Shure SRH1440 Pro Reviews

The SRH1440s are among the more comfortable full-size headphones I've ever used. Sonically, they're definitely in the bright and clear school, and not ideal for those who want to feel bass massaging their eardrums. The SRH1440s are fairly expensive, but Shure designs its headphones to last a long time and backs up its quality claims with a two-year warranty, with sizable discounts on replacement headphones after the warranty expires. If you're an audiophile shopping for one pair of headphones to last the rest of your life and don't mind spending money to get the best that Shure has to offer, the SRH1440s are a viable option.

The Shure SRH1440 is an excellent pair of professional headphones for serious listeners, and its extra cable and earpads help extend its life and the pair's overall value.

The Shure SRH1440 headphones are aimed at consumers who are looking for serious sound quality and are willing to pay for it. The target customer will probably be looking at equally expensive Grado or Sennheiser models, which is why Shure had to make sure that the sound quality was up to scratch. As is generally the case with Shure, there is very little to complain about in the sound quality department, and these headphones can turn their significant talents to a wide variety of musical styles and genres. When married to a high quality source system, like the Arcam A28 and CD17 setup used for this test, the resulting sound is very special indeed. What really surprised me though, is how good the SRH1440s sound when hooked up to a portable music player and fed compressed audio files. Pushing out 256kbps AAC tracks from an iPhone 4S still produced fabulous results, proving that even with modest power driving them, the SRH1440s are still formidable. Although £400 may seem like a lot of money for a set of headphones, considering the ability and versatility of the SRH1440s, I'd say they're something of a bargain!