Customer Reviews

Sony MDR-Q55SL Clip-on Headphones with Deep-Bass Turbo Duct (Gold)

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I cannot recommend these little babies enough. The audio quality is amazing. I must say that I haven't personally encountered any particular difficulty with the clips, nor any true discomfort. Sure, you have to play around with them a bit to get them to fit properly, but I've had to do that with any pair of headphones I've ever owned, so I don't view that as a flaw. My only piece of advice would be to make sure what type of MDR-Q55SL you're buying: techno=silver, rap=blue, rock/jazz/orchestral=gold.

I had been looking to upgrade the average headphones that come with most MP3 players and Walkman so I saw the "Deep-Bass Turbo" marketing claim for these headphones and purchased a pair. They clip over the ears and simply fit poorly on my ears. OK, my ears are a little on the large side. The sound is OK but I have to push them to my head with my hands to get a good acoustical fit. My wife thinks they are OK but she has "mouse ears". However, don't tell her I said that. The wiring is sheathed in some sort of woven material which should hold up well. I have since purchased a pair of Koss SportaPros through Amazon and would highly recommend them over these phones. The SportaPros really produce the low bass and smooth high end I was looking for.

These earphones were given to me by a visitor from Japan before they were officially released in the U.S. I checked the specs of the Japanese model with the U.S. release, and they were identical. These were presented to me in Summer 2004 and I just loved their classic, understated style, and just loved the way they sounded. Rich, full bass notes, and clear, crisp high notes came through perfectly. However, being an eyeglasses wearer, the clip-on design was extremely uncomfortable and conflicted with my eyeglasses for the real estate above my ears. Also, the cord with extension, while quite long and perfect for those who stash their CD players in cavernous backpacks, can be quite unwieldy, especially when sitting and standing. The cord's slack got caught on doorhandles, my beltbuckle, on the leading edge of my desk, and other sundry places. With each snag, the headphones were rudely jerked around my ears, compounding the pain felt wearing them just with glasses! As a final note, just recently the extension cord female end rubber covering's glue came loose, which made the covering flop around, and causes static and sound loss in my right ear. What a pain!

If you don't wear glasses and like rich sound quality, these are the 'phones for you. If you wear glasses, trip over cords on a thrice-daily basis, and detest anything hanging off your ears, get some good Sony Fontopia Earbuds.

i got this as an addition to my creative nomad jukebox zen NX xtra 30 GB Mp3 player.i got to say this...build quality rocks an they look cool...but these headphones hurt my ear so bad even though my ears not big nor are they small...unless i keep the headphones close to my ear the sound quality seems to suffer.i would rather recommend a over the ear headphones.