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Shure SE535 video review

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If you have something over £400 to spend on a pair of earphones, cost be damned, then the Shure SE535s are without a doubt the best you can buy and we recommend them unreservedly. If you're constrained by budget, however, then the SE530 earphones, available for over £150 less, are a better buy - just hurry to grab them before they're out of stock.

Overall

9/10

By Hugo Jobling
Reviewed 28 July 2010
Updated 10 February 2012

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£395.09

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  • Reviewed by Hugo Jobling
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Shure SE535 details

Value
6/10
Sound Quality
10/10
Overall
9/10

Price as reviewed

£395.09

Manufacturer

Shure

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11:10 AM on 28 July, 2010

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I think you may have missed the most significant improvement these 535s offer over their predecessor. The 530s were prone to cable problems. The cable would harden (sometimes within months) and start to fray. I've gone through 3 pairs in less than 2 years. By having removable cables (as well as sturdier ones) they have now gotten rid of their weakest link.

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I've persisted with the hardened cables and detached rubber strain relievers on my 3 year old 530s for some time now. I'm seriously considering replacing them just to be free from cable problems, but I'll wait for the price to drop.


The alternative is getting the 530s custom remoulded, but that invariably involves sending them to the US or China.

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11:31 AM on 28 July, 2010

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Best earphones you can buy for £400? You're treading on dangerous water here

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11:33 AM on 28 July, 2010

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I said best universal-fit (caveats always caveats), but please elucidate if you disagree.

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12:20 PM on 28 July, 2010

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I think it very much depends on the type of music. I had a Shure SE530 and now I have a Westone UM3X, they sound different, but neither is clearly superior over the other.

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12:47 PM on 28 July, 2010

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@Dagher, I'm just about to phone Shure to arrange a warrenty replacement for my se420's for that exact reason. The left cable near the ear is stiff and split. Maybe they'll send me some of these as compensation :)





Then again my biggest problem is the 2nd half of the cable between the device and the earphones, I'm on my 5th I think.

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12:59 PM on 28 July, 2010

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@Alex: Agreed, and perhaps you could add UE's Triple Fi 10s to that list as well as a couple others. In terms of sound quality, these high-end universal IEMs seem to be so close to each other. The law of diminishing returns in action I suppose.





However, if you're after a balanced, accurate sound without embellishment, I think the SE530s take the prize. Other 'phones might be better for impact or sheer bass.

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1:06 PM on 28 July, 2010

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Emperor's new headphones ;).

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1:10 PM on 28 July, 2010

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Not quite, we're reviewing this next: http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/clips/p008rdzh/that_mitchell_and_webb_look_ibag/

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I can definitely not justify spending this much on headphones but I really like the idea of the clip-in wires. I'm always breaking the wires on my headphones and its so annoying to have to throw away a pair of phones because a bit of wire has snapped or is coming loose and cutting out.

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