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Review of the Logitech Ultimate Ears 350vi – An outstanding earphone for the price

Pros: Mids, bass, price, look, comfort
Cons: Case & Accessories, isolation

Packaging & Accessories: 7/10
Build Quality: 9/10
Design & Look: 9/10
Microphonics (higher ratings means lower cable noise): 8/10
Isolation: 7.5/10
Comfort: 10/10
Audio Quality: 8/10
Value: 10/10
My final Rating: 9.5/10

Purchase Date: July 2012
Purchase Price: £35-£40

First of all I would like to thank Ultimate Ears for sending me out the UE350vi’s to review. Despite me having only android/PC devices, I received the iPhone version of these. Which was slightly frustrating, as UE have both the non-mic version, and the Android version of the UE350’s. They all fall under the same price bracket too – so I was disappointed in that respect for receiving the one, out of the 3, that wouldn’t work properly. That said, I listen to my music via my Digizoid ZO2 amp, which bypasses the mic functionalities, but more so, my Samsung Galaxy S III accepted the connection, without problem, although none of the controls were working. That said, when I put the 350vi’s on my S1, the sound is “lost”, and by that I mean, the S1 doesn’t bypass the mic functionalities, and has problems with the earphones.

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Ultimate Ears TF10 Review – The “Frankenstein Experiment”

Pros: Bass, highs, soundstage, detachable wire
Cons: Mids, fit, comfort

The ratings below & Pros and Cons above, are based on the STOCK cable only and the original things you would receive, if buying this new (ie. accessories)
Packaging & Accessories: 7/10
Build Quality: 9/10
Design & Look: 4/10
Microphonics (higher ratings means lower cable noise): 9/10
Isolation: 8/10
Comfort: 5/10
Audio Quality: 9/10
Value: 8/10 (based on RRP of £200) – 10/10 at the price “some1” bought it at (see below)
My final Rating: 8.5/10

UE TF10 - 3 Cables

I would like to thank user “some1” for loaning me out his set of TF10’s and cables! His a truly stellar man; In fact I have, in the past bought 4 pair of Monoprice 8320’s from him! If you are actually interested in buying the 8320’s (best bang-for-buck earphones) then give me a shout, and I’ll forward you his email or send him a PM if you are a head-fier!

As said above, “some1” was kind enough in providing me with 3 separate cables to compare and contrast with, here they are:
Stock UE TF10 Cable (Standard black shiny-esk wire)
Chris_himself Silver Ray Cable (White braided with wooden splitters)
Jaben ES8 Cable (Black coloured braided wire)

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Ultimate Ears MetroFi 220 Review

Pros: Lows, L/R indicator, Price
Cons: Mids, isolation, wire, getting them to stay in your ears

Packaging & Accessories: 8/10
Build Quality: 9/10
Design & Look: 9/10
Microphonics (higher ratings means lower cable noise): 6/10
Isolation: 7/10
Comfort: 8/10
Audio Quality: 7/10
Value: 10/10
My final Rating: 8.5/10

Purchase Date: May 2010
Purchase Price: £15

Bought these when they were on a deal on play.com – they were worth it at the time – now looking back, the Denon AH-C260’s and the Sennheiser CX400II’s would beat these, marginally.

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Ultimate Ears SuperFi 4 Review

Pros: Mids, highs, tips provided
Cons: Price, weight, bass

Packaging & Accessories: 7/10
Build Quality: 7/10
Design & Look: 6/10
Microphonics (higher ratings means lower cable noise): 4/10
Isolation: 7/10
Comfort: 7/10
Audio Quality: 7/10
Value: 6/10 (If bought new) & 7.5/10 (discounted)
My final Rating: 7/10

Purchase Date: May 2010
Purchase Price: £18

I had bought these earphones when they were on a deal on paly.com.
These had nice mids and nice highs, but the bass extension and punch was completely lacking. I found the bass lacked any sort of punch -> its great for classical music, put it that way.

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