Earphones / Headphones: Where to try, what to buy?

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salad
(cross-posting from the bluetooth speakers thread as I thought this one is far more active..)

Recommendations please!
Looking for a portable speaker.

Most important:
- should have great, natural, big sound. By "big" I don't necessarily mean "boomy" / "subwoofery".
- will be used indoors mostly, does not need to be that portable, nor waterproof
- does not need to have a lot of features / wicked smartphone app / link features etc.
- bluetooth will be useful, thugh this will likely just be used with aux-in by cable
I see the UE boom things and a lot of JBL Clip / Flip/ Charge models around town, and I am often impressed (read: annoyed) at how freaking loud they are - though I think they have exactly this sort-of subwoofery / boorish sound that I don't like.

This will be used in a ~30m² room most of the time, and it should provide a good, honest sound - including bass frequencies.
Needs to be "loud enough", but not screaming loud.

Have looked at a lot of reviews and so far the "DOCKIN D FINE" seems to be a good choice.
Does anybody use this ?
Does anyone have other recommendations?

Thanks!

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JB in reply to @salad

I have to give points to JBLs line of portable speakers. I'm normally very picky over audio quality and was suitably impressed by the JBLs when I spent a week with one whilst on holiday at a friend's house. Very neutral sounding and not boomy like most consumer speakers. Quite a large room for a portable speaker, mind.
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8b in reply to @salad

Not the smallest but I love my ILoud portable. Don't be put off by the terrible name. Also their Micro monitors are something else. Every time I sit down and listen to them I'm surprised by how great they are. So clean and surprisingly punchy for such a small package.

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