Joriarty
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Ordered some Shure SE110 earphones to go with my soon-to-arrive iPod Nano... the earphones arrived today and I am NOT happy. They sound far worse than my Sennheiser MX500's that cost 1/4 as much.
How do they sound? Muffled, distant, and weak. And they hiss. They have similar bass response to my earbud-style (just sit on the ear like standard Apple headphones) Senn. MX500's.
And the "noise isolation"? Sure, it blocks out "outside noise", but bodily noises, and the cord rubbing against clothing, is MASSIVELY amplified. I knew it would be amplified somewhat, but not to this degree.
Why did I buy them? I thought the noise isolation would work, I thought they would sound good, and I have a big problem with earphones falling out (but only out of my right ear. I think it's a different shape!).
So I'm thinking of trying to return them. What should I get instead? If I can't expect anything better from other "noise-isolation" 'phones... I'm either looking at some portable headphones (Denon 1001? I love my D2000's
), or some regular earphones, possibly with an ear loop (or I could just try looping the cord round the back of my ear). The Bang & Olufsen A8 are tempting, but a little pricey.
TBH, right now, I'm looking at just trying to return the Shure SE110's for a cash refund, and waiting 'till the iPod arrives and, shock horror, testing to see if the stock earphones are OK.
What does everyone else think? Might some breaking in make them sound good enough to cancel out everything else I don't like about them? Noise isolation would only occasionally actually be of use to me, I mainly got them because of "canalphones'" purported sound quality advantages, and because they won't fall out, which they don't.
How do they sound? Muffled, distant, and weak. And they hiss. They have similar bass response to my earbud-style (just sit on the ear like standard Apple headphones) Senn. MX500's.
And the "noise isolation"? Sure, it blocks out "outside noise", but bodily noises, and the cord rubbing against clothing, is MASSIVELY amplified. I knew it would be amplified somewhat, but not to this degree.
Why did I buy them? I thought the noise isolation would work, I thought they would sound good, and I have a big problem with earphones falling out (but only out of my right ear. I think it's a different shape!).
So I'm thinking of trying to return them. What should I get instead? If I can't expect anything better from other "noise-isolation" 'phones... I'm either looking at some portable headphones (Denon 1001? I love my D2000's
TBH, right now, I'm looking at just trying to return the Shure SE110's for a cash refund, and waiting 'till the iPod arrives and, shock horror, testing to see if the stock earphones are OK.
What does everyone else think? Might some breaking in make them sound good enough to cancel out everything else I don't like about them? Noise isolation would only occasionally actually be of use to me, I mainly got them because of "canalphones'" purported sound quality advantages, and because they won't fall out, which they don't.