[Jooseppi]

Hi,

Newbie reporting!

I find the nozzle in my E4C to look a bit different from the pictures I've seen in Internet.

This is my Shure:

The ones seen in Internet are like this: http://www.kopfhoererverstaerker.de/...ure_E4_600.jpg

The fat part of the nozzle puzzles meezz. It doesnt come off terribly easily, I havent tried terribly violently...yet.

What's the case?

Thank you

 

[thrall]

That's not normal. The nozzles on mine are hollow and don't change size.

 

[espire]

Well, are both the left and the right monitors like this, or only that one? I'm Shure (har.) that if both monitors are the same, they were made that way. Otherwise, I'm not so Shure.

Edit: Disregard. I didn't read the post properly. I stand by my puns, though

 

[Bunninator]

Where the hell did you buy that? Looks like you got suckered.

 

[Electro Point]

Does not look normal to me, Something is definitely wrong if its using a paper filter to cover up that hole.

 

[Jooseppi]

Got these from eBay. They sound great, I believe they are genuine Shure headphones, E4... E4-something. The cord, everything is of high quality. I dont have a legit pair to compare to, but I believe I can spot a fake. These dont seem fake.

I read that you can change the nozzle, so this shouldnt be too much of a problem. How easily is the retainer suppose to unscrew? It all seems so tight..

If someone knows what the hell the fat part is, please let me know.

 

[physh]

These look like the ebay fakes, Notice the radius on the metal.

 

[Ajwf]

Yea...mine dont look ANYTHING like that..i dont even see the hollow tube for the sound to go thru.. plus my metal casing looks nothing like that. be aware tho that i bought the e4's, the professional monitor ones instead of the consumer ones...but I dont think they are supposed to be any different at all, except the colour.

 

[Jooseppi]

It seems I got screwed, huh?

Does this picture help identifying these:

Thanks for any help you can give.

 

[NeObliviscaris]

oh no

its fake, i also bought some of ebay a while back and they look exactly the same as urs!

i started a thread here: http://www.head-fi.org/forums/showth...light=e4g+fake

 

[Audio-Fi]

LMAO, it's fake. The Shure logo is a sticker.....

 

[Jooseppi]

Thanks for the sympathy Audio-Fi. Real nice to be welcomed to a new forum like that. Well, at least I know the attitude to adopt.

The logo is not a sticker.

But it seems now that they are fake.

 

[shomie911]

Yep that's a fake.

Sorry

 

[Aevum]

dude, sorry to have recived you like that, we usualy try to avoid ebay baught unless theres a reputable seller behind it, IE : roaddog online,

 

[Tom Brown]

It's really annoying to see all these fakes.

People come in here, are 100% sure their eBay phones are real, and the trash how they sound or whatever.

There are tons of fakes out there. These days, it seems like the only way you can be certain any given phones are authentic is to watch them being assembled and take them from the end production line.

You didn't bag on the SQ of these phones Jooseppi, but many do.

From what I can tell, there are probably more fake Sennheiser cx-300 than real.

The black marketers are seriously damaging this market and swindling people out of a lot of money.

These days I'm extremely cautious on where I buy things. This story and others reinforce the value in that policy.