Noticed that the new UM1 Colors (picture below) now ship with the new EPIC G2 cables, together with the new EPIC tips.   Can anyone provide any details as to what kind of improvements we can expect from the second generation EPIC cables?   It looks like they've ditched braiding...if my...

So I've been looking around for a pair of decent earphones for my brother, who has been nicking my Westone 3s at every opportunity he can get. I'll be off to uni again in about a week's time, so I don't have much time to do too much research.   That means that really I'm asking for...

Hey guys, I've got a pair of (working) SE530s with rubber guards which have come off somehow. Shure is refusing to fix the pair for me since I didn't get them from an 'authorised retailer', but thankfully the damage is purely aesthetic and doesn't affect sound quality whatsoever. The thing...

Hey guys, My first SE530 cables snapped, so I got them replaced, free of charge. This second pair's rubber guards have come off on the left, and tearing off on the right...you think Shure will give me a third pair for free? The shop I bought this pair from told me that they might not give...