The Shure SE535 earphones are a study in contrasts between frustration and nirvana. Boy, this wide-open gap in opinion is going to need some explaining.

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.

Unbelievably detailed, utterly uncompromising.

Shure's efforts to evolve ergonomically correct and excellent sounding headphones have born some delicious fruit with this line-up. All of these headphones fit extremely well in the ear and are very secure on the head. The build quality and features are excellent across the board.

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

The sound is fairly what I expected to be. They do most types of music well, but you have to play around with ear tip sizing to get the best sound along with adjusting your equalizer a little for ones taste. Everyone hearing is a bit different so what works for one may not work for others.

(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.

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Amazing Mids; Excellent comfort plus good isolation

Lacks treble extension; subbass rolled off; Pricey

Shure SE535 Review I would kindly like to thank Avitel.pt for supplying me with this sample for review, they are Shure's distributers in Portugal, I will try and write as honest a review possible.

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