Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

These headphones really underwhelmed me. Were they really $200 at one point? If so that’s ridiculous. They are very light and the noise cancelling is very good for the price point and the design is good and they’re quite comfortable because of the light weight. But... The sound quality is awful. Music sounds muffled - like the highs are pulled back so things tend to not be articulated well with vocals, cymbals, anything that pops really from an instrumental side. They don’t sound like garbage but the sound quality is more in line with what I expect from a $30-$40 over ear headphone set. The buttons aren’t the best for access and in low light knowing L from R when putting these on is a major chore. I have a pair of Plantronics Backbeat Pro 2s that were $130 and sound quality is noticeably better across the spectrum and those have similar noise cancelling performance. Those are heavier but honestly they feel sturdier than these Sony 710s which feel like they’ll fall apart with one drop. If the sound quality was better and these had a touch more power I’d be really happy with them. But I’m just not there so I’m returning them and sticking with the BackBeat Pro 2 set. Sony should dump these and get better amplification and better equalization and offer app support. If they could do that I’d pay $20 more for that and be extremely happy. But this is unacceptable for the price. I don’t know if there’s a worse pair of headphones in this price range to be honest.