Marshall Mode (2015) vs Shure SE535

While the Shure SE535 makes for a fairly good In-Ear Monitor for people with a $360 budget, we weren't able to find enough data on the Marshall Mode (2015) to come to any reliable conclusions.

In either case, we suggest that you look at some other options at the $360 and $60 budget ranges before committing to one of these.

If you'd nonetheless like to learn more about the Shure SE535 and Marshall Mode (2015), however, we wrote a summary of what we know about them:

While the Shure SE535 wasn't able to make it to the very top of any roundups from sources that perform quality hands-on testing, it still got featured in a large number of them. Techradar, TrustedReviews, headphonesaddict.com, CNET, What Hi-Fi?, Head-fi, and inews.co.uk have all deemed it worthy of a place on their respective shortlists.

As for the Marshall Mode (2015), it was really well-received by reviewers at Wirecutter, a reliable source that's known for conducting its own, high-quality, in-depth testing. It performed great in its "The Best Wired Earbuds" roundup and was named its "Ranked 2 out of 2", which, on its own, makes it a product that warrants a closer look.

We examined all of the review data that we could find and first took a look at sources that reviewed both of them, like Head-fi, and found that they haven't shown a preference for either product.

Then we checked which sources liked these two In-Ear Monitors best and found that the Shure SE535 got its highest, 9, review score from reviewers at Techradar, whereas the Marshall Mode (2015) earned its best score of 8 from Head-fi.

Lastly, we averaged out all of the reviews scores that we could find on these two products and compared them to other In-Ear Monitors on the market. We learned that both of them performed far better than most of their competitors - the overall review average earned by In-Ear Monitors being 7.7 out of 10, whereas the Shure SE535 and Marshall Mode (2015) managed averages of 8.6 and 8.0 points, respectively.

Due to the difference in their prices, however, it's important to keep in mind that a direct Shure SE535 vs. Marshall Mode (2015) comparison might not be entirely fair - some sources don't take value for money into account when assigning their scores and therefore have a tendency to rate more premium products better.