The SE315's design and ergonomics are as good as it gets for in-ear-canal headphones without stepping up to custom models. The SE315's sound quality is almost as good as its design, with a neutral balance and great detail, missing only some bass impact and the superior amount of detail found in the...

Shure has a long history of making professional audio products. In the late 1990s, the company introduced its first in-ear monitors for use in live-sound situations (performances, studio work, and the like), and when the company adapted these models for use as consumer-grade headphones in the early...

Good design and comfort; Good sound quality

Missing some bass impact; Expensive

Shure's experience in the canalphone market has allowed the company to zero in on a nearly ideal design.

Shure has a long history of making professional audio products. In the late 1990s, the company introduced its first in-ear monitors for use in live-sound situations (performances, studio work, and the like), and when the company adapted these models for use as consumer-grade headphones in the early...

Good design and comfort; Good sound quality

Missing some bass impact; Expensive

The SE315s sit at the top of their subset of Shure's earphone range, being the most expensive and - one would hope - best-sounding of the company's single-driver products. Like the rest of Shure's SExx5 products the revamped SE315s improve over the SE310s with a more solid construction, a few design...

Modular design; Great sound quality; Excellent noise isolation

Inconvenient fit; Expensive

The first is a good way to listen with some rather nice earbuds multi sized from Shure. The second a really small TV aerial that can give reception in places without a roof or loft aerial, best of all its easy to move with the TV this from OneForAll

We're fans of Shure's sound-isolating earphones, which come with a variety of tips that are capable of almost entirely blocking out all external sound. The sensation can be an odd one, particularly with the expanding foam tips that completely block your ear canal.

Shure has produced another pair of earphones with exceptionally clear sound, although they're somewhat lacking in bass power.

BACKGROUND In the past, I owned a set Shure E2C s and was very happy with them. Apart from some construction issues, I was impressed with the overall sound and so when it was time to find a replacement, I decided to check out the Shure products.

clean, clear, crisp sound; high quality construction

expensive; tough to tell left from right

The Shure SE315 earphones are very good. They deliver clear, well-balanced sound and will almost certainly put a smile on your face, provided you invest in music that's been encoded to a high standard.

Excellent sound-isolation capability; Generally great sound quality

Take a while to put on; Expensive