Genuine question - What earphone do you guys use?

I'm about to start my FT at one of the banks and I am considering to give myself a treat by purchasing a good earphone. I am a fan of the in-ear type earphones but I heard from my friends that I did better think again as in-ear earphones blocks out all the noise, which means, I won't hear if someone is calling me in the office. May I ask what earphone do you guys use? Thanks.

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Highly recommend Final Audio's IEM's. The Heaven VI in particular are lovely. They are certainly very isolating, however.

For less isolating and more open headphones with kickass quality, I'd look to Sennheiser. Considering buying a pair of 6XX's or (if you're really looking to splurge on the best!) 800's or 850's.

 

Noise cancelling headphones, just like wireless headphones (or worse, headphones with both) are shit. Absolute shit.

The only place where they make sense is if you're going to be somewhere with continuous, highly regular background noise. So.... a plane? Maybe?

If you want isolation, get passively isolating IEM's/headphones. I couldn't hear a damn thing with the Heaven VI on, but no sound quality was compromised. Cannot say the same of even the high-end Sony noise cancelling headphones. They're a novelty, no more and no less.

 
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You can find lots of great earphones. I agree that Airpods are probably the best for being on the go (although I have a few colleagues that use https://www.bose.co.uk/en_gb/products/headphones/earphones/soundsport-f…</a">Bose SoundSport Wireless), but if you're at your desk wired ones are great. I've come across three that I love. They're in different price brackets but both are still great value for money:

EDIT: Just saw this review for https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/lifestyle/article/sennheiser-momentum-tru…</a">Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 2 and they seem to be highly regarded but haven't tried them

 

Controversial Opinion: airpods and wireless beats are way overpriced for what you get Currently use JBuds Air Icon Wireless and the only problem I have with them is that it's easy to accidently adjust the volume if you try to push them further into your ear.

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Got the Sony WH-1000XM3 recently, big fan of them so far, though they were a bit pricey unfortunately.

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I have a pair of Bowers and Wilkens PX for when I need to heavily concentrate or fall asleep on the plane, but also have a pair of Airpod Pros for when I'm working out or leisurely working on the desk (the conversation-oriented mode on the Airpods is terrific). Would happily recommend both; I would listen to music all day if I could, so I believe a good pair of headphones is absolutely worth the investment.

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