brilliantidea
New Head-Fier
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Hello Head-Fi!
I've been lurking on this forum for a few weeks after dropping my old Koss Plug headphones in water. Amazingly those still work fine after being dried out, but I found myself suddenly interested in an upgrade from their bass-heavy sound.
I recently got an iPhone 6 and am looking forward to using it on the go as a source. I re-ripped a few of my favorite CDs using Apple's lossless format and seemed to notice an improvement in sound quality through the Koss Plugs. Maybe just my imagination though. I have also been trialling the included Apple EarPods and have concluded that they have a more open sound, especially in the top end and much less of a bass bias, but sometimes disappoint for details.
Anyway of course I read a million online reviews and next thing I know I'm looking at the Shure SE535 and thinking about buying them. I'm drawn to the descriptions of amazing sound across any genre and superb fit. My thought is they're going to be easy to drive right out of an iPhone or MacBook and if I really get into this whole thing I can add a DAC later and really get them going. I enjoy the fit of the Koss Plugs and expect the Shure's will be similarly isolating, etc. I also am drawn to the idea of buying the 535s since I won't be tempted to upgrade again for quite a while at their normal price... instead of spending money going through the product line it makes sense to me to jump in the deep water to start with... maybe I'm crazy.
So I thought of a few questions for the group:
Has anyone kept their Shure IEMs for years and years... do they still sound good 5+ years after you bought them?
Does anyone regularly use the SE535 right out of their MacBook and/or iPhone 6, or am I crazy for thinking I don't necessarily need a DAC to enjoy them?
Has anyone purchased any of Shure's mid- to upper-range IEMs used? Anything I should watch out for if I feel I want to go the used route?
Thanks for being a great resource so far on my headphone shopping journey!
I've been lurking on this forum for a few weeks after dropping my old Koss Plug headphones in water. Amazingly those still work fine after being dried out, but I found myself suddenly interested in an upgrade from their bass-heavy sound.
I recently got an iPhone 6 and am looking forward to using it on the go as a source. I re-ripped a few of my favorite CDs using Apple's lossless format and seemed to notice an improvement in sound quality through the Koss Plugs. Maybe just my imagination though. I have also been trialling the included Apple EarPods and have concluded that they have a more open sound, especially in the top end and much less of a bass bias, but sometimes disappoint for details.
Anyway of course I read a million online reviews and next thing I know I'm looking at the Shure SE535 and thinking about buying them. I'm drawn to the descriptions of amazing sound across any genre and superb fit. My thought is they're going to be easy to drive right out of an iPhone or MacBook and if I really get into this whole thing I can add a DAC later and really get them going. I enjoy the fit of the Koss Plugs and expect the Shure's will be similarly isolating, etc. I also am drawn to the idea of buying the 535s since I won't be tempted to upgrade again for quite a while at their normal price... instead of spending money going through the product line it makes sense to me to jump in the deep water to start with... maybe I'm crazy.
So I thought of a few questions for the group:
Has anyone kept their Shure IEMs for years and years... do they still sound good 5+ years after you bought them?
Does anyone regularly use the SE535 right out of their MacBook and/or iPhone 6, or am I crazy for thinking I don't necessarily need a DAC to enjoy them?
Has anyone purchased any of Shure's mid- to upper-range IEMs used? Anything I should watch out for if I feel I want to go the used route?
Thanks for being a great resource so far on my headphone shopping journey!