The most expensive non-customized four-unit moving iron flagship? Shure SE846 earplugs demo

Shure SE846 is a new generation of flagship earphones listed last year. Its price is almost the most expensive non-customized four-unit earplugs. The current price of SE846 is still around 7,000 yuan, which is obviously more expensive than Logitech UE900, Weston W40, and iron. Triangle IM04 and other 4 units of moving iron earplugs, Shure dare to set the price of SE846 so high, naturally have confidence in its strength, the market has believed that many enthusiasts have heard or have SE846.

Shure SE846's packaging is only such a kind, the national bank SE846 will be labeled with the agent Dachang Digital, there will also be Shure's own anti-counterfeit label, and the contents of the label can be known that SE846 is produced by the Suzhou factory.

As a high-priced flagship earphone, the Shure SE846 has a wide range of accessories, including two headphone cords, wipes, carrying case, nozzle removal key, volume attenuator, 6.35mm adapter, aerospace converter, clip, and Many pairs of memory sponge sets and silicone sleeves.

Plus a pair of pre-installed earplugs, a total of 5 pairs of memory sponge sets.

Shure belongs to the rough, informal American style, which is obviously different from the Japanese brand that is carefully crafted. The details of the earplugs are not so good, so don’t be surprised if you feel that the SE846 and earphones are not delicate enough. But Shure Compared with many European and American dynamic iron earplugs, SE846 is considered to be a fine workmanship. The transparent outer casing has clear elements inside, and there are no obvious glue marks and burrs.

Through the outer casing, you can clearly see the four moving iron units inside the SE846, as well as the frequency dividing circuit composed of components such as resistors.

In order to visually distinguish the left and right earplugs, a red plastic piece was placed inside the right earplug of SE846.

Although it is a 4-unit structure, the earplug cavity of the SE846 is not too large, and the wearing comfort is better, but the premise is familiar with the wearing of the ear-type earplug, otherwise it is not easy to fix it on the ear for the first time.

Shure's SE series of moving iron earplugs are mostly designed with interchangeable lines. They all use MMCX miniature coaxial socket connection, and the part of SE846 connected with the wire handle can be rotated freely.

Some high-end earphones have been designed with fine-tuning sounds such as a changeable filter, as well as the Shure SE846, but it is replaced with a nozzle bushing that requires the use of a nozzle to remove the key tool in the accessory. SE846 comes with There are 3 pairs of different nozzle bushings. The earphones are equipped with a blue balanced nozzle bushing by default. If necessary, you can replace the other white or black nozzle bushings, where the white color is bright tone. Sound, while black is warm tone tone.

Stout line splitter

There are numeric numbers on the plugs of the earbuds.

If the SE846 is used on a desktop or professional equipment, the volume fader can sometimes be useful to prevent excessive volume damage.

At present, there are many kinds of SE846 upgrade wires on the market. When evaluating the Astell&Kern AK120II, I also got an ALO custom-made Copper 22 headphone upgrade cable. The earphone end is MMCX plug, with ordinary unbalanced 3.5mm plug, 2.5mm. Balance and other plug versions are available, compatible with SE846 and other Shure earplugs, as well as Weston interchangeable earplugs.

The reason why it is called Copper 22 is because this headphone cable uses 22AWG pure copper wire base (the purity is unknown N), the 22AWG specification line is relatively thick, so the headphone cable will look a bit hard and will bring a certain stethoscope effect.

Subjective sound quality, Shure SE846 uses the default balanced catheter, the front side mainly chooses Astell & Kern AK120II, HIFIMAN HM-802, Colorful C4 PRO, vivo Xshot mobile phone, Fei Ao X3 and other players to investigate Shure SE846 Front end requirements and sound performance.

Compared with the dynamic earplugs, although the moving iron earplugs usually have clear sound and prominent details, many of them have problems of insufficient sound and low frequency, but the moving iron earplugs can achieve a certain high level, which can overcome these problems. It can even be better than the top dynamic earplugs, and the Shure SE846 is the four-unit moving iron earplug that achieves this level.

The sound of the SE846 will feel very full at first, with a natural sense of not losing high-level moving earplugs, and the density is very high. The SE846 sound is more balanced than Shure's flagship SE535. Zhongzheng, unlike the SE535, because of its limited level, it concentrates on the intermediate frequency to create a creamy vocal effect. The SE846 can be said to be a versatile earplug, and its energy is the biggest feature, perhaps listening. Some background music complex songs will appear too large amount of information and vocals are not prominent enough, but in musical instruments, classical music music, SE846 good sound density, clear details and good separation make music become beautiful .

The AK120II is the most expensive of the several players, and the sound quality of the SE846 is also the best, especially after the SE846 replaces the balance line, the sound quality is increased by one step. When using the SE846 to use the original line, compared to the Sen Hessel IE80, SE846, but said that the overall victory, even if the IE80 is still the advantage of the low frequency is far less than the SE846's good quality, deep dive, but the deepest feeling is SE846's sound density and energy sense. And the same four unit moving iron The structure of the iron triangle IM04 sound density is good, but the sound style is different from the SE846, IM04 is warm and dark tuning, so the SE846 has obvious advantages in definition and high frequency, but the most I like it. The SE846's energetic low frequency, good dive depth, sounds very exciting when classical music bursts.

After changing the balance line, even if there is no quick switching contrast, the difference between the front and the back can be clearly felt. The sound density of the SE846 under the AK120II balanced drive will increase, become smoother and more delicate, and the low frequency is tight. The depth of dive and the extension of high frequency are obviously enhanced, and the control and separation of sound are also improved. Sometimes, even before and after this, the sound of two different grades of earplugs is heard. After listening to the balanced sound, Listening to the SE846, which is unbalanced in the original line, will also feel that its sound has some rough and slight burrs, so it is not only the improvement of quality, but also the SE846 of the balanced drive will be better.

HIFIMAN HM-802

The HM-802 used by the author is the default classic amp card. Under this combination, Shure SE846 shows obvious warmth and heavy feeling, the sound is softened, and the sharpness is weakened to become some meat. It is also the loose, sweet and moist tuning that HM-802 promotes. It is better to listen to pop songs like this, but the sound is slightly older and not suitable for young and ethereal female voices. In addition, HM-802 and SE846 In classical music, the performance is weaker, the sound is not very transparent, and the image is not very clear.

Colorful C4 Pro 3rd Anniversary Edition

The Shure SE846 sound under the C4 Pro 3rd Anniversary Edition tends to be loose and natural, and the sound is not artificial. Its sound field is wider than HM-802, it sounds more transparent, but also soft and soft. Next, SE846 with C4 Pro 3rd Anniversary Edition, there is no clear details and shape with the sound of AK120II, but I have to say that this sound sounds very comfortable. In addition, the lack of C4 Pro and the low volume The depth is slightly insufficient, but with the high frequency extension and overtone of SE846, the orchestral taste is very good.

Flying proud X3

To cope with the flagship earplugs such as Shure SE846, the strength of the Flying Ao X3 shows obvious shortcomings. If it is ordinary low-end earplugs, the difference between using X3 direct push and direct push with HM-802 and C4 Pro is not so big. However, when the SE846 is pushed directly, the sound is obviously faint. The comparison is erratic and lacks physical sense. The details and the extension of the high and low ends have certain losses. At first, the author thinks that the X3 has insufficient driving force, but after the AOX3 is attached to the amp, it still remains. There is no obvious improvement, so it should not be insufficient driving force, but the quality of X3 itself is limited. The top earplugs such as SE846 will become the bottleneck. Of course, even if it is not good, SE846 is still more than the 2,000-meter Sennheiser IE80. Wait for the earplugs to be strong.

Vivo Xshot

Vivo Xshot push Shure SE846 performance is not good, mainly a little chaotic, low-frequency rumble, affecting the permeability of the sound, this feeling is similar to the iron triangle IM04 direct push on Xshot, are not good sound quality The problem is that the sound is not normal. Maybe the SE846 is similar to the IM04. The player driver with lower output impedance will be nice, but the SE846 requires higher quality for the player itself.

In summary, the Shure SE846 has an impedance of only 9 Ω and a sensitivity of 114 dB SPL/mW. It can be said to be a low-resistance and high-sensitivity earplug. It is quite easy to make a sound, and it does not seem to require a strong thrust, but it does not seem to require a strong thrust, but The SE846 will perform better when it is equipped with a player with powerful sound control and a slightly higher overall quality.

The sound quality of Shure SE846 does not need to be questioned too much, and it is excellent enough. Compared with the conventional flagship earphones such as Sennheiser IE800 and AKG K3003, which are similarly positioned, it is more of a difference in sound style. But some fans also think that The price of SE846 is slightly higher. There is almost no price change in SE846 in the past one year. It still maintains a level of around 7000. It is against the amazing earplugs such as AKG K3003 which have been expensive. Recently, the price has been loose. Even the price of SE846 has been flat, so I hope that SE846 can be cheaper.