Bought a pair of Shure SE215s. I got them yesterday in the mail. How long did they last? 22.5 hours.(left side went dead)

More than half of those were spent in their case. Seriously??? If I pay $100 for a set of IEMs I expect them to last longer than this! Actually If I buy some for $15 I expect them to last longer. 

For the little while I actually used them they sounded amazing. Wayyyyy better then my old Monster Turbines(which lasted two weeks)

I guess it's finally time to get the Sony V6s I was thinking of getting...

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Originally Posted by ZimmerX 

Seem to be very unlucky with IEMs :(

 

However the SE215's are known for the major build quality problems and failing quite soon. 

The only  headphones(all kinds: over the ear,IEMs, etc.)that have lasted for me are the Philips SHE 9550s I bought 1 year ago at costco (2 for $30). Everything else has failed within 1-2 months. 

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Originally Posted by ZimmerX 

What does everything else include?

Pretty much all of the Skullcandy stuff except the aviators.

A couple of JVC over the ear headphones don't remember the name, but they were ~$40. 

Sony MDREX36

Monster Turbines

Monster Beats Tours

and a couple more in ears, but I for got the names, I just remember that they were Sonys and JVCs

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Originally Posted by wdahm519 

It sounds like you are too hard on these things if you have a consistent record of breaking your headphones and IEM's.

maybe on the other ones I was, but I only used these for a couple hours and the rest of the time they were in their case. I guess I'm just unlucky :(

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Originally Posted by mark2410 

hmm if you have a history of breaking things dont you think you should perhaps treat them differently.

Like I said already, I might have treated the others badly, but these Shures were only used for a little while(in front of the computer). The rest of the time they were in their case sitting on a table.