zerodB Posted January 9, 2005 Report Share Posted January 9, 2005 (edited) So I've been looking around latley, thinking vaguely about grabbing a new pair of earphones. Sure the short-cord EX51s that came bundled with my E620 are ok, but they have little to say when it comes to clarity and their bloated sound can sometimes be a bit unlistenable for certain kinds of music in quiet environments.Naturally, I've been looking around on the web at the Shures (E2Cs) and the Etys (ER6) etc. But it appears though, that none of these higher-end phones are really designed to be used in conjunction with a remote - they all have rather long cords.So what earphones and headphones are friendly with remotes?And to those who do use these sort of phones with their MD gear, do you still uses these with the remote? If so, what do you to combat the long cords dangling everywhere? Edited January 9, 2005 by zerodB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Tires Posted January 9, 2005 Report Share Posted January 9, 2005 I use my long cord earphones/headphones with the remote for my E710 remote often. I store the MDP in a Case Logic MPC2 minidisc player case and clip the remote to the outside of the case.FrontInsideBack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yamagatacamille Posted January 9, 2005 Report Share Posted January 9, 2005 So what earphones and headphones are friendly with remotes?EX71, D66SL, D22SL, E888SP to name a few. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeriyn Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 He is right, however, in that most of the high quality canalphone type earphones are not going to have a cord shorter than five feet long.Consider whether you really need the remote or not, and if you do, Nismo has the best idea I've seen in a long time to deal with that extra cord length. I did pretty much the same thing when I still had my DS8; it went, with the remote cord curled up, inside an Audio-Technica MD player case, and the remote was clipped to the side. Then I could use the Shure E2 that I once had without being tangled up in 9 feet of cord. If Sony does anything at all with the new Hi-MD units, they should add a backlight to the LCD of the main unit. Of course, there's lots of other things I should mention... Edit: Oh, and btw, if it is clarity you're looking for in a pair of phones, steer clear of the E2s. They're terribly dark and have significantly rolled-off highs. They can really shine when used with a bright source or an equalizer with the highs pushed up considerably, but don't expect good out of the box sound with the E2s. The E3cs are much, much better, with excellent clarity and better highs (still a bit rolled off though). The ER-6s are not bad, but are a tad fragile and prone to breaking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zerodB Posted January 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2005 Cool, thanks for the advice aeriyn. I guess the E3cs might just have to wait until money isn't an issue anymore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeriyn Posted January 14, 2005 Report Share Posted January 14, 2005 Cool, thanks for the advice aeriyn. I guess the E3cs might just have to wait until money isn't an issue anymore ←They aren't but 120USD with free shipping from PCMall. At least, they were a week ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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