I'm a college student, and I have found that listening to music while studying helps tremendously in my ability to focus and ignore distractions (though this does depend on the music I'm listening to). I currently have been using a set of Shure E2c's with either my iPod or laptop. They sound...

Ok, right now, nearly all of my library is formatted in 128kbps AAC. This was fine for me with the stock headphones, and sounded pretty good. Then I got some Shure e2c's, and I thought I'd try upping the bitrate to see if I could tell a difference on some songs I really liked. So I re-ripped...

I've been doing a lot of searching over at ipodlounge and here at headfi about the Shure e2c and e3c headphones, and I have a few questions about them. I'm trying to decide which one to buy, and am leaning towards the e2c's right now. 1. How well do the Shure e2c and e3c's handle 128kbps AAC...