LEAK: SHURE SRH240, SRH440, and SRH840 headphones (and pricing) likely to be announced tomorrow!... - Page 3

The only info I've got is summer 2009.

I can't comment on that, as I don't know. That said, SHURE has, in my experience, been good about delivering what I've heard pre-production with what I've heard in production.

C'mon, jpelg, this is no different than any other product, be it a car, laptop computer, camera, etc. While it may have that affect with some, most Head-Fi'ers jonesing for a new headphone right now will end up buying something right now--not waiting until summer. Although, when it comes out, then you may see some things go up for sale in the Gear FS/T forums, as people free up some cash to try them out.

This headphone, in my opinion, is very good, so I said so.

First do this: Use advanced search, search for threads (by thread title) started by me that contain the word "Leak" in them. You can do it yourself, or I can tell you how many there are: One. This one. The two-hours-before-everyone-else situation I had with the Sennheiser HD800 (the day before CES) was all done with a lot of begging and pleading for a very long time, and was more an opportunity that was eventually granted and that gave us a two-hour jump on everyone else. This, on the other hand, is a leak, and so I titled the thread to represent that.

Second, search Google for SHURE SRH840, and see if you can find a single thing anywhere else on the web that lists the price of these headphones. As of 1347 EDT, there's still nothing. And if what I was told was accurate--that they would be announcing it at NAB on 2009-04-20 (today)--then, yes, I'm glad I got the jump, especially if the pricing in my first post in this thread that I was given (not by Sugarfried, by the way) is accurate. If they'd wanted to release the pricing information yesterday, they'd have put it out on the wire to be picked up by the big consumer electronics sites.

I was not exaggerating a bit when I said SHURE had the lid down tight on this one. Again, I didn't even know of the existence of the SRH440 and SRH240 (and I'm guessing the same was true for Edwood) until I saw the SHURE Europe press release (which contained no pricing information) about two weeks ago, and I knew the Sennheiser HD800 was coming for at least a couple of years before I actually heard it.

Prepare to be frustrated, jpelg, as I've been putting my feelers out more and more for these kinds of advanced jumps that are relevant to the community here--and SHURE releasing full-sized headphones is definitely relevant here. And there's more coming from others that will make this one of the best years for headphone audio that I can remember.

I haven't heard the HD25 in a long time, but I've really liked it every time I have. I asked Sennheiser USA to bring a set to Can Jam '09, so I could hear it again. While there, if I remember, I would like to compare the two (SRH840 to HD 25-1 II).