That sounds like a very good experience to me! I did buy them second hand but I have the eBay receipt to prove that, so I think it should be okay. I'm just worried that me not being the original owner will make them not honor the warranty since they told me it's TYPICALLY non-transferrable. However, my hopes are up if yours were out of warranty and they still replaced them with no cost for you!
Hmm i‘m not sure. I tried to get the battery of my SE215 Bluetooth adapter which I bought off ebay repaired few months ago snd they didn‘t want to accept it as long as I wouldn‘t provide an original receipt or the serial number. (Which i didn‘t have because the original packaging wasn‘t provided with the ebay purchase.)
They probably did that cause they want to be able to verify the authenticity of the product. However, if we're going off that logic it would be very easy to send in a fake with an authentic box and serial number and get it repaired. I have heard that the quality of customer service differs from country to country specifically outside the US and since you're in Austria you may have been dealing with similar people to this Reddit user I found earlier. A Reddit post I found about Shure UK Customer service. Luckily my pair did come with all the original packaging and serial number, and when I first got them they were actually able to trace that serial number back to a Shure certified dealer.
Maybe not, I tried to get the receipt from the second-hand seller and they told me it was a trade-in so that wouldn't be possible. It was someplace called "Hanson AV" and I guess they have multiple stores in the US. As I was reading that I'm pretty sure one of the drivers in the opened bud went out cause I lost 20% of the sound in the right channel and part of the soundstage just went *poof*. I'll probably decide to send them in or not in the next couple of weeks. Thanks to everyone who helped me anyway, your input is much appreciated!
de gustibus non disputandum est.
Might be the bass (maybe you prefer a more bass-light signature) or the recessed treble (which these buds definitely have) or, as said above, your source.
That makes sense.
After months of fiddling around with the SE846, scouring the interwebs for frequency curves and the like, I finally came across an equalization setting that balances out their sound!
This EQ curve tones down their low-mid end and low end just a bit, while making the sub-low end still enjoyable. The curve also massively improves the rolled off treble of these buds. The end result is a much more balanced sound, taming the low end a bit and adding the much needed sparkle these buds naturally lack, without piercing your ears!
My setup is:
- Poweramp v3 with the 31-band EQ setting enabled, using AptX HD streaming 16/48 FLACs, all running on a Pixel 5
- Shure RMCE-BT2
- Trishd Mod performed on Blue Filters
- Shure's Yellow Foam Tips
Of course, your mileage may vary. While looking up frequency curves for the 846, they all weren't consistent. The main points seem to point at a heavily rolled-off treble, with a little spike in the 7k - 10k frequency range. I've been critically listening to these settings for a few weeks now, and they still hold extremely well.
Anything to make these buds sound amazing!
Used the bore part of silicone Shure olives as adapter (cutting the outer part) and tried the Sennheiser IE pro silicones first (which remarkably kinda evaporates the bass) and the Mackie mp series silicone tips (photo) with better results.
Yup tried that and HATED the sound! Not sure how anyone could listen to them like that...
