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Summary: Good sound, disappointingly fragile
Review: For four years I was a paper carrier. I delivered my newspapers in the morning, between 4:00 and 5:30 AM, back when I was in high school. I always had a portable CD player with me, and used these headphones to listen to music while I delivered. In those four years, I had gone through FOUR pairs of these. I loved their sound, and they were fairly comfortable, but after an hour and a half of wearing them, they did hurt my ears. I still use a pair (the last pair I bought). Be warned, both the 1/8 inch connector and the volume control are easily damaged, making either the left or right earphone, or sometimes both, stop working. I tried to repair them, but found very cheap wiring when I went to splice a new connector onto them, which may explain why they failed so easily. This last pair has held up fairly well, but even now, the connector is failing. Be warned, they're fragile and can be uncomfortable.
Rating:
Summary: Good sound, disappointingly fragile
Review: For four years I was a paper carrier. I delivered my newspapers in the morning, between 4:00 and 5:30 AM, back when I was in high school. I always had a portable CD player with me, and used these headphones to listen to music while I delivered. In those four years, I had gone through FOUR pairs of these. I loved their sound, and they were fairly comfortable, but after an hour and a half of wearing them, they did hurt my ears. I still use a pair (the last pair I bought). Be warned, both the 1/4 inch connector and the volume control are easily damaged, making either the left or right earphone, or sometimes both, stop working. I tried to repair them, but found very cheap wiring when I went to splice a new connector onto them, which may explain why they failed so easily. This last pair has held up fairly well, but even now, the connector is failing. Be warned, they're fragile and can be uncomfortable.
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Summary: Hurts my ears
Review: I bought the Sony Studio-Style MDR-V150 from wal-mart for 20 bucks. They start hurting my ears every time I listen for more than 10 or 15 minutes. I thought they'd loosen up after I'd broken them in but I've had them for two weeks and used them every day. They're just as painful. The review below is right about being suited only for rock or rap. It's also good if you're listening to tinny sounding WMAs or MP3s. Seems like a great deal for 20 dollars, but then you realize you really do get what you pay for. I saved my receipt I plan to take them back.
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Summary: pretty good
Review: I just bought these headphones and theyre awsome (...). theyr comfortable and have really good spond quality go buy yours today!!!
Rating: 
Summary: very poor sound quality
Review: I picked up a pair of these tonight at a local store, and the sound quality was absolutely horrible. It couldn't handle high volume whatsoever, and even small amounts of bass distorted heavily. My head might be a little larger than normal, but ergonomcially speaking the headset was pressing tightly against my ears. I'm going to look for something of higher quality.
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Summary: Some good headphones
Review: If you're looking for some headphones for your computer/personal CD player/stereo than these are for you. I got my pair a few weeks ago and i'm really happy with them. I use them on my computer mostly for MP3s and games. They have leather (I think they're leather) earcups that are very comfortable. These headphones have very good sound, especially for their price. The only bad part of these is if the music you listen to has alot of bass it can get distorted a bit. I have only noticed this on my computer, it could be my sound card, not on my stereo or my personal cd player. The cord is a good length for most applications, it's about 6' long and is perfect for computers and ok for personal cd players. The volume control on the cord is odd but useful for when you're listening to someone else talk to you with music playing in the headphones. Oh yeah, the earcups are only 3" (approximately) diameter which is good because if you had the big 6" ones on in public you look ike a real idiot. I think these are a great buy for anyone who loves music.
Rating: 
Summary: WARNING
Review: There are two huge problems with these headphones: 1) They're EXTREMELY uncomfortable. I put them on for the first time and within 2 minutes, my ears hurt from the pressure of the supposed "pads", which aren't very forgiving and make noise against your ears whenever you move your head at all. 2) They seem to be made from the cheapest possible plastic materials sony could scrounge up. For the price and the sony name, I foolishly assumed that they would be decently manufactured. The earcups break off of their flimsy little hinges with any hint of a wrong twist of the them, and if you frequently flip the cups back for studio monitoring, don't count on them lasting for more than a month. I gave them two stars, generously, because if for some reason you insist upon buying them, the sound is all right, though a little crackly throughout and a tad weak in big bass (but expected for cheaper headphones). If you want an amazing headphone for the same price, I am extremely happy with Sennheiser's HD 202. They're comparable in price and quality to many of the higher end sonys. Though they're not studio monitoring, the Sennheisers are by far the best headphones you can find for this little. In conclusion, save yourself the hassle of a return. Don't buy these. Even if you think they're comfy and sound good when you get them, they'll break. I love sony stuff and i really wanted these to be consistent with what i have come to expect from sony, but they're really not up to snuff.
Rating:
Summary: WARNING
Review: There are two huge problems with these headphones: 1) They're EXTREMELY uncomfortable. I put them on for the first time and within 2 minutes, my ears hurt from the pressure of the supposed "pads", which aren't very forgiving and make noise against your ears whenever you move your head at all. 2) They seem to be made from the cheapest possible plastic materials sony could scrounge up. For the price and the sony name, I foolishly assumed that they would be decently manufactured. The earcups break off of their flimsy little hinges with any hint of a wrong twist of the them, and if you frequently flip the cups back for studio monitoring, don't count on them lasting for more than a month. I gave them two stars, generously, because if for some reason you insist upon buying them, the sound is all right, though a little crackly throughout and a tad weak in big bass (but expected for cheaper headphones). If you want an amazing headphone for the same price, I am extremely happy with Sennheiser's HD 202. They're comparable in price and quality to many of the higher end sonys. Though they're not studio monitoring, the Sennheisers are by far the best headphones you can find for this little. In conclusion, save yourself the hassle of a return. Don't buy these. Even if you think they're comfy and sound good when you get them, they'll break. I love sony stuff and i really wanted these to be consistent with what i have come to expect from sony, but they're really not up to snuff.
Rating:
Summary: WARNING
Review: There are two huge problems with these headphones: 1) They're EXTREMELY uncomfortable. I put them on for the first time and within 2 minutes, my ears hurt from the pressure of the supposed "pads", which aren't very forgiving and make noise against your ears whenever you move your head at all. 2) They seem to be made from the cheapest possible plastic materials sony could scrounge up. For the price and the sony name, I foolishly assumed that they would be decently manufactured. The earcups break off of their flimsy little hinges with any hint of a wrong twist of the them, and if you frequently flip the cups back for studio monitoring, don't count on them lasting for more than a month. I gave them two stars, generously, because if for some reason you insist upon buying them, the sound is all right, though a little crackly throughout and a tad weak in big bass (but expected for cheaper headphones). If you want an amazing headphone for the same price, I am extremely happy with Sennheiser's HD 202. They're comparable in price and quality to many of the higher end sonys. Though they're not studio monitoring, the Sennheisers are by far the best headphones you can find for this little. In conclusion, save yourself the hassle of a return. Don't buy these. Even if you think they're comfy and sound good when you get them, they'll break. I love sony stuff and i really wanted these to be consistent with what i have come to expect from sony, but they're really not up to snuff.
Rating:
Summary: Hurts my ears
Review: These are good quality headphones for the price. I have several pairs of expensive headphones but I don't like to take them to school (in fear of breaking them or having them lost). They sound good -if- you have a good source playing the music. If you have a 10 walkman the sound stinks, with a 200 sound card, they sound terrific. I am happy with them, Yeah, I would buy another pair. ---_Steve
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