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I would not recommend these if you have small ears. I have very small ears and have a hard time finding headphones that stay in my ears, so I thought with the wrap-around that it would stay in place, but the section that goes from the earbud to the wrap-around is WAY too long and the wrap-around part was sticking way above my ear and instantly fell off.
Not worth anywhere near this price. I have owned several Sony headphones and have always found them to be consistently good-sounding. So I decided that I would "move up" the the MDR-EX81s with the ear hooks. Very suspicious.
And my ancient MDR-V6s still sound fabulous. I was thinking about trying a pair of MDR-EX90LPs, but I notice they aren't even quoting frequency response specs. It isn't my ears, because the MDR-EX71s still sound good. I don't get it.
the specs say these should go down even lower than the EX71s, but you couldn't prove it by me. Is there some change in the way manufacturers are measuring frequency response. The last pair I bought were MDR-EX71s that sounded great, but tend to fall out of my ears. I had the same experience with a recent pair of similar Philips SHS8000 phones.
They sound like the cheap ones that come with most portable devices. So, Sony, what happened to the bass. They are thin and squeaky.
I mailed in my bum buds - the second pair that failed - but I objected to SONY's pricing. SONY shipped back my buds complete with torn packaging and internal routing crap.
This is SONY standing behind its product. Oh - and they invited me to get back to them: "It would be our pleasure to accept a major credit card." I bet: $25 for used headphones with no cut to the retail middleman.
There are two good reasons NOT to buy these headphones: 1) they may very well fail without cause, as two pairs I've own have failed; and 2) SONY is so contemptuous of their customers that they offer to replace your defective $30 headphones with a `reconditioned' pair for $25. Nope.
"You're on your own, sucker." What a deal.Do yourself a favor before buying: consider my experience with SONY repair.
Surely they have a better deal to offer.
The sound quality is acceptable and they stay in your ears nicely when working out, but watch out, they will inevitably break. That's almost 80 dollars I've spent on these headphones. I can't recommend these headphones unless you're ready to buy a new pair every year. I've owned two pairs of these earbuds, one in white, one in black. In each pair, the left earbud has stopped working in less than a year (it's closer to nine months).
I have about 8 different sets, I think it's time to go old school. I personally find my self just wasting money on ear bud style headphones just to find they won't stay in my ear. These headphones sound great when they are in your ear, but if you are doing any thing other than sitting perfectly still they just fall out. The only good thing about the hook shape is they don't fall off you head completely.
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