Shure SE115

Frequency Response (2.69)

The Shure SE115s’ frequency response looks fine until you reach the high end, at which point it takes an utter nose dive, falling over 15dB in a relatively small frequency span. This is where the SE115s lost a majority of their points. If you look at other areas, the headphones do well: they have a strong base and emphasize middle tones well. There aren’t any other jagged areas.

Comparisons

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Distortion (5.56)

Although there are a few areas where distortion picks up above the zero line, the overall distortion levels stay very, very low. The SE115s did very well here.

Comparisons

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Tracking (8.33)

The Shure SE155s had good tracking that suffered from a few quirks. As you can see, on the other side of the 1kHz mark there are a few jagged lines. These lines represent a small shift in volume, from 2dB on the right to 2dB on the left. The average listener would never notice this shift. The loudest the right channel gets before 10kHz is 4dB louder, and that volume onlly lasts for tiny frequency range. On the other side of the 10kHz mark, there’s a bit more of a dip, but don’t take the graph as gospel at this point: we toss out the extreme high end of the graph, because they’re not 100% accurate. It can be used to find the general trend of performance, however. In this case, the emphasis looks like it’ll trend to the right side.

Despite its issues, the SE115s have good tracking. At no point should you notice any point where the sound vacillates wildly between the left and right channels.

Comparisons

See how the Shure SE115 compares:

Shure SE420 Compare

Sennheiser MM50 iP Compare

Apple In-ear Headphones with Remote & Mic Compare

Sennheiser CX 300-II Compare

Click here for more information on our frequency response test.