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I was looking for some inner ear headphones.....and erm...found these :)

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SHURE-PROFESSIONAL-DESIGNER-SE530-HEADPHONES-SE-530_W0QQitemZ310173421941QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_AudioVisualElectronics_HomeAudioHiFi_Headphones?hash=item4837c6d175"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SHURE-PROFESSIONAL-D...=item4837c6d175[/url]

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[quote name='lemmywinks' post='695128' date='Dec 28 2009, 08:31 PM']I have a mate who spent over £200 on a set of earphones, only to get them trapped in a taxi door on a drunken night out. Cue 25 minutes of them bouncing off the road at 30mph, they were well and truly broken afterwards![/quote]
I can understand £200 on earphones. I can't understand taking £200 earphones on a drunken night out.

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[quote name='kevbass' post='695124' date='Dec 28 2009, 08:27 PM']I was looking for some inner ear headphones.....and erm...found these :)

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SHURE-PROFESSIONAL-DESIGNER-SE530-HEADPHONES-SE-530_W0QQitemZ310173421941QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_AudioVisualElectronics_HomeAudioHiFi_Headphones?hash=item4837c6d175"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SHURE-PROFESSIONAL-D...=item4837c6d175[/url][/quote]

Honestly, don't turn your nose up until you've tried them. I use the scl5 for in ears, which are basically the professional version of those, and the sound quality is simply amazing. And the fact that you can have it nice and quit means your protecting your ears. win win :rolleyes:

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Erm, I've got a pair of those 530SE's... they're fantastic. I did the usual progression of £50 in-ear phones, then £100 in-ear phones, then finally got the Shures at a decent price (much less than the £295 on that eBay link). They're great - excellent sound reproduction, and just seem to suit my ears. Funnily enough, I ended up giving away the cheaper phones I'd picked up on the way, so could have actually saved money by buying the Shures in the first place :)

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Seen a couple of the expensive Shure in-ear buds at various airport shops, ranging from £175 to £295. I can never get 'em to stay in my ears properly anyway so much prefer the over-ear mini sennheiser type. As a rule, i wouldn't pay more than the price of an ipod for a pair of ipod headphones, where i listen to the ipod it's seldom quiet enough to justify this sort of money. I do not doubt for a minute they are superb but for listening to MP3 quality? Too much for me!

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