With the rise of the iPod and iPhone numerous companies have sprung up aiming to replace your white designed in California, built in China ear buds that have become synonymous with our culture. In ear monitors (IEMs) are the newest “cool thing to have.” They are usually the nicest pair of headphones one can buy without being labeled as an “audiophile.” Headphone companies began springing up like ants chasing after a picnic, some have labeled themselves as the brand for the stylish, others the runner and some the business person. Shure is not one of those companies. Shure made microphones, really good microphones and they still do, but for those of us not trying to be the next Springsteen; Shure makes headphones. When Shure introduced the e5’s at the end of the decade, the flagship model became the favorite amongst the people involved with this thing called music. Before they revamped the entire product line, Shure unveiled a new flagship earphone, a tri-diver model called the E500. While the branding as a name (that is also a car made by a German automaker) only lasted for a couple of months, the internals remained unchanged and found their way into the gloss-finished buds that are now known as the SE530 (not a car currently made by Mercedes.) The monitors themselves are not gold, but the cable is and more importantly the music that flows out of them, is as rich as that precious substance.
Archive for July 8th, 2009
This afternoon Apple unveiled Safari 4.0.2 and it’s traditional cryptic release notes. While Apple is mum about details, a subsequently posted Security Update detailed two major security holes which have been closed with 4.0.2. The first involves malicious cross-site scripting attacks and the second involves visiting malicious websites which unexpectedly quits applications or runs code. The details of each attack are listed after the break.
