Shure SRH440A Headphones

[@mikebauer6917]

Using headphones to listen to other headphones feels like the infinity effect of holding a mirror up to another mirror.

[@TheRecordist]

Haha. Yes. I really didn’t want to do that but at least you could hear some of the differences. The three headphones sound much MUCH better than that. Haha

[@PsionicAudio]

Very good job with a tricky thing to demo. Don’t forget your inhaler.

[@TheRecordist]

Hahaha. It surely is! Cheers Lyle!

[@jeetray11]

I am binging on YT videos to choose a pair of headphones for some studio/recording/mixing work. When I landed on this one - the look of the presenter gave me the instinctive feeling that this is not going to be good. Listening to him a few seconds and I changed my opinion. I am humor buff. When he made some humors that hooked me on. And I just liked him more and more. I already bought the Sony mdr7506. When he said Shure 440a is for the pocasters and meant for human voice that was revealing info and I am going to cancel my 440a order as I ordered that one too. Thank you.

[@TheRecordist]

Cheers!

[@jeannedesmond985]

Thanks!

[@TheRecordist]

Oh wow! Thank you very very much! So appreciated! Cheers! ❤️

[@INFOXlive]

Neumann NDH 30 open-back headphones are one the bests for daily studio work, or even for long online meetings.

[@TheRecordist]

Hmm. I’ve never tried them. I’ll try to get a pair to test out. Thanks!

[@1001Hobbies]

Yes! Got that reference. When I have to use metrics on my job I call it "metrical." Feel free to use that one too. I am glad that you use the proper "Imperial" name rather than "Standard" or "English" which many Americans use.....unwittingly. Forgive them for the know not what they say. I remember when electronics just started coming with a "3.5mm plug" and I wondered "What I am going about all my 1/8 inch equipment??" Well....then I realized they just started calling the 1/8 inch plugs "3.5mm" for.......who knows why?? Everyone still uses 1/4 - 20 threads on their stuff.....but no one seems to want to call it 6.35mm - 1.32 thread. I've been using a pair of Sennheiser HD 280 that I got for $50 off of Craigslist in like new condition years ago. I've been very happy with them for editing videos and recording sound, but then again I may just not know better.

[@TheRecordist]

Yep! You’re right! And the HD280s are a nice set of cans! Stick with what you love! Thanks for the awesome comment!

[@grotemichael]

Thx for this review! On your recommendation, I bought both the Sony and the Sennheiser headphones at the time and can share your opinion of both. I like using them for field recording, the Sony even more.

[@TheRecordist]

Oh yes. Both are great headphones. They’re classics. Glad we agree!

[@BLKShire]

Hello Gabe Newell, I didnt know you are doing a review of Head phone.

[@TheRecordist]

Hahaha

[@dannylightning-audio-reviews]

Great Review , thanks

[@TheRecordist]

Thanks very much!

[@windpeoples]

Chester Copperpot sends his regards, Mikey!

[@TheRecordist]

Hahaha. Yay! ‘Ole Copperpot!

[@WinningReality]

Bob Mecredy?

[@TheRecordist]

Rohan Gondor?

[@micstonemic696stone]

I have a pair of srh 440 headphones which I wanted for more than a decade I am on my third cable the first two were the coiled variety & 3M I believed they wouldn't tangle up so much how wrong was I I am a big male with a big head and these headphones on minimum closed adjustment keep falling off slightly better to rotate L & R now they have snapped it is a fact however they do sound superb I am thinking of a repair however £50 from Argos + 2 genuine cables & 1 cheap straight type I can find an almost new one on ebay quite cheap and in my town it would be better van a repair I I'm not sure will hold for long My Shure 440 do not have the a which you say are newer, I have not had a moan to the Shure brand maybe they have solved these issues Mind made up thank you so much the video found you on Google but when to KZbin to reply I wish you well Mikey d

[@TheRecordist]

Hey thanks for the compliment! You might want to check out Sony MDR-7506 if you want to try something new. But if you want to stay with Shure, then that’s cool too! Cheers!

[@BernhardSimwaka]

Here before i get my srhh40

[@TheRecordist]

Excellent!

[@micstonemic696stone]

Mucready helicopter pilot given to him by Charles Thats funny I have had to srh 440 including the A model I have broken so many headphones table maybe as much as six broke the pre SRH 440 including data tables and i bought 2 headphone amp What do I do next do I have to change my brand I wanted the srh 440 for over 20 years and another one has broke in just 2 weeks unable to buy Shure HQ The quality of sound is second to none even on Gain 2 just doesn't like thump thump Did they take all the power I send their way I am still waiting fo SHURE HQ UK Who say they have opened an active file on my problem I have a spare shure srh 440 broken but good for spares or repair if anyone's interest Coil cables work easiest 4 aircraft communication but the coil on the that is a knot Magnet My SHURE SRH 440 have hi-fi sounds not professional not studio even though it says

[@TheRecordist]

Roger that

[@vampula12]

Oh man, Shure headbands are atrocious. I had 840, 940 and 240 All of them broke in a couple of months. As their mics sturdy and legendary - their headphones unreliable and fragile, what a shame.

[@TheRecordist]

Oh man. They broke? I didn’t get the feeling that these might break, though I did hear horror stories about the first versions of these. I had hoped they corrected that issue.

[@vampula12]

​@@TheRecordistI hope they did address the issue! I had to transplant 840s cups with drivers to the Beyerdynamic dt250's headband and it worked great ever since, till I sold it, haha! (Sadly dt250s drivers passed away due to its vulnerability to dropping - they have unprotected thin as hair(literally) contact wires that go from the membrane to the soldering contacts and just float there till its dropped and then they just tear near the membrane's edge and you got unfixable dt250/880/990/770 drivers.)

[@joaopedroalbernaz]

In my pseronal opinion, both the 440a and the 840a (I own them both) are on the overly high-pitched side, way more than the DT770 Pro (which is a good balance of high-pitched). It is completely different when compared with Sony MDR-7506 (what I can call pretty flat, with a tad more on the bass, just like I like), and even completely opposite compared to the ATH-M50X (very bassy and musical). I'm glad your results reflect the same as my feelings of my units.

[@TheRecordist]

Yes. Well said!

[@storyofgio]

Hello me from the future how are you doing?

[@TheRecordist]

Hello from the future! Hahaha

[@wychwoodmusic]

To truly catch on, it would have to be called "impetric"

[@TheRecordist]

Dammit! That one’s better! Hahaha

[@wychwoodmusic]

@@TheRecordist Future jokes!

[@TheRecordist]

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[@rayrestless]

😂😂😂 IMETRIAL KILLED ME

[@TheRecordist]

Hahaha. Woo hoo!

[@rayrestless]

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