Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Here's the gist of my review: Don't invest $200 into a product made of plastic that will snap with the slightest pressure - especially because that is NOT covered under warranty. If you're looking for comments on the audio quality, jump to the bottom of this review. The weak spot on these headphones is the 4 arms that connect each earpiece to the headband. Mine broke in 4 weeks. I put them in a tight backpack one day and rode a bike home. When I pulled them out, one of those arms was snapped. I do not understand why a company would make an expensive product out of brittle plastic. Cell phones, cars, macbooks, they're all made out of aluminum, and none has a thin, extended piece vulnerable to breaking, especially a piece that by definition will have to be stretched/pulled apart to fit these headphones over one's head. It's kind of like if you made a baseball bat or a cooking pot that cost $200, but you made the handle out of thin plastic. Why? Here's the worst part, when you call in to Sony's warranty line, they will tell you that wear and tear for this model is not covered. You will have to pay to ship your headphones in, get them repaired, and pay to ship them back to you. There is one loophole though - return them to Amazon for free and Sony can't do anything about it. Audio quality: A-/B+. Much better than the standard Apple earpods in the bass section, slightly better in the treble. Didn't blow my pants off. The bass effect is a marketing ploy, you will never use it because it's ridiculous (feels like it will damage my hearing). The normal mode has a good amount of bass as is. Convenience: Bluetooth is the best part about these headphones. Battery life is decent (4 hrs). The earpods will make your ears sweat if you are not in a room that is 68 degrees or below, though (i.e. walk with these outside, and you will have to wipe them off every 5 minutes). This is a positive and negative - fantastic for noisy offices, because the total isolation of your ear blocks out outside sound. Terrible for working out because the total isolation of your ear from the outside air means that there is zero ventilation.