SonyWI-XB400 Wireless In-Ear Extra Bass Headset/Headphones with mic for phone call, Black

The Sony impeccable sound quality is 10/10

It's not the best, it's not the cheapest but it's mostly the best product you have at this price. Mind you, I do use a Sony Smartphone with them, so that might have an impact on the sound quality I am experiencing.

I had an LG headphone similar to this one, but the neck bank snapped. This one is similar and lighter; the battery lasts a long time, and I never had it run out. The on-and-off message is in Chinese sounding voice, which is my only qualm; The on-and-off voice should be prominent.

Excellent value for the money + positive surprise: survived a wash machine and dryer cycle without any degradation of its functionality (that made me write this review). It's still perfect. Good battery time too.

They have changed these. The first pair I had were excellent and I had no complaints. They lasted four years then broke - a good run I say! I replaced them with the same model as the neckband type of headphone seems to be a dying breed. I knew from the second the I heard a different voice say 'Power on' that I was dealing with an inferior iteration of what was a once great headphone. This newer model is far more prone to static and interference than their predecessor. Still decent for the cost, I guess but they've gone from a 5 star to a 3 star.

Sound quality is excellent & earphones are comfortable to wear. Pleased with this purchase.

Sony have clearly changed the software and manufacturer of this model. These headphones used to be top class a few years ago (ive had three of the old model but lose them all the time). Sony have definately cut corners in the new batches. No longer do we get the American Sounding lady when you boot them up telling you the battery percentage, instead we get a garbled east asian accented lady who no longer does this and when the battery runs low will not stop telling you every 5 seconds until they cut out. The hardware is now sub par: battery life is much shorter, they no longer tun off when plugged into power, the sound quality is reduced, connectivity to Bluetooth inconsistent, microphone quality is terrible and often does t work with computers. Such a shame they decided to destroy a once great model. You can sometimes find the original ones second hand on Ebay like a holy relic. I'll keep looking until they revert back to the previous manufacturing process.

These headphones have a blue flashing light when in use, which I find entirely pointless/irritating. So I prised out the blue LED and now they're perfect. 👌Sound quality is awesome.