Anyone like the Shure SE215 there ?

I mean, if we didn't include the RE400....

Yup. the example is good . I bought a pair of Vsonic Classic three weeks ago. its a bit cheaper than the shure and it sounds better. but I've the worst difficulties to get a safe fit ... so they have to go and i'm back to my good old shure.   I had the 535 three month ago. sounds better thant the 215 . but for mobile use , they're not engaging enough ... I had a pair of UM2.. very good too. but dunno why, finally I kept the Shure SE215 . UM2 was good but a bit too boring.

I don't really love it but.. they seem to be glued to me. i tried many IEMS including Expensive ones and all those IEM do things better than those poor SE215 but After One year the IEMs I still take with me everywhere are the SE215.  I've even walked on them without any damage.

I'm not a fan though. I much prefer some other sound sig but they' re just a very good compromise for the on-the-go use.  A classic.

Oh really ? Here in France , the Shure some sound is generally well regarded and not polarizing.  Earsonics IEM or Fitear for example is more prone to debates with fanboys against haters.

I still have a broken pair of SE535 I will maybe send to be reshelled in CIEM... Dunno. I'll probably buy a used pair of Fitear Parterre next saturday.

Parterre didn't do it for me. Though it was a prototype, and maybe the mid bloom has been corrected later. Have you tried it already ?

Has anyone else noticed a trend in cheap IEMs lately? After the RE400 was released, a bunch of brands popped up with products that had similar sound signatures and price points. Releases from TTPOD (T1E), Fidue, Dunu (DN900), Vsonic (VSD03), Zero Audio (Tenore), Xiaomi (piston 2) and even Audio Technica (IM70) and Sony (C10) in the past year. I'm sure there are a few I forgot to mention. They all have this neutral-ish sound with bass emphasis, some more than others, and smooth treble. Similar to the updated Olive-Welti curve Tyll wrote about on IF early this year.

It's good for the average consumer who doesn't want to spend too much to get good sound. I can't really single out any one of them as better than all the others, though the Tenore would probably be it because of its size and build quality except for the strain relief.

I actually settled on the SE215 as my portable out and about, too. Whether its working, doing yard work or a quick listen in a coffee shop, its a satisfying iem w/ good isolation. I wouldn't choose to listen to lots of classical with it, but for the genres that Shure iems normally does well with it does fine. I really love Shure's out of warranty repair costs, which are perfect for an iem you want to use instead of baby. You can normally get them from an authorized Shure dealer on ebay for $80. Not cheap and not perfect, but solid.