Shure - SE215 Pro
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Last updated: Sep 4, 2025 Scoring
Liked most:
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5
"Plus the 37dB attenuation is superb for keeping my ears happy :) ... I use the Shure SE215's as IEM's on my acoustic kit"
"I love them and get very good passive attenuation. ... The SE215's are rated for 37dB passive attenuation with the foam tips, which is pretty high. ... I don't get any noticeable bleed of one particular frequency range, everything is lowered fairly equally."
"I finally gave up on over the ear headphones and went with the Shure SE215 in ear. I have to feed in my overhead mics a little because they block everything. ... The foam ones expand and really block everything like earplugs. ... The big silicon ones I use block probably 75% of the sound and the smaller ones even less. ... I used the think over ears blocked more drumset sound until I got these."
26
5
"I’ve been using daily the same set of iems for about ten years (shure se215)"
"I have been using them for 7 years now"
"I still use mine probably seven or so years later."
19
2
"as a user of Shure's 215s, you will probably agree that they are by far, hands down one of the the best if not the best Fit of any IEMs you can find. ... You can even sleep with them in which many chi-fi IEMs, because of their funky shapes can't do."
"By far the most comfortable to wear and decent sound isolation. ... I think it help that they are quite flush with your ear so helps with preventing wind noise from a draught under your helmet."
"absolutely love ... If I dont have to worry about needing to take my headphones off I use the IEMs, they're better in pretty much every way"
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10
"SE215s are the industry workhorse. ... Artists running around with $1200 UEs have a pair of 215s in their back pocket in case something happens. ... They’re reliable, affordable and consistently quality enough for anyone’s needs."
"For $99 at Sweetwater it ’s a good way to get into a decent pair of buds."
"Hard to beat for $100"
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11
"In fact, the SE215s are the only thing I can have in my ears while singing and playing. Anything else distorts the sound of my voice too much."
"I finally understood why these are directed towards musicians and DJ’s. ... They present the sound in a way that you can hear all the essential parts of the song but hear everything as clearly as those necessary parts are needed in order to keep time. ... They are the only pair of monitors I have where I can accurately keep track of where I am without confusion because these are designed to do that, to be stage monitors first."
"Plus the 37dB attenuation is superb for keeping my ears happy :) ... I use the Shure SE215's as IEM's on my acoustic kit"
Disliked most:
12
9
"Used to have Shure 215 but they legit fell apart and the plastic wouldn't stay together."
"Se215’s are not road worthy at all. ... I wouldn’t trust them for live stage usage. ... Drivers dying within few years, sometimes less. ... Had mine die after 1,5 years."
"all of them broke way too quickly."
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6
"the outer Sounds like cymbal bleed in your ears is immense. ... I wouldnt use the 215 anymore. ... Ehrn i got my customs i was worried if the 215 causer damage to my ears😂"
"I also feel like they don't do a great job blocking out sound. ... I feel like the higher end still comes through and my ears felt slightly tired."
"I tried the Shure se215 but they just don't block enough sound out."
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8
"kind of hated the sound ... Super scooped, not much high end, bass was muddy."
"Bass is bloated"
"the drummer and bass player truly need robust sound right where 1-driver and cheap 2-driver IEMs fall off. ... When I switched from SE215s to SE535s, it made an absolute world of difference instantly."
0
7
"the outer Sounds like cymbal bleed in your ears is immense. ... I wouldnt use the 215 anymore. ... Ehrn i got my customs i was worried if the 215 causer damage to my ears😂"
"Se215’s are not road worthy at all. ... I wouldn’t trust them for live stage usage. ... Drivers dying within few years, sometimes less. ... Had mine die after 1,5 years."
"My first iem was a Shure 215 for drumming ... I got rid of both and good riddance they suck ass."
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"sadly aren't all that great ... pretty overpriced for what they offer amidst most lesser known competitors. ... They are very mediocre. ... They are mediocre by themselves and they are incredibly mediocre considering they cost more than a hundred bucks. ... They've been that way for more than a decade while left and right there's been all kinds of competition that offer more for much less. ... In the end they are pretty simple single-drivers. ... Even the single driver unit they had sounded better. ... SE215 don't sound like shit. But they sure don't sound like a hundred bucks either."
"the latest set of KZs I just picked up blow them out of the water for 1/5th the price."
"They both BLOW the 215 out of the water in quality. ... It’s insane how far audio has come since the Shures were dominant."
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