As well as updating the SE530s, Shure will also be replacing the dual driver SE420s. The Shure SE420s represent another brilliant set of high-end earphones from Shure, and if you weren’t able to stretch to the SE530s, the SE420s were unlikely to disappoint. In fact Hugo bought himself a pair of SE420s a couple of years ago, and despite reviewing many sets of great earphones since, he has stuck with the SE420s – they really are that good.

Unsurprisingly, the SE420s will be replaced by the SE425s and they’ll benefit from pretty much all the same improvements. Each earphone can be removed from the cable, and the cable shares the same mouldable section and swivelling connection as seen on the SE535s.

As with the SE420s, the SE425s are dual driver affairs, and just like their predecessors, they sound superb. I spent even less time with the SE425s than I did with the SE535s, so I won’t go into any great detail about sound quality, but once again the sound is wonderfully cohesive, with deep, full bass, but not at the expense of the high end clarity. The real beauty with the SE420s was that they could turn their hand to any style of music and be equally impressive – I fully expect the SE425s to pull off the same trick when I get my paws on a review sample.

Finally there’s the new SE115m and SE115m+ headsets. These couple the Shure SE115 earphones that Hugo reviewed last year with an inline remote control and microphone functionality

The SE115m is basically the replacement for the Shure MPA and sports an inline single button remote and microphone module. This allows you to play and pause your music, while a double press will skip to the next track. A press of the button will also answer an incoming call, piping the audio through the earphones. The SE115m will work with most music phones including BlackBerry and Android devices.

The SE115m+ is solely for Apple products and has a slightly more advanced remote control module and will be welcomed by anyone who was silly enough to buy a third generation iPod Shuffle. This time you get three buttons so that you can control playback and volume, since the Shuffle has no controls on the device itself. There’s a microphone for voice control and dealing with phone calls, so it will be just as at home with an iPhone 3GS as it is with a Shuffle.

The SE115m+ is already on sale, but the SE115m will arrive mid 2010. Both headsets carry a $119 price point in the US.