Reviews for Ultimate Ears 400vi Noise-Isolating Headset

Bought entirely on the basis of the review on this site.

Excellent little head phones.

Functional rather than flashy but well built and really good sound for the size and money. Stay well put in ears - none of the constant fiddling that bedevils similar ear buds.

My only wish is that the solid little plastic box that they come with was in a brighter colour than grey so that I could find it more easily in he depths of my bad.

I bought this headphones from the Apple store in Cambridge (UK), the sound quality is quite good, but, the remote is very very poor with the iphone 4. The mic is very poor with the iphone 4 as well - it echoes when you answer calls with it. You can't skip tracks forward or backward with the iphone 4 as the remote isn't compartible.
Apple's description of this headphone's compartibility with iphone 4 is misleading.
The sound quality is fine for the price, but, you cannot enjoy full mic/remote features with iphone 4, plus the silicon buds are utterly useless - they leak sound and just wont stay as you have to keep pushing them in and hurting your ears in the process. This is a true and straight from the heart no bones review. Use your mind!

My first pair of "expensive" ear buds. Incredibly comfortable, great iPhone controls, good selection of squishy bits for all ear sizes, well built. HUGE sound, HUGE bass, bright and clean treble. Stop looking at those overpriced 'Beats' ear buds and get these. The review from a sound engineer was enough for me, he was right. Superb, 6 Stars!

I purchased these headphones based on the excellent reviews on the Apple Website. Having used the headphones for 5 days I felt compelled to place a more accurate review on the website.

Pro's
- Flat cable that doesn't tangle as easily, look good, light weight - BUT THAT IS ALL

Con's
- Ear pieces squeak in the ear on movement, so if you are on a call, listening to music etc and actually moving they are horrendous.
- Purchased these ahead of the Bose based on the reviews - people please be honest when reviewing, the quality is not in the same league as the Bose, in fact it is very very average
- Unless you are a giraffe the mic is positioned a long way down the cord and you will struggle to have a conversation without picking up the mic
- Build quality - positively iffy - the volume control, mic housing I suspect won't last more than a few months
- Overall very disappointed and wish the site had had more accurate reviews giving an honest assessment of the product

I read the reviews prior to visiting Apple store. Went with my wife and shown her the price of a set of B&W one - jumped out of her skin "how much for headphones?".

But I really went for these. She still though they were expensive. But once home, she tried them and said they sound excellent, fitted well.....

After I got them back, I tried them and agreed. Take time to try the different sizes of 'plugs' to get the best fit. They cut out most of the ambient noise.

Sound is great all across the range from highs to lows. I've only ever spent £40 on a pair of headphones, these are probably the most I would pay and worth every penny.

With my 2nd set of earphones broke in a year I was determined to get a new set that sounded good for starters as I have used shure and seinheisser and have been disappointed with them.

The problem is where do you start. There's so many.

After looking at b&w, Bose and high end shure I was still none the wiser, so I took a gamble. Checked on the apple store and went for the highest rated and it was these.
Boy was that one of my smarter moments.

These are incredible.

On my way home straight out the box in my iphone 4s and the testing started.

Be aware I'm crazy about music and all kinds. This had a lot to live upto in my eyes for great sounds and to leave the sound of London only visual.

I sat on the train and threw the following at the earphones

Hollie cook (reggae) daughter (folk) bonobo (lo-fi beats) Gary Clark jr (heavy blues) AIM (hip hop) Ben Howard ... I heard moments on tracks, especially the folk ones I have never heard. Whispering etc. the sound is so clean! The bass rich and mids and highs are fantastic.
Once the music is on you can't hear any external noise and with 5 different ear fittings there has to be one to fit everyone?

The design is very tidy aswell. Including a personal favourite. A flat cable. In built multi operational remote with mic is another huge bonus.

They don't get confused. As good speakers produce, the louder you play your music the louder it sounds and no muddy sensation at all.

I have worn these for 2.5 hours straight and have not needed to take them out of my ears.

They truly are wonderful and a absolute bargain. 2 year guarantee included.

Don't even think about it. If you are a audiophile looking for faithful music reproduction. Don't look any further.

I am not normally one to write a review on anything but on this rare occasion felt that something needed to be said.

Bottom line: for the amount of money I paid, these are a killer..

I read the reviews and as my previous pair of £60 headphones had collapsed (disappointingly early) I felt I needed to replace them and these seemed a likely candidate.

Bass response excellent
Treble response excellent
Top end sweet and clear
Build quality excellent.

OK - like all in-ear headphones you hear the voice projected smack between the ears rather than in front of you but these seem much less plagued with a "mumpfy" middy response so typical of these items.

In sum you can spend a lot more money and have some thing far worse. Am buying another set for my daughter for Xmas. Enough said.

As a professional sound engineer, headphone in my professional work are very important therefore i am very choosy when it come to buying in ear headphones, the Ultimate Ears 400vi are a very good edition to my collection. The bass response is very full rivaling the professional moulded in ears system that Ultimate make. The addition of integrated volume, mic and answer button make these headphone a must have, the mic even worked clearly in the most windy of conditions! A great buy.

I have gone through quite a few apple compatible earphones. After a bit of research, I thought i'd try these. They are branded as UE 400vi in Europe and Asia. They are branded as UE 500vi in the USA and South America. Same earphones I have found. These are the only earphones in this price range that have 1. BASS - A Dramatic and solid Bass 2. Clear mids, lows and highs - I heard details that other earphones missed. 3. Decent Noise Isolation, so you don't hear the fellow next to you on the tube, and they don't hear you.

I've tried the Monster Beats Tour Earphones, which is the latest mainstream fad. I had a good opportunity to try them when another apple store customer was returning theirs (I gather due to some kind of case vs jack issue). The bass on the monster beats was about the same as the UE 400vi's. However, the clarity on the Monster beats earphones was far lower.

I've also tried numerous other apple compatible earphones in this price range from sennheiser's to japanese Audio-Technica to Apple's own earbuds (not the ones that come with iphone / ipod - the in ear dual drivers for 60 pounds - great value and good sound). Compared to these the UE 400vi's sound beautiful and deep. They are very very well tuned dynamic drivers and have a rich, beautiful and superior sound.

The only real issue I have with these is that the mic is slightly too low for me. Easily solved by wrapping the earphones over your ears. I don't think most people will have this problem though.

They're also light and comfortable. which is a plus when you want to use the mic for hours on end.

These are tucked away in an unassuming area of the apple store, away from the flashy and inferior monster beats, vodas, and Klipsch's. For an unassuming pair of earphones, these sound superb. It really feels like you're listening to a much more expensive piece of kit.