Shure E4 Sound Isolating Earphones

I've been using my Shure E4's for about 2 months now. Mostly using them from my iPod 20GB Color to a line-out to a portable headphone amp then to the E4's. The sound at first wasn't too bright, compared to my previous E3's it was still brighter but not as nice as the Sony MDR-V6's. After a few weeks of listening I noticed that the highs were starting to come out more, increasing the brightness.

Overall the earphones now sound very nice, in fact I personally like the sound of the E4's over the E3's or E2's. I find that the E4's have the best mix of lows and highs without any muddyness found on the lower earphones. I did slightly notice that I needed to turn up the volume on my iPod a tad higher than before with the E2's or E3's, this has to do with the higher ohm rating of the E4's. It's not a great amount, maybe 2 or 3 clicks, and typically I use the headphone amp instead of running straight from my iPod headphone out.

Overall I really enjoy these...Read more

These headphones provide a simply incredible listening experience. I have previously owned a pair of Grado SR 60 open air headphones. Their wire connections have been in need of some re-soldering, but now that I have these I don't really see the point in using any other headphone again... ever.

Having never owned a real in-ear monitor style headphone, I was initially concerned that these would not fit in my ears, even though they provide numerous different sleeves for different shaped ears. When they arrived, I was relieved that they do fit very nicely. I wear them wrapped over the back of my ears, with the smallest clear plastic sleeve. When you put them in, it helps to use some gentle twisting. It's really pretty hard to push these too far in, and the farther they are inside your ears, the better the seal, and the better the bass response.

I have used these, thus far, for portable listening and home studio recording. They are perfect. They are so...Read more

Wow. Simply amazing. I've had these headphones for about 2 1/2 months or so (got them for Christmas). At first (as with all headphones) it's lower end is no where to be found, but it comes in with break in. For a couple of days just hook it up to a CD player and play it at normal volumes.

Well anyway, I'll start off at the highs. The highs are great, very clear, although they are a little recessed and you can tell with shures huge mid section. It feels like their is a little something lacking (very high) but otherwise they sound very good in this department.

As i've said, Shures mids and midbass is huge. For most vocals, it feels like they are up close right in front you (unless symphonically placed somewhere else, i'll talk about that later). It is a very warm sound and makes it very easy to listen to. After a couple hours, their is no fatigue at all. I like warm sounds, and this is great for that.

Next, the lows are very good. They are accurate...Read more