subject: Customized Shure Se 535 [print this page] The Shure SE535 are designed with the stage musician in mind and the primary customers ought to be drummers and bass players. These are triple driver IEM's that give the listener a realistic representation of the medium being played and they can handle multiple non balanced, non mixed audio signals without causing distortion.
Customizing the 535 has been a learning experience. Most of the customers who get their Shure SE 535's customized know exactly what they sound like and can notice right away when they sound different. As a result in the early days of my business I'd plenty of SE535 reshells return for a second time.
Early problems with the custom SE535 caused me to invest in the equipment necessary to test before and after outcomes. The test is completely arbitrary meaning that it doesn't tell you if your monitor is necessarily top quality or not but it does measure the output of a frequency sweep from 0hz in order to 30, 000hz and with this I will compare the final performance to the original performance.
After investing in the gear I proceeded to test 1 by 1 the components of the actual SE535.
1. Break the seal of the casing to allow air flow = no change
2. Split completely open factory casing but keep motorists in factory seat through tube = no change.
3. Remove SE535 canal filtration system = Bass diminished/Treble increased
I found through testing that we now have 3 main components to keeping exactly the same sound as the manufacturing plant spec.
1. The tube length and size in the driver to the ear canal.
2. The acoustic filter. The acoustic damper with regard to balanced armature drivers provides pressure for the woofer to create better bass but additionally filters out the piercing highs so they sound normal.
3. The seal. If the seal from the balanced armature driver towards the ear canal is compromised in the least bit it will create a degradation of bass.
I have devised a technique of manufacturing the custom Shure SE 535 through the use of only the important components from the factory shell. This allows me to ensure the final sound output of the custom reshell matches the output from the factory shell.
The SE535 components are extremely delicate. If you are thinking about dismantling a set of Shure SE535 here are some things to take into consideration.
1. The socket for the actual SE535 is barely soldered onto a flex board. This connection is very week. It is not made to be twisted or turned in the slightest bit. This means that simply opening the shell from the 535 almost 100% guarantees that you will be soldering the connector. The problem with trying to resolder the connector is that when the connection breaks this actually breaks the board. So to fix this you have to add wires and solder them from the connector directly to the board that is affixed to the motorists.
2. The component board is very delicate. You can easily crush either of the 2 crossover components.
Make sure you possess your soldering iron ready and know how to solder very small joints before attempting to open the shell.
How I open the shell and generate an income install the components from the SE535 into a customized shell are what I consider to be part of my secret recipe. I had to learn by learning from mistakes and yes this included me spending money on my mistakes out of pocket. But overtime I have created my very own secret formulas from beginning to end to make certain that the custom SE535 which i manufacture sounds just of the same quality if not better than the original factory model.
In Ear Custom is really a company that I have built on the reputation of making customers happy. It is my primary aim to provide the highest quality service in the lowest price possible. The current price for a new pair of personalized Shure SE 535's is 619 with this we will supply the new iems. If you want to obtain your existing pair of Shure SE 535 customized we are able to do this for only 119.
