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post #1 of 22
10/18/10 at 4:38pm
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Could you, in your ultimate wisdom, identify these Shure IEMs?

 

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Sorry about the blurry pics - a friend of mine friend took them. He said that his brother paid a pretty penny for these but there is no model number on the IEMs themselves or the case they came with.

 

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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post #2 of 22
10/18/10 at 4:48pm

 pretty sure they dont have model number on them, however i dont own one an can't confirm (e3c right?)

 

on a side note....why not place them on a table and take the photos?

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post #3 of 22
10/18/10 at 4:54pm

Those are indeed the Shure E3 or SCL3. I had them a while ago and that is the only possibility. The E4, E5 and E2 all look different.

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post #4 of 22
10/18/10 at 5:02pm

you are correct that's the ugly and garbage sounding Shure E3.

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post #5 of 22
10/18/10 at 5:02pm
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Are they any good?

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post #6 of 22
10/18/10 at 5:04pm

back in the day they were decent, but a lot of headphones were OK back in the day. Nowadays nobody even mentions the Shure E5 or Westone UM2. The UM2 used to be a head-fi favorite! Nowadays, most people think that it sounds bad.

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post #7 of 22
10/18/10 at 5:07pm
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Do you know how much they ran for back in the day?

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post #8 of 22
10/18/10 at 5:09pm

$180

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post #9 of 22
10/18/10 at 5:18pm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DJGeorgeT View Post

you are correct that's the ugly and garbage sounding Shure E3.



sad.gif He's sending these to me because the cord is all jacked up. I thought for once I'd have a hi-end IEM (I'm a can type of guy). Guess not...


Edited by Zerostackers - 10/18/10 at 5:20pm
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post #10 of 22
10/18/10 at 5:20pm
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$180 for "garbage sound?" That's insane.

 

How old are these things?

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post #11 of 22
10/18/10 at 6:50pm

These are e3cs.  I bought a pair back in their day for something over $200 as I remember.  They were returned for a refund after 4-5 days due to their lack of clarity, their muted high frequency response, and their microphonics.  I upgraded to the e4cs and ER4Ss which I used happily.

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post #12 of 22
10/18/10 at 7:11pm

Fairly old.  I bought mine around '05 but I'm sure they were out long before that.  

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post #13 of 22
10/19/10 at 11:20pm

Everyone keeps quoting around $200 but my friend said his brother paid $300 for these. You Shure (lol PUN!) you got the right phones???

 

 

Anyways, are there any popular mods for these?


Edited by Olimoronio - 10/19/10 at 11:22pm
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post #14 of 22
10/19/10 at 11:24pm

Yep, definitely E3c. I thought the E4c was pretty bad (especially for the asking price) so I can only imagine how terrible the E3c sounds.

 

The MSRP on those was $199 so paying any more would have been a major rip-off. 

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post #15 of 22
10/19/10 at 11:45pm

Well, you think anyone would buy them then? Are they universally hated or do they have a cult following?

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