Compared to my 2010 MacBook Pro 17", the MacBook Air 13" (2012) has (comparatively) superb SQ. With my SE535's I got a lot of hiss from the MBP17, with the Air very little. Was a pleasant surprise - was quite similar to the level of hiss I get with the iPod Classic (latest gen). 

Hey everybody,   Just a couple of days ago I experienced the weirdest problem I've ever encountered with a pair of IEMs. It was like the SQ had just been wiped from the 535's and even upon calling the Shure Distribution Centre they were perplexed by the issue.    One evening I'm using...

Brand new pair of Shure SE535's arrived today, ordered directly from Amazon.co.uk for £290. I'm guessing when I ordered them from the US the last time it was basically taking the £50 VAT off the item - item also came in the newer and less nice packaging - I'll stick everything in the metal box...

You may find it fairly unpleasant to read, but in November of last year (2010) I left my Shure SE535's on a bus... then, weeks later I left my back-up pair of Shure SE115's - somewhere, no idea for those.    As you can imagine you might be thinking that I'm mad for even considering to buy...

  I'll still listen to music I like and love. I never said I can't listen to recent music (my iTunes collection is testament of that.)   I just want to try and prove a point to people that we CAN have better sounding tunes. Now the majority of music is mastered to near peaking level, and...

Quote: My wallet is okay. I'm quite lucky in having a dad with an extensive collection of first release CD's. The Shure's were about £270. So not too much of a dent yet. I just need to start on hi-fi gear before I start to feel it. xD

I get so angry with an artist I love that removes all the dynamic range from their music.    I wanted to compare what it would look like if artists before this war started were re-processed to suit the needs of 'the consumers'.    School, by Supertramp (Original Master)    ...

Quote: Depends on the company you have delivering it. FedEx pay for the import then and there, and don't bother to get you to pay on the doorstep.    They cost £261 with post and packaging. With the added cost of import duty that brings it to £270.25. I'd say a great deal. 

Quote: Oh this is a follow up post. These came through the postbox in September, the VAT notice came through about 2 weeks later. I paid them the VAT but not the admin. Yet to receive any complaints from FedEx. I was lucky that the charge was so little. I think paying off the VAT would...

Quote:   FedEx sent me one about a month back... I've not paid it yet actually. The reason I've not paid ALL of it was because they charged a stupid admin fee of £10 on an item which HMR&C had declared £9.25 tax on. I sent the £9.25 to FedEx but I've never paid their admin fee.   ...

Quote:   I grabbed them from an eBay seller that a few others recommended and vouched for being authentic.    It really depends on the music that you listen to. For example, I used to be able to listen to Coldplay (don't ask why) but trying to listen to their newer albums is dismal...

Quote:     Moving up from my Shure SE115's the initial reaction was decent. I like the Shure sound, so it took about 10 or 15 hours before I started noticing really excellent differences between the single driver 115's and the 535's. (I think if you were going from a very low end...

Just wondering but...   I bought a pair of Shure SE535's in September. When I did this I started encoding into ALAC/M4A lossless, and before I go out and buy any CD I search for what is considered the best sounding version of said disk. (Typically a Japanese or original release, I've got a...

They should launch products like that.

  Quote: Actually since emailing Grooveshark via their Feedback VIP box thing that you get if you're a fancy subscriber, they also said that in some circumstances they will use higher quality files, so 320 and 256.