Shure 1540 closed-back over-ear Headphones - Official Discussion

I’m far from being a metal head but found these “Vikings” to be pretty good.

Too bad I can’t use the SRH1540 with metal. Too much energy in the presence region (pinna gain) and I don’t like the idea of turning the volume down. :triumph:

On a separate note, adapting an IEM cable to this can had an undesired but predictable effect. Hope the image below is self explanatory:

Yes, my OCD-meter was skyrocketing every time I saw that. Luckily, I watched one of Super Review’s lives in the other day and he mentioned about the local warm-up trick. Picked my wife’s hair drier up, applied some heat to the the curvey area and let the gravity do the rest. :exploding_head:

Now we’re talking. :grin:

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