Sony MDR-G52LP Street Style Headphones (Silver)

Rating:
Summary: Good Headphones
Review: The MDR-G52LP are good headphones. The sound quality is great and it doesn't mess your hair up. The only small problem with it is it begins to hurt a bit if you have it on for a long time. I just take it off for like 5 minutes and it feels fine again.

Rating:
Summary: great headphones
Review: The sound quality is really good. And I really like the desing. It looks so cool.

Rating:
Summary: Nice sound and look
Review: These headphones are nice, they go around the back of your head (instead of over the top like traditional headphones). There aren't any adjustable parts, so there is no place to catch hair (a problem with my old headphones). I think they sound and look nice. The only slight drawback is they have a part that fits behind your ear, making them difficult (but not impossible) to wear with glasses.

Rating:
Summary: Stock garbage
Review: These headphones come standard ("stock") with most of Sony's new CD player sets, and I must say- they are frustrating. Not only is the entire premise racist and retarded ("street style" headphones) but these headphones are very poor.

Sound Quality: The only saving grace of the MDR-G52LP, the sound quality is only medicore (with some decent highs but very poor lows and mids). The bass response is simply not enough for most types of music and as said prior, the lows are poorly performed- giving you stagnant, high-trebble, poppy sound quality.

Quality and Design: Perhaps the worst designed headphones I could forsee being created. Not only are they painful and unbearable for long periods of time (And only usable while sitting and standing up, dont even try to use these laying down or leaning against something) but the cheap clothe like material on each phone is susceptible to damage, producing a painful grind on your ears. The non-flexible plastic design produces some major upper back and neck pain for use for longer then an hour or so and I often found the headphones literally falling off my head. They are designed for one head archtype, obviously not mine. All in all, you will find your set either damaged or dead by the end of a year- mine are 2 years old and are basically garbage (although i have a set of Sennheiser HD-212s coming tommorow!), the plastic bent, scratched up and the ear coverings destroyed.

Using the Sony MDR-G52LPs: Like Sony claims, they are very effective for exercising (Especially jogging or power walking, benching and kung fu) but are not exactly a tight fit and have to be readjusted every 20 or 30 minutes of movement. The headphones offer a medicore gaming experience audio-wise but are unbearable for durations longer then 2 hours. Most of the time you will not want to listen to music while sitting or lounging about through your MDRs simply due to the uncomfortable posture you are forced to be in (With your neck straight at all times). THe MDRs are ideal for traveling- easily compacted into a small, thin space and taking up little weight. I ussualy use them for situations in which I dont want my studio headphones to be damaged or dirty, for trips, riding around, hanging out with people etc.

All in all the Sony MDR-G52LP racist style headphones have some serious flaws and unless you are using them just as a cheap pair to jog/exercise with, their basically a paperweight.