Shure - SE535 (Pro)

I use the shure SE535 in ear monitors everything sounds great on them I hear things in my music ive never heard before I started using them I use them along with a Sony NW-A105 the Walkman features high quality audio components for hogh quality sound I also run Qobuz streaming app as the Walkman runs android And qobuz is cd quality and hi res audio minimum CD Quality I use this set up in the gym too as the shure se535 are heavy sweat resistant

I got shure se535's because headphone were pressing my head too much and my head would start to hurt from the pressing. You can swap the cables on the earbuds and it has 3 separate engines for lows, mids and highs if i remember correctly. In ears are great for getting a clean precise mix, but one thing you wont have is that feeling of spaciousness when listening through them. Also got to be very careful with the audio interface to not accidentally blast out your eardrums so always have limiters on the master. I love my se535, but i still used one of those headphone eq plugins that flattens the sound based on your headphone eq profile. I used it for all my headphones.

Custom IEM sleeves are 100% worth it for drums. I have Sensaphonics with Shure SE215's. * $100 Ear Impressions at HearUSA * $200 Sensaphonics Sleeves for Shure IEM * $100 Shure SE215 Total Cost = $400 My sleeves also fit Shure SE535's which I bought later on.

I use SE535's with Sensaphonics silicone sleeves. Super happy with the full sound and comfort.

i can recommend the shure se215 for starters. there's also the drumeo iem that they include in some subscriptions (not sure about this). i always went with shure and upgraded later on to shure se535. they have very nice isolation but could have more bass on the lowend imo (i think thats common for iem anyway below 1000$).

Schiit stack (amp+dac) and my headphones are Hifiman Sundara. Good for tarkov but if you want better directional audio I think IEMs are better. Shure has a good pair called SE535 pro that I recommend but they are about $450 CAD.

Etymotic ER4XR with the triple flange default eartips vs Shure SE535 with special triple flange silicon eartips here. special=the triple flange for the shure is a little bit too long, I cut of the 3th flange and the root a little bit. Sound isolation, both have a good sound isolation. If I wear them on the street and an ambulance is very near, it's only a low background sound with both. Maybe only a little bit lower with the Shure. The ER4XR have a little bit better sound, in my opinion. On the other side, the shure fit a little bit better in my ears and/or the problem with the ER4XR is, that the cable goes straight down, not over ear, like the shure. I think this is the reason for the little bit better isolation. I will try the larger eartips for the ER4XR again, but they felt a little bit too large the first time. On the other side, comparing with a DUNU SA6 MKII and S&M Eartips... someone stand 2 metres away with a smartphone and you can hear any single word, forget sound isolation. I can't say anything about filter.

True words. I usually use my shure SE535 and shure SE846 gen 2 for audiophile listening

What are you intending to get? Be warned the shure se535s are discontinued. As for the shure 846 gen 2, its over $1200. But please dont ever get the new aonic IEMs. They arent really for audiophile listening. Just generic.

I still think my Shure se535 are the worst IEMs I've ever had for listening music but they where great as IEMs on stage (as a drummer). The sound was perfect after dialing in my mix. I found it much less tiring to my ears playing longer sets with my 535 compared to the se215.. I think having multiple drivers really helps

I have the SE535’s and they’re good

I play a lot live, with mine, so I typically like to get a real feel of what going on. I did get some se535’s that a friend bought from eBay and I could tell right away on sound that they were fakes. So I went back to using my 215’s.

I use Shure SE535. They were a significant upgrade from the 215. To reduce the isolation, running a boundary mic at/near the front of the stage will let you blend room/crowd noise into your mix. Passive passthrough is basically a small hole that lets in leakage, and I'm not tracking that there's a way to block the hole, therefore louder stage means more leakage.