[swah]

Marco Arment recently posted this "mega review" of closed headphones http://www.marco.org/headphones-closed-portable

I use the HF5 IEM which isolates perfectly with music/noise playing, but there is a problem: people talk to me as if I could listen to them :(

I think that wouldn't happen if I had a big ass headphone.

[geoelectric]

While well-written, his conclusions on a number of headphones (particularly the extreme love for the AKG K551s) seem a little idiosyncratic. It's worth cross-referencing any of his suggestions with head-fi or other review sources.