Reviews for Ultimate Ears 200vi Noise-Isolating Headset

I bought a pair of these during Labor Day weekend. This pair worked for a month, then no audio. The worse part was that the 30-day period (where you can return the item to the Apple store for an exchange) had elapsed.

I'm sticking w/ Apple earphones and ear buds. Those seem to last longer with me...

18 of 19 people found this useful

Not bad??? sound is clear but bass is very, very low.

5 of 6 people found this useful

I am neither satisfied nor dissatisfied with these headphones. The sound is crisp and clear, but the bass is so low that it is disappointing. They definitely are not worth $39 though. I bought these as a replacement to my standard Apple headphones that came with my iPod touch. I use these for my gym workouts and during my breaks at Rutgers. They do stay in your ear, however, if you use them while running you have to readjust them into place. Besides exercising, they are fine. The ability to be able to raise the volume, pause, play, and switch between songs from the buttons on the cord is a plus. Are they better than the Apple issued headphones? I would say slightly.

7 of 7 people found this useful

The sound quality is pretty good on these, but the mic is awful, no one can ever here what I'm saying. Also i can't get them to stay in my ears. I've tried all the options it comes with it. I'll be honest, my ear hole might be the problem, either way don't get these if you want to work out with them.

8 of 10 people found this useful

The performance of these $40 headphones is equivalent to that of a $20 one, or one which is even cheaper. The remote and mic works pretty good though. The drivers inside the headphones are of very poor quality and reproduce sound with very low fidelity. The drivers are not strong enough to provide good bass either. But noise isolation is pretty good. Even though 5 pairs of buds are provided, wearing even the correct size will make you uncomfortable within an hour of use.
People switching from regular headphones won't complain a lot but if you are used to decent ear buds, don't buy these. For me, i will never buy any ULTIMATE EARS headphones ever.

12 of 17 people found this useful

I should have opened them up after buying them and plugged them into an iPod in the store! Because I didn't, I now have to make another trip back to the Apple Store. My old, white, cheap Apple headphones sounded much better. The 200vi's are so bad, I'm wondering if both speakers were blown - there was almost zero bass. Just for fun, I compared them against my $39 Koss Porta-Pros and the 200vi headset REALLY sucked!! The Porta-Pros have a lifetime guarantee and are impossible to beat for 2-3 times the price, but they're an "over-the-ear" headphone and I wanted an in-ear "noise isolating" headset. Time to do some more shopping : - (

20 of 26 people found this useful

its one of the best best head phones ever they can do better for the price i think a discount

11 of 15 people found this useful

These are very good ear buds. It has well balanced sound. So just telling you noise isolation is not the same as noise cancelling it just creates a seal in the ear canal which blocks a significant amount of outside noise from my experience, still not as much as noise cancelling but still really good from these little things. I would say that if you don't want to break the bank and still get some nice headphone these are very good!!

51 of 57 people found this useful