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Question: Those of you who've had these for a while: Are there any durability issues?  I use headphones for basically 8 hours a day, 5 days a week.  Should I be concerned?
Document: For 3 months now I've been using these daily for 8 hours a day at work and they still work beautifully. I use them at the gym and around the house, too, and as of yet there is no sign of wear and tear.
These are replacing my Apple in-ear headphones on which the mic finally failed after about 2.5 years of abuse. They work pretty well, and they're about as comfortable as any earbuds I've ever used. I've only owned them about 4 hours, so I cannot comment on their durability, and I'd say the audio quality is passable for $30 ear buds. The mid-range definitely comes through better on the Apple ones, though for -$50, these perform pretty well.
Several hours later no changes, and the next day the "-" button actually increases the volume, and nothing will decrease the volume. So apparently some minor exposure to sweat will make these things go Johnny 5 on you. Luckily Amazon is awesome and is giving me a full refund...so at least I've got that going for me, which is nice.
There is not one day that goes buy that I do not listen to music. I am an audiophile. I was so excited when I received these earphones. The sound quality is great. It has a microphone, and volume buttons (which only work with Apple devices). But I was only able to use them for 8 months because one ear phone randomly just stopped working on its own, and eventually so did the other one. I would have definitely repurchased these ear phones if they were more durable.
I use these with my iPhone 5.Decent sound quality. Noise canceling is not amazing, but it does help block out external sounds.Unfortunately, the volume controls stopped working after less than a week, but the play/pause/answer/hang-up button still works just fine. But that's not a big deal, in my opinion.
I purchased these earbuds a few days ago, I have only used them 3 times. The first two days the volume controls work perfectly on my iPhone 5, but no longer. I can't get an iPhone 4S, 5, iPad 3 or mac computer to recognize the volume control like it was a few days ago. These are terrible headphones if they only work for 2 days, come on Sony, this is a joke!
The sound on these is great. Unfortunately, they broke after 34 days of use. They even split time with another set of headphones, so there is no excuse. The left ear shorted out while I was walking and the sound never returned. If you are very careful with your headphones, these would be a good purchase.
These are a great set of headphones for working out or every day use. Good sound. Not too expensive that you get upset if they go missing. Worth using as your workhorse pair.
I bought these earbuds a couple hours ago, does any body know if the controls (vol, pause, play, mic) work for the iPhone 5..? Anybody please comment. Thank you
I was very concerned with the quality of the connection between the cable, and the bud itself, and am very pleased by the quality. It uses a 1.5 inch stiff rubber connecting point to reduce overall stress on the buds.Quality of the piece aside, these boast a 5Hz to 23KHz frequency response. I was somewhat skeptical, as standard for most earbuds/headphones seems to be 10Hz to 20Khz. I took them out of the packaging in my car after getting them (yes, a bit excited!
Answer: I only use mine for 1 to 2 hours a day. I've had them for 7 months and have not had a problem with them.