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

I bought the Sony ZX Series wired headphones and for the price, they’re really good. The sound is clear with decent bass and highs, and they work well for everyday music and calls. They’re lightweight and foldable, which makes them easy to carry around. The ear pads are comfortable for short use, but after a long time they can feel a bit tight. Build quality is okay, not super strong, but for the cost they’re worth it. Overall, a great budget headphone if you just need something simple and reliable.

These are economy headphones, that, for the price, sound very good. They have neodymium magnets in them, and that helps with the sharpness of the tone. They get a decent amount of bass. If you use a preamp or mixing board with them, you can dial in a very nice sound by adjusting the tone controls. These are far better than earbuds. Of course you're not going to get the same sound that you'd get from a more expensive set of headphones (for this I'd recommend the economy Audio-Technica ATH-M20x Studio Headphones, or for more high end detail, the industry standard Sony MDR 7506 Headphones.) These headphones are useful for casual listening, or just using for monitoring to hear other tracks, while laying down new tracks. They also can be useful for checking your mixes or masters on something that represents consumer level listening devices. They come with both a 1/8" and a 1/4" stereo plugs. For the price of these, you can't go wrong. My last pair of equivalent headphones, I bought 20 years ago (they had ferrite magnets, so are more mellow sounding) and they are still working fine. Sony does a great job on these headphones. The one thing that they could improve on, with these new ones is: Lengthening the cord. It's pretty short. (My old Sony MDR-V250 headphones, came with a much longer cord. They are the predecessors to these new headphones.)

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.

These are my favorite budget headphones I've used so far. They work wonderfully, have great sound, and don't sound cheap at all. They are pretty sturdy too, they usually last about 1-2 years for me even with all of my hustle and bustle. A true friend for a cheap pair of headphones, they get the job done nicely and comfortably.

I have bought this many times since it is super good for my children's schools, it is comfortable for them and the sound is not so loud, it is comfortable for their ears.

Nice fit, good design, as far as noise cancellation, they are just okay. No mic on mine. Mine connect via wire. I chose white this time because always had the traditional black. Thought I try something different. Not a bad look. Nice tight fit. Color not bad either. Not expensive headphones, but wasn't looking for top of line either, just looking for a good priced headphones and found them with these Sony's.