Clearly, I loved my experience with the SE846. I'm not sure I know many people with a true appreciation for balance in music and audio that would find much wrong with these earphones—especially given the ability to customize the high-mids and highs to your liking, very easily, using the nozzles. Still, if there's one thing you might get picky about, perhaps it would be that you'd like it if these were custom-molded. In that regard, the similarly priced options we've reviewed, such as the JH Audio JH13 Pro, Logitech Ultimate Ears In-Ear Reference Monitors, and the Ultimate Ears UE 18 Pro, are all strong contenders for your investment, and they are not likely to disappoint either. None of these, however, are offered with nozzles to customize the sound signature, so I suppose it depends on which custom aspect matters most to you.

The sound is such that they make most of my other earphones sound rather inadequate I am enjoying them, particularly for rock and other high-paced and detailed music but have noticed that with a bit of brain burn they are near perfect for modern electronic music.

A grand is a lot of money for any headphones, but given an appropriately talented system we think the SE846s are good enough to justify that kind of outlay.