et10yl
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Hi all,
My SCL4s have finally given in to cable breakage right at the earbud. They were purchased in Feb '09 and so are out of warranty. I had considered sending them back to Shure last year when there was a tiny tiny tear in the little trumpet casing area, but I didn't and that tear became bigger only to finally tear off completely and expose the cable which then broke. This is the 2nd set of SCL-4s (I bought 2) that I've had cable problems with. Now I need to replace them and have been reading around the forums for good deals on quality IEMs that will last me awhile. I've been kicking around either sending my SCL4 in to Shure for out of warranty replacement with SE425 (this was quoted over the phone at $144+tax) or buying a set of lightly used IE8 or TF10. I'd like to stick to the < $150 range. Is there some other phone I should be considering?
I listen to classical piano/orchestra, broadway musicals, acapella, alternative/rock/pop (Coldplay, Linkin Park, Sarah McLachlan, Tori Amos, Evanescence, ). I tend not to listen to country or much hip hop/rap, so I probably don't need thumping bass but would like the phones to be able to handle some decent amount of bass (acapella and some orchestral music). I like being able to distinguish the different instruments in an orchestral piece and have a sense of which direction they might be playing from, but not to the point of being cold/clinical about it.
Edited to add: I like fairly good isolation and was able to achieve that with my SCL4+small olive tips.
Thoughts? Thanks!
My SCL4s have finally given in to cable breakage right at the earbud. They were purchased in Feb '09 and so are out of warranty. I had considered sending them back to Shure last year when there was a tiny tiny tear in the little trumpet casing area, but I didn't and that tear became bigger only to finally tear off completely and expose the cable which then broke. This is the 2nd set of SCL-4s (I bought 2) that I've had cable problems with. Now I need to replace them and have been reading around the forums for good deals on quality IEMs that will last me awhile. I've been kicking around either sending my SCL4 in to Shure for out of warranty replacement with SE425 (this was quoted over the phone at $144+tax) or buying a set of lightly used IE8 or TF10. I'd like to stick to the < $150 range. Is there some other phone I should be considering?
I listen to classical piano/orchestra, broadway musicals, acapella, alternative/rock/pop (Coldplay, Linkin Park, Sarah McLachlan, Tori Amos, Evanescence, ). I tend not to listen to country or much hip hop/rap, so I probably don't need thumping bass but would like the phones to be able to handle some decent amount of bass (acapella and some orchestral music). I like being able to distinguish the different instruments in an orchestral piece and have a sense of which direction they might be playing from, but not to the point of being cold/clinical about it.
Edited to add: I like fairly good isolation and was able to achieve that with my SCL4+small olive tips.
Thoughts? Thanks!
