I bought the Sony DREX12IP in black at Walmart a number of years ago back in the iPhone 4 era to replace the crappy earbuds Apple included with it. The Sonys sounded amazing, and lasted quite a few years without issue until one fateful day they got caught in the sliding track of my driver’s seat and did not survive the extraction. LOL By that time Walmart had already stopped carrying this iPhone-specific model.
Searched around for a while for them in other stores, but eventually gave up, upgraded phones a few times, and ended up back to Apple stock earbuds and a variety of full size over-the-ear headphones including Sony’s MDR-V6, which I also bought here on Amazon, last year (those V6 sound fantastic btw, in case you’re looking for an OTE headphone, and work very well with portable/mobile devices).
Those Apple earbuds are dying again so I decided to see if I could find these same ones I had from Sony before. I found the back card of the packaging with the model number of the other I had and searched it here on Amazon. The white ones under the same model number were available for about 1/2 the price I paid for the ones a long time ago so, of course. :D
They arrived today, and straight from the packaging and with proper size silicone ear-things on (3 sizes included) they sound every bit as great as I remember the first pair I had. All controls work with the iPhone I’m currently using (5S) but may not with those newest models of iPhones that require a dongle to connect wired headphones.
They block out most ambient noise, though not entirely noise canceling or anything like that. But the advantage of that is they don’t need to be turned up as loud in order to be immersed in the music.
Listening to a variety of music as I’m typing this, and I’d consider them every bit of 5 star quality as my first pair from years ago. And a 20 bucks, an excellent deal.
Totally recommended.
Tip: Switch the silicone ear-things until you’ve got the most snug fit. These require a ‘seal’ in order to have full sound. If they sound bright, with little or no bass, they’re not making a good enough seal with the ear canal and may require the next step up. If the silicone ear-things are too big, they’ll wrinkle a little upon insertion, and also not make a proper seal, so the smaller ones may need to be used.
When you get the right fit, you’ll hear it immediately.
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