Hello !   Since approx 3 months I'm barely able to change the sound of my IE8s, even if I put the basses at the max on one side and at the min on the other side by turning the screws.    While they were fresh, out of the box, I couldn't bare more than 10 minutes with the max settings it...

Hi - sorry if this is a familiar question, but I'm hoping someone can give me some useful advice!   I am a working musician and listen to all styles of music, particularly jazz / acoustic as well as funk / soul / electronic. I have just bought a set of IE8s to replace my broken UE700s.... I...

I own a set of SoundMagic PL30's which I enjoy for their budget performance and great comfort and using doing yard work.  I recently acquired a pair of Shure E2c's from a friend.  I really love the midrange on these.  Zakk Wylde's guitars sound better than ever on them.  Bass is a little on the...

I read lot of posts about breaking headphones to about 200 hours.   why do headphones need breaking in? I just bought a shure se 420 and i can't tell the difference between this and the shure se210's i were using. I'm using Cowon S9. So do i just leave it out playing for couple of hundred of...

First and foremost I'm going to use this on a 3G 120GB Zune listening to jazz, trance, jungle, and rap most of the time with indie rock and alternative sporadically. I know that these two products have a balanced sound spectrum but jungle and rap sound so much better with it being bassy...

I am looking for the BEST dual driver earphones on the market? I would like to give you an idea of exactly what type of earphone i am looking for: I am looking for an earphone with a neutral\balanced and showing no noticeable leaning towards neither bass, mids nor highs & certainly no...

Hi guys, I paid $120 shipped for an Se420 with date code 1417. I get the se420s and all packaging and accessories. The se420 is missing the rubber thingie that goes over the wire at the back of the iem. Sound is not affected by this. The white you see in the pic is actually insulation for the...

Hello folks, I never thought I would write apost like this but I'm starting to get desperate. Let me explain. Over the last two years I have owned or tested so many IEMs you would not believe, only to find that none of them were right for me in one way or another. I am starting to think I will...

Hello there,   Long time lurker and first time poster.  For whatever reason, there's been an extraordinary lack of reviews/interest in the Shure Se425.  Even on Head fi there is a huge thread for the SE535's but no one even seems to mention the SE425's.   I'm an owner of the SE420's and...

Back at CanJam '08 I made it my business to listen to every universal IEM in the house. Out of all of them, I liked the sound of the Shure SE-420s best. Since then, there have been so many new IEMs introduced it's impossible to listen to them all. This one or that one has sounded promising, but...

I don't know if this has been posted, but one of the Amazon Golden Box deals of the day is the Shure SE420 for $140. Hurry up, only 18 minutes left!  http://www.amazon.com/gp/goldbox   EDIT: Whoops, it's been posted already. Please disregard and read the first thread.

if anyone's interested

Amazon.com, Shure SE420 white, $140.   Over at 10am PDT or when all claimed (60% claimed now)

Right, My 420s recently broke, and Shure has replaced them with a brand new boxed pair - (Very good customer service...UK that is).   Now the question is, do I sell these, and get the IE8s. I mainly listen to Hip-hop (Wu-Tang, 2Pac, NWA, The Roots). The IE8s are about £20 more expensive, and...

Hello. This is my first post on these forums, so I apologize if I make any mistakes in etiquette. I tried to find a similar thread, but wasn't successful, so here goes.   I'm looking to buy my first real set of IEMs, with a special eye to what will do the best job of isolating sound on the...

Hi guys. I am writing to see if I can get help. The problem that I am having is that the left monitor on my Shure se420 only works when you hold it in a certain way (like forcing the cable downwards from the plug). When it is straight it doesnt work, when you hold it down from the plug it works...

Hey All:   I am looking for a good pair that would be replacing my bose around ear for home use. I have the shures se420 as my portable phones... My budget would be no more than $100 and I will be looking preferably to used phones... they dont need to be portable, but decent quality is a...

Hello.   I'm about to send in my SE530's and my SE420's for repair. I'm disappointed with the robustness of both, but Shure's warranty's are solid — my SE530s have already been replaced twice, both for cable cracking at the ear.   I'm going to use their absence as an excuse to treat...

i havent seen too many people here comparing these two headphones side by side..soo im wondering which one of these would be good for listening too trance and techno..i like my sound to be exciting..thanks

Hello,   (Not necessary to read the spoiler)         I was thinking of Shure SE535 though the price is absolutely exagerated and doesn't seem to go down, or Shure SE530 at a fair price : I can have it at 270 euros... Maybe if I give you some examples you'll be able to help me...

hi bros, as above, can anyone help, would be willing to pay for the service, have the wires splitting out of the earphones, i am located in sg, thanks

Hi, my shure se 420 appear to be clogged with earwax. The sound is very faint, even when I turn the volume to the max. I cleaned the nozzles as much as possible with the supplied tool so I guess that there is still a lot of wax deep inside. 1)Does anyone know of a way of removing the wax...

So I just got a new set of Shure SE420s. Amazon is selling the ones with white accents for $160 right now. Not a bad price for those it seems. Their purpose is to travel with my laptop.   Well I wasn't that impressed. The fidelity was good, but the bass was rather anemic. Now I have high...

As a lurker here I just wanted to pop in and say that thanks you the wonderful reviews on here I picked up my first set of real cans yesterday (ATH-M50 non-S) and it was so worth it.   I have a Nuforce uDac on order but I'm already obscenely happy.   I have a bunch of 24/96 files in iTunes that...

I'll keep this short and sweet - I'm after some opinions regarding my next step in portable audio.   What I have at the moment:  - iPhone 3GS  - Decent dedicated dock connector audio out  - Semi-decent headphone amp...