First 24 hours with the Sony H.ear
344796
These are my first pair of bluetooth NC headphones. I primarily only used the ATH-M50Xs so a lot of my opinions are based on comparing the two.

Design: The first thing I noticed about these headphones besides the nice design was the adjustment headband. It seemed a bit loose for me compared to the M50Xs but the clamping pressure on the H.ear ons were much less which was a welcome difference. Overall the cans seem durable and well made. The cups don't swivel much so if you're used to being able to twist them any which way that won't happen with these. The controls are along the bottom of both cups. They take some time to get used to them but muscle memory takes care of that the more you use it. They come with a hard shell carrying case which is nice, but I wish there was a little loop so i could pull it out of my backpack easier. Right now its annoying to just pull out a big shell looking thing that i sometimes may need to hands to secure properly. I may get over it but it's just a tiny annoyance.

Set up: Out of the box it didn't take too long to charge. I still have to see how long it'll take when its completely drained but out the box it was not bad. Pairing was easy enough, the instructions made it simple. Not sure if you can pair your phone and computer simultaneously but when
I tried to it didn't work.

Comfort: I mentioned the clamping pressure on these were less than the M50Xs and that made these more comfortable to wear over a long period of time. I have glasses and often the glasses press against my head pretty bad which causes discomfort. This was less obvious on these. My ears are on the bigger side compared to the cup size, so my ear started to hurt a bit because they weren't fully covered. Adjusting the band helps a little but I still found myself taking these off to give my ears a break. They also get a bit warm since the seal is pretty good. The actual padding on the cups and band is one of the best I've ever experienced. I have replacement cups on my M50Xs and these still seem better so I was pleasantly surprised.  Hopefully breaking these in will make the comfort go up.

Noise Canceling: I don't have much to say other than they work. And they work well. I've never used any other NC headphones so I can't compare but you really only realize how good they are until you use it and take the headphones off.

Sound: The sound IMO is not as good as the ATH-M50X. But if you're considering buying these with the intention of having great sound I would look elsewhere. They do sound pretty good just not the best. I've paid less money and gotten better sounding headphones, but I was more interested in the NC, bluetooth, and comfort of these.

Battery life: Haven't spend enough time with it to see how it holds up. From what I've heard they last up to about 22-24 hrs. I generally use them with NC and bluetooth enabled at around 50% volume. We shall see how the battery life holds up

Overall I can honestly say they're not perfect, but I hope the small annoyances aren't enough to make me return these. I really want to like them so only time will see how my opinion changes.
1964665
The most difficult part about setting these up was finding the battery compartment. My husband found out it where he thought it should be. It required a little more muscle than he wanted to use, not wanting to break anything. The instructions were vague. Once it was charged, I was impressed with the sound quality. I have a slight hearing loss and the headphones let me hear every word. I don't have to frequently rewind the DVR to hear that last word or two. The sound is beautiful with all the dimensions of background sound I never hear on regular TV. And listening to satellite radio, something I would never do on TV,  is a pleasure. After trying mine out, my husband wants his own set. First we are waiting for a question about using 2 sets for 1 TV. If so. I'll order another. Watching movies at home sounds like a movie theatre without the extreme loudness we get at our multi-plex.  I hope they last a long time. If not, I will be back.
2270339
I'm giving the headphones only 3 star rating as it is too early to know how well it will function going forward.  As with some of the other Amazon ratings emails I barely get the item out of the box and I'm asked to rate it.  Anyway, I like it so far.  It will be great for me to have this when my wife is trying to sleep and the TV can be heard too early from the bedroom.
4658229
I've only had these headphones for 2 days, so I'm not quite ready to make a firm statement in this review. If I remember I'll update this after some time.

I own a few respectable earphones/headphones. Klipsch x10 (S4's too - though I never used them again after getting the x10s), Master & Dynamic MH40, Beats Solo 2 (was given to me), and B&W P5s. I have also spent some time Shure's SE535's the last two days.

For my ears, the MH40's are pretty special. The warmth in the tonality is fantastic. But I wouldn't consider them sharp - I like my highs to be piercing when they're supposed to be piercing and I feel like the MH40's drop off quite a bit in the highs. It's okay, because again the warmth that this creates is fantastic too. But when I want to really feel the highs I have to pull a different set.

Until I got the 846's I thought the X10's were fantastic. But now, they sound artificial. Before I got the Shure's I would have said that the base was very present and strong while providing great highs. Love the highs. But again, now after listening to the Shure's I find them to be artificial. I'll keep them though, they're the most comfortable in-ear's I have and they're still quite adequate.

Since I got the MH40's I don't listen to my P5's. I wore them the other day and they are really great, but the MH40's are just too good. I'll probably sell the P5's.

Okay, so the 846's. Wow. I was prepared to be disappointed given the high price - though this was tempered because I was able to get them for half off, but still, I had very high expectations and didn't really expect these to sound like they're worth the $1000 retail.  The clarity, and the accuracy of these are just fantastic. As I mentioned above they made my previously favorite X10's sound totally artificial. Listening to Norah Jones felt like she was singing right in front of me. The clarity of the instruments was so cool. You can hear their placement in the room, and the spacial separation. Fantastic. I love music with heavy use of piano (thus Norah Jones), and dang, I just love hearing how these render piano.

The only thing I feel like is missing is a real punch to bass. While bass is very clean, and rendered quite nicely, perhaps it's just that in-ear earphones just can't push enough air to make you feel bass, but it just doesn't have quite the emotive feeling I get from over-the-ear headphones like the MH40's. But again, that could well just be because of the physical limitations of a tiny tiny armature.

Are they worth $1000? That's a really hard call, that's a lot of money. For the $500 I spent on them? Hell ya! I don't think there is anything that comes close under $700.
1718230
I just received my Spectra USB headset in the mail while I was in the midst of scribing. I immediately switched over from my other generic earmuff-style headset and - WOW - I am pleased!!

I normally have to keep my laptop volume at 100% and I would still end up having to push the headset onto my ear to really hear what my doctor was saying. After having read multiple reviews on this headset, I ensured my volume was turned down when I hit "play" on the recording, then gradually increased the volume. I've been listening for several minutes now and have finally stabilized the volume at a comfortable 14%!  Here's hoping this is still the case on my doctor's busier clinic days when the hallway is bustling with activity and his occasional mumbles get drowned out.

They seem to fit pretty well, right now. They're not too tight - just enough tension to keep them on the ear. (And my headache from the earmuff-style headset I was wearing is already going away.) The connector between the ear pieces is resting somewhere in the air between my chin and chest, occasionally tapping my chest when I look down.

The only downside I can come up with is a rather strong chemical smell when I removed them from the packaging, but it already seems to be dissipating after less than 10 minutes. Also, I do not require a cord that is quite so long, but I simply uncoiled what slack I needed and put the twist tie back around the bundle.

Two thumbs up so far!!
4277751
Received my headphones yesterday. Charged them up and listened to a few songs. So far my expectations have been met and very happy with the headphones. I cannot remember if these need a burn in period like some headphones. If they do, can't wait to hear how they sound. Right out of the box I was impressed with the overall sound quality and the comfort while wearing them. No problems pairing them to my devices. Carrying case is nice as well.

My only complaint so far has nothing to do with the headphones. I am a Prime member and paid extra for next day shipping. Ordered on a Friday and supposed to receive Saturday by 8pm. Did not make it and did not receive until Monday afternoon. Did not feel it was fair to downgrade my rating on the headphones due to shipping issue. Will think twice about paying extra next time.
2767447
This took me a couple of days to set-up, rerunning wires and adding banana clips. I was steered to this initially for its phono component. Then after reading user reviews and professional reviews decided to try it.
I found it important to understand the layout of the user guide, it's online. It's basically 3 sections. One, an overview of the box with everything labeled. The second superficially goes over what it does, and references pages in the 3 section. If you're looking for it to do something specific, you'll want to follow those references. That's where you get the detail. I found it helpful to keep in mind what page it was on so I could return and continue the learning process.
The GUI interface is fairly straight forward. The instructions follow the order of the GUI. A few times it omits how to select, that made it frustrating for me, but I don't do this often so it may not be an issue for anyone else. If it detects you don't have a component it will skip the setup for that, so have everything connected before you start. It saves time, but you can always go back and change something. I did contact the support line (about 4x) and they helped me through the setup questions I had.
I wanted great sound and I got it. I listened to it before and after setting-up Audyssey, and noticed the difference. I read reviews saying the center speaker was too loud, but that's not the case for me.
The only component I haven't used is setting-up all the radio channels that come with it.
I can't get the remote to control my other components, which is frustrating.
It was shipped in another box, the packing itself didn't about to much. But it hide what it was and contained the shipping info and receipt. I received it within a week.
I've only had it a few weeks, but outside of the remote, have had no problems and luv the sound.
- May'14 - the video and WiFi went out. I received an immediate replacement that is used. It just went out with the same problem, within 2 weeks of use. Hence rating change. Onkyo support verified it as defective and used. I've asked for a new one. Update to come....
Also, Onkyo gave me an alternative to programming the remote than is used during setup. I later found it in the user manual at the very end.
- Received 3rd unit, over-nighted, it's used, again. After some clearing and restarting it's up and working. I plan to check how other products handle replacements with the warranty period.  This is 3 receivers within 6 mths. The time spent to set these up is frustrating. When it works, it's great great. Reliability is a problem, hence the 2 star.
Feb'15  After talking with tech support I learned that the machine builds up electro???, so when something stops working, I unplug it for a few minutes, let it clear and it returns to normal. That's the only 'problem' with it, but my setup doesn't provide the free area around the unit that is recommended, so that may be creating the problem. Otherwise, is produces great sound. If your focus is TV, you may want to purchase the upgrade to this model. It handles the latest technical advancements. Tech support is very knowledgeable. You can also download the user manual to look up something specific. Great receiver, great sound. But be aware, if you have need to replace it, they send you a used receiver.
4846947
I liked this item so far. I have only used it for one day. I have tried several wireless headphones for around the $100. For Black Friday this happened to go on sale for that. So far, this has worked great. It is the most comfortable headphone that I have worn yet. the sound is great, it doesn't bleed the audio as bad as others and the bass is top of the line. I also wanted something that had noise isolation. So far I wore these while washing dishes and couldn't hear a thing. However, I did have the volume all the way up as I was listening to an Audiobook. I will update this once i have taken this on a plane. Since I travel a lot, this was going to be my main headphones when I wanted to sit back and listen to music.
1566238
I'm a skeptic and I don't consider myself an audiophile but I have a much better appreciation for hifi audio reproduction than most people by quite a bit. This is my first headphone amplifier and I'm only comparing it to my Moto G5 Plus android phone.

Unfortunately I also have moderate tinnitus, which makes it difficult for me to differentiate between multiple, simultaneous competing sounds and  also to be able to pick out nuances I could when I was younger.  I just bought my first set of Sennheiser HD 600 headphones and bought this amp to power them. The Sennheisers sound much better than all my other headphones - Sennheiser HD280PRO, Bose QC35, Sony MDRV6 - more airy, detailed, natural. Nothing about them jumps out at me but if I sit quietly and pay attention, I can hear more through them than the others.

I listened with my Moto G5 initially. Then I connected the Q1 to my phone with the included USB cable and it was recognized immediately. I listened to tracks from a few different artists through the Q1 and it sounded good but nothing crazy. Then I turned off the lights, laid down and switched back and forth between the Q1 and my Moto G5, listening to "Solo tu" by Joan Soriano. The Q1 reproduced the music with considerable more space between each of the instruments, rather than smearing them together. I heard things I've never heard on this track before like the slight buzz when he didn't fret the string 100%, the different tones produced from picking the string in a different spot or a different angle and I could distinguish individual voices in the backing vocalists for the first time. The level of detail was amazing when I tuned my attention into the sound. It was subtle but unmistakably real. It's detail that's clearly not there when played through the G5.

I lost all my FLAC recordings in my last laptop, but my next step is to rip some old CDs to test with a lossless encoder. For me it isn't worth wearing open-back headphones and/or carrying a dedicated headphone amp outside the house (my crappy overpriced Bose QC35's are good enough for casual listening, even if it's transcoding and causing a double lossy hit) but when I want to have an experience listening to good recordings, I'll definitely use this setup.

I was a skeptic but the Q1 is definitely worth the money.
4156449
So far, these wireless earphones are great. We had two Sony wireless earphones and both broke at the weak spot where the heavy ear parts attach  to the part over your read. Bummer.

These appear to be much stronger. The pros are:
1. Great sound. The reviews that mention hiss aside, we had no hiss.
2. Easy to dock and be in position to recharge (the Sony's were finicky about this).
3: Very clear, crisp sound; the Sony's had clicks sometimes and were sensitive to positioning the transmitter right.

The cons are:
1. It has a manual on-off switch that can be forgotten (the Sonys had an automatic cut off and an switch when you placed them on your head.
2. It was touch and go getting these connected to our TV correctly. Once I found the right output on the TV and had power, we had liftoff. Our TV is stingy with jacks on the back.
3. The Sennheiser web site is hard to figure out. Cryptic, even. The instructions refer you to FAQs on their web site but there are no FAQs. I had to search about for several minutes to finally find some video. The one for this model is unlabeled as such except in the video itself. I finally found a video there for how to hook up the model 120. It is overly complicated because of all the possibilities it attempts to cover.
4. I tried to call Sennheiser customer service at a 877 toll free # on Sunday and they were closed. This is not a sign of a serious presence in the US market. Thankfully I figured our how to get these working without a call.

Anyway, on our TV we can mute the speakers and hear the earphones with the TV silent for others. A marriage saver. I'm glad this was no trouble.

One really good tip is to read the instructions and pay special attention to the part where you fire up your TV first before turning on the earphones. If you do it the other way, you get a shrill screech worst than accidentally calling a fax machine.
4313910
I had bought the HDR 120's and did not like the open ear or crappy sound. This is 10x better. The sound is great. I have 1 base and bought an extra headphone. After initial charging the headphones last 15+ hours per charge so I just swap them on the charger.

As for the charger make sure your sound output is pretty good the transmitter will cut out. If you need to lower sound use the headphone buttons, not the source. If you lower the sound levels too far the transmitter starts to cut out.

Other that that, pairing was easy and I love the quality of the sound, and the comfort. Plus it looks sweet. The buttons are not the easiest to use when on your head, but taking the phones off is not a big deal
4097764
These just arrived, ordered less than 48 hours ago.

Loving them so far. I enabled NFC on my android phone and, without turning on the device or Bluetooth on my phone, I used NFC to do both. That is pretty awesome. Now if I turn off BT on my phone, I can pair and enable the headphones by passing my phone over them!
Sound is pretty good in both BT mode and headphones mode - not a ton of bass, but good enough. The instructions claim that you can use the provided headphones cord when the battery is dead - so I'm not sure if it is using battery at all when connected this way.
There are only 3 buttons: two volume buttons and a multi-function button. The manual describes their functionality.

Includes ~4' (red) headphone cable which seems to be tangle-free (it is flat), ~2' micro usb charging cable (Black), and a pair of extra (same size) ear cups.

Pros:
 - Super easy to configure
 - Supports two BT devices
 - Good sound
 - Comfortable ear cups that truly fit over the ear entirely

Cons:
 - Top head band is not as comfortable as I'd like. It has no real padding
 - With my big head, I have to wear them with the adjustments fully extended. This does relieve some of the pressure from the top, but not quite enough.
 - Not noise cancelling, but there is significant noise isolation based on the shape.

I have not yet used them to make a call, but Google Now was able to understand me well.

Update June 15, 2015:
The USB charging port has just broken on these. They still work well as corded headphones, but as the battery is dead all of the BT functionality is gone.
4359911
I've never owned a pair of Gaming Headsets so I can't compare them to past experiences but for a first-time user the gameplay, whether it be a FPS such as Battlefield or Action/Adventure like Batman, is night and day. My homes floor plan is pretty open so I was never able to play games loudly when the wife and kid were asleep. With these I no longer worry about bothering them, so now I feel emersed in the gameplay; hearing people running in the rooms around the one I'm in, bullet casings hitting the floor, etc. It was pretty mind blowing hearing things that I never even bothered trying to listen for, but they make a huge impact in game play. I also use them while at work plugged into my laptop so I can listen to some music without bothering my fellow workers. I'm no audiophile so the music, compared the gameplay, sounds good to me; I would like a little more bass but I can live without it. I will say that they get loud. and I mean LOUD!, especially with the "Super Human Hearing" ... Read more
2873430
I bought the 20th Anniversary Edition Sony Gold Wireless Stereo Headset from my local Best Buy this past Sunday, and so far I'm pretty impressed. I bought these to play Destiny with a couple of my buddies and be able to talk to them while doing raids/strikes/pvp etc.

COMFORT - When I first put them on my head the thing I immediately noticed was the pretty extreme clamping force; so I stretched em out overnight on the box it came in and it's now much, MUCH better. It's still noticeable, but I can play for about 3 hours before my head/ears feel a bit sore. 15 minute break and that's all it takes for me to be ready for another 3 hours. Very minor inconvenience IMO.

USABILITY - This headset connect to PS4 no problem. Plug in the wireless adapter, turn on the headset, and go. I recommend downloading the Headset Companion App if you enjoy tweaking sound profiles and whatnot. These are about as usable on PC as well, as they are on PS4. Just plug the wireless dongle into a USB port on your PC(don't have a mac to test this on,) select default for both mic and headset and you're good to go. The convenience of this is immense when I really just don't feel like dealing with the cables of my Senn HD558 'phones that have a 10 ft cable that I always roll over with my desk chair lol. Anyway, back on track.

SOUND -  These sound ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL for their price range. I bought them for the full 99.99 but the fact that you can buy the original version of these for around 70 bucks online is more than a steal. In terms of HOW they sound, well that depends. The virtual surround sound comes enabled default out of the box. Do yourself an immense favor and just disable this. Virtual surround sound is a gimmick. With it turned on the bass is entirely sucked out, and the treble becomes so shrill that I just can't listen to it. With VSS turned off what you get is a very good, slightly elevated(also slightly bloated) bass response, warm mids, and very articulate and clear treble frequencies. Soundstage is also quite good for a closed back headphone. I wasn't expecting the Sony Gold's to sound this good, honestly.

MIC - honestly this is probably the biggest downside of the headset. The microphone quality is very, very sub-par. It's quite a bit muffled and sounds like you might be speaking out of a toilet depending on how echo-ey the room you're in is. It's also quite sensitive and will pick up your controller input sounds if you smash buttons like I do. Make sure you're buddies on PSN don't care if they hear controller sounds once in a while. HOWEVER, it is pretty cool that it isn't a boom mic that's always in your peripheral vision all the time and can sometimes get in the way. I don't find this too big a deal seeing as all my buddies want is to be able to hear my voice and understand what I say. Pure quality of voice isn't important to some people.

CONCLUSION - Basically, this is THE best value oriented PS4 headset. I'm sure there's better sounding, more comfortable ones with a better microphone on them. But you won't be able get them for $100 or less. The Sony Gold Wireless headset sounds phenomenal once VSS is turned off. I don't recommend buying these if you wear glasses, I imagine the clamping force would be unbearable. The mic kinda sucks, but it's good enough for talking to your friends. All in all this headset is an absolute steal. Enjoy!
3999899
I just purchased SkyGenius XT-001 NFC AptX Bluetooth Noise Cancellation Stereo Sport Headset and it is my first pair of wireless headphones.  These have 5 hours of play time.  Here are some pros and cons:

PROS:
 Directions were pretty easy.  You need to charge the head set for 2 hours prior to use so I hooked it up to my computer with USB.  It has  indicator lights which are nice.
 Easy to Setup.  It synced with my Samsung 6 without any issues!
 It has volume control on the actual ear piece
 My favorite part is that I can pause my music or audiobook by just pushing a button on the headset!!  I love this because if I am wearing them at work I used to have to grab my phone, sign in with the password and then hit pause before I could talk to the person.  Now, I just hit a button on the headset and it pauses it and then hit it again when I am ready to listen

CONS:
 They are kind of bulky but they do seem to stay in my ear well.
 I cant wear them all day.  Even though they have adjustable ear pieces, they still put a little pressure on my ear.  They are great for short periods though.
 They are only average when it comes to sound.  They aren't bad but I have had much better sound quality out of some of my other sets of earphones.

All in all, they aren't bad for $24.99.  I did receive this product at a discount in exchange for my honest review. I buy things from Amazon based on reviews so I always try to evaluate every product fairly and say the things that I would want to know before purchase.
4388065
Received today (expected tomorrow). This little gem is "as described", has nice sound, little lights ("on" and "tuning bar) are helpful, you can insert your earbuds/headphones in the headset plug hole and you will hear the sound in both ears; not "stereo" per-se but quality sound and from my searching of the web that is what most people are concerned about, so "go for it". Easy to tune, goes up to 17+100khz on AM band (some people look for that). a great buy for 27 bucks - Sony Rocks!
3429957
I've had these headphones for less than 24 hours and I love them. The sound quality of course isn't as great at beats but they definitely work well for the price.  They came with extra ear buds and stabilizers.  I prefer the smallest buds with the ear wrap around.  If you are looking your first pair of wireless headphones to test them out these are the ones.  Of course I can't speak for the battery life or the life of the headphones themselves because it's only been a few hours. But so far so good.  Also included in the package a carrying case and two plastic pieces pictured on the left that I don't know what are (update: headphone battery lasts for less than 4 hours, playing music straight through)