Shure SE215-CL Professional Over the Ear Earphones, Sound Isolating with Single Dynamic MicroDriver, Clear Sound + Deep Bass, 3.5mm Cable - Clear ,SE215-CL-EFS

I bought these after deciding that I didn't want to keep buying endless pairs of Sennheisers which were constantly failing after about 4-6 months. I spend a lot of time out of the house and so I use headphones for extended periods of time, so comfort and durability are just as important as sound quality for me. First, and probably most importantly, sound quality: these are definitely the best sounding earphones I've ever used. Good depth of tones although at lower volumes they can lack slightly on bass for my liking, although it depends on what you're listening to in all honesty. I have quite an eclectic music taste so I can say that they'll handle anything from Ludovico Einaudi to Daft Punk to Metallica without much trouble. Overall I'd give sound quality 9/10. The only drawback in terms of sound quality, while it is truly excellent for the price, it takes some effort to get the best out of these headphones, as getting the right fit from the sleeves requires some trail and error. It is worth the effort as when you have it sorted because not only do they sound excellent but the noise cancellation is also very good - perfect if you're planning on getting something to use for commuting. This brings me neatly on to comfort. They are very comfortable, I usually wear them when travelling, or when I'm in university. I've worn them for around 3 hours every day for the last 6 months and haven't experienced any issues on the comfort front. These come with a selection of three silicon and three foam earbud sleeves and without a shadow of a doubt the foam ones are better in terms of both creating a good acoustic seal, and in terms of comfort so I would go with those. Unfortunately for me, the medium buds are just slightly too small for my ears which makes getting a good acoustic seal that little bit harder, but short of paying for custom molded sleeves there's nothing I can do about it. All in all, a very comfortable set of headphones. In terms of durability, these have held up very well considering the amount of use and abuse these headphones have been through. They still sound pretty much new, and the cable is holding up well. My only niggle on that front is that the cable twists itself together when I'm using it which is a bit annoying , and I'm sure will probably kill it eventually, however since the cable is replaceable (albeit at ~£50 for a new one from their website, although I imagine you could find it cheaper elsewhere) this isn't too much of a problem. Overall these are excellent for the price, the sound quality is brilliant, they are comfortable over long periods and definitely worth the money. The lack of bass at lower volumes is annoying, and the awkward fit with my ears doesn't do it any favours. If I'm being picky a 4.5/5 would be about right

My job is pretty boring, requiring the use of an iPod most of the night. The only thing is, all the movement thru a 12 hour shift wrecks even decent quality headphones. So the demise of my last pair led me to press the button and purchase these entry level In Ear Monitors. I didn't want to spend more than £100.00 getting these from AXL /Amazon at just £72.99 plus P&P for which I used Special Delivery. Rapid service! They were in my hands by 10:00 the next morning. Straight from the package with no change to the fitted standard size foam sleeves I first fired them up on my Macbook. Wow! I'd read the reviews so I knew they'd be good, but I wasn't expecting to have to turn down the volume level they were so sensitive. They are the single driver version of these In Ear Monitors and at first trial, I'm impressed with the bass response and the very smooth top end. Next try was on the iPod... OK maybe not as responsive to the output as they were in the Macbook, they still run at a slightly lower volume level than I normally have it. That being said, I work in a high background noise environment so the proof of the pudding will be when I use them in work, although I see no problems, isolation to external sound is pretty good around the home. I look forward to also using them in my secondary work too! Fitting them is a slight fiddle until you get used to the mouldable wrap around cable at the ear but once you've done it a few times it becomes second nature. The day they came, next door was having carpets fitted, so I wore them playing very low level music whilst I slept. I must say they were extremely comfortable even when lying on top of the driver housing. They fit very snugly into the ears and as of this moment are being road tested on my iPod as I do some chores. As long as you set up the adjustable sleeve to fit the divided cable snugly to your the back of your head, these units are pretty much staying where they are put and I am only very slightly aware of the sleeves in my ear. So far so good. As I said the the real test will be during a 12 hour shift at work. The other plus side of this range of In Ear Monitors is that spares are available! All in all I'm ecstatic with these and will probably go for the SE 515 CL model at a later date - oh and did I mention they'll come in pretty handy for my other work, studio recording, audio manipulation & mastering! Now, over 6 weeks after having them, I've tried them at my main work, where I am in areas of around 90dB plus of background noise for approximately ten hours a night. I have worn these throughout my shifts and the noise isolation is still pretty good. I hear the music more now than with my previous headphones although I do have to raise the volume slightly upwards when in high background noise areas. The bass response rolls off with the greater background noise with the standard foam sleeves, so I reckon I may visit an Aural Dispensary to purchase personally moulded sleeves for my ears to achieve greater compatability with my ear canals & achieve a better seal. The adjustable sleeve unfortunately moves easily with the amount of activity, so I am regularly adjusting the fit to keep the cables snug to my head. A small inconvenience for the added sound quality against run of the mill in ear headphones. I added a small clip taken from some old in ear headphones to the main part of the cable before it divides into two, enabling me to secure it to my clothes so the individual ear cables don't get pulled about with the severe activity I undertake at work. As said I wear these almost constantly over a shift of 12 hours and do not feel any discomfort, feeling more relaxed because of the amount of ambient noise from which they they protect me. So, they double up as ear defenders with the bonus of piping in music too! Result! All in all, for the money I would recommend the Shure SE215s... I am well pleased. So much so I bought another pair in Black for my better half!

Après avoir eu le modèle SE535, perdu lors d'un déplacement, j'ai acquis ce modèle (bien moins cher...) Je suis extrêmement satisfait de ces écouteurs, pour moi c'est le meilleur rapport qualité /prix des écouteurs intra.... Ce qui me plait sur ces produits : - après avoir compris comment les installer, ils sont très confortables, tiennent extrêmement bien sur l'oreille et sont très discrets. - Qualité de restitution des sons et musiques - isolement phonique grâce aux mousses de qualités exceptionnelles - cable que l'on peut remplacer (ok ils coutent cher, cet argument est encore plus valable pour les modèles encore plus chers) Par rapport aux SE535 (4x plus chers) - la restitution de l'ensemble du spectre est un peu moins précise - pour écouter des MP3... pas de différences - ergonomie et confort identiques

Pas confortable (touche le bout de l'oreille, ce qui fait mal à longue durée). Met du temps à mettre/enlever les écouteurs à chaque fois. Sinon le son est plutôt bon.

MAKE SURE YOU TURN DOWN YOUR SOUND BEFORE WEARING THESE!!! THEY ARE LOUD! These really mute nearby noise at work. Not completely, but much better than most over the ear headsets. These are a HUGE PITA to figure out how to get them in your ears the first few times. Once you get them on you do not want to take them off because its so odd how you get them back on and in. I tried and tested so many ways of getting these back on. You cannot just set them in your ears like all other ear buds, or just hang them over your ears like other ear buds that have over the ear hooks. I discovered by trial and error that they go on much more easily if you hold them next to your ear, then rotate the entire hook wire and ear bud about 90 degrees forward, clockwise then press them against your temple and rotate them back counter clockwise hookingbthe wire onto and over your ear. Then once you've got the wire hooked over your ear, you adjust the ear bud piece into position and into your ear canal. Again, these are loud unless you turn your sound down. Once in, even without music or audiobook, the sounds of the world go away. I find that if I use my fingertips on each hand to press these further into my ears beyond where they naturally stay, the sound quality is amazing.

Ich habe mir diese Hörer als alternative zu meinen angepassten Ultimate ears UE-7 Pro zugelegt (um die 1000 Euro), da ich Angst hatte, diese unterwegs zu verlieren. Natürlich ist der Kram von Ultimate Ears über jeden Zweifel erhaben, aber es musste halt was her, was man notfalls günstiger ersetzen kann. Jetzt isses so: Shure is ja nu bekannt für Studioequipment -> die werden wohl so eine grobe Vorstellung davon haben, was sie da zusammenkloppen. Und so isses dann auch. Sitz: 1a. Klang: Bissel Basslastig - geschenkt. Dafür gibts EQ's. Kabel? Austauschbar! Was noch? Ach ja: Die Geräuschdämpfung. Damit isses sone Sache. Die funktioniert leider derart gut, dass die Dinger für mich als Schlagzeuger nur eingeschränkt zu gebrauchen sind. Warum das jetzt? Lautes Schlagzeug + hohe Dämpfung = Geil Oder nicht? Naja, es stellt sich die Frage nach dem Verwendungszweck. Zum Musikhören unterwegs ist das super, sofern man sich mit der etwas fummeligen Technik des "Hörer ins Ohr bekommen" angefreundet hat (Wurde sich ja schon drüber echauffiert). Muss man eben bisschen üben (Kabel übers Ohr hängen und Hörer nicht in Ohr "drücken", sondern nach hinten reindrehen). Geht bei angepassten In-Ears übrigens gar nicht anders, deswegen hatte ich damit nie Probleme. Beim Musikmachen isses was anderes, da nehm ich dann doch lieber den UE-7 Pro. Warum? Der Dämpfungsgrad bei den Shure ist sehr hoch aber nicht linear. Das heißt, dass hohe Frequenzen stärker gefiltert werden, als tiefe. Damit verfälscht sich mein Klangbild beim Spielen und ich spiele bestimmte Instrumente am Schlagzeug zu laut (z.B. die Becken) Ähnlich verhält es sich mit günstigem Gehörschutz, wie diese Baugehörschutzdinger ausm Baumarkt. Macht der UE z.B. nicht. Da fällt der Dämpfungsgrad geringer aus (subjektiv). Was soll man dazu sagen, ist es doch DAS Kriterium schlechthin: Maximale Dämpfung bei Spitzensound und Tragekomfort. Es ist wie es ist. Schlagzeugspielen klingt 100% natürlich, nur eben halb so laut. Also machen wir mal den Äpfel mit Birnen Vergleich und nehmen ein In-Ear System für ca. 100 Euro und eins für's knapp zehnfache: Klang: Beide gut. Ich bin sogar geneigt zu sagen: Der Günstige gefällt mir an meinem Billighandy mit mp3s unterwegs fast besser. Für alle Kenner, die jetzt irgendwas von verlustfreien FLACs an ihrem FiiO sonstwas faseln: Jetzt nutze ich das mal als "echtes" In-Ear System und jage ein Rohsignal vom Mikro in den Höhrer. Kein EQ, kein Limiter, Kein Mixing, kein Mastering. Nichts davon. DAS, liebe Leute, ist "verlustfrei". Und da zickt das Teil dann. Bässe und Höhen können gern ma kreischen oder übersteuern. Macht der UE 7 auch nicht. Der frisst alles (Ja ok. 4 Treiber pro Höhrer und 3 Wege System blabla. zu irgendwas musses ja gut sein). Da liegt dann der Hase im Pfeffer. Es gibt nix Nervigeres, als beschissenen Bühnensound. Ist eben ne Frage, was man damit vorhat. Tragekomfort: Beide gut: Obwohl der UE 7 vom Hörgeräteakustiker angepasst ist, würde ich nicht sagen, dass der "besser" sitzt. Sitzt anders. Vlt etwas sicherer, da man ihn eben nicht einfach rausziehen kann, sondern drehen muss. Im Lieferumfang des Shure sind außerdem Passstücke in verschiedenen Größen enthalten, wobei mir nicht ganz klar ist, wie man diese ohne die Anwendung roher Gewalt wechseln soll. Zur Dämpfung der beiden hab ich mich ja bereits ausgetobt Also schnelles Fazit: Vorteile des Shure SE215 Guter Sitz Guter Klang Gute Pegeldämpfung Preis! Nachteile: Dämpfung nicht linear (Nur für Musiker von Relevanz) Bei Rohsignalen zuweilen überfordert (Kein mp3 Player wird die an ihre Grenzen bringen) Vorteile des UE 7 Pro: Guter Sitz Guter Klang Lineare Dämpfung (für mich als Schlagzeuger genau richtig) Kann Rohsignale verarbeiten Übersteht Waschgang bei 60°C + Schleudern Nachteil: Arschteuer... Ab 700€ bis 1800€ und alle 2 Jahre ist n Ersatzkabel für 70€ fällig Also wer was zum Musikhören sucht und sich nicht gerade mit hochwertigen Audiofiles beschäftigt oder gar Spitzenlivesound auf der Bühne braucht, kann den Shure guten Gewissens kaufen. Ich bin mehr als beeindruckt vom gebotenen Preis/Leistungsverhältnis. Wenn's n richtiges In Ear sein soll, geht nichts über was Maßgeschneidertes. Auch da gibt's alternativen zum UE für um die 300 Euro, allerdings kann ich da zur Performance nix sagen, weil ich sowas nie besessen habe. Man muss sich fragen: Bin ich Musiker und "brauche" unbedingt ne Maßanfertigung? Oder bin ich Konsument und ziehe aus den gebotenen Vorteilen keinen Nutzen. Ich persönlich jedenfalls würde beide In-Ears jederzeit wieder kaufen

Love these earpieces! Use them for worship every time I lead.