This is Garrett Murray's Maniacal Rage

The SE310-Ks sound pretty good—let’s get that out of the way immediately. While their bass is stronger than other pairs, it’s not nearly as strong as the V-Modas, but it’s clean bass. On a whole the sound is pretty good, although a little muted in places.

These earbuds require the cord loops over your ear, which doesn’t bother me, except in this case they aren’t quite the right shape for the cord to stay over my ears. When walking the cord kept falling off. Additionally, the cord system for the Shure headphones is a little intense—it’s a one-foot cord with a plug which you then plug into an extension (in this case I’m using the Shure MPA-3C adaptor which adds a microphone and remote), which is less than ideal.

The sound is good but not the best I’ve heard and the cord and fit isn’t quite perfect. For $190 (plus $30 for the iPhone adaptor), I would prefer the cording was better and stayed on my ears. Verdict? Returned.

Note: This was an ongoing series of mini-reviews in which I attempted to find a perfect pair of in-ear headphones to replace two broken pairs of V-Moda Vibe Duos (and succeeded!). If you’re interested, you should read all of the mini-reviews.