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Review on Shure SE425 CL Isolating Definition MicroDrivers by Arun Kumar ᠌

Revainrating 4 out of 5

The product is okay, it's not a waste of money!

By modern standards, a music lover spoiled by bright multi-drivers, SE425 will seem nothing - no passion, no tantrums, no scratchy detail. Everything is too calm. After listening to them in advance, I bought them consciously and purposefully, for specific tasks. When I need a Feast of the Spirit, I plug in the Fiio FH7. Well, Shure SE425 perfectly cope with the daily routine.

Pros
  • Calm, smooth, warm, comfortable sound, with a good middle. Suitable for long listening. Upstairs it doesn’t whistle, it doesn’t chirp, it doesn’t hum, it doesn’t rattle from below. Excellent lace. High quality mmcx connectors. Well, in general, everything is pretty soundly.
Cons
  • Landing is a little strange, at first. If they were the only ones, I would get used to it and not bother. But I'm constantly juggling plugs and every time I plug in the SE425, I'm surprised anew. Etymotic foam tips fit them, but if you insert Etimothik deep, the sound may disappear altogether. Non-native foams plug the auditory canal. The first time I was even scared, I thought the left earpiece was dead. Native foams are a millimeter and a half shorter and everything is fine with them. Many note the lack of bass. So, gentlemen, the bass is there and it is quite enough, but it catastrophically disappears with an insufficiently tight and shallow landing. However, yes, these gags are not bassheads. The bass is not the deepest and a bit overly lukewarm, not punchy. The tall ones on the SE425 are nailed to the very top. We are now accustomed to dolphin plugs up to 60kHz, and they really transmit charlick attenuation and other air better, but only on top players with impeccable, high-bitrate recordings. On average equipment and older recordings, this can be torture. In my music library 2/3 are from the middle of the last century.