SE535 Wireless

My first (for me) very expensive IEM's were Shure SE535's. I was amazed by the details I never heard before in songs i've listened to for years.

I mean yea of course that's not a hot take or anything, headphones or iems or even speakers can all sound better then one another within a similar price range. now will they definitively? Absolutely not but they have the possibility to and can. That said U say 1000$ iems are beating 1500$ headphones but u list a bunch of headphones that are nowhere near 1500$ as ur examples.....That seems a bit odd. I'd much rather listen to my he1000se if I'm looking for sound quality rather than my Kaiser 10 even if both sound good for example. Anyway I was a big iem fan in the early 2010s started with an old kilpsch model I forgot the name of that used to sell for 50$ at futureshop before moving on to the kilpsch x10. Then the Weston 3umx to the Weston 4 and then Shure 535. Then moved up to shit outside my local area and was popular on the headfi forums back then in the fitear 334 and aurisonics asg 2 (later updated to the 2.5 when sent in for repair one time) before finally settling on the Noble Kaiser 10. What I learned from that is iems can sound amazing and despite me thinking that sound quality was what I cared about most, what actually matters most is comfort and that's why nowadays I use the non insertion version of airpods 90% of the time instead of reaching for one.

Shure SE846. They aren't perfect but pretty good even though more on the pricy side. They have a fairly neutral sound and clear even when a lot of sounds are played at once. I had the Shure SE535 before. They are not as good and need a little bit of equalizer tweaking but have a better worth to price ratio. SE846 are heavier than the SE535 and your ears may need a bit longer to adjust to them. Since you don't seem to listen to a lot of technical music the SE846 are probably overkill but the SE535 may hit the mark.

I'm rolling an XVive system for wireless IEM (small, cheap, rechargeable - not the best sound, range) with Shure SE-535 (triple driver = Awesome)

I have the Shure SE535 myself, which I like, but they're relatively flat, tuning wise. Most manufacturers try to follow stuff like Harman or IEF tuning.

The KZ in ears are great for the price! Lots of low end I’ve owned them, shure se215, se535. The bang for buck can’t be beat for the KZ ZS10 pro2. The cable design is superior to the shure design IMO

The shure cable rotates 360\* which works great at first. But when it gets filled with sweat after a year or so it will corrode the connection. Then your always getting dropouts in one ear The KZ are 2 pins that don’t move, and sweat can’t get inside to corrode

I like Shure but I really don't think their price/performance is on point anymore, unfortunately. If they shaved a couple hundred bucks off the 535 it would feel better to buy.