Shure SE115 Noise Isolating Earphones Comments

Author Hugo Jobling
Published 14th May 2009
Manufacturer Shure
Supplier Advanced MP3 Players
Price £86.09 (Exc VAT)
as reviewed £99.00 (Inc VAT)
Latest Price
Design & Features Score 7 for Design & Features
Sound Quality Score 8 for Sound Quality
Value Score 7 for Value
Overall Score 7 for Overall
Shure SE115 Noise Isolating Earphones

Comments for Shure SE115 Noise Isolating Earphones

« Read the Full Article

comment pinkllama said on 14th May 2009

where do the shure se102's fit into their range? are they better or worse than these?

comment alchobot said on 14th May 2009

I bought a pair of the SE110's for flying and have to say they didn't sound that much better than 2 cheap Phillips noise cancelling earphones previously purchased, used without the electronics on - the hiss was so annoying switched on. also I don't think the sound isolation is that good, they don't mask the hiss of airflow over the plane anything like industrial earplugs/headphones I use for work. agreed they sound much better than bundled earphones but I think I need to try some of the top end earphones to see if they are that good but I could never justify paying that kind of money. p.s. they don't include that stupid airplane adapter, have only flown one airline with just the standard 3.5mm jack plug.

comment stranded said on 14th May 2009

Same question, Shure 115+102=what's the difference?

comment GoldenGuy said on 14th May 2009

Sorry, but mine is the £50-£70 area. I really don't want to spend more than £70 quid for something that I know I'm going to use nearly every day, and wear out the thin wiring before the warranty's up. I hate that balancing the weight of the earpiece forces a trade off with the cable build quality.

comment Ed said on 14th May 2009

@GoldenGuy: That's precisely my argument for why it is worth spending lots of money on headphones. If it's something you use everyday then they quickly pay for themselves in terms of satisfaction. Unfortunately, if you're like me it also means you become complacent about having them with you all the time and end up losing them but that's really a whole other issue.

comment Hugo said on 14th May 2009

The SE102s aren't as good as these. Whether they're £30 or so 'not as good' I'm not so sure.

comment Andrew Violet said on 14th May 2009

"the shure se 115 fit between the se 110 and se 210 in name and price" that is definitely wrong as I got my se 210's for £60

comment Luan Bach said on 14th May 2009

Hugo, where did you get that Baby One More Time cover from ? I think I heard it on an episode of Life and it sounded good.

comment Hugo said on 14th May 2009

Andrew - I was talking MSRP at that point.

Luan - Out-of-State Plates (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Out-State-Plates-Fountains-Wayne/dp/B0009OL808/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1242307855&sr=8-9)

The cover in Life was Travis, incidentally, but it's not as good a version as FoW. Bowling for Soup have a good rock-ier version which I like, too.

comment Luan Bach said on 14th May 2009

Thanks Hugo. I'm watching a bid on ebay for the cd at the moment. :-)

comment Jay said on 14th May 2009

spotify it ;)

comment GoldenGuy said on 15th May 2009

I see your point Ed and I certainly won't argue with the differences in sound quality. I trade up on my mp3 player earphones ASAP. (I currently have some humble CX-400's, though I did have CX-95's before that, that I quite liked.)

No my point was that in my experience, there isn't a big enough improvement in the build quality, and I end up wearing out the 30 quid phones just as quickly as the £60-£70 ones, just before the warranty is up. I should also add that it's not like I drive over them or anything! For some reason earphone wiring just hasn't been perfected in my view - at least with anything in the mid range that I know of. Perhaps trading up to the beginning of the top end might see some build quality improvements, but I have my doubts.

comment Andrew Violet said on 16th May 2009

It still applies as the MSRP for the white se 210's are £99.99 http://www.play.com/Electronics/Electronics/4-/3438214/Shure-SE210-Sound-Isolating-Earphones/Product.html as are the pink se 115's.

I personally can't see the market for these earphones to be honest, even taking into account the other colours, as if they do indeed slip in between the se 210' and se 110's in price as in theory they should, but probably won't to it being a new model, which suppliers usually charge more for than older models, then there will be an actual price difference of £10 max which when spending £50-£70 on earphones isn't really an issue. Also the black ones look the same as the rest whilst the other colours would merely attract attension to the unfashionable (large and strange over ear cable method) earphones themselves.

I personally would prefer them to make a cheaper version of the se420's - same quality, to replace my se 210's which whilst superb for the

comment Andrew Violet said on 16th May 2009

opps err PS my se 210's are good but do lack bass, quite noticeably at time, however judging by numerous reviews (including yourselves) the se 420's do step it up a notch or two, which would be just right.

Add Your Comment

add comment Add your comment

You must be logged in to comment. Login or register here.