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| Date Reviewed: 09/07/2007 |
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Strengths: Clarity, sounds like you are right there listening to the music or hearing someone speak right in your presence. The cord is thicker than most earphones which helps not getting tangled.
Weaknesses: The high price tag
Summary: 2007-09-12 22:53:06 Sound quality, smooth, fits nicely in ears. Hands down the sound is fantastic. I am not sold on the Push To Hear box, feel it's a bit flimsy and rather large. Of course it works for what it is. All in all, wonderful set of earphones. The best so far has been the sound isolating really works rather well. My main use is hooking up to iPod and running, pretty much have able to not hear the immediate people working out in gym.
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| Date Reviewed: 08/03/2006 |
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Strengths: Nice fit! More comfortable & balanced feel compared to e3c style. Excellent audio quality! Full bodied bass. Clear, crisp mids and highs. Huge improvment over e3c with the three-driver design.
Weaknesses: A little expensive! Push To Hear box could be smaller and lighter.
Summary: I have been using the e3c for 7 months. I decided to give these a try. HUGE improvement! If you want top-notch audio quality in a comfortable sound-isolating earphone then buy these and you will not regret it! Sure, the price is quite high, but if you consider how much you will use them (and enjoy them!), it is not so expensive. Also, do you travel in noisy environments? These will help keep you relaxed/asleep since you can isolate yourself from annoying/stressful noises! Make sure you match these with a good-quality audio source.
If you want to use these on a laptop, I recommend getting a USB audio adapter. The sound cards on laptops tend to be very noisy. You will hear the interference noise with these as they are that good!
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| Date Reviewed: 04/24/2007 |
- vikaskoth
from LA
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Strengths: Ordered on Thu - Shipped Fri - Arrived Mon(but i missed the mailman, picked it up on Tue)
-This was the cheapest price I found for these headphones, great deal.
Weaknesses: NA
Summary: This item arrived quickly after I ordered it. Again, this is a great price for these earphones. The seller answered all questions quickly. Packaged well.
The e500s are great so far. I upgraded from e3's. At first the 500's sounded good but it wasn't till I compared them to the e3s that I realized how good these are. Very detailed sound, I notice an overall improved quality of sound and gotta love the bass from these IEM's. PTH feature seems cool, I haven't had a chance to put it to use. Other included extras are a plain extension cord, and a small volume control that you can attach which is always a cool feature. I am happy with this purchase. They sound great on my mp3 player (creative zen) and running from my computer speakers.
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| Date Reviewed: 11/13/2008 |
- blue_fireball_eater
from TN
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Strengths: unparalleled performance and comfort, great warranty (2yr)
Weaknesses: none
Summary: I have used these earphones extensively, and previously used E4Cs from the same company. The sound quality is the best, just read the reviews. When mine broke (the black plastic piece that holds the foam eartip snapped off) Shure replaced them for no cost!
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| Date Reviewed: 01/02/2008 |
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Strengths: Well designed, practical.
Weaknesses: Should spend several minutes actually reading the directions.
Summary: Improved by getting the custom fit ear pieces from an audiologist. Able to block out extraeneous noise and great on an airplane or at home. Replaced all other sound cancelling ear phones.
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| Date Reviewed: 11/26/2007 |
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Strengths: bass, and bass!
Weaknesses: high end roll-off
Summary: what can I say? this is probably the only IEMs that can give you the fullest bass experience, the tri-driver design really makes a difference. you get a lot of details for the mid-low end sound while it's being well-controlled. however, the highs suffer a 'shure signature' roll off. which means you are not going to expect sparkles on the high side, well, the details are not really missing, they are still there you just have to carefully listen to them. some said this will less likely get your ears fatigue, I personally disagree because I am not a person who will wear IEMs more than 4 hrs a day.
compared to the etymotics(I know, they are not at the same price range), I'd very much prefer using the ety for classical and female vocal recordings and the e500 for pops ,r&b and rocks etc.
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| Date Reviewed: 10/10/2007 |
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Strengths: Superb sound, clear vocals and ample bass. Includes the Push-To-Hear module at no extra cost (compared to the SE530s where it's $50 more)
Weaknesses: Expensive, but a bargain if you can find them under $300.
Summary:
I bought a pair of Shure e3c's a few years ago and my ears have never been the same. I thought I was crazy to spend $120 on earbud until I popped them in my ear. Then I thought I was nuts putting those distorted $20 bargain buds in my ears all these years. As luxury products go the e3Cs spoiled me and left me wondering what even better headphones would sound like. When I say the E500PTHs on sale for 50% off I jumped and boy I'm glad I did.
As wonderful as my e3c's are the E500PTHs are truly mindblowing. When listening to lossless (uncompressed) music with them you hear even the subtlest instruments. And where you assume you give up bass when you listen to music with earbuds the E500PTHs have plenty of it to spare.
Right now the E500PTHs are a particularly good value because Shure renamed them SE530s, raised the price and removed the Push-To-Hear module in the basic bundle. A SE530 bundle with the PTH module is available for an additional $50. But there are plenty of E500PTHs out there for a fraction of what the SE530s cost. There is absolutely no difference in the headphones of these two models. In fact the only difference is that the SE530s come with the new black foam inserts. If you really want these a 5 pack is $15 plus shipping online.
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| Date Reviewed: 10/07/2007 |
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Strengths: Clarity of all tones; comfort in wearing; strong (but not boomy) bass
Weaknesses: The sleeves sometimes pop off the stem... I've had the sleeves get stuck in the ear canal a couple of times... not good
Summary: As pretty much every other review you'll read states, these little guys put out some incredible, amazing sound. Worth every penny. If you're listening to them, and you're not really sensing that what you're hearing is markedly improved over other listening experiences, I challenge the source of the music. My first listening experiences were impressive, but not THAT impressive. Then I started listening to music with a little bit more going on, and which was also encoded at a higher bit rate. It knocked my socks off. I had to go back an listen to the track several times over. I had to take them off and call somebody, just to tell them what an ear-opening experience it was to hear this music so amazingly for the first time. It was a sonic epiphany. The only bad thing about them is the sleeves... it's not like I can easily say to someone else, "oh, man... you gotta hear this", because no one's going to stick something in their ear which had just been stuck up in my ear. So... it's an amazing experience, but it necessarily must remain a personal one.
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| Date Reviewed: 05/01/2007 |
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Strengths: Very good sound. Easy to use.
Weaknesses: overpriced compared to similar products
Summary: Definitely a great set of earphones that deliver great sound. Product packaging is very impressive and the earphones are easy to use once you select the right set of earplugs that best fit your ears. While sound quality is great there are other earphones that cost less and deliver similar results.
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