Price Paid:  $22.00 from Best Buy

Summary:
These are the worst headphones I've ever experienced!!! I purchased them as a substitute for the earbuds that came with my Toshiba Gigabeat F20. They don't even have 10% of the fidelity that the earbuds have. I swear, its like listening to music through pillows!!! I plan on returning them immediately.

Strengths:
None

Weaknesses:
Everything

Price Paid:  $20.00 from Best Buy

Summary:
I have owned these phones for several years and concede that they are still my favorites of all similarly priced others I've used. This set has been mostly used for casual listening of compressed audio - it helps to use EQ or an effects plugin like DFX for Winamp to breath a little life into the sound. I play a lot of grunge, metal, prog rock, and industrial; I couldn't tell if the MDR V150s are suited for classical. I have used these for non-critical mixing also, and the result is pretty close to what you actually hear with these. However, I would recommend spending a little more if you are very discriminating.

Strengths:
Good value. In the $20 range, they are a decent buy. I recently got a second pair for my father's machine and compared the new headset to my heavily used several-years-old one. Surprisingly, they sounded identical even at high volumes. Comfort is good, too. I can wear them for several hours now, though they took a while to break in and conform to my head. Nobody has complained to me about noise leakage from these, granted when I use them in public it's with a portable player.

Weaknesses:
Particularly at high volume, upper-mid/ high frequencies seem to get drowned out. I can hear some of these things on my loudspeakers that the headphones don't reproduce. It would be nice to have a single cord from one earphone instead of both. Also, the pads have gotten a little flaky over the years but are still intact and comfortable. I had to make some reinforcements on each end of the band (used black duct tape and it is hardly noticable).

Similar Products Used:
I owned one of those Koss headsets (forget the model) that comes with crappy earbuds - the MDR V150's are far superior in sound reproduction and comfort. And I even prefer this pair over my old 2-way Pioneer SE-505's, which rock the Sonys in the bass department, but need a high current and have a very colored sound.

Price Paid:  $20.00 from best buy

Summary:
I have had this set for 1+ years and use them quite regularly. I feel the sound is of overall good quality. I have not had a set of "audiophile" quality cans but do have a pretty decent setup. I mostly listen in low volumes and find the detail suites me. I only use them with mp3 players along with a cmoy amp. I find this little amp details the bass very well....gives it a good kick. After a year the band housing on one side has cracked and repaired with epoxy....for $20.00 I am not complaining. I am looking to get a higher quality set soon. In general these cans are a great deal for the $. If on a strict budget and want to step up from the lousy in ear things you get with most mp3 players you can't go wrong with these. My samsung Yepp and Dell DJ 15GB drive them fine without the cmoy amp but I did want just that little more. One great thing about these cans are you can get them off the shelf at best buy and most likley circuit city. I do agree with the comfort thing from other reviews...thy do get a little uncomfortable after an hour or so. Good listening to you all !

Strengths:
Sound for the dollar !

Weaknesses:
The band

Similar Products Used:
Sony phontopia in ear...also a great value !

Price Paid:  $20.00

Summary:
These headphones are mediocre at best. The bass is pretty good, but the treble and especially the high midrange are poorer than my old Sony MDR-34 portables (which should be similar to today's MDR-301LP). The frequency response is quite uneven, emphasizing bass and low midrange over everything else. Their ability to reveal detail and multiple layers in music also suffers compared to the MDR-34. They're not even in the same league with headphones in the next price tier like my Sennheiser MD-497.

Also, these take significant power to drive; they begin to tax the output capability of a portable device like an iPod.

Comfort is pretty good, but the supra-aural design can start to hurt your ears after wearing them for a couple hours.

Strengths:
Good bass.
Better than extremely cheap headphones.

Weaknesses:
Poor treble.
Very poor high midrange.
Uneven frequency response.
Lack of detail.

Similar Products Used:
Sony MDR-34
Sennheiser HD-497

Price Paid:  $20.00

Summary:
I was looking for headphones to replace the earbuds that came packaged with my Nomad MP3 player - didn't want to spend a king's ransom. I decided to give the Sony MDR-150 a try. Holy moley - the music sounded wonderful! Now, I need to tell you I also purchased a headphone amp too (boosteroo). My total outlay was $50.00! My goodness was this money well spent! The Sony phones sound sooooo nice. I read some of the reviews given - comments about these phones being uncomfortable (not on my head). Others about them being too snug - I want snug! These allow me to tune the world out and let the tunes in! Bass is there - not boomy, just right to my ears. Mids and treble are excellent. They seem well - oxygen free cord, longer cord (I like this feature), cord is well insulated (thick). I am sure the boosteroo amp helps but all I spent was $50.00 - I cannot imagine a better bargain. I can play these louder than I can stand and they do not distort (i say could here - I don't need to do this because they sound excellent at sane volumes). Look - I have not listened to premium headphones - perhaps they do sound much better - I honestly don't know. What I do know is that I am smiling ear to ear here listening to jazz as I write this and I can say buy these cans and the boosteroo headphone amp. I gaurantee you'll be smiling too!

Strengths:
inexpensive
sound clean - everything is there!
I like the way they fit
lighweight

Weaknesses:
Nope

Similar Products Used:
My Koss K6 (older than dirt) sound ok
Koss UR10 (horrible)