[sofastreamer]

Hi,
 
I already own a shure se530 and listendes to a W4 for about 2 Todays a few weeks ago. That said, i can still remember the sound signature, but not the performance soundstagewise.
 
I read a lot of threads here, that the soundstage of the se535 is improved compared to the se530. that in mind, i wonder how it compares to the soundstage of the W4.
 
I am interested not only in width but also how it expands to the front. I kind of like a presentation, where i can feel like sitting in the 10th row. which one of the two would better match that goal?

 

[sofastreamer]

no one that owns both?

 

[sofastreamer]

i guess some people heard them both, so how do they compare in soundstage? Really need to know this to make my decision.

 

[mvw2]

Are those your only two choices?

 

[sofastreamer]

yes,
 
i already heard the following:
 
tf10
w3
um3x
sm3
ie8
phonak audeo
w4
 
from all these i liked the sounding of the se530 best, so i decided to keep them. now that i also own an hd598 i wish there would be a tad more soundstage and out of the had projection on my iems. i now, that soundstage would never match an open hp, but if i could get slightly more, i would be happy. 
 
so i simply could get the se535, but the w4 was also to my taste, so i have to decide between them. only thing on the w4 vs se530 was that it was slightly too relaxed and somewhat boring. 

 

[sofastreamer]

last try to bump this

 

[Burma Jones]

The soundstage on the SE535 is just a tad wider than the W4, but the W4 has more depth. I prefer the soundstage on the W4 because it actually wraps itself around you in a half circle rather than a straight left and right. It's very 3D sounding compare to the SE 535.

 

[sofastreamer]

that is interesting, because when i compared the se530 with the w4 the w4 was a whole lot wider in depth, so shure seemed to have done a good job on the 535.

 

[Multicoring]

I only have the SE530 which died when one of the ears started becoming weaker sonically,I'm gettin the W4 in 2 days. Can't wait.
 

 

[sofastreamer]

hope you will write your impressions about soundstage here.

 

[shimura]

didn't have a chance to listen to neither, but heard a lot of good about SE535's
in fact I heard so much good about them, that I'm seriously considering getting a pair for myself
 
the price scares me a lot, but hey ... have to get them while I can still hear well ;P
 
Multicoring - can't wait to read about your impression on W4's
 

 

[MacedonianHero]

I find that my SE535's sound staging is wider and deeper than the SE530s (used to own). Could be a result of the improved treble response in part I guess. But compared to the Westone 4s, I find them very similar. Too similar to call actually.

 

[Multicoring]

Oh I will, I'm waiting for my SE 530 to come back as the SE 535 from Shure. Only have the Westone 4 right now and I believe that it has a stronger, tighter bass and more sparkly highs, I guess I found the classic U shaped frequency graph that the Westones are known for. But the details are very good, the mids are just a bit lacking than the Shures 530s but I bet they improved it with the SE 535s

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hope you will write your impressions about soundstage here.

 


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didn't have a chance to listen to neither, but heard a lot of good about SE535's
in fact I heard so much good about them, that I'm seriously considering getting a pair for myself
 
the price scares me a lot, but hey ... have to get them while I can still hear well ;P
 
Multicoring - can't wait to read about your impression on W4's
 

 

 

[sofastreamer]

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