Shure KSE1200 Electrostatic Earphone System

Shure has been involved with the creation and production of music since 1925, but the reason it is still around while most of its competitors from that era have vanished is Shure’s ability to stay current with new offerings. In the headphone category Shure recently launched a new model, the KSE1200. It joins the KSE1500 in Shure’s electrostatic, in-ear line-up. Priced at £1,769, the KSE1200 is £820 less than the KSE1500 and differs from the KSE1500 because the KSE1200 is a strictly analogue device that lacks the KSE1500’s digital inputs and DAC conversion circuitry. The earphones themselves and the amplifier …