Shure SRH1840 and SRH1440 Unveiled! - Page 9

If Satya's correct the coming months are sure going to be interesting.... 

They'll either come home as heroes or in a coffin. 

This just look like a blow out of the HD-650????
 

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Originally Posted by IMAWolf 

The SRH1840s look so very good indeed, i'm really interested to see how far Shure can get with open headphones, one thing though, that headband looks like something my hair would LOVE to get caught in.  Found this:

 

From the UK Website:

Sounds priceyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.  Anything that's unparalleled has to be expensive.  It's unparalleled!

Also the description of the sound signature makes it out to be an open back 940, or am I just reading to far into it?

You probably are. Marketing descriptions are almost always completely useless. They're more about making nice words than accurate descriptions.

It definitely will be interesting to see how this turns out. At $700-$900 this will have to be as good as LCD2s etc., should be better if they want to get into the market well. I guess we'll all find out more when we get a review of course.

I'll be quite disappointed if they're made in China. Why can't they make their stuff proudly in the USA just like Beyerdynamic (GER), Sennheiser (HD800, GER) or Westone (UMx, USA)?

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Originally Posted by ac500 

You probably are. Marketing descriptions are almost always completely useless. They're more about making nice words than accurate descriptions.

 

It definitely will be interesting to see how this turns out. At $700-$900 this will have to be as good as LCD2s etc., should be better if they want to get into the market well. I guess we'll all find out more when we get a review of course.

It won't be able to, because of its dynamic voice coil design.  But, if the sound quality approaches the likes of the T1 and HD800, then the price doesn't seem so bad.

Aren't the T1 and HD800 planar magnetics? So basically it still has to compete with them. 

I thought HD800 is dynamic?
 

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Originally Posted by ac500 

Aren't the T1 and HD800 planar magnetics? So basically it still has to compete with them. 

Both are dynamic headphones.

Yep, both are indeed of the good old fashioned dynamic driver design.

The HD800 is technically no inferior to the LCD-2, however. 

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Originally Posted by Digital-Pride 

It won't be able to, because of its dynamic voice coil design.  But, if the sound quality approaches the likes of the T1 and HD800, then the price doesn't seem so bad.

 

I doubt that technology has such a strong implication in Audio. I'd rather lean toward good implementation of some technology, whatever it is (planar, electrostatic, dynamic). A particular technology may have one particular aspect to which it's always superior than the other ones (ex : electrostatic speed), but overall they all seem to compete on an equal footing as far as sound reproduction goes.

I didn't gel completely with the 840 and 940, so I'm not exactly chomping at the bit. I just ordered the HE-500, $699, so I want to give that a chance. I only have so much room in my world for open headphones (which I can't use at my office where I spend 75 hours / week), and the HE-500 might be filling that room... or it might not, who knows. If HiFiMAN moved into closed full-sized orthodynamics I'd definitely have a go at those...

I still think the model numbers beg for an SRH1940 down the road.

Just curious, but what professional need would an open-backed headphone fill?

Shure has a $400 IEM, $500 fullsized semi-flag ship and $900 Flag ship does not seem to outlandish of a company.