Sony ZX Series Wired On-Ear Headphones, Black MDR-ZX110

For our 15-hour road trip to Florida, I bought two pairs of these SONY headphones for my teens. The headphones were $9.99/each - and I was worried they may not be good quality. These headphones were a lifesaver for the trip! The kids said the sound quality was good - and they used them for gaming and listening to music on their Bark phones. Both kids said that they would have preferred wireless but who cares... these worked great! Also, they are lightweight, with good durability and fold up easily to be placed in their backpacks for the road trip. It's nice to have the white color rather than the typical black. There was no battery support required on the headphones.

Perfect for daily commute and travelI've been using these Sony on-ear headphones for about 3 months now, primarily for my daily train commute and occasional flights. Here's my honest take:What I love:Folding design is genius - The swiveling earcups make these incredibly portable. They fold flat in my backpack without taking up much space.Sound quality exceeds expectations - For the price point, these deliver impressive audio. Bass is present without being muddy, mids are clear for podcasts and calls, and highs are crisp. My music sounds great whether it's rock, jazz, or electronic.Comfortable for 2-3 hour sessions - The padded earcups don't cause discomfort during my commute. Not quite all-day comfortable, but perfect for travel.Easy to drive - Gets plenty loud from my phone without needing extra amplification.Minor drawbacks:On-ear design means some sound leakage - People sitting close might hear your music at higher volumesNot ideal for very long sessions - After 4+ hours, I start feeling some pressureCord could be detachable - The fixed cable is my only real complaintBottom line: These hit the sweet spot for portable headphones that don't compromise too much on sound quality. Perfect if you need something that travels well but still sounds good. For the price, I'm very satisfied.Would I buy again? Absolutely. Already recommended them to two coworkers who travel frequently.Best for: Commuting, travel, casual listeningSkip if: You need studio-quality sound or maximum comfort for long sessions

This is a fairly good headset with decent sound that does an adequate job at music reproduction. They are fairly inexpensive, so going with the old accepted 'wisdom' that you get what you pay for, I really hadn't expected much from them when I made the purchase, so they've pretty much lived up to that lofty expectation. Anyway, I've used them pretty much on a daily basis for months now without really given them much thought, so I've been happy enough. After all, they were affordable. They aren't particularly uncomfortable. They didn't sound horrible and they seem to be all I need for the use to which I put them. I unplugged the old set, put 'em away, plugged in these and that was that. Because I wasn't expecting much, I never considered doing any sort of quality testing or comparison listening when they arrived. That was a mistake. With clear hindsight, I'd now say I'd already pretty much convinced myself they would do when I ordered them, so I never bothered to check if they actually were. Naturally they sound okay, since I wasn't expecting much, but they're being used almost exclusively for non-critical, background listening to music on my tablet while I'm doing other things (almost anything instead of watching the idiot box while my wife is in the same room, online and talking with her coworkers and clients and trying to concentrate on her new full-time, off-site job). So, since I haven't really been thinking about anything more than whether or not they reproduce music, they're okay. Not awful, not great, but okay. That's what I expected so that's pretty much what I got. I should have been more careful.A couple of days ago my wife was out exercising before starting her work shift, so I took advantage of the opportunity to test-drive some new music I was thinking about purchasing. I needed to be more discerning in my listening and I needed to be online, so I moved over to my desk so I could use my souped-up PC and Klipsch Promedia 2.1 speaker system, a combination that reproduces music pretty well for me. I realized from the outset I couldn't expect to favorably compare my inexpensive Sony 'phones to that, but I was completely surprised even so. I'd never checked, so I never realized just how much of the music I'd been missing with the new headphones.Now I started thinking about my headphones a bit more critically, the old and new. Yes, the old set was a bit long in the tooth; after all, it was quite a few years old and had seen a lot of use. Even so, I'd replaced it not because of a problem with the sound reproduction, but because the connector cable was wearing out and getting a bit ratty. Worse, it had developed a somewhat quirky connector that often required reseating in the jack to work. A pain in the butt, but when they worked, they still sounded quite good. I then remembered listening to music and thinking about just how great it sounded on a brand new laptop I used recently (with the old headset). At the time, I attributed the great sound pretty much entirely to the new sound chip in the costly new Dell, but maybe it had been more than just the laptop.Time and past time for action! I pulled open the junk drawer in my desk and started digging around, movin' aside all the old serial cables, card readers, cabled mouses (mice?) and such until I found the cloth bag I'd stored my old headphones in when I got the new set. I disconnected the Sony's, set 'em aside and plugged in the old ones. Rats: same old problem. I reach up and jiggle the connector around this way and that, push it in a bit further and pull it out a skosh until it's just right and finally, sound! Wow. I noticed immediately that the music was much more detailed than it had been with the new headphones. I was clearly hearing vocals and instruments as distinct individual elements, instead of, or rather, in addition to the one musical whole produced by the entire band I heard with the Sony headphones. A very noticeable difference. So I listened carefully for awhile, unplugged the old set and tried the newer Sony set again for a couple of songs, then unplugged them again and reconnected the old headphones. There was absolutely no doubt about it -- the old no-name headset (only about $20 more expensive than the new Sony's) absolutely reproduced the music with more clarity and even a deeper low end.Now what to do? Well, when I'm not paying close attention to the music, the Sony headphones and my Samsung tablet are fine, so I have those in the living room beside my easy chair (to use while my wife is working). If I want better sound while she's at work, now I have the option to move over to my desk and use my old headphones on my desktop. Not ideal maybe, but it works for me. I still have the problem with the connector on the old set every now and again, but unless and until it breaks down completely, it works.Bottom line? These inexpensive Sony headphones work, they're not uncomfortable, they're not even close to being awful, so they may be perfect for listening to music in the background or other such offhand use where not too much attention will be paid to the details. Folks that aren't too picky about music or really don't care about all the subtle little nuances that better, more expensive headphones reproduce accurately should be happy with this inexpensive choice. Again, they're not awful, they're not great, but they are okay. On the other hand, for some being merely okay really might not be all that okay, so if that's you, or music in all its multifaceted, heavily nuanced glory is more your thing, it might be better to think about something better.

They feel like cheap ( but reasonably durable ) plastic but let's be fair I paid $10 for them and they sound amazing. I use them mostly plugged into an electric guitar amp and they give me great clean tones and just as good with it nice and dirty. these sit on the ear not cover/surround them so if you want noise cancelling keep looking. So far they feel comfortable on the ears and no battery to worry about. Low price but full function I call it a win x10