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I like these headphones, they cope really well with my heavy metal, hard rock, dance etc styles of music. Even at full volume there is no distortion, no overpowering bass (there is enough bass).

I use apple lossless encoding on my music, and these headphones can cope with that, very low bit rate music sound terrible through them .

They do tend to fall out of my ears when im jogging, or fast walking. They are good for use at a pc or just while slow walking.

I bought this product after it being recommended by the Sony specialists and also, based on the other reviews on Amazon. As a customer, I don't tend to invest any more than £30 on headphones as I find that the daily commute takes the toll on the headphones, and eventually they either get broken or damaged. Having said all of this, these Sony headphones do the job. The bass is good, provided you use the right size of headphone plugs for your ears. And they look pretty smart too...if you want something that is basic, affordable and produces a high quality sound then go for these headphones.

I had these headphones when i purchased a Sony Walkman last year, but i broke the headphones whilst running for a bus!! I then bought a pair of ex90's but i then found out that they were not as good as i thought they would be. so thats when i baught a new pair of ex95's as they are simply the best pair of headphones that i have used. also the price of these is just as godd. so i would recommend these headphones to everyone!!

These 'phones came with my Sony NW818 Walkman.

The earphones are a bit of an odd shape but they insert easily into the ear. Sound wise they are fantastic, if not maybe a bit too much bass. Clarity is however excellent. I've tried them full blast with no distortion. I'll be honest and say that they reveal some musical detail that is not audible listening from CD.

It is important to select the right size of bud. I use the medium size. The large I found too big. A bit like stuffing your ears with cotton wool. The small size are comfortable but leak some background noise and do cut the bass a bit. On medium, background noise is reduced significantly.

The cord is a bit short though even with the extension lead. You can shorten the lead if you want to carry it in a breast pocket. The assymetric leads also take getting used to as they are unequal lenghts. Finally, like some other phones they suffer from slapping. When the cord moves about it can vibrate the earbud so you can hear the movement.

The sound quality makes up for it. Well worth a purchase.

I bought these from Amazon as my other Sony earphones suddenly packed up, I read the reviews and I am pleased with them. The sound quality through my creative Zen is good, the bass response could be slightly better but then you can't push these ones too far into your ear which I did with the previous set and probably caused them to fail. The top end is clear and they seem to cancel pretty much any external noise when in use. They seem to fit quite well and will have to shorten the 1.2m cord to use with the Zen remote, but I can use the plastic widget that came with my previous sony's. It commes with a nice little case and a plastice device to wrap them around when not in use.

Overall I would recommend these even against the ones that cost twice as much