Headphones on the tube?

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pherlopolus

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2,088 posts

158 months

Wednesday 15th April 2015
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I see the daily fashion parade of bose and beats, but what are most cost efficient headphones to enable audio book listening on tube?

Have some Sony ear buds which sound good, and block some tube noise but wondering if over the ear would work better?

BRISTOL86

545 posts

164 months

Wednesday 15th April 2015
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Logitech Ultimate Ears 700 - best earphones I've ever had. For such small, discreet earphones they keep so much background noise out, and they sound fantastic.

http://support.logitech.com/product/ultimate-ears-...

And if anything were to ever go wrong with them, Logitech's customer service is second to none. I had a three year old pair that developed a fault and had a brand new pair delivered within 3 days of my support call.

Don't think you can buy them new anymore is the only thing, but worth checking eBay etc.

red997

1,304 posts

209 months

Wednesday 15th April 2015
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I use some Beyerdynamic in ear buds
previous model to the DX160iE
Used them for 5 years now with all the rough and tumble of daily travel on the tube train & aircraft.
Great sound, good fit (for me) and block out loads of external sound
my only grumble with mine was their is a bit of cord handling noise passed through;
they have apparantly fixed it in the new model (DX160iE)
I'd replace mine with this model in a heartbeat if I ever lost or killed them
David

pherlopolus

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2,088 posts

158 months

Wednesday 15th April 2015
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Thanks!

I've just ordered some Comply T200 tips, so if these don't help will try to get one of the above..

Murph7355

37,715 posts

256 months

Wednesday 15th April 2015
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It depends which Sonys you have but ime some of their in ears are very very good. Especially for the money.

pherlopolus

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158 months

Wednesday 15th April 2015
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I am very happy with sound, just not the noise cancelling/isolating . Particularly on faster stretches of central line. I have some cheaper sennheiser over ears but a bit bulky.

anonymous-user

54 months

Thursday 16th April 2015
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If anyone is a fan of in-ear buds that block noise out, Google SoundMagic E10.

No, I had never heard of them either until I read a review in Stuff magazine. Read some of the reviews on the Internet, people like What Hi-Fi giving them 5 stars and everyone raving about them.

They cost about £30 and nothing comes close for the money.

I bought a pair and they really are quite something for sound quality. Other headphones I own include £170 Allen & Heath, £150 Sennheisers and others, but these sound fantastic and well up there with the best, which is amazing considering the price.

They also accept the Comply tips.

Shaoxter

4,078 posts

124 months

Thursday 16th April 2015
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If you're just listening to audio books then just try some different tips and see which one is best for you. I use Shure Olives which I find better than the Comply ones personally.

But to be honest nothing is going to drown out the noise of the Central line, it's probably the noisiest line of all.

DeuxCentCinq

14,180 posts

182 months

Thursday 16th April 2015
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Active noise cancelling?

Salgar

3,283 posts

184 months

Thursday 16th April 2015
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NinjaPower said:
If anyone is a fan of in-ear buds that block noise out, Google SoundMagic E10.

No, I had never heard of them either until I read a review in Stuff magazine. Read some of the reviews on the Internet, people like What Hi-Fi giving them 5 stars and everyone raving about them.

They cost about £30 and nothing comes close for the money.

I bought a pair and they really are quite something for sound quality. Other headphones I own include £170 Allen & Heath, £150 Sennheisers and others, but these sound fantastic and well up there with the best, which is amazing considering the price.

They also accept the Comply tips.
Weird, i've never heard anyone else talk about these. I've had my pair of these for over a year and they're very good!

CAPP0

19,582 posts

203 months

Thursday 16th April 2015
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Salgar said:
NinjaPower said:
If anyone is a fan of in-ear buds that block noise out, Google SoundMagic E10.

No, I had never heard of them either until I read a review in Stuff magazine. Read some of the reviews on the Internet, people like What Hi-Fi giving them 5 stars and everyone raving about them.

They cost about £30 and nothing comes close for the money.

I bought a pair and they really are quite something for sound quality. Other headphones I own include £170 Allen & Heath, £150 Sennheisers and others, but these sound fantastic and well up there with the best, which is amazing considering the price.

They also accept the Comply tips.
Weird, i've never heard anyone else talk about these. I've had my pair of these for over a year and they're very good!
And another, I'm on my second pair having lost the first, they are very good IMO.

Foliage

3,861 posts

122 months

Thursday 16th April 2015
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CAPP0 said:
Salgar said:
NinjaPower said:
If anyone is a fan of in-ear buds that block noise out, Google SoundMagic E10.

No, I had never heard of them either until I read a review in Stuff magazine. Read some of the reviews on the Internet, people like What Hi-Fi giving them 5 stars and everyone raving about them.

They cost about £30 and nothing comes close for the money.

I bought a pair and they really are quite something for sound quality. Other headphones I own include £170 Allen & Heath, £150 Sennheisers and others, but these sound fantastic and well up there with the best, which is amazing considering the price.

They also accept the Comply tips.
Weird, i've never heard anyone else talk about these. I've had my pair of these for over a year and they're very good!
And another, I'm on my second pair having lost the first, they are very good IMO.
I usually buy seinheisser but mine are due replacement, ive also read a lot of reviews of the soundmagic and its what I will be getting next.

On a side note on the sony in-ear headphones, some of £5-£10 range ones are very very good for the price. I have some that I used to use at the gym, im using my seinheissers now as its the only time I seem to use headphones these days.

anonymous-user

54 months

Thursday 16th April 2015
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Foliage said:
I usually buy seinheisser but mine are due replacement, ive also read a lot of reviews of the soundmagic and its what I will be getting next.

On a side note on the sony in-ear headphones, some of £5-£10 range ones are very very good for the price. I have some that I used to use at the gym, im using my seinheissers now as its the only time I seem to use headphones these days.
I would agree about the Sony in-ears. I was away with work for a week and had forgot my headphones so I went into the nearest HMV and bought a pair of Sony for about £15 I think (they had the remote control and mic on the cable) and honestly they were excellent for the money. Really impressed.

The SoundMagics are still the best buy though. Sound Quality Vs Price is unreal.

pherlopolus

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2,088 posts

158 months

Thursday 16th April 2015
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I don't think active cancellation would work on the central line, wrong frequencies.

I've thought about a headphone amp, but I don't want more volume..

DeuxCentCinq

14,180 posts

182 months

Thursday 16th April 2015
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How about those ones that mould to your ears then? You take a mould, send them off, and they send you buds that fit you perfectly. Shure, are they?

iphonedyou

9,253 posts

157 months

Thursday 16th April 2015
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Another big fan of the SoundLogic E10s here!

smile

Fastra

4,277 posts

209 months

Thursday 16th April 2015
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SoundMagic E10S - best in class according to this lot:

http://www.whathifi.com/news/best-in-ear-headphone...

GetCarter

29,380 posts

279 months

Thursday 16th April 2015
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These are really good 'noise cancelling' and fold up to small size. Fab on trains and planes.

http://www.johnlewis.com/sennheiser-pxc-250-ii-noi...

DON'T even start me on beats. Worst con in the history of crap audio products.

pherlopolus

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158 months

Thursday 16th April 2015
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GetCarter said:
DON'T even start me on beats. Worst con in the history of crap audio products.
I had this discussion with our 13yr old, she has some very nice sennheiser ear buds now, and some Sony over ear bluetooths (infact she has better headphones than me! that cant be right!)

ZesPak

24,429 posts

196 months

Friday 17th April 2015
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GetCarter said:
DON'T even start me on beats. Worst con in the history of crap audio products.
yes

They should go together with Apple products, would make a great team. wink

As for subway riding, I really can't do anything else than earbuds (the ones with the rubber that go in your ear). Even regular "in ears" aren't sufficient imho.
Have tried several things, just on ear headphones, volume cranked all the way up: inaudible.
"In ears", inaudible.
Earbuds, volume half way is more than enough.