Enjoy crisp, powerful low-end audio with these Sony MDRXB50AP/R earbud headphones, which feature a bass duct design that provides optimal sound isolation. An integrated elecret condenser/omnidirectional microphone lets you chat hands-free.
I bought these pair of headphones to use for listening to music on my laptop and use during gaming. I moved up from a pair of Samsung earbuds that came with my Galaxy S3 so I really don't have any room to compare to top of the line Bose or Sennheiser. To give a general summary of what I think of these headphones: These have average sound quality with great bass. They are not noise isolating and can get a little uncomfortable after long periods of time since the ear piece is oddly shaped. I will break down my review into different categories.
Sound Quality: The earbuds are great if you're the average listener. You can hear the different instruments and background melodies just fine. I play Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and use these when I play. Hearing footsteps and gunfire is important in the game and I hear about everything when I play. I can distinguish things that are coming from the left earbud to the right perfectly. The only con is that they were not as clear as my Samsung earbuds. The sound was a bit muffled and expected a more clear sound from a $50 earbud. I've only had these for a week so maybe I need to burn them in more.. who knows.