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It's broken the same place twice on the part of the housing that holds the foam/rubber earpieces. I really like these earphones. I've gotten about 1 1/2 years of use out of both pairs before they broke. The dynamic range is excellent, and sound isolation is almost complete in noisy environments (cutting the grass, sitting in an airplane). The problem is they're somewhat fragile. Shure customer service was excellent on the first pair, and they replaced them at no charge. Let's see how they are on the 2nd pair.
Great sounding earphones but for the price Shure should be using better quality plastic wire covering. This is my second pair in 2 years that the plastic wire covering dried out, became brittle and cracked open exposing the wiring inside. I use it in the over ear configuration.They are too expensive to replace every year due to poor component quality choice by Shure.
My left earphone went dead with very light use and fell just outside the warranty period. For a pair of $200 (MSRP) headphones, these should be longer lived and more durable.
I listen to music or podcasts - these are not my high end set of phones - I have a traditional set of open ear phones (Grado SR125) that sound much better than the $500 level mini bud shures, at a cost of $150 retail.But these are for outside. These headphones isolate sound, but do not completely block out the sound, with very good sound quality. I am buying my second pair of these. I did break my first set, the earpiece tube is the weak link here. I use these phones while I walk or jog the early morning streets. It is important that I am able to hear cars as they approach intersections. I did not put them into the carrying case the right way, and the zipper pressure must have snapped the earpiece tube. I usually keep these in a small drawstring pouch in my computer bag - I wish I did the day they broke.
If you are looking for a headphone amp, look for one that is based on the Burr-Brown amp chip.nice and clean. My Xenos headphone amp, and a 40 hour burn-in of the driver, makes up for the perceived flaws in the product. E3c's, Grados, Eto.all of them are great and the E3c's which I own, are tremendeous.just one caveat.All of these cans (the common term for canalphones) really need a headphone amp and a burn-in period (yes, just like shoes). I'm using a Best Buy/Insignia Pilpt PMP with WMA Lossless. http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f4/do-canalphones-need-burn-87795/index4.html#post1015521The impedance of the headphones requires a bit more oomph than most PMP's can provide. Instead of driving my cans with a higher volume which approaches distortion levels, I can drive them at a moderate level into the amp and then control volume bass and trebel on the amp. I ripped the Yo Yo Ma Bach Cello Concerto disks and to hear the clarity of the sound is amazing.you can hear him breathing as he plays.almost impossible in other configurations.When the E3c's are all gone, the 210's are the equivalent cans with only an external design change; the drivers are still the same. Don't forget their great warranty and when the warranty expires, a new pair is only $79 away (plus shipping).
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