I received these just before leaving on a week-long vacation, on which they got quite a bit of use. SOUND: I didn't burn them in, but right out the box they sounded great. The bass tends to be weaker than I'd like on some songs, but on others is all-enveloping and punchy...

Shure have been producing high class audio equipment for quite sometime. Readers may have heard of their flagship SM series, such as the SM57 or SM58 microphones, and due to this, it was no surprise when they started creating studio headphones.

Crisp clear Audio; Ideal for home studio mixing; easy on the eye

Un-comfortable after 1 hour and exposed wires

Excellent!!

Great head phones, a bit bulky, sounds great will recommend it to friends. A++ ..

Upgrading from Sennheiser HD 203's to these. Completely worth the doubling in price. Sound is excellent but do require about a day of burn in, they sound far better afterwards. Very comfy to wear too.

Recently purchase a pair of SRH440 as a gift. Had the budget set at around $100 USD give or take depending on quality and what is available. What I needed were a set of closed cans that can be driven easily by ipod/iphone.

Shure 's SRH range of professional headphones claims to be the first choice for "music obsessives." Well, as far as the SRH440s are concerned, the obsessives here at What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision would position them slightly further down their pecking order.

Power aplenty

Lack refinement and subtlety; one dimensional

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Shure has been known in the pro-audio realm for decades as the manufacturer of one of the most-used microphones ever (the SM57), and in recent years the company's consumer line of earphones has attracted quite a following.

Strong bass response and crisp highs; Ideal for recording, but also great for general listening; Detachable, replaceable cable

Can be uncomfortable when worn for long periods

A great set of cans is essential whether you spend a lot of time in the studio or play drums live to a click-track. A relative newcomer to the professional headphone space, Shure has taken their expertise with in-ear monitoring and microphones and applied it to this essential area of sound...