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Wireless earbuds (or headphones) with good real-world call quality? Sick of Jabra Elite 75t
I guess it's horses for courses, because a couple of days in and the Linkbuds S seem great. I can walk down a busy road and speak and people hear me well and don't hear the cars. I like the sound too, not too exciting but nice and balanced and I can't see myself getting sick of them. Great...- topperdoggle
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Wireless earbuds (or headphones) with good real-world call quality? Sick of Jabra Elite 75t
In the end I bought the 1More Comfobuds Pro from Amazon, and they can have them straight back. Before I even got to call quality, the sound quality was frankly pathetic; I know it's subjective but compared to the 75ts they lacked detail, separation, punch, you name it. I can't believe all the...- topperdoggle
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Wireless earbuds (or headphones) with good real-world call quality? Sick of Jabra Elite 75t
I've had the Jabra 75ts for probably a couple of years, and they're fine for music but they suck for calls whenever I'm not in a quiet environment (and when I am I generally don't use earbuds for calls!). I can be walking down the street, it doesn't even have to be insanely noisy outside...- topperdoggle
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Isolating IEMs for work and travel ~$100 (but can be tempted)
Thanks, I should update - I indeed bought refurbished Final E2000 and E3000s from hifiheadphones.co.uk's Ebay shop, they were so cheap I have budget left over for **** and Mee M6 Pro 2nd gen as (relative) beaters / testers - maybe I'll get a nice surprise! Appreciate everyone's input.- topperdoggle
- Post #9
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Isolating IEMs for work and travel ~$100 (but can be tempted)
Interesting. Up until now I'd been considering Final E2000 or E3000, and a **** / C10 as a beater / experiment. I agree that the warranty is kind of tempting, half-price replacements!- topperdoggle
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Isolating IEMs for work and travel ~$100 (but can be tempted)
I've had all kinds of headphones in my life. At some point I owned Tesla T1s (wonderful, sold due to tinnitus) and Sennheiser IE8s (weird, had to EQ the **** out of them, hence sold). Also various Grados (SR60s 20 years ago, RS1s more recently, wasn't wowed by them), Shure SRH840 (loved them but...- topperdoggle
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Lightweight cans with good isolation for listening whilst studying
Okay, the UE6000s have arrived. From the first notes of Velvet Revolver's Sucker Train Blues, I knew this would be good. Great soundstage, detail, nice and punchy without being overblown. Very comfortable. Definitely more in love with these than the 4000s, but I need to listen to both more. ...- topperdoggle
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Lightweight cans with good isolation for listening whilst studying
Okay, the UE 4000s have arrived. I haven't listened for very long, but I'd like to give my initial impressions. Disclaimer: I have probably been spoiled in the past with SRH840s, and also probably forgotten just how bad $5 Deal Extreme IEMs are. :) I really like the comfort, and they feel...- topperdoggle
- Post #23
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Budget IEMs or lightweight cans with good isolation for listening whilst studying
Ah wow, you know I was concentrating here: http://www.head-fi.org/t/726275/lightweight-cans-with-good-isolation-for-listening-whilst-studying/15 because I'd be worried about losing good IEMs and I find the tips fall off cheap ones. But I read this and for $29 with all those great reviews, I had...- topperdoggle
- Post #7
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Lightweight cans with good isolation for listening whilst studying
I just ordered a UE4000 and UE6000 from Amazon US for $158, including international shipping and customs. I couldn't look past the fact that they are both heavily reduced from Amazon, and I'll sell whichever one I feel is redundant. I think I did okay, in that I sort of resisted the temptation...- topperdoggle
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Lightweight cans with good isolation for listening whilst studying
Is there much of a difference between the UE4000 and the UE6000 in passive mode? Also I'm not sure that I'd be up for using active NC - what's the 6000 isolation like without the active NC switched on? Thanks for some amazing responses, I'm as excited as I am confused! :)- topperdoggle
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Lightweight cans with good isolation for listening whilst studying
Thanks for the feedback on the above. I read a bit on the K450s, some people complained about muddiness and clamping (although 5 hours on a train isn't bad!!!). I think I would like something with great isolation though. HD380 Pro looks amazing but the coiled cable might annoy... It seems...- topperdoggle
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Lightweight cans with good isolation for listening whilst studying
After browsing a bit on Amazon, like to know what people think of K550 / HD449 / DT770 / HD380 Pro for my use case. Too large to commute with?- topperdoggle
- Post #9
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Lightweight cans with good isolation for listening whilst studying
Thanks for continued feedback - I'll look at all of them - argh, too many options.... At least at the exotic end there are less to choose from... ;) The DT1350 / HD25 look out of budget, but maybe second-hand. Typical head-fi scenario coming up. ;) I read some amazing reviews of the HD25...- topperdoggle
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Lightweight cans with good isolation for listening whilst studying
Thanks both of you for the suggestions. I couldn't find much on the Soundmagics, there was a suggestion that the build quality wasn't all that. On the JVCs I heard that the isolation isn't all that. Any comments on either of those topics? My Googling on those two also brought the Sony...- topperdoggle
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Lightweight cans with good isolation for listening whilst studying
Listen mainly to rock, prog, folk, blues country, fusion. Like a presentation that has excitement, but also not fatiguing. I had some IE8s a while ago, I thought they were good once EQd, but the isolation wasn't great, and overall I feel they were good but I expected more for the money...- topperdoggle
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Budget IEMs or lightweight cans with good isolation for listening whilst studying
I'll check them out, thanks. How are the build quality and isolation?- topperdoggle
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Budget IEMs or lightweight cans with good isolation for listening whilst studying
Listen mainly to rock, prog, folk, blues country, fusion. Like a presentation that has excitement, but also not fatiguing. I had some IE8s a while ago, I thought they were good once EQd, but the isolation wasn't great, and overall I feel they were good but I expected more for the money...- topperdoggle
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Buying portable or in-ear headphones? Seeking guidance? DON'T START A NEW THREAD. Ask for advice HERE!
Reposting with more detail to help you to help me. :) Would appreciate a recommendation for some headphones / IEMs / earbuds for my girlfriend to wear whilst she's studying in the library. Some salient points: She likes rockier music, however she is not fussy about signatures, she's...- topperdoggle
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Buying portable or in-ear headphones? Seeking guidance? DON'T START A NEW THREAD. Ask for advice HERE!
Would appreciate a recommendation for some headphones / IEMs / earbuds for my girlfriend to wear whilst she's studying in the library. Some salient points: She likes rockier music In the library, isolation is important She's not very good at looking after her stuff, so nothing too...- topperdoggle
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++ FULL-SIZE HEADPHONE RECOMMENDATIONS THREAD++ CLOSED: Please post a thread in the Introductions, Help and Advice forum
Would appreciate a recommendation for some headphones / IEMs / earbuds for my girlfriend to wear whilst she's studying in the library. Some salient points: She likes rockier music In the library, isolation is important She's not very good at looking after her stuff, so nothing too...- topperdoggle
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RS-1 Appreciation Thread starts here!!!!
Thanks for the replies - one saying try an iPod - you never know, and one saying it needs a better source than an iPod! :) I guess everyone has an opinion... My sources are generally laptop / desktop soundcards with FLAC or Google Music (320k MP3 standard). I would like to buy an...- topperdoggle
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RS-1 Appreciation Thread starts here!!!!
I'm a bit late to the party - I bought my buttonless RS1s (not 'i') second-hand from a forum member last year, but only now am I getting a chance to really listen to them. My sources are mainly rock 60s - present, proggy stuff but anything with some excitement and dynamics. Not a posh source...- topperdoggle
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Grado RS1i Impressions thread
Oops, wrong thread. Mod please delete. :blush:- topperdoggle
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