(centre) With apologies to Shure, the SE535 earphones don't really need to exist. Frankly, the outgoing model which this upgrade replaces, the SE530 earphones, in turn an update to the earphones, which have been with us for nigh four years now, were good enough.

Unbelievably detailed, utterly uncompromising.

Sounds nice and clear with decent bass - not as much as on Bose noise cancelling, but they take up much less space and don't boil my ears. Quite fiddly to put on but comfortable. Bobbi at the City branch gave great service by getting some into the branch to try out, which is essential for in-ear...

Less than six months after purchasing the left earbud stopped working ( a quick search seems to show this is a common problem), as of yet I have had no joy getting shire to replace them. Avoid.

The Shure SE535 V are a pair of isolating earphones that come with a soft zip up case. You can actually purchase these in ear head phones in a few different colors. The SE535 V are very expensive, I wouldn't think that in ear headphones could be this expensive but they are worth every single penny.

The cables themselves are the first things that shout "high quality". Shure has gone with a new Kevlar-reinforced material that's far more resilient than standard plastic, and they've added gold-plated connectors right on the monitors themselves.

Perfect sound quality; replaceable cables

Takes some time to get used to the fit

When I was told that the Shure SE535 earphones had arrived, I was really looking forward to testing them out. I've tried out previous models such as the SE530, but could never afford them. Now finally, I had a pair of SE535s all to myself. Well, at least for a while. So lets see how they fared.

The SE535 is, on the whole, a better earphone than the outgoing SE530 model, but sets such as the Westone 4 are quick to point out its remaining deficiencies

Top-notch build quality; well-accessorized; performance improved over SE530

Detachable cable can be unwieldy