Shure AONIC 215 True Wireless Sound Isolating Earbuds, Premium Audio Sound with Deep Bass, Bluetooth 5, Secure In-Ear Fit, Long Battery Life with Charging Case, Fingertip Controls - Clear [New Update]

If you are looking for a pair of Bluetooth headphones that are truly hi-fi and offer a smooth, accurate reproduction of the original sound, then these are the headphones for you.Are they perfect? No, but if you want the best 'true wireless' Bluetooth headphones then you will look over any of their faults.First, here's what's good:aptX (for many android phones) and AAC (for iPhones). I consider aptX and AAC equivalent formats. Both have enough bandwidth to pass a near CD quality MP3 (yes, MP3s are actually near reference quality these days thanks to amazing new compression algorithms despite audiophiles who say they sound bad. I challenge you to take the blind 'NPR WAV vs. MP3' challenge!). Bluetooth 4, 5, etc doesn't matter- it's aptX and AAC that counts. Bluetooth 3, 4, 5 etc is the protocol over which aptX, AAC or SBC (Standard Bluetooth Connection) is transmitted. For those of you with phones that only do SBC, SBC will sound incredible to most people, but the bass isn't quite as good as aptX or AAC.Bass: *****Bass is deep and tight. You will hear every bass note. Many inferior headphones boost and exaggerate the bass and make every note sound the same (boom, boom, boom instead of different notes).Midrange: *****Voices sound realistic and true. Inferior headphones have a 'midrange suck out' or 'U shaped' sound reproduction (exaggerated bass and treble with lowered midrange).Treble: ****Treble sounds realistic and 'non-fatiguing', meaning that it's not tinny or harsh. My home stereo costs more than 20x the price of these Shure headphones and I would say the treble on the Shure is lowered by maybe 2db from the true recording, but the treble is still there and doesn't sound 'cooked' or 'overprocessed'.Dynamics: ****This is the ability of the sound to go very low to very high instantly.Sounds stage: *****This is how 'wide' the sound is reproduced. The wider the more realistic it sounds.Bluetooth connection: *****It's rock solid with my mid-grade phone. Other reviewers who have dropouts probably have cheap phones that don't fully comply with the Bluetooth standard.Comfort: *****These will stay comfortably in your ears even if there's a nearby nuclear blast.Environment mode: *****With 2 taps on the button you can hear the outside world, which is great if you're crossing the street or in a dodgy neighborhood. You must use the Shure app to change the sensitivity of this feature.Case:****You can sit on this case and your headphones will not break. The zipper is more difficult to open than latch, but at least the zipper won't break like a latch.Ear tips: *****You get 6 different tips. 3 silicone and 3 memory foam. You MUST choose a set of tips that are VERY TIGHT in your ears. If you don't the bass will leak out the sides and they will sound bad. You can also buy replacement tips easily by searching 'shure 215 tips'. Sound isolation is amazing. You won't need noise cancelling unless your are in an airplane.Ok, so here's the bad:You can only change the volume on your phone. Maybe this will be updated with a firmware update?Sound only comes out the right channel when talking on the phone. Again, maybe this will change with a firmware update.You can only skip or rewind with your phone. Once again, maybe a firmware update will change how this works. But you can pause your music with these headphones.You have to power up each headphone. This is a minor problem as only one headphone press is needed to turn both headphones OFF.EQ only works with music that's stored on your phone. EQ changes do NOT work when streaming music. But this isn't a problem as you don't need to change the EQ.Each time you place the headphones in the case they get charged, which isn't good for lithium ion batteries. It's best to let them run down completely before recharging to increase the life of the battery. My fix for this is to flip the headphones upside down in the case so they don't recharge each time.Etched sound: if you haven't heard of 'etched sound', then please ignore this comment. I love etched sound over a 'cohesive' sound, but it's a personal preference. My Benchmark DAC1 USB for my home stereo gets ***** for etched sound. The Shures get maybe ***. Again, this is personal preference.In short, these are some of the most accurate and best sounding headphones you can buy if that's what you want. If you want more features and poor sound, please choose something else.

I've had these for two weeks now and although I love the look and feel, and genuinely a Shure headphone fanboy, these are not up to scratch. I was originally after a bluetooth MMCX lead to plug my SE535's into but the Shure RMCE-BT2 was unavailable/Sold Out everywhere I looked so opted for these.So far I've had intermitted connection problems, sometimes total shut down or bad synchronisation between the left and right headset. I was holding out to see if a firmware update would fix these issues, but nothing as yet. Since having them, everyone I've spoken to on the phone (using the built in mic) says they either can't hear me so well, I sound really far away, or just muffled. It's incredibly annoying.On my SE535's I have a MMCX bluetooth cable that I somehow managed to get off Amazon for £30 about a year ago, but that's showing its age and getting a bit flimsy now. But seriously, I rarely have connection issues, get 8 hours battery, and it's done the job perfectly - but they don't sell them anymore it seems.So, the sound is great as expected although the supplied SE215's aren't up to the standard of my SE535's. As mentioned in other reviews, the bluetooth side of things is really poor. Will this be sorted with a firmware update? I sincerely hope so. Or should I just return them?! Come on Shure, this should be a simple stuff for a very experienced company.

Receiving these buds made worthwhile all the hours searching the web, discoving the many variations and makes available, the try-outs, and the highish cost. In build quality, function and audio range, these buds are a joy to use.

Sound quality on Shure is excellent and the fitting of the ear buds into ears is very comfortable. Super secure and great for on the move without having to worry they’ll fall out.The key things I didn’t like: 1) for me the left and right intermittently kept loosing Bluetooth connection for less than a second, but this resulted in music in each ear being out of sync, which was very annoying (I updated the firmware but issues remained, location or device wasn’t a factor (indoor and outdoor also tried different devices like phone and tablet) had same problem. 2) The bit that sits behind the ears is very clunky and kept catching the collar of my jacket. 3) mic is only on one side.I returned my pair because of the Bluetooth issue.

Very very comfortable to use for an entire twelve hour shift, which all told probably had music played fo ten of those hours. Never run out of juice and popped right back into the charging case ready for next time.I swear by Shure in ear monitors, so much so I have three pairs all told. The only improvement I can think of is to get a pair of the multi-driver versions as these are single driver units.