Highlight:
Arik Hesseldahl jumped into the world of the iPod early and he is very happy with his portable music player. However, he was less than pleased with the headphones, which were uncomfortable and provided a tinny sound. Thus, he upgraded to Shure headphones, which he highly recommends.
Ranging in price from $99 for the E2c to $500 for the E5c, Shure headphones are everything he was looking for. They fit comfortably into the ear and they provide very good sound. Lately, he has been using the new E4c headphones and found them to provide very good sound while not hurting the wallet quite as much as the E5c's.
Summary:
* As an early iPod customer, I was one the first of what a weekly alternative newspaper dubbed the "iSnobs."
* They're easy to spot, the paper said, by the white wires dangling from their ears.
* Indeed I'm thankful--and maybe a little arrogant--for the tiny sound bubble Apple Computer's (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people) miraculous little music box provides every time some panhandler or would-be preacher decides to give an unwanted speech on my subway car.
* But like many iPod owners, I've upgraded from the tinny-sounding, uncomfortable headphones that come standard with the iPod for a set from Shure, of Niles, Ill.
* The company's headphones--the $99 E2c, $180 E3c, and to a lesser extent the $500 E5c--have become some of the most popular iPod accessories on the market.
* They're popular because they sound excellent, and fit inside the ear like earplugs.
* For the last week I've been roaming New York with a set of Shure's latest headphones, the $300 E4c, which straddle the middle ground between the E3c and the E5c.
* They look a lot like the E3c but are slightly smaller, and fit inside the ear in an identical manner using the same soft attachments of foam, soft rubber and other materials.
* Sound quality is noticeably better than with the E3c.
* Listening to music I know well, I can definitely detect powerful subtleties, as on the Miles Davis album, In A Silent Way, I can hear Davis muttering instructions in the background.
* I own two sets of E3c headphones, and once sent both back to the manufacturer convinced that heavy use had damaged them in some way as one side was clearly playing more softly than the other.
* Nonsense, the company said, they only needed a good cleaning, and sent them back.
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