Shure SE530 Sound Isolating Earphones Review

The Shure SE530 Sound Isolating Earphones are likely to be a dream come true to anyone who is serious about the music they listen to. Shure's reputation as the leading developer of microphone technology might just start extending over into headphone audio technology, too, with this product. As one might expect, these earphones involved some serious road-testing by professional musicians, who studied personal monitor performance when they played live and gave feedback to Shure's dynamic engineers, who threw in some proprietary Triple High Definition Drivers when coming up with these serious earphones that can really make you feel like you're at a live performance.

The Shure SE530 Sound Isolating Earphones are put together with two woofers and one tweeter (in each phone, mind you), a vacuum-metalized deposition-coated ergonomic shell (did you get that?), a uniquely designed cylindrical nozzle that "perfectly" feeds the sound into the ear's canal, and Shure's own patented Sound Isolating sleeve that blocks out unwanted noise while keeping the "noise" you want superbly isolated and pure. Yes, this is a serious entertainment package.

Shure SE530 Sound Isolating Earphones impress their users as being the most audio-advanced sound-reproducers they've ever used. Maybe for the first time, everyday music lovers are getting to hear something like what professional recording artists, mixers, engineers, and producers get to lavish upon themselves when they are at work. There are some great, powerful home stereo systems with amazing sound that don't seem to be matching up with these Shure headphones. Of course, having the sound feeding directly into your ear with outside noises filtered out is to Shure's advantage in comparisons, but hey, that's what they specifically designed HEADPHONES for! Why do you think professionals sit around looking like airline traffic controllers or fighter jet pilots in the music studio, huh?

The Shure SE530 Sound Isolating Earphones are being touted by their field-testers--their users--as able to block out the unwanted noise even in some of the noisiest environments on the planet, like gymns and airports. Now it needs to be pointed out that these are NOT "noise-cancelling" headphones. Noise-cancellation technology doesn't filter out and block outside noise the way these Shures are designed to do. There's not electronically-added frequency to "cancel" the outside noise. Furthermore, there's no need for batteries, like those noise-cancellation phones usually require.

And there's much more that Shure gives to the quality of the experience with these earphones, too. Unlike like just about all in-ear-canal earphones, the Shure SE530 Sound Isolating Earphones are being praised for their great comfort levels. In addition, Shure packages these phones with nine different interchangeable tips and several modular extension cords (the basic cord is admittedly short) including some with built-in volume control. Now, there's no denying that for the average listener these earphones come with a hefty price tag. Many would likely look at it and say, "good Lord! Why would I pay so much money just for a set of earphones?" But for the lover of great music and great sound, there is no such thing as "just a set of earphones". With Shure, you get what you pay for.