Did some traveling with the JEA 65t and pretty happy with them, going to keep them. Even just using them on the airplane they reduced noise significantly while turned off. The connection stability and ease of use has been perfect. I thought I got a good deal at $139.99 refurb on eBay, but the...

The passive isolation is pretty solid - I did a test with my old Shure E2Cs and with a Jabra on one ear and an E2C in the other it sounds about the same volume. I can certainly tell that a fan is on, but it turns it down from 'annoyingly loud' to 'I know it's there'. If the Sony's are a step...

Do either of the two Sony (SP700N or WF-1000X) support multiple pairings? I don't need them to be paired to two devices simultameously, but I do want them to be able to remember two devices and connect to either without going through the pairing process. I'm not sure how to interpret what it...

I just got the Jabras. Sound is good to me. Isolation is on par with regular IEMs. I was surprised with how secure the fit was, and very impressed with connection quality. From an ease of use perspective they were great, take them out of the case and they turn themselves on and pair. Totally...

I was under the impression that your source device needs to support the appropriate AptX, AptX HD, AAC, or LDAC codecs in order to get improved SQ, if it only supports SBC then you'll have lossy compression

I've got a set of the Jabra Elite Active 65t arriving tomorrow, will post my impressions. I'm seeing very mixed impressions of their SQ there. I'm coming from a very old pair of Shure E2C IEMs, and I found one person who had done a head-to-head comparison and said the Jabras are a bit better...

Thanks. I was mistaken about that last point - they do not have active noise cancellation, it's just whatever passive isolation is offered by the tip. Unfortunately there don't seem to be any wireless IEMs that do. I saw the mics on the outside and assumed that's what they are for, but it's to...

Thanks! I think the Jabra is probably the better choice for me. Most of the time I am using them, it's on the trainer and I'm sweaty. The carrying/charging case for the Jabras seems really nice as well as the pass-through feature that amplifies external sound. Seems like it would be useful on a...

I've spent the morning doing some more research. As far as I can tell, ANC in lower end earbuds is a bit of a gimmick and I'm better off with proper IEMs that have foam tips. So now the Shure E215s are back to the top of the list. Curious if there are any recommended alternatives. Here's my...

Hi, Long time head-fier here, but sometime around 2006 I got my hands on Shure E2C IEMs for portable use and AKG K340s for home use, and never looked back. Fast forward 12 years, and now I'm looking back a teensy bit. Mostly, it's because my phone no longer has a headphone jack, and the little...

I will put in a tentative "yes". (Thanks for the PM, have we met before? I was at a lot of the Philly/NYC/Maryland meets nearly a decade ago, haven't been active since then, but it'd be cool to check out all the new gear that's come out since then, and meet some cool people). I'll have to see...

An update to my new rig, bought about 4 months ago:   Intel Core i5-2500K Gigabyte P67A-UD4 16GB G.Skill Ripjaws DDR3-1333 Sapphire Radeon HD 6950 2GB Intel X-25M 120GB SSD Samsung MP4 320GB 7200RPM HDD Corsair AX850 PSU Fractal Design Define R3 case Coolermaster Hyper 212+...

Apologies if this has already been asked (long thread)   What's better to use on this, USB or SPDIF? I've been reading it up and most say it depends on the USB chip being used.   I have 4 interconenct options   1 - Use the USB in the maverick 2 - Use toslink out from my motherboard...

Just upgraded about three weeks after this post.   Current rig: Phenom II X6 1050T Asus 785 MB MSI Radeon 5750 1GB 4GB G.Skill DDR3-1600 700w OCZ PSU Thermaltake Element G case Lite-On DVD Burner 1TB Seagate 7200rpm SATA 1TB Samsung 7200rpm SATA   It's fast, but I am...

Hmmm, I tried it again today and it worked fine. Unexpected, but I'm happy. Only time will tell if the problem occurs again.