“Good engineering, excellent build quality, and superior sonic performance makes [the UltraFocus 8000] a better alternative to the noise-cancelling models from Beats or even our beloved Audio-Technica ...

Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology. The circuitry may exist outside the earpieces, but even so, ...

Evaluating noise-canceling headphones can be tricky—some offer excellent cancellation, some offer excellent audio performance, a rare few do both, and many do neither. The Polk Audio UltraFocus 8000 ...

One way to tell a quality set of headphones is if they make you want to go and listen to different songs just to see how they sound. After about twenty minutes of going through recently-added tracks ...

Polk Audio has added complete control of portable iOS devices such as iPhone, iPad and iPod on their new UltraFocus 6000i Active Noise Cancelling In-Ear Headphones. As with Polk’s previous (and still ...

The headphones category certainly doesn’t get any less crowded once the pricing climbs. If anything, the competition is fiercer as the price tags bring out an even more discerning consumer. Polk’s ...

Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology. The Polk Audio UltraFocus 6000 earphone pair delivers ...

Evaluating noise-canceling headphones can be tricky—some offer excellent cancellation, some offer excellent audio performance, a rare few do both, and many do neither. The Polk Audio UltraFocus 8000 ...

Why you can trust What Hi-Fi? Our expert team reviews products in dedicated test rooms, to help you make the best choice for your budget. Find out more about how we test. Besides being the first noise ...

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Polk Audio UltraFocus 8000 pros and cons. Liked: Remarkably comfortable, Solid construction and engineering Disliked: If the battery dies, so does the music, Poor noise isolation, average noise ...