Shure E4C! …and what of the future widescreen ipod?
I was able to get a pretty good deal on a pair of the acclaimed Shure E4C IEMs. I’m looking forward to them and will be posting my thoughts on them when I do get them sometime this week. I’ve always been a fan of inner ear monitors (IEM) as they provide the isolation I want and usually good bass. Back in 2000, I got my first pair from Pacific Mall in Toronto from an importer of audio goodies from Asia; they were the Sony EX71s. I loved them while I had them and used them with my MD players and later with my 3rd gen. ipod. However, my tastes evolved and over the last year and a half, I was able to experiment with some other IEMs and headphones such as the Grado SR80s, Koss KSC 75s, Senn CX300s, JBL 220s and briefly the Shure E2Cs. The E2Cs blew me away and was what convinced me to put down the big bucks for the E4Cs.
I’ll be selling my Senn CX300 and JBL 220s, so if you’re interested in them, let me know!
On to the ipod. We all know what the iPhone will look like and by the time it comes out, we’ll have seen the LG Prada phone and the Samsung touchscreen either online or in stores, depending on what country you live in and how passionate you are about cellular devices. I think the new ipod should keep the iPhone form-factor and take out the cellphone functionality, keep the wifi, and - this is what I think could be killer - make sure that there’s VOIP functionalities on the phone. So, basically, wherever there is an internet connection via wifi, the user can use the phone interface on the ipod to make/receive calls! Now whether that is through some sort of iChat solution, or an independent VOIP solution, or a product from Cisco would be up to the brilliant guys in Apple product development to decide. However, the Cisco solution is interesting because it can actually happen because of the deal between Cisco and Apple which put to rest their patent lawsuit.
I really hope the new ipod can also have fantastic battery life too….One can dream right?
Maybe by the end of the year, I can be using my E4C with a brand new ipod!
March 12th, 2007 01:49
how’re the E4s??
I’d like to get my own pair someday.
Until then ill be rocking my iBuds.
I’m expecting your review.
Time to fix myself a hot plate.
Peace out.
November 3rd, 2007 15:42
[…] Back in March, I wrote that I would love to see the next iPhone without the telephone functionality as a future ipod. It was probably expected by many, but when the announcement came about the new iPod Touch, I was happy to see the form factor and also that what I desired came to fruition (sans the voip) but was disappointed with the storage capacity. Given some time, the iPod Touch may end up taking the place of the iPod Classic as the regular iPod when storage capacities allow. […]