Hiya! These shures were my first into the world of IEMs and the beginnings of my journey to being an Audiophile. Back then, I was skeptical of Beats(and I was right on track back then) and thought Bose was where it was at. I owned the Bose IE2 before getting my shure pairs, and after that, entered the realm of the audiophile. Recently these guys broke after around a year of constantly listening to these, and I'm sad to let them go. Now I have a Sennheiser IE8 which has about a week of burning in. Which I will be using for comparison.
Sound quality, The Shure's bass doesn't compete with IE8s, but the bass was still there, just never felt as prominent or warm as the IE8s. The best thing about the SE215 is that IE8 doesn't compete with the vocals on the SE215. The Mids were great, and The Vocals were crisp and clear, and whenever it gets to a prominent vocal part on my SE215s, I've always had goosebumps. The highs on the SE215 isn't that bad, but it isn't crisp and clear as in the IE8s, I would say it's a step lower the IE8s sound for highs.
The Isolation on these IEMs are great, Shure has done a great job with their olive foam tips, as they are comfortable and give great isolation, I had to mod my olive tips just to put on my IE8s so that I could get somewhat the same isolation as I had before on my shures. Comfort wise, it depends on the cables. I've used the original stock cables for some time and found the memory wire to cause discomfort at times, other times it worked out. I then picked up the Fiio aftermarket cables which improve the sound slightly, and gave me a lot more comfort when wearing my shures.
All-in-all, these are a great little pair of IEMs and a great step for becoming an audiophile, and i would recommend these to anyone
Sound quality, The Shure's bass doesn't compete with IE8s, but the bass was still there, just never felt as prominent or warm as the IE8s. The best thing about the SE215 is that IE8 doesn't compete with the vocals on the SE215. The Mids were great, and The Vocals were crisp and clear, and whenever it gets to a prominent vocal part on my SE215s, I've always had goosebumps. The highs on the SE215 isn't that bad, but it isn't crisp and clear as in the IE8s, I would say it's a step lower the IE8s sound for highs.
The Isolation on these IEMs are great, Shure has done a great job with their olive foam tips, as they are comfortable and give great isolation, I had to mod my olive tips just to put on my IE8s so that I could get somewhat the same isolation as I had before on my shures. Comfort wise, it depends on the cables. I've used the original stock cables for some time and found the memory wire to cause discomfort at times, other times it worked out. I then picked up the Fiio aftermarket cables which improve the sound slightly, and gave me a lot more comfort when wearing my shures.
All-in-all, these are a great little pair of IEMs and a great step for becoming an audiophile, and i would recommend these to anyone