 "They're good FOR WHAT THEY ARE." | 2009-11-08 |
| - Reviewed By User: A391UIWCB7D31X |
I got these headphones about a year and a half ago. Two things to note right off the bat:
1. A year an a half ago I knew VERY LITTLE about the technical side of audio.
2. It's stupid of Sony to call these "Studio Headphones" or even "Monitor Series" headphones.
FIRST OFF, know that these are not "studio quality" by any means, and will be horrible for use in any home or project studio, even if you're just starting out. Go spend $100 on some AKG or Sennheiser phones. Spend more if you can afford it. It's an important investment. These don't provide the audio quality necessary for mixing, or the isolation necessary for tracking in the studio. I'm surprised that the specs say 18 Hz to 22 KHz. Those frequencies are DRASTICALLY and unusably attenuated, if even present at all. If you retain one sentence from this review, it should be this one: These are NOT studio headphones.
THAT ASIDE, these are acceptable throw-around, day-in day-out casual commuting headphones. Before I purchased my Yamaha HS series monitors (not the world's best monitors, but they work for me) and AKG K271 MKII headphones, I thought these Sony headphones sounded really really good. Now that I have good headphones to compare them to, they're a horrible muddy mess with a limited frequency response... but I don't really care when I'm walking along a busy, LOUD street, listening to my iPod, or when I want to pack headphones that I'm not worried about breaking and paying to replace. I'm surprised people say they break theirs all the time. They're not bullet proof... but... what the hell do you do to your headphones...? Mine have held up fine. I do prefer on ear headphones for casual listening, as they're not as huge as over ear models, and because I absolutely hate ear buds. The comfort of these are pretty decent, IMO. Could be better, but they're 20 dollar headphones.
IF THIS REVIEW IS TOO LONG, SKIP TO THIS PART.
To sum it all up, for $20 headphones these can't be beat. They're comfy enough, durable enough, small enough, and decent enough sounding for the average consumer... ESPECIALLY the consumer that only wants to pay $20 for something as important as headphones. |
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| "Exceptional value for the price" | 2009-10-30 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3KEMNLDP9FG4R |
| While by no means comparable to Sennheiser, this is a surprisingly good little headset for the money. I rate it superior to Grundig. |
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 "They'er "aight"." | 2009-10-26 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2QDU6TBN0FQUO |
I've owned this series of headphone for some odd reason, because they're not all that good, more than once. It's a quick fix. They're cheep, and do the job. But that's all they do.
The highs aren't high. The bass is virtually non-existent. It's only so-so high point is the mid range, which isn't all that important compared to the other two items.
The construction, as you'd expect by the price is very.. very cheep. I wouldn't be surprised if Sony started throwing these in cereal boxes for the free toy in a few years.
I have to wear glasses, and during long listening sessions (over an hour) my ears began to hurt since these are an "on the ear" headphone. I wouldn't suggest these to anyone, regardless of price, if they wear glasses on a regular basis.
I won't be buying another set. Ever. |
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 "Great Earphones Solution" | 2009-10-26 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3637M2NSQJKCF |
| This is my third pair of Sony mid-sized earphone and I really love them. They are lightweight and comfortable and have a very solid "look" -- that is, they are just "cool" enough without being too "hipster." I live in NYC and more and more people are wearing full-sized earphone rather than earbuds. They sound infinitely better than any in-the-ear device I have ever used. They don't fall out or fall off, help block some of the exterior noise and are lightweight. I use them "heavily" and so I would caution all users to be gentle with the cables -- and never "fidget" by folding or pulling on them. They are optical and so wear out over time just from ordinary use so don't hasten them along. When packing them, coil the cable loosely. This is true for most earphones today,not only these nice Sony's. Good luck. |
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| "Good value for money!!" | 2009-10-25 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2GUUAQHY6R4MG |
Nice and light-weight and also has nice sound quality. It works similar to the bose in that it uses a slight vacuum in the earcups to boost sound quality.
However, the earcups were a little to small to cover the entire ear and the reversible cups are totally useless. |
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| "Well worth the $$$" | 2009-10-23 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1J5EM1V1HMUE9 |
| I use these headphones everyday. As a flightsimmer and avid online car racer I need a good set of phones. These are the best I have ever used, well made and comfortable. They are made to last! |
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