The hissing becomes more apparent at a louder volume, but it's there and present on the majority of the smartphones. My s3, note 2, note 3, and m8 all hissed. The s3/note 2 slightly less probably because it has a dedicated dac instead of it built in like the Qualcomm chips.

The popping sound is likely the chip itself turning on and off. Try pausing your music and wait a few seconds, it should have a faint clicking sound of the dac turning off. Getting a new phone won't help as they all do that. You're much off getting a low profile attenuator or somehow...

My xonar hisses with the se846, to fix the issue you need to get a better source or increase the impedance of the iems. You can either buy an attenuator like the ones linked above or you can use the volume control that comes with the 846. There's no perceiveable quality reduction as far as I...

Do the star tips have wax guards? Are there any other tips with wax guards besides the 3 already mentioned?

How are you sure that you got a new pair?

Nope, it's definitely design defect or a construction oversight. I didn't even change my filters this time because another user said the possibility of the rubber seal wearing out so I just left it as is. Sure enough after several inserts the right iem started creaking. There's also zero...

I'm really disappointed with Shure on the SE846, I ordered another pair and now the right ear piece is developing a creaking noise.(previously it was the left) The sound quality is extremely good but the build quality is just piss poor. They really need to redesign how the nozzle works because...

Are there any other tips/sleeves other than the Complys that offers wax guard?

Thanks, and by sleeves I mean the tips, since that's what shure calls them officially I think. The tips for me are just really difficult to swap out. It has a death grip on the nozzle that requires prying with my nails to get it off. Shure recommends that we twist the tips to get them off, but...

Let me know if you guys are able to swap it for a new pair, not repaired or refurbished. I "fixed" mine yesterday by swapping to the blue filters, but when trying out the white filters now it's creaking again. This is really weird because the filters are the same length. Also the sleeves are...

Thanks, but I've checked several times and I'm 100% it's a loose housing of sorts.

Fixed!

I inspected the included tips closer today and most of them were permanently deformed from how tightly they were packed into the tiny case. I emailed Shure if there's a chance if I can get replacement ones so we'll see how this goes. For $999 I think it's not too outrageous to expect perfection...

When detaching the cable I just pull and it'll snap off right? And to plug it back in it'll snap back?

Is there something with the grado sound signature but closed? I need some isolation since summer is comming and the ac will be on 24/7, and open cans just won't do. $300 budget.