I have the KSE1200. Super glad I bought it on the Primeday sale. I have 8+ full size headphones from Ultrasone, Senn, Beyer, Monoprice and in ears from Senn, AKG and Audeze. The KSE1200 are the best sounding out of all of them.
I bought them for portable use, but found them cumbersome and still find other portable products cumbersome too...its a portable thing.
One day I put them in the big rig for kicks and was blownaway. Now they are the main rig! I am using a dedicated computer running Daphile and sending an upsampled to 192k coax signal into my Tascam DA-3000 dac (it replaced my Border Patrol SE dac- its an upsampling thing). That feeds a Black Ice Soundstage Expander which feeds my BBE sound exciter (omg a must with headphones) which feeds my Hafler HA75 headphone amp. That feeds the KSE1200s amp. I use the soundstage expander at max and use some bass boost and crossfeed on the Hafler. Bass boost is a must IMHO but man with the bass boosted this is the best bass I have heard...detailed AND extended.
I don't get the "they are uncomfortable" comments and how they hurt your ears. I never had that from the KSE1200 or the SE846, though if those hurt steer clear of the Audeze LCDi3s...
IMHO if you can get some bass boost these are world class. Or if you are running portable, use a player like neutron where you can throw some eq at it and add some bass boost. Out of the box they are unbeatable for detail and clarity with the only real drawback being volume. If you have to play super loud these may not work, but they are so clear you really don't need to play them loud.
Oh and I did have one of the headphones go out within the 2 year warranty and had some health issues and never sent them back in time. When I got around to sending them it was 6 months out of warranty and I was expecting to pay their flatrate fee of $500 to get it fixed. I got brand new earbuds (the amp was fine) and Shure never charged me the $500. What a stand up company and well recommended.
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Be prepared to enjoy the clearest music you've ever heard but torment through ...
These IEM's really hurt your ears. Physical pain. The ear piece is so big that it stretches the cartilages in your ears. I have to be cautious to not put it in all the way deep into the ear canal, so the pain is minimized. Still, I have to be cautious to not open my mouth, be cause the jaw opening moves the TMJ. Pain when drinking or eating. Be prepared to enjoy the clearest music you've ever heard but torment through the pain.Sound-wise it's the clearest IEM I've ever heard, but I only come from the SE500. There is no tunnel sound effect. How clear is the sound? When listening to my DSD files, it's only a bit clearer than my denon D5000. Almost no improvement from my LCD-3. Magnet headphones create about the same quality sound for much less money.If you want the highest quality sound from an IEM, then I would suggest the SE846 and stay far away from the 1500 for ear pain reason alone.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2017
Sound-wise it's the clearest IEM I've ever heard, but I only come from the SE500. There is no tunnel sound effect. How clear is the sound? When listening to my DSD files, it's only a bit clearer than my denon D5000. Almost no improvement from my LCD-3. Magnet headphones create about the same quality sound for much less money.
If you want the highest quality sound from an IEM, then I would suggest the SE846 and stay far away from the 1500 for ear pain reason alone.
Style: KSE1500Verified Purchase
Be prepared to enjoy the clearest music you've ever heard but torment through ...
Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2017
These IEM's really hurt your ears. Physical pain. The ear piece is so big that it stretches the cartilages in your ears. I have to be cautious to not put it in all the way deep into the ear canal, so the pain is minimized. Still, I have to be cautious to not open my mouth, be cause the jaw opening moves the TMJ. Pain when drinking or eating. Be prepared to enjoy the clearest music you've ever heard but torment through the pain.Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2017
Sound-wise it's the clearest IEM I've ever heard, but I only come from the SE500. There is no tunnel sound effect. How clear is the sound? When listening to my DSD files, it's only a bit clearer than my denon D5000. Almost no improvement from my LCD-3. Magnet headphones create about the same quality sound for much less money.
If you want the highest quality sound from an IEM, then I would suggest the SE846 and stay far away from the 1500 for ear pain reason alone.
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Zisaan Malik
Sounds so good it makes me dance to the music.
Reviewed in Canada on May 20, 2019Style: KSE1500Verified Purchase
