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Originally Posted by mesasone  I cannot recommend Shure products. I've had several models of their IEMs, and I think they sound great but, their cords are terrible and prone to failure by shorting. I've owned three pairs and all three developed a short in the cable in less than a year. Unfortunately many others on this forum have had the same problem.
Until they start providing a user replaceable cable like on some of the Ultimate Ears and Sennhesier models, I give them a big thumbs down.
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When I bought my own pair of Shure SCL2s almost a year ago as a birthday present for myself, I was thinking along the line of "maybe Shure has already did something positive about its wire breakage problem with its eXc lineup". After seven months, the ugly truth stared back at me. The wire leading to the left 'phone developed hairline slices that run along the circumference of the wire itself. I noticed the said problem after I decided to bring out the 'phone from its casing to do some casual listening...when I noticed that there were streaks of oil running along the wire near the left 'phone and checked it at close range, there was the cracked/spliced wire.
I'd also echo the previous recommendations made by others: you'd be wasting your money if you go below the SE530 (maybe with the exception of SE115 and SCL2 despite their wire problems if sound quality is to be considered). If you can stretch your budget a lil' bit higher, better get a pair of UM2s, which are somewhat warmer or the Klipsch s4i, which has received rave reviews from many head-fi'ers if one were to take not of its bass response.
