Avoid these unless you want quiet, high-pitched, garbage sound.
346481
Awful headphones, kept falling out of ear, sound was not nearly not loud enough, certainly emphasis on treble, no bass nor mid-range.  However, this may be expected for those that don't fill the entire external ear canal and occlude the ambient sound. Just really low quality overall.  This is a design problem with Samsung, certainly manufactured for cheapness.  I would definitely avoid these, they were meant to be one-size-fits-all while everyone's canals are not the same.
1739479
The hiss is terrible. I have speakers on my desk to listen to music while I flip bits all day. Plug the headphone's base into the speakers headphone jack... ouch. Sounds like a bundle of snakes. However, crank the volume on the desktop speakers, and then crank the volume DOWN on the headphones, and the hiss/static = gone. The popping noises are a little annoying, but thankfully they go as quickly as they come.
  That being said, these headphones are pretty terrible. Good enough for listening to music off youtube at work, for for example, for me, but I wish I had bought sennheisers instead, as you KNOW they are quality. Battery life on these is terrible - I seem to get about 3 hours after a full night's charge. That sucks. Also, for some reason, I seem to have to switch channels every time after charging them to get them to come out of 'sleep mode' or whatever. Can't be bothered to return them, so I'll use them til they break (or until the power-saving mode pop noise drives me insane), then I'll get something of better quality. Get what you pay for I guess.
994367
I replaced my 10yr old Gateway speakers with these because of crackling. These speakers are speakers.  When I plug in headphones into the jack there is a lot of white noise even with the speakers turned all the way down.  Useless speakers. You know what it sounds like when you forget your headphones plugged in and you turn up the volume wondering where you sound is? Yeah, that's what these speakers sound like.  I should have bought the Amazon basics or something over $20.  Buy cheap, buy twice. Lesson learned.

Do NOT BUY if you enjoy music and sound.
4214021
I bought these to replace my iPhone 5 headphones. These things are terrible. The sound quality is not there. It's all highs with absolutely ZERO bass in them. Which is funny to me because the "pure bass" is one of the selling points on the box for these ear buds. Even messing with the equalizer yielded nothing in the area of bass. Only distorted sound. Granted they were comfortable, even compared to the iPhone 5 factory ear buds, they're just EXTREMELY lacking in sound. Even the flat chord is annoying because after sitting the box for X months the chord has a "folded up" memory to it so it's default resting position is a jumbled mess. For the price I expected MUCH more. Save your money and find a better ear bud.

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4419101
I bought these as a replacement for a pair that I love and have had for about 10 years. And I have a HP computer, so I didn't think I could go wrong. I'm a pianist, so I really enjoy music. The sound from these is absolute garbage. I love the low-profile sub (usually they're massive), but that's about the only compliment I can give these. I won't listen to music from my computer anymore because the sound is so bad. Your money would definitely be better spent on a different pair.
1511412
Not worth a plug dime... terrible sound quality
2184004
I tried to like these, but their sound quality is so poor--even with the great price for replacement iPhone headphones.  The product's phone functionality works fine, but they are a failure as headphones.  Maybe I got a bum pair that made it through a quality screen in error.  The highs are hissy, their are non-existant low-mids, and their is a background hiss.  My cheap, off-brand cassette player from 1984 would give Griffin Tunebuds a run for their money in terms of audio quality.

I have had great luck with cheap, neodynium magnet, sound-isolating headphones from J-Labs, Sony, and Skull Candy.  I assumed that I could get a phone headset and decent headphones in one package for $20-$30 in the Griffin Tunebuds, but I basically got a serviceable headset.  I am not going to return them, but you can bet I won't be listening to music with them.  I am listening to them as a write this--wow, so bad!
412791
Don't waste your money. Looks like they are discontinued anyway. The cable broke in 3 weeks and of course it's a special size u probably have to order from AT. Then any time u walk wearing these, a rumble passes through your ears. Like a sonic boom. With every step. Even the wind or a passing car can set off this strange rumbling noise. These are basically unlistenable unless you're completely still and indoors. Using them without noise cancel on sounds like listening to music through wool socks. I'm a musician. I will probably just throw these away rather than give Audio Technica another cent towards these awful headphones.
4779491
I was drawn by the good reviews I read, so I bought a set of these. On the positive side, they fit well, come with additional earpads for different size ears, and work perfectly.

Unfortunately, the sound quality is the pits. I did the recommended 8-hour burn-in at relatiely high volume before actually using them, but it didn't help a bit. The sound is tinny, and the bass is extremely weak (even though I got a good tight fit in my ears).

Doing a side by side comparison with other earbuds, I have to say that these things are at the bottom of my list. I'll keep them just to have a spare set that I can keep in the car for emergencies, but I doubt I'll ever use them again. What a waste.
4315730
I really wanted to like these, but ended up sending them back.  The sound is barely acceptable; it sounds like you're in a big metal culvert with an odd metallic sound...not really an echo, but more like unpleasant reverb.  The port to charge them does not feel solid and I'm not sure I ever got a full charge.  A light goes on when you plug in the mini USB cable to charge, but then goes out just a few minutes later, not the expected several hour charge time I would expect for phones that have been used for 8 hours.  For me the lack of noise isolation was a disappointment.  I know that they are not noise cancelling, but I was hoping that the muff style of the "cans" would attenuate at least some of the ambient noise, but no such luck, even with pressing the phones to my head manually.  These are not horrible phones and many casual listeners may find them acceptable, but I ordered the Sennheiser RS 170 set to replace these.  Yes, a lot more money, but it uses RF rather than Bluetooth, has good noise isolation and wonderful sound reproduction.
4098628
They are ok, similar fitting to the howard leights everyone wears but are actually a bit more bulky and stiff, the sound quality sucks bad, has a white noise hiss sound in the background constantly as it picks up anything and everything. You can hear yourself breathing, and when you you hear yourself in your ears like a speaker is turned towards you. Everything is totally loud and magnified into your ear unless its cranked so low that its not on. You basically have to turn the sound super low to the point its not on to not be annoyed.

I really really wanted to like these, as they look totally awesome. But since the sound was so crappy i had to take them off, or just turn them off completely which defeats the purpose of electronic hearing pro.
2002858
These speakers are by far the worst sounding speakers I ever owned.  I bought these at BB 10 years ago and they were on special for $49.99.  I thought with Yamaha how could I go wrong?  That was a mistake.  The highs were unnatural, mid range sounded tinny, and the bass output was hollow sounding.  I opened these up to look at the crossovers and construction of the cabinets.  Well there are no crossovers, only one capacitor on the tweeter and midrange.  The cabinet had no bracing and no sound insulation to speak of.  These were not worth even the $49.99, never mind over $100.  For the price they are now asking you could find much better speakers for a little more cash.
4895336
I forgot my headphones today at the college and picked these up for $4.00 from the college book store, they are literally the worst sounding pieces of garbage I have ever heard. Initially I thought it was funny how bad they are but I am here for a few hours and now I am actually angry that these exist. I have to listen to a few recorded lectures and it is like listening to the instructor is in a canyon whispering through a tin can. IQ Sound should be ashamed they put these out at all. You could not make a worse headphone if you tried.
3200569
Really though? Maybe its because i've listened to much better before. If you use the Sennheiser cx300, this will sound like CRAP.
No sound isolation, i already knew that, but i thought everything else would make up for it. There's like no bass, barely any. The volume sucks, has to be louder.
At first, after reading all these awesome reviews, i thought i was going crazy. But i plugged them into my computer, my mp3, my ipod, my stereo system. They're horrible.
I expected this, most over the head earphones have leather cups, these had foam. They make your ears hot. And they exhibit horrible sound. Oh man, returned these the next day. Have to pay shipping costs. Don't buy these. Please. Worth like 3 bucks.
And they feel like their gonna break everytime i touch them.
3459989
I purchased this item based on previous experience with Phillips earbuds. The older set that I already own has amazing fidelity, with rich bass and clear highs; the ear hook design is incredibly comfortable for long listening sessions.

This pair, on the other hand, has virtually NO bass, and ridiculously poor fidelity. Frequency response is somewhere in the range of 1.5 - 4Khz, and what little treble there is badly distorted. Picture listening to music through an old telephone handset with a blown speaker. These, sadly, went right in the trash.
2802519
The sound is muffled and not very clean in the mids and highs of the sonic register. The bass comes through fine, but the rest sucks. Avoid if you're planning on using these for music.
1915705
I'm not, and never have been a fan of Beat's by Dre. These feel and look like a genuine ripoff of those but sound 10x worse. There is nothing good about these headphones. They levels are all mixed. The bass sometimes drowns out the rest of the sound. Right headphone produces more bass than the left, leaving an imbalance. I do not recommend these headphons AT ALL. They aren't comfortable and they do not sound good. JVC makes quality products as I have previously owned a pair of on-ear's and the XX Ear-buds, but I have nothing good to say about these.