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Shure SRH1840 Open-back Mastering and Studio Headphones

Open-back, Circumaural Headphones with Individually Matched Neodymium Drivers, Adjustable Headband, and Kevlar-reinforced Oxygen-free Copper Cable
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A New Benchmark in Headphone Comfort and Accuracy

The Shure SRH1840 professional open-back headphones will envelope you in comfort and great sound. With their detailed highs, rich bass, and superb accuracy, the SRH1840s make excellent studio monitors. Open-back headphones give you a more natural, speaker-like listening experience, with a more spacious soundscape than closed-backs can produce. This makes the SRH1840s ideal for monitoring, mastering, and critical listening. You'll also love how comfortable and adjustable the SRH1840s are. When you're in the studio for hours on end, the last thing you need is a headache! If you're in the market for new headphones, check out the Shure SRH1840 headphones!

Shure SRH1840 Professional Open-back Headphones at a Glance:
  • Amazingly speaker-like monitoring with spacious soundstaging
  • Extreme comfort and adjustability for extended studio use
  • Shure professional quality for years of use
Amazingly "speaker-like" monitoring with spacious soundstaging

The Shure SRH1840 professional open back headphones give you a convincingly speaker-like monitoring experience. This lets you dodge one of the main drawbacks of monitoring on 'phones: that mixes don't "translate" well when played back on various speaker systems. The SRH1840's open-back design, wide and accurate frequency response, and individually matched neodymium drivers serve up amazingly natural sound, a wide stereo image, and stunning depth of field. The result? Better-sounding recordings!

Extreme comfort and adjustability for extended studio use

The Shure SRH1840 headphones sport cushy circumaural earpads that comfortably envelope your ears and a fully adjustable, premium padded headband, so you can monitor marathon sessions without discomfort. With an aircraft-grade aluminum alloy yoke and stainless steel grilles, the SRH1840s are so lightweight you might even forget you have them on!

Shure professional quality for years of use

Shure's SRH1840 headphones are designed and built for serious professional use, both live and in the studio. The SRH1840's oxygen-free copper cable is detachable and sheathed in a Kevlar-reinforced jacket. The SRH1840s come with everything you need: a storage case, replacement velour ear pads, a replacement cable, and a threaded, gold-plated 1/4" adapter. Monitor with legendary Shure quality with SRH1840 professional open-back headphones!

Shure SRH1840 Professional Open-back Headphones Features:
  • Speaker-like monitoring experience with spacious soundstaging
  • Individually matched 40mm neodymium drivers
  • Extreme comfort and adjustability for extended studio use
  • Fully adjustable, premium padded headband
  • Lightweight construction, with aircraft-grade aluminum alloy yoke and stainless steel grilles
  • Detachable oxygen-free copper cable with Kevlar-reinforced jacket
  • Included storage case, replacement velour earpads, replacement cable, and threaded 1/4" adapter
  • Shure professional quality for years of use
Get superb monitoring, accuracy, and comfort with Shure's SRH1840 headphones!

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Tech Specs

  • Type: Wired
  • Open/Closed: Open
  • Fit Style: Circumaural (Around the Ear)
  • Driver Size: 40mm
  • Frequency Response: 10Hz-30kHz
  • Impedance: 65 ohms
  • Connectivity: 1/8" plug, 1/4" adapter
  • Cable Type: Straight
  • Cable Length: 6.9'
  • Detachable Cable: Yes
  • Color: Black
  • Material: Velour Earpads
  • Case/Bag: Hard Case
  • Weight: 0.59 lbs.
  • Manufacturer Part Number: SRH1840-BK

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Customer Reviews

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Rated 5/5

best headphones ever?

watch my video on these headphones!
Rated 5/5

Buy this !!!dont even read my review!!!

As soon as i put these on all my disbelief was gone for these headphones
Music becomes an experience and song's youve heard thousands of times become brand new
Frequency response is accurate (no boosted up frequency ranges!!!!) the soundstage is MSG spacious
And i wish i could get life long insurance for it.
Buy this before anything else in your set up
If not for your music just to hear them!!!!!
Music background: Mixing Engineer
Rated 5/5

Shining star of budget friendly mixing/mastering headphones

In an online video, even Mixing and Mastering engineer Justin Colletti highly rated this headphone against other heavyweights in the same price field. My past headphones were ok, but the Shure SRH1840 delivers a more comfortable wear on the head right away. The sonic quality on these are superb, and my mixing was quickly moving along because of the accuracy of the low-mid-high levels in the headphones. I am arriving at more accurate mixes faster now with the help of these headphones. Stressing the word help as a good mix requires multiple areas of attention along with a good set of ears that loves what the results bring. Adding a quality pair of headphones is one of the smart moves to make.
Music background: live and studio engineer, producer
Rated 5/5

Perfect for the purpose

I'm can't decide if I like them best because of the sound or because of the comfort. I've been using these non stop for a couple weeks now and am a big fan. Ear pads are extremely comfortable and light. The material feels good on my ears—not sticky, not sweaty. I can wear these for hours without feeling trapped. Headband is also a good fit. No pressure and no headaches. Open back system is breathable. I like some environmental noise when my wife walks in to get my attention, but otherwise I feel the important sounds are isolated enough to keep volumes at a comfortable level for long sessions.

I use these for tracking and mixing with electric guitars and synths. I have not tired with vocals and will likely switch to something closed. For the music, I find the sound to be clean and clear. I hear plenty of detail and small changes in dynamic processing are well defined in my ears. I can keep volumes down and still feel myself deep in the music. These headphones feel extremely responsive to both amplitude and frequency changes.

These headphones sound good and wear long. I haven't turned on monitors or put on another pair of phones since I got these. Well worth the money. Extra pair of pads and the case provided just enough luxury. 5 stars from me.
Rated 5/5

Excellent Headphones

Besides the top padding being too thin, they're, so far, the best headphones I've ever had.
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