blueangel2323
Headphoneus Supremus
Isolation depends on the loudness of your music, the shape of your ears/head/jawline, whether you wear glasses, etc. so that might account for some of the disagreement about the M500's isolation.
I received the UE900 tips today and it seems for me, the best tip choice. They retain the same sound and fit comfortably. I can use the medium tips and I get deeper insertion and if I use the large tips, it's basically fits the same as the large stock tips but with better comfort.
hmm isolation on the m500 was excellent when i tested it...
totally cant hear the salesman 3 feet away trying to explain the features..
it was a total shut out, to me this m500 would kill the NC market....i dun wear specs.
i am puzzled y its rated a 2 in the charts...
can someone else chim in on the isolation...
or were my ears too sweaaaaty...?? lol
edit: i am a suspecting the size of the head might affect the isolation...
macedonia had issues with the fit of the ue9000 m which fits me fine.
the m500 is slightly loose on my head. anyway...jus a guess.
Being an on ear, glasses shouldn't come into play. But headsize and ear shape will have an impact as will volume levels. For me I base isolation on how much noise I can hear at lower volumes. Using my standard I find the M500 just OK in this area especially compared to active noise cancelling technology.
I find the M500s to isolate about as much as your average on ear which isn't much but better than open cans. The only isolation that is decent for on ear is the DT1350, but they need to clamp so hard, that the isolation comes at a price.
The memory foam does tend to muffle enough of the outside noise on the M500 that its not all that distracting. IEMs are needed for any serious isolation.
I'm using Monster Supertips (foam) with my M200 and the fit is much better than the stock tips, though comfort and fit still leaves a lot to be desired. I choose the Monster tip only cos it is the only tips in my arsenal that can be slipped on, can grip the sound tub well (without falling off in my ear) and is reasonably isolating.
Welcome other tips suggestions besides Monster and UEs
Was the music playing?Sorry, next to the other headphones I've listed the M500s and Aviators had the least noise isolation. To clarify, they do NOT leak and are quite good at that, but next to the noise cancelling headphones or the Momentums, they're just not as strong at noise isolation.