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I purchased these to replace the pair that came with my Sony NWZ-S639FB 16GB MP3 player. That pair randomly broke after six months (the right ear stopped working).

This pair seems cheaper quality than my original pair of the same model - the silicone ear buds are thinner and the cord is broken up with an annoying jack.

The silicone bud that rests inside the ear is flimsy and often came off in my ear - it didn't matter which of the three sizes I chose, the silicone end is simply not firmly attached to the bud. The silicone is so light it took a while for me to realise the silicone end was detached and resting snuggly in my ear (it has a hole through the middle so it didn't affect my hearing).

One evening I was unaware the silicone end was stuck in my ear and put a earplug in, pushing the silicone deep into my ear canal. It got so far in I could not see it and had to seek medicial attention, where it took two doctors and a stroke of luck to remove it. The silicone is so flimsy and it was pushed so far in it took one doctor holding my ear open as far as she could pull it while another rooted around with a thin pair of pinchers trying to grip one side of the bud. It was awful.

I immediately switched to the largest size of the silicon buds but the entire end of the left bud has now broken and fallen off anyway. I bought this pair in August, so that's 3 months use.

Useless! I will not buy again and would not recommend this ordeal to anyone. I'm now trying to find an alternative pair that will work as an antenna for the player's radio.

I got these headphones with my Sony Walkman NWZ-S639FB 16GB. I was so impressed with the new inear system. Fantastic sound quality well worth the price. Once you use the inner ear headphones u will find other headphones worthless. Only downside is the actual wire needs to be more durable for the prce you pay for the product!

After two months the part where the wire divides into two (1 for each head phone) started to wear out and eventually broke.. I brought a new set now and i have had them for a couple months and have taken better care so hopefully they will last much longer! overall great product, best out there in my opinion..

As mentioned in earlier reviews, the sound quality these headphones offer is excellent, however, they are not durable (mine lasted a little over six months) and do broadcast your music to those around you. They do the job well, but shop around.

Good earphones, very comfortable, which probably has more to do with the style if anything else but hey.

I got a pair of these with my Sony Walkman, unfortunatly the sound in the left plug became distorted and sometimes wouldn't work, this was about 3-4 moths after I got them, they were vey heavily used. Don't worry about that haowever, I had tryed to whip my friend with them the day before they broke, so i might have broken them myself.
Be relatively gentle with these to make sure that doesn't happen to you if you get these.

The sound quality is really good, I have really small ears, the small plug thingies fit my ears perfectly. These are very discreet for listening to in school, if you have long hair, as not to much sound leaks out if you have them on quiet enough.

I actually found the ones I got with my walkman were actualy slightly better than the ones I bought, but they are still very good.

a year ago i bought the Sony Walkman Video NWA-806 and it went with the MDR-EX082 earphones with it. i consider myself a Sony-type of person as the sound of it's Walkmans (paired with Sony buds) are excellent and nothing compares.

fast forward to 2008 i sold my Walkman and bought the bril Samsung P2 MP3 player. didn't liked the earpphones that went with it so i bought a new pair of AKG 324P in-ear buds. the mid & long range bass especially in loud volumes regardless of EQ settings become distorted and not "solid" enough for me as i also consider myslef a bass-ey type of person. treble was fair.

i bought this buds mainly because of the (surprise...surpise) reviews here and it apparently belongs to the "noise-cancelling earphones " category.
opened it and tried it once it arrived thru the post and i was amazed and very impressed. very solid and clear bass and treble. cancels outside noise when your commuting to & from work (or everywhere). audio output is near 99% compared to the Walkman's and the sound holds to it's own even on full volume. believe me the P2 is my 5th mp3 player in 5 years (!)and the EX85 is my well...5th as well and i know what good sounds sounds like. forget the others like AKG's, Sennheisers,etc. this buds does the job for you. Go Go Get It!!! you won't be disppointed.