Sony MDR-V150 Monitor Series Headphones with Reversible Earcups

Super headphones and at an affordable price point. The buds that came with the Sansa Fuze MP3 (great player!) sounded great but wouldn't stay in my ears. Very frustrating, hurt my ears, and the sound quality was lost.

Sony to the rescue. These have great sound quality and now I can enjoy my player -- without another big outlay of cash beyond the MP3.

Also comes with a larger sized connector, amp sized.

Thank you Sony! for coming through. And thanks for all the Amazon reviews so I knew what to safely buy!

i hate ear buds so after i got my iPhone i was in the market for over the ear headphones. i found these and decided they were worth trying for the price. so i ordered them. i love them. some reviewers find them too tight but i don't. i highly recommend them to everyone. great value for the price!

These Headphones are a nice quality for the money. If you move around some the tend to make some audible external noise even at hi volumes. They are comfortable and overall a great set for the money. Sound quality is also pretty good for the price. I would buy these again for general round about use.

Picked up at Walmart (not big assortment to choose from) and lucked out. This do what I want them to, decent sound and more comfortable than other one's I've had. I was using to listen to music when I didn't want to wake anyone up, but decided I want another to leave attached to computer to watch movies (which works really well, just wish were wireless, but that would cost a lot more). When I use them to watch movies, sound seems even better than when I'm listening to music. I don't think these can be beat for the money. Oh, and Amazon has them for about seven bucks less than Walmart and with super saver delivery, so if you get them, here is probably the best place.

I've had these headphones for over 4 years. I use them regularly for exercising (I don't like ear buds when I work out) and they haven't given me any problems. Of course it has gotten some wear and tear over time but nothing has broken and I can still hear music perfectly through both speakers. I highly recommend them if you are looking for some cheap headphones that will last.

I originally bought these headphones because I thought they might sound and feel better than my Sennheiser HDR-120s. The Sennheisers are more expensive but they are wireless so I thought I might get an advantage out of wired. I am no audophile, but I was hoping for an improvement.

To my taste these are too tight, and the sound is not particularly good. Maybe I just prefer Sennheisers but of my headphones I rate them as follows:

1. HD201 -- much better Sound **** Comfort **** Portability **
2. HDR120 Sound *** Comfort *** Portability N/A Range ****
2. PX100 Sound *** Comfort **** Portability ****
3. MDR-V150 Sound ** Comfort ** Portability **

My 12 year old thinks the Sony's are fine and they may be a good cheap headphone for kids.

The HDR201's were recommended on many sites, and I thank those reviewers for their advice they are my favorite headphones so far.

Like the other people say, the sound quality is great and a great value. But I find it hard to even wear these headphones for more than 30 minutes straight without getting an earache. If you are looking for comfortable headphones, you might want to avoid these.

i cannot wear these headphones for more than an hour without my ears hurting. if you are goin to be wearing these for more time than it takes to walk around the block, then id suggest some over ear headphones like the sennenheiser hd 202s.Sennheiser HD 202 Headphones

These headphones have three great things going for them: they don't try to fall off the back of your head every time you move it (as behind-the-ear 'phones have a way of doing), they're lightweight, and they're comfortable. They also offer a good consistent sound quality. They're definitely far superior to the ones sold at Radio Shack, and they work with anything electronic you happen to have--stereo, computer, TV.

I bought my first pair of these headphones about 10 years ago and used them to listen to music in my cubicle while working. They were inexpensive and the sound quality was OK, so I had no complaints.

Since that time, I have upgraded several times; including upgrades to wireless headphones and high quality ear buds which left the sound quality of these in the dust. These Sony headphones got relegated to the family van where our kids would use them to watch movies while we traveled.

As you can imagine, the kids were really hard on these; but they continued to last... until about 2 weeks ago when one of the ear pieces finally broke off.

Anyway, I jumped on Amazon to see what was currently available; and, you can imagine my surprise to find the exact same model still being sold. When I saw the price, I added them to my cart and bought them as soon as I had something else to buy that would put me into the super-saver-shipping zone.

Although I have headphones and earbuds that sound better than these, I don't think there is a better value available. Hopefully these will give us another 10 years of solid use:).

You cannot get any better then this for this price. Amazing and Robust is the best way to describer this headphone

Product came quickly. Great sound. Cord is a little long, but that provides some flexibility. Others said these were too tight. I haven't found that to be the case.

Ive tried all different headphones and found these to very good for the price. They are very compfortable on the ears unlike many other headphones I have used. For the money...You can't beat it!

Best value of all and it's a Sony so you know it's the good stuff, Ed.

I bought this headset on the thanksgiving day. The noise cancellation and sound quality were decent . The main problem for me was from the second week i had build quality problems. The earphone on the left started to come out of the main support frame. Now after two months the 3.5 mm plug pointer came out when unplugged from my system. I used to like sony for its quality but I donno whether it was no authentic or If I was the unlucky one I ended up wasting my money.

I love the headphones and I think they're awesome!
They're comfortable, they were priced great and they came on time.

I bought these 3 years ago at a Meijer and they are still in wonderful shape. When I'm drawing I wear these while listening to music to block out external sound. My husband loves to laugh at movies he watches downstairs whenever I'm doing homework. These things will block him out ha ha! The padding feels wonderful against your ears, however you can start to get sweaty in the warmer seasons if you wear them for a long time. These things can take a beating, I've rolled over them several times with my computer chair. The sound quality is great and they are fairly comfortable. If you don't like ear buds and don't want to fork out a lot of money to higher quality head phones. These will be perfect for you! I can't stress enough about how awesome these are to wear while working because they block everything out. It makes you feel more productive while listing to your favorite music.

I have always used these phones for professional audio mixing. They do not deliver a "flat" sound but an average sound. I don't like to mix audio with a "flat" set because no one else will be listening to the audio product on a "flat" audio system. These "average-response" earphones consistantly give me a sound representative of what most other systems will reproduce.

I bought these for my 10 year old who hates the ear bud headphones. She loves these as they are very comfortable and the sound is great.

I love these headphones, the sound is amazing and the comfort is great. You can even use them with your IPOD. The sound is very clear, if you want to hear a specific instrument these headphones are great for that. Each instrument is loud and clear.

The headphones were very poorly made and broke within one use. A small plastic tab holds the earcups in place, which broke. We returned both sets for a full refund.

I was pleasantly surprised by how good the headphones really are considering they are only $15. Used it several times on flights and was very impressed by its sound quality. The only complaint I have against it is that the headphones sit a little too tight around the ears. Otherwise, a great buy.

Pro's:
-Excellent, deep bass (for people who listen to hip hop or other bass rich music)
-Nice treble on all the songs
-Stylish
-Since they're monitor series headphones, they come with an extra jack that goes screws on over the smaller jack (used for iPods, Zunes, mp3 players)

Con's:
-Too tight on my head and after a while they give you a headache
-Your ears are squeezed and they can't breathe so after I take off the headphones, my ears are blood shot red
-The sides of the headphone just above the speakers jut out and are very uncomfortable
-The cord is LONG (5+ feet from the jack to where the cord splits) and THICK (my cat chewed on them and couldn't even bite through the things)
-It catches your hair
-I have an iPod nano (not the newer one) and it makes my ipod look weird.. like really small. the jack is huge.

I must say this though. They are constantly being thrown around (i.e. into my backpack with books crushing them) so they are pretty durable. I was actually looking for a good pair of jogging earbuds when I found these and I fell in love with them. They have their pro's and con's (as everything does) but I like them. I've had them for almost a year and they've look the same as the day I bought them.

I thought that with the Sony name, the quality whould have been better but it suitted my needs. OK for the money

These earphones give an amazing sound and comfort. For the price i paid for them i absolutely got my moneys worth. Great value!

These are the muddiest sounding headsets I've ever owned. It helps
to add treble to your EQ settings, but that's not a perfect solution,
either. It sounds like you've stuffed your ears full of cotton
before you put them on. Everything else seems fine. Tough cord and
connections, nice fit, but I bought them so I could discriminate
sounds. Everything blends together into mush. I'll have to go back
and replace these with something else. If all you like is bass, get
them. The lows are bass, the highs are bass, the mids are bass. It's
a bassy mess. I paid $21.

surprisingly they r very good and even better cause there cheap and comes with extra headphone tip
good quality
leaks a little to much
very very long cord
confortable
stylish
tight fit wont fall off
dependable
last very long
durable
if loud enough can tune out most things including nagging parents while ur doin ur hw

just very nice overall
should get them if ur lookin for good dj sound quality for really cheap

delivered early, phones work well in recordings, also in stadium type settings. can here rich and good bass sounds from other musicians, only thing is after having on a long time, approx. half hour or more, gets a little uncomfortable and hurt my ears. otherwise i would recommend.

Bought these during Summer 2003, they still sound as excellent as they did from the start. I'm not hard on them, but they do travel with me long distance on occasion, and get normal use pretty much every day. The foam is still excellent on both ears, but the fabric covering on one ear is starting fray a bit at the inside edge, cords are still tight despite more than a few yanks over the yrs- they have held up better than one would expect for under $20. I'm now looking for an over-ear cup for extended late-night listening since the on-ear cup does tire the earlobes after a few hours, but will also order a back-up of this model and am very glad to see they are still being sold.

Can't ask for much more. $15, nice thick cord, comes w/ the 1/4" stereo jack, did I mention $15 IIRC these are PRIME eligible. I live in Dallas so I had them the next day before work. The SQ is better than my Bose NC headphones, although the bose of course do a much better sound of canceling noise.

I just received these headphones and tried them out. Wow! I can hear things in music that I had never heard before - even on a nice stereo. These headphones provide so much detail in the music, and it's very clear. I can also turn them up without feeling like I am damaging my hearing like with earbuds. They are just what I need to monitor in GarageBand. Extremely good value!

Works fine. I was hoping for a little more noise filtering from the ear padding but for $15, I guess I shouldn't expect too much. It is worth the $15, tho.

broke my bose around-ear phones. these are slimmer and match quality. can't wait to break these to buy them again for 10% the price of my bose phones.

I got these headphones about a year and a half ago. Two things to note right off the bat:


1. A year an a half ago I knew VERY LITTLE about the technical side of audio.

2. It's stupid of Sony to call these "Studio Headphones" or even "Monitor Series" headphones.


FIRST OFF, know that these are not "studio quality" by any means, and will be horrible for use in any home or project studio, even if you're just starting out. Go spend $100 on some AKG or Sennheiser phones. Spend more if you can afford it. It's an important investment. These don't provide the audio quality necessary for mixing, or the isolation necessary for tracking in the studio. I'm surprised that the specs say 18 Hz to 22 KHz. Those frequencies are DRASTICALLY and unusably attenuated, if even present at all. If you retain one sentence from this review, it should be this one: These are NOT studio headphones.

THAT ASIDE, these are acceptable throw-around, day-in day-out casual commuting headphones. Before I purchased my Yamaha HS series monitors (not the world's best monitors, but they work for me) and AKG K271 MKII headphones, I thought these Sony headphones sounded really really good. Now that I have good headphones to compare them to, they're a horrible muddy mess with a limited frequency response... but I don't really care when I'm walking along a busy, LOUD street, listening to my iPod, or when I want to pack headphones that I'm not worried about breaking and paying to replace. I'm surprised people say they break theirs all the time. They're not bullet proof... but... what the hell do you do to your headphones...? Mine have held up fine. I do prefer on ear headphones for casual listening, as they're not as huge as over ear models, and because I absolutely hate ear buds. The comfort of these are pretty decent, IMO. Could be better, but they're 20 dollar headphones.



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To sum it all up, for $20 headphones these can't be beat. They're comfy enough, durable enough, small enough, and decent enough sounding for the average consumer... ESPECIALLY the consumer that only wants to pay $20 for something as important as headphones.

While by no means comparable to Sennheiser, this is a surprisingly good little headset for the money. I rate it superior to Grundig.

I've owned this series of headphone for some odd reason, because they're not all that good, more than once. It's a quick fix. They're cheep, and do the job. But that's all they do.

The highs aren't high. The bass is virtually non-existent. It's only so-so high point is the mid range, which isn't all that important compared to the other two items.

The construction, as you'd expect by the price is very.. very cheep. I wouldn't be surprised if Sony started throwing these in cereal boxes for the free toy in a few years.

I have to wear glasses, and during long listening sessions (over an hour) my ears began to hurt since these are an "on the ear" headphone. I wouldn't suggest these to anyone, regardless of price, if they wear glasses on a regular basis.

I won't be buying another set. Ever.

This is my third pair of Sony mid-sized earphone and I really love them. They are lightweight and comfortable and have a very solid "look" -- that is, they are just "cool" enough without being too "hipster." I live in NYC and more and more people are wearing full-sized earphone rather than earbuds. They sound infinitely better than any in-the-ear device I have ever used. They don't fall out or fall off, help block some of the exterior noise and are lightweight. I use them "heavily" and so I would caution all users to be gentle with the cables -- and never "fidget" by folding or pulling on them. They are optical and so wear out over time just from ordinary use so don't hasten them along. When packing them, coil the cable loosely. This is true for most earphones today,not only these nice Sony's. Good luck.

Nice and light-weight and also has nice sound quality. It works similar to the bose in that it uses a slight vacuum in the earcups to boost sound quality.

However, the earcups were a little to small to cover the entire ear and the reversible cups are totally useless.

I use these headphones everyday. As a flightsimmer and avid online car racer I need a good set of phones. These are the best I have ever used, well made and comfortable. They are made to last!

These are some of my favourite headphones, as they have great sound and are affordable, however, Sony must use terrible wiring/connections in their hardware, since most pairs I have owned short out after so many months of use. The pair I bought were used and already had a short in them, but I can't expect too much for a used product.

To start off, these do sound pretty good. They are not very comfortable, just like every on the ear design. One of the earcups on mine fell off at the hinge, snd I cant get it to stay on anymore, so they are unusable now. I dissected and was a little disappointed to find out that they had the exact same speakers as the set of the cheap sets of headphones that came with walkmans way back in the 90's. The speaker is even set in the oblong shaped plastic piece that is used in the walkman headphones. They basically just put bigger earcups over the walkman headphones, making them more uncomfortable and raising the price.
Instead, I would get a set that is big enough to go around the ears for comfort reasons. Something like the Sennheiser HD-202's

These are cheap, and the sound quality matches the price. At certain volumes and/or frequencies the sound "cracks." Tinny high ranges, washed out lows. I traded my set in for a Koss solo set at about the same price. Not as comfortable (their major drawback), but with much better sound, and less background noise gets in. I'd definitely advise avoiding the Sonys in this price range. Tried a $49 Sony set at the store, however, and those headphones were comfortable and sounded very good. Get what you pay for...

I really like the sound I get from this set. The tightness did hurt my ears for a few minutes but I got used to it before the day was over.

Quite decent. Sony quality. Light weight. The tension is sufficient to keep the phones in place, but not too tight to cause headaches, YMMV. Sound quality is acceptable. So far there are no issues with reliability. Its a simple design so there's very little that can break or go wrong with these. The ear cups are foam with super thin vinyl/simulated leather cover that'll likely start tearing up after a year or so of moderate use. The cups fit on top of you ears, not over them. BTW, the plug fits the 1st gen Iphones with no problems. This is meets or exceeds all my expectations and needs for this price range.

I bought these headphones for the purpose of listening to music/video and also to do some mixing with music recordings. I have to say, while I do like a lot of sony's earbuds for their sound quality and bass response, I was somewhat disappointed with this pair of headphones. Bass response was mediocre, not as powerful as my $10 earbuds surprisingly enough. The mids and highs seemed fine. However, these headphones were extremely tight and uncomfortable. I thought it would be good that they are tight and thus would keep a lot of sound out (which they do, but at a cost). After maybe 30 minutes to an hour my ears were aching a lot, so much that I had to take off the headphones and rest my ears for a while. With glasses it is even worse. Do not buy if you want headphones that you can keep on for long periods of time.

These headphones are decently balanced and have few of the sound problems of other headphones under $20, including weak lows, tinny highs, or thin sound.

However, they aren't by any means professional quality, as they still suffer from some design flaws. I find that these headphones pinch my ears to my glasses-frames after extended wear, unless they are loosened so much that they might fall off. The cord should have been a one-sided design, as they do get rather tangley.

In addition, the closed design makes for some very strange effects in loud listening environments like airplanes. Rather than blocking out sound, they actually create a strange echoing effect, which can create painful sound pressure.

On the plus side, these are probably the best-sounding under $20 headphones you can get. Just don't expect hi-fi sound or a very comfortable design.

I bought the Sony MDR-V100 back in the late 90's that I had used every day at work for all those years, and just now had to buy a new pair, this MDR-V150. I was very happy to see they still produce a comparable product.

Over ten years of everyday service really is amazing. However, the plastic head band will never last that long. They broke at least four times over the years from repeated everyday bending, but that's to be expected with plastic and the price. I was able to repair with Epoxy.

Finally, in Sep 2009, the conductors somewhere in the cabling deteriorated to the point of losing signal in one of the phones.

Comparing this MDR-V150 with the old MDR-V100.

1. The cord on the MDR-V150 is 5ft, whereas the cord on the MDR-V100 was 10ft, which was better.

2. The sound is a little different in the frequency range. There's a little less high frequencies, but that can be compensated for with the audio player.

Otherwise, the MDR-V150 seems to be good quality for the price. We'll see how long these last and will report back when they break down.

I bought this Sony head set thru Amazon under $15. It has a long cord and very good sound system. I was looking this type for a long time and bought two of them and save shiiping charge. I recommend for this item. I bought one for my son and one for myself.

Excellent product - worth for its price, though litte costly - Shipping was on time and received in excellent condition...

Honestly the reviews that say 5 stars for this item are spot on so I am not going to expound really. The cord is long I like that. The sound is rich enough that you don't have to blow your ears out. I wear them around town and outside sounds are just the right ignored level. Great product, great price.