Reviews for Ultimate Ears 400vi Noise-Isolating Headset

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.

76 of 82 people found this useful

I got these headphones as a requested gift, having read the sound reviews on this page. I have now had these headphones for 10 months and they need a replacement.

To start with they were brilliant, I previously had the Nixon headphones which fell apart very quickly. So was blown away with the quality of both the sound and the build. I have used this set almost every day for at least 7 hours, (as I listen to music whilst I work). Using the headset for Skype calls has been brilliant and I have never had the microphone issue.

Over the 10 months though: One cone has almost fully gone, the cable has required some electrical tape to hold it together and the buds require constant super glueing. Its now got to the stage where I can only use one bud and every time I take it out, the bud itself stays in my ear and I need to prize it out with my fingers.

But instead of reading the above as bad comments. View it instead, that only now am I prepared to get a new pair, the sound quality is that good. Purely out of curiosity though I will try different brand.

My only real criticism is the stupid cable. The wear and tear is probably typical for a product used this extensively. I think they were trying to create the flat profile that the beats headphones use for anti tangle..... but they failed. You spend far to much time trying to straighten it every time you get them out.

34 of 37 people found this useful

Love these. Great full sound and nice design. I just had these on in starbucks and could only hear my music. And great quality at that. No interruptions. I think I'll be buying these again in future. Definitely recommended.

22 of 23 people found this useful

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!

29 of 39 people found this useful

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.

17 of 18 people found this useful

After losing patience with the awful Beats by Dr Dre Tour headphones, I did some research and went for these. The sound quality is lightyears ahead of the Beats, with excellent clarity across the range. Whilst they probably can't quite match the bass of the Beats, they are extremely close. With the rest of the range being far superior to the Beats, the overall music experience is so much more rewarding.

The fit with the 400vi headphones is also much better. The earbuds are much smaller, lighter, more comfortable and provide a much better seal with the ear. Unlike the Beats, which I was constantly adjusting, these sit in the ear and stay there.

The only negative thing I would say is that they aren't the flashiest looking headphones, and if you just looked at the box and the headphones alone you could be forgiven for thinking they look a little cheap. However, it's quite clear when you plug them in that the focus of Ultimate Ears was on excellent quality sound reproduction. In this they have excelled. At the price, I find it had to believe there's a better set of headphones out there.

10 of 11 people found this useful

These are by far the best set of earbuds I've owned and well worth the higher price. One point to make is that it is critical you get the right fit of bud cover to ensure you're getting the solid kick of bass these critters produce. If all you hear is high treble and tin can sound...try a larger size bud cover and you won't be dissapointed.

4 of 6 people found this useful

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.

1 of 2 people found this useful