Those audio crazies over at
Shure have some new ear candy for you, of the in-the-ear variety. The four new SE headphones weigh about an ounce apiece, and should all do a plenty good job at sound isolation. In the "low end" are the SE210 cans, which retail for $150 and feature a single (read: boring) Hi-Definition MicroSpeaker for kicking out the highs and lows. Next up are the SE310 rockers, which feature a "Tuned BassPort" for enhancing the lows, but'll cost you $250 for the privilege. The SE420 headphones bump it up to the next level, with dedicated tweeter and woofers for a more accurate and a hefty $350 pricetag, while the SE530 crank it to 11 with dual woofers and an internal crossover to keep those highs and lows for bumping into each other. Of course, the $450 pricetag is rather x-treem, and you'll probably need ears of gold to discern some of the differences, but you audiophiles know who you are. An optional push-to-hear accessory is available for all four headphones to let you tune into the outside world when it suites you. You can pick one of these up in February, start saving those pennies.
posted Jan 6th 2007 11:34PM
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You can save many euros when you order your new pair of shures on this website !
Cheers
Rob_Shure
Is the SE530 superior to the currently available E500PTH?
Same exact thing. But the SE530 does not include the PTH but the SE530-PTH does. Read it here: www.earphonesolutions.com/newshsese.html
Looks like it's probably very similar, but without the PTH module and $50 less. The E500s sure do sound amazing... too much money for me to spend on earbuds, though.
i really like the push-to-hear feature. with my current pair of shures it is almost impossible to hear anything going on around me which makes me hesitate to wear them while walking in busy areas.
$150 to $450.. uhm mm, sorry but i'll decline. I tend to chew on the cord after couple months.. so i'll stick with my $3 earbuds
aren't these just redesigned casings+names of the e2's, e4's, e5's and e500's?
i wouldn't think they would completely redo all the internals, would take a lot of unnecessary time and r&d $$$...
As an owner of E4s and E5s, both of the same era, there is a big difference that almost anyone can hear between the two models. Going from a single driver to a triple driver setup makes a big, big difference.
I love my e4's and while the e5's sound great I just don't use in-ear monitors with my iPod enough to justify the price jump, same goes with these updated models.
I ordered a pair of E4c's a few days ago and they haven't even been delivered yet... :-( Oh well, I don't suppose there's that much difference, the E4c's will still be great, but I could've saved a bunch of money if I'd got them after this had come out, or get the SE420 instead. I live in the UK so everything's really expensive - the E4c's list price is £250 ($500) here. I saved some money by buying them from the US on eBay, but that means there's no possibility of cancelling, as they should making their way over the Atlantic right now - oh well, I wouldn't have been able to wait until Feb anyway.
@ Christopher Huang
Shure E4Cs can be had for £117 inc del from Microanvika in their January sales, or if you want the black ones, www.play.com sell them for £150 inc del. I always research before I buy ;-) :-)
WTF! I just bought E4Cs!!! The SE310 look hideous though (they appear to be the E4C replacement), I just hope they sound like the E4Cs because I'm not dropping coin on new headphones.
engadget wanna hook me up with some?
i asked my friend to order me E4Gs... man should i wait for these new ones? but then i think the E line looks better tbh
Just bought a set of E4Gs myself, from what I read the 420s are the comparable unit. Supposedly the E series is the "pro" version and the SEs consumer and an article on another site said the new ones don't use the same drivers even if they look similar.
me, I think I would have ordered the E4Gs anyway (at $180 in the US) and I just ordered the PTH unit to go with them. (I listened to the E5 and the E4 and decided there wasn't enough difference for me in sound -- only advantage was the PTF adapter and you can buy that separatly anyway)