would last without breaking.
Sound quality wise, they are very good. Much better than the units that comes with an iPod and they are also better than the Etymotic 6i I also owned. The bass is ok, not great. Mids and highs are very good. Another good thing is that these are medium efficient, so you won't need to push the volume all the way up to get a decent volume out of them.
I paid $70 for these and I think they are a good value at that price. I am once again shopping for new phones and will use these as my comparison. I would ideally want small phones that sounded as good as my Grados
2010-01-20
By Moe Ban
When compared to every other pair of earphones I have, including some $10 radio shack headphones, they sounded awful. Very little base, and almost like it was coming from a tin can. I've tried the headphones from multiple sources, if there is a trick to making these sound better, I missed it.
2010-01-20
By Andreas Guther (Richmond, CA USA)
I actually like those earphones. I like the sound, the extra length of the wire, and the noise isolation.
But there is on big problem.
When the wiring of my first pair broke after maybe two years of constant usage I got the same model again last year in May 2009. I thought that heavy usage over two years pays its toll. Now, in January 2010 one wire again is broken, and this time from the inside. After less than 8 months of usage I am facing again wire problems. And this time there is nothing visible from the outside, but one channel goes on an off depending how I move the wire.
I use the earphone on a daily basis on my way to and from work. If I do not use them I wrap the wire around my iPod video. My first pair had a broken isolation close to the ear piece and you could see the wires inside. I treat them very carefully and I am very confident that the damage must have come from aging.
My impression is that the isolation does not age very well. As I said, there is no damage to the isolation but by playing with the wire I can locate the area were the wire inside must have broken. This is very disappointing.
Today I ordered earphones from a different company.
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