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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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!
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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...
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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.  ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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! :)
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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...
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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?
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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...
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