as rendered on the small screen. I travel frequently and my Palm Treo and Shure E3cs are my constant companion. On planes and at night while away. Recently, one of the channels on the Shure went out and I returned it for warranty repair. I resumed using some ten buck Sony earbuds I've had for a while. Though they are better than the standard iPod / player fare, they just aren't in the same league in two respects: isolation and resolution.

When sitting twenty feet away from a 100k HP turbofan (or even closer to a screaming kid), good isolation is a beautiful thing. Enhanced resolution is always a welcome favor. Today, I received a new boxed set of the current SCL-3s. I really missed them last week.

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