( 17 reviews )
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Posted: Jun 3 2009
I have a $20 pair of JVCs and this pair of shureSE420s. For what I paid for them, I don't believe the difference in sound quality is worth an addtional $150. Since I've found listening preferences are unique to each person, it would have been better for me to have tried several different brands before purchasing rather than relying solely on reviews. In the past when I've purchased speaker systems for my home, I've initially taken the time to actually go and listen to various speaker types/brands in a sound room.
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Posted: Feb 21 2009
Pros: Balanced sound without too much bass. If you like that sort of listening experience. If you want more bass, go with a different brand because Shure is notorious for its balance, not bass. Cons: I only saw one other review with this complaint, and frankly I'm surprised. The issue here is that the thin cable leading up to the headphones, contours around your ears, and eventually this bending causes the frail wire cover to peal off thus exposing the bare wire. I gave these to my brother, a 27-year-old working in NYC, who uses these earbuds for no more than 3 hours a week during his commute. He takes care of them, but after 9 months, they had to be replaced under Shure's 2-year warranty (which they have recently reduced from 3 to 2 years...I wonder why?) For 200 bones, I would expect more durability.
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( 0 of 1 found this review helpful ) Posted: Jan 21 2009
I bought these a little more than a year ago and, since they were on the expensive side, I only used them inside and while sitting. I use my Shure SE110's for the gym and mowing the lawn and whatnot. After only a few months, the right ear cord developed a stress crack in it. I put electrical tape around the problem area... but it'd slip off every other day. Basically, the problem got worse, quickly... and the actual wire is exposed. They still work, but I wonder for how much longer. In the last few days my SE110's broke and so I've been sleeping with my SE310's in. Now the left ear cord has the same problem. I'm not sure if this is covered under their 2 year warranty... but I'm admittedly too lazy to find out. As a comparison, I use my SE310's maybe 3 hours a week... and my SE110's roughly (including sleep time) 120 hours a week. I have to buy new SE110's every few months because the audio inevitably dies in the left ear bud. Go figure... odd. Other than this issue... I love them and wish they would bring the price down so that I could stop buying SE110's which aren't as comfortable over long periods of time (5 hours +).
