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Is there a diffrence between cables of the shures. In some forums they say they are another companies which make cables that the sound is diffrent.
On analog connections like the wire for earphones/headphones the material of the cable can affect the sound, the question is whether it's cost-effective - some people buy cables that cost as much as their headphones. Personally, find cheaper options for aftermarket cables
if and only
if there's something you don't like about the stock cable. Take my HD600 for example. I only upgraded to a cable with purer copper because 1) my stock cable broke, 2) the stock cable was toooo long for how close my seat is to my amp, 3) the local Sennheiser distributor doesn't have it so I'd have to order from friggin' Amazon and shipping cost and time are problematic (plus crooks in our Customs office), 4) I got to listen to the cable first and it made the bass tighter, and most importantly 5) it only cost around $40 from a fellow audiophile in my area, including braiding and I already had a spare 6.5mm plug (even if I had to buy one it's like $4). So basically, if I couldn't get that cable anywhere near that price, I would have looked for a way to get the Sennheiser cable.
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How about earpods are they gonna need change in time I haven't any problems with mines but in pictures the shure's one seem different.
What exactly do you mean here? Whether Shure will use a different cable design later? That depends, but the thing that's important is the plug on the headphone side of the cable. Note that Westone also recently switched to the Shure-type plug, so at some point you can get a cable from Westone instead. There are also aftermarket cables for IEMs that won't break the bank - some custom cabels on eBay and also Fiio has some, but again check if the plugs are compatible. You can get a decent cable with a theoretically better conductor material for not much more than the stock cable, but aside from the plug, check for reviews regarding microphonics. That isn't a problem with headphone cables, as I would have purchased those HD600 cables even if I didn't hear them due to the hassles in getting the stock cable here, but with IEMs, microphonics can render cables useless. Worn properly, ie tightly on your head so it won't bounce off your back too much, the stock cables won't make any microphonic noise as they move since they were tested for that.
For my ASG-1 I'm planning to order the stock cables too. It's getting worn out and I'm buying in advance so I'll have it here instead of having a long downtime shipping it from overseas.
IF however I come across aftermarket cables that don't have microphonics that are going for cheap and in good condition (ie some people buy too many to try then sell the rest cheap, and that's where I get some usually expensive accessories from).
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And I'm really careful with my IEM so I dont think they gonna break over time.
Won't hurt to have spare parts on hand. You won't want the downtime and overseas shipping hassles if applicable, especially with someone bringing in your headphones from North America to begin with, so you might as well get the spare parts. I had to wait a month to get my HD600 earpads thanks, again, to a useless local distributor (who put the phone down on me when I called looking for who handles spare parts), which I ordered from Sennheiser USA, but since they don't ship them overseas due to turf wars with other distributors, had to be shipped to my brother's house then was put in somebody's luggage. Why? The customs agents - at the time someone here was charged $35 in duties for a baggie of spare parts worth less than $20, all because the law says customs agents can call "bullsh*t!" on declared prices and slap you with a minimum price, and since it wasn't a single item, was considered "commercial quantity." I didn't want to take any chances.
Now even if your customs agents aren't working for Satan, you might still have that downtime to worry about, so really just get the spares now. You never know when you'd break them - I broke my SE205 three days before the warranty expired, the cable getting caught in the zipper on the carrying case. At least at the time the distributor replaced it quickly.
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And about aurisonics go with asg2 or asg1 there is 160$ diffrence are they worth it?
I haven't tried the ASG-2, but if for example I tried out the ASG-1 and they weren't for sale (much less at the price I got them for), and more importantly I had the same budget as you, I would certainly go for the ASG-2. Might not be as dark as the ASG-1 since it gets its own treble driver, but feedback says it isn't a drastically different earphone for it - just fills in what the ASG-1 doesn't have enough of.
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And about shures i'm going with se535 because i want them for more than a year and se425 wont be my choice. I hope it's a right choice.
For your requirements definitely don't go for the SE425. I love them for electric guitars, but if I needed anything to listen to a lot of music instead of listening to my own instrument, I'd still get the ASG-1, or maybe the Westone 2 or Westone 3.
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and I really have a problem with 535 ltd they're red. the price is only 20$ diffrence but the color is so lame. is diffrence really noticablewith normal one?
I'm not a fan of the color too, and I haven't heard it either. I think the difference is minor, and based on your preference for darker sound, you might prefer the regular 535 anyway (based on what little I've read on them).
. Also the SE535LTD is not a bad choice either, as I long wanted a pair but never get around to do so.
