Shure Intro New SRH Series Pro Headphones [Shure SRH240, SRH440 & SRH840]

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Shure, a company with a considerable reputation for producing some of the world’s best headphones in terms of sound quality, have announced three new ‘closed cup’ over ear headphones in the form of the SHR Series SRH240, SRH440 and SRH840.

All three of the new professional quality headphones boast 40mm neodymium dynamic drivers offering frequency ranges between 20Hz-20kHz (SRH240) and 5Hz-25kHz (SRH840) and come with between 2-3 meters of cable whilst being bundled with 1/8-inch miniplugs with a 1/4-inch adapters whilst, in terms of specifications, offer the following:

SRH240 Professional Quality Headphones

• Transducer type: Dynamic neodymium magnet
• Driver size: 40 mm
• Sensitivity (1kHz): 105 dB/mW
• Impedance (1kHz): 38 ohms
• Max. input power (1kHz): 500 mW
• Frequency range: 20 Hz – 20 kHz
• Net weight (without cable): 0.4 lb (181 g)
• Shipping weight: 1.35 lbs (612 g)
• Length of cable: 2 meters (6.56 ft)
• Type of cable: Attached straight oxygen-free copper
• Plug: Nickel-plated 1/8″ (3.5 mm) stereo mini jack

SRH440 Professional Studio Headphones

• Transducer type: Dynamic neodymium magnet
• Driver size: 40 mm
• Sensitivity (1kHz): 105 dB
• Impedance (1kHz): 44 ohms
• Max. input power (1kHz): 500 mW
• Frequency range: 10 Hz – 22 kHz
• Net weight (without cable): 0.6 lb (181 g)
• Shipping weight: 1.55 lbs (612 g)
• Length of cable: 3 meters (9.84 ft)
• Type of cable: Detachable coiled oxygen-free copper
• Plug: Gold-plated 1/8″ (3.5 mm) stereo mini jack

SRH840 Professional Monitoring Headphones

• Transducer type: Dynamic neodymium magnet
• Driver size: 40 mm
• Sensitivity (1kHz): 102 dB/mW
• Impedance (1kHz): 44 ohms
• Max. input power (1kHz): 1000 mW
• Frequency range: 5 Hz – 25 kHz
• Net weight (without cable): 0.7 lb (317.5 g)
• Shipping weight: 1.75 lbs (794 g)
• Length of cable: 3 meters (9.84 ft)
• Type of cable: Detachable coiled oxygen-free copper
• Plug: Gold-plated 1/8″ (3.5 mm) stereo mini jack

The new Shure SRH Series headphones are set to commence shipping sometime this summer (Shure have not offered anything more specific) and will set you back $75 for the SRH240, $125 for the SRH440 whilst the top of the range SRH840 will come in at $250.

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