Shure SRH940 Professional Reference Headphones (Silver)

 (18 customer reviews)

<< The Very Quick Summary >>

Audio Quality: 4.5/5
Comfort: 5/5
Design: 4/5
Value: 5/5
Overall Rating: 4.6/5

Pros: Very comfortable; deep low-bass; excellent for: orchestra, classical, jazz, vocals, and certain kinds of pop, R&B, and rock music; lots of bundled extras; able to fold-up nicely; detachable cable; can lie 'flat' (see the review for more details on that); headband has adjustment markers; can run from an iPod without an amp; really decent soundstage

Cons: Mid-bass could use a tad-bit more 'oomph' without using an EQ; very slightly fatiguing; cable is a bit too long or heavy; poorly recorded or mastered tracks sound bad

<< About Me >>

Believe it or not, I used to think bass was the one thing I liked from my music. I even considered buying a pair of Beats by Dre headphone *gasp*. Boy am I glad I didn't. For a $300 price point, the Shure SRH940's blew the Beats out of the water. I feel that...Read more

I am loving/digging these headphones so far. I wrote a review, but it never materialized. I have listened to stuff from Future Sounds of London, Van Halen (currently addicted to "Best of Both Worlds" with these headphones), Arcade Fire, The Cars, The Temper Trap, Fleetwood Mac, The White Rabbits, Phil Collins (especially "Sussudio" extended remix version), Florence and the Machine and The Doors. I've been floating on a fine green cloud of rich, warm, wonderful full-bodied sound. These baby's can take some volume let me tell you! Try cranking up "Burning Down The House" by The Talking Heads. I tingled all over. OK, I didn't tingle, but I certainly should have.

It took a little while to pull the trigger because I couldn't quite decide between these and Sennheisers HD 600 & HD 650. The closed back style won out because I prefer as little extraneous noise as possible. They are quite comfortable and fairly light due to Plastic. I may not be the best judge of specific comfort...Read more

EDIT: After a few more months of listening, I'm updating this review to be more realistic and critical. It's important for buyers to be aware of flaws as well as the areas the SRH940 does exceedingly well. I also had a chance to listen to more high-end headphones for comparison. I've also removed parts where I say what other reviewers say, since that's a useless and misleading thing to add to my own review.

I've owned a number of very high quality headphones (Sennheiser HD 650, Audio-Technica AD2000, Beyerdynamic DT880, Ultrasone Pro 900, and for over 5 months now the Shure SRH940). I also tried some other ultra-hifi ones like the Audeze LCD-2 and as of recently I own the Sennheiser HD 800. I've also owned some mid/low fi ones way back (Sennheiser HD 280 Pro).

Simply put, the Shure SRH-940 is an incredibly detailed sounding dynamic headphone with TREBLE better than any headphone I've heard under $900. Keep in mind that every headphone has different strengths and...Read more