cheap closed head phones. Cord on one side is plus too.

mute button (what is that for? maybe if you didn't have to hold it down the whole time you wanted to mute it would be nice, but it is pointless), no tech readout on box or site (I have yet to find a frequency response readout), Bass is not focused (subharmonics are muddled), Headphones are wired in a series which is weird when you gradually bring up the volume it starts on the rt side and moves to the left.

poor sound but perhaps this is the best you can get for 30 dollars I have yet to try the 20 dollar sony's so we'll see.

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Pretty good sound for money. Not too bad looking.

Mute button is useless. Broke it once and never knew what happened.

These were my first headphones. Now I use the SR80s. If you got the cash move up to any Grado. They are so much better. The bass and detail is so clean on the Grados. I've noticed on some music with faster bass and treble like some mixes by DJ Tiesto and such, the sound can sound tinny or grainy. But none the less what do you expect for 30 dollars. All in all its an incredible value for the money. The sound is great for video games but could be better for casual music listening.

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Sony W.EARS, Grado SR80

Good sound, single cord instead of Y-cord, good isolation.

Bulky, mute button close to useless, isolation (swings both ways).

I bought em, I liked em, good for music, computer games. I don't know too much about bass or treble or mids, so I can't quite comment on that. But overall, they had a decent sound on my CD player or computer. I enjoyed only having one cord instead of Y design, cause that's how I killed a pair of headphones, by ripping the cord out of the little Y-shaped thingy where the cords branch off. I also liked the isolation, cause when I take the public transportation in Chicago, the busses can be quite noisy.
Unfortunately, they make terrible headphones to take around, just because of the bulkiness. The suckers are huge. Not too heavy, but just big. Also, the mute button is useless because if you want to mute the sound to listen to what a friend is saying to you, you still can't hear them because of the isolation, so you just take the phone off your head anyway.
When I bought them, I had a pair of Aiwa HP-191 open air headphones which I didn't bother to really compare with these. I went about 3 weeks with these, then did the comparison, and decided to return them. As good as they are, the 191s were just too close to them, even with a $20 lower price. As for the bus, that's what the highest volume setting is for.
3 stars for value cause even though they are nice, for my more basic use, they are just too close to something $20 less. 4 stars because I did like the sound I got with these.

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Aiwa HP-191

Cheap, decent sound.

Close to non-existant mid range, staticy treble, muddy bass.

They're not too bad for the price. I guess you can't expect the greatest quality sound from cheap headphones.

Crisp, clean highs and mids. Deep bass, but still gives a great punch.

Big, dorky looking. Can only rest head in a flat position.

I bought these headphones because my Sony MDR-V250 stopped working at random. I was looking for good all-around closed heaphone at a low price; that's what I got. These headphones have very clean and crisp mids and highs. I especially love the rich, deep bass, and even though it goes really low, it still gives that punch some songs have. For only $30 you get awesome headphones that you won't regret buying...Unless of course you try to use these as portables :o)

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Sony MDR-V250

Good frequency response, blocks almost everything, comfortable. Highly economic. Mute button rocks, but broke early on my brother's.

Little heavy, sounds somewhat blend, loud bass=hazy, my ears sweat after wearing them for awhile

Great headphones for price. Definitely not top notch, especially when compared to Sennheisers, however better than all others in it's class and price range. Also look at the foldable Koss headphones at Best Buy. I used those too and they were pretty good.

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Koss foldables (??? Modelname), and several other Koss open ears.

Good Bass Response, Comfortable to wear a long time. Nice overal Frequency response for all tonal range.

Not to many weaknesses, especially for the price.
Can't lie just on a pillow with them on, have to put your hand under your head if you want to do that.

A great Headphone, very cheap and has excellent sound quality. A Really good bass response at 5Hz-25,000Khz.
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Good price and all around solid preformer

Not a crisp in the bass to speakers and the highs are a bit lite, good mid range. Not to bassy!

These are a great buy. After spending several hours searching through the reviews for a decent pair of headphones, I was willing to spend as much as 100 dollars, I came to the conclusion these were the ones to get. They are a good price and do just fine for the non-audiophile type. They can be driven from any handheld music system, which is a big plus unless buying a headphone amp is up your ally. I didn't need something else to carry around. They are closed! How sweet it is to not be interrupted when you don't want to be. They are not as good as my JBL studio monitors (what do you expect?), but are light years ahead of the headphones that came with my cd-player and my in-ear Aiwa’s I own. They are bulky, but comfy. 3 hours later they don't start to hurt, you forget you have them on. They are a good first buy, don't spend the big bucks on Sony - they charge for their name - and give these a shot, you won't regret it! I have only had them for a little while others seem to say they aren't very durable, I will repost if I have any problems but with a 90 day warranty they should be ok. Go to Best Buy, they seem to be the only one who carries them.

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none, I have been listening to music on JBL studio monitors with sub-woofer

Loud bass and clear treble for the most part. good sound isolation, easy to wear for a long time, fairly durable, price

low power handling if you like it loud, kinda big for anything outside the house but thats what there meant for

I bought these headphones because my Panasonics broke. I had gone through 2 pairs of these in 2 years and I decided to try a different brand. I did a lot of research on headphones. A lot of people have the awful sounding Sony headphones that are avaliable everywhere and I strongly do not recommend them. The Panasonic's sound was as good as the Awia's I have now, but they were cheaply made and broke easy. The Awia's sound isolation is so good that one time someone was knocking at my bedroom door and i couldn't hear them until they were pounding so hard that I felt the vibrations and finally took them off. I like the design of the headphones and it has been pretty durable, and sometimes I can get careless but they have held up. The sound is good but if you have them hooked up to a receiver that puts out a powerful signal through the headphone jack, you can overpower the headphones. This never happened with the Panasonics which took everything I threw at them. I listen to some very bassy heavy rock that can really test a system, so if you listen to lighter stuff, they should be fine.

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Panasonic RP-HT242 (nice too) older Sony MDR-CD60 (awful)

Blocks out almost all outside sounds. Comfortable to wear.

Strong in midrange, weak in bass and high freqs. All the instruments of my music kind of blur together, no clear separation between them.

Mute button is nice, but kind of useless becasue the headphones block so much outside sound that you have to take them off to hear anybody.

My oldie Koss SST/5 headphones sound sooo much better. Each instrument or sound loop in my music is clearly defined and the bass, midrange, and treble are all excellent. I was hoping the Aiwas could replace them because 15 years of headphone technology improvement has supposedly occured. I think the only thing that has happened over the years is the quality headphones can only be found in the more expensive price ranges thanks to profit, not sound, driven manufacturers. That said, the Aiwa's may very well be the best of the $30 class, but they can't beat the granddaddy SSTs.

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KOSS SST/5, got them in 1986 baby!