Buy Used/3rdParty More product information	Sony MDR-EX51LP Fontopia Headphones, Black/Silver List Price: $39.99    Our Price: $24.99 You Save: 38% Manufacturer: Sony MPN: MDR-EX51LP/WHI Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Number of Media: 1 Features: Oxygen-free copper cord Neck-chain cord included In-the-ear design Closed-type headphones reduces outside noise Two sizes of silicon earbuds
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Product Description These Sony headphones feature a closed-type design which reduces outside noise for high-intensity listening. The Sony Fontopia design also helps to generate resonant bass response. The lightweight, in-the-ear design provides a snug, comfortable fit inside the ear. Super-small 9 mm drivers, and soft silicon earbuds provide futher quality and comfort. Two sizes of earbuds are included. Customer Reviews It works, its good. Just got it, some observations: 1. They are quite comfortable, thats the first thing you notice. There are little soft rubber boots you slip onto the part that goes into the ear canal (it goes in just slightly). The boots come in 3 sizes and you can choose whats good for you. 2. There are 2 reasons why the bass is boosted, as others have noted. a) It goes into your ear canal by a quarter inch or so, unlike other earbuds. If they slip out of your ear canal a bit, the bass noticably goes down. To get the full bass boost effect, you need to pick the rubber boot size that keeps them firmly in your ear. b) The second reason the bass is boosted, is because the rubber boot has a partial noise-reducing isolating effect (you can still hear outside noises, but it cuts it out more than normal earbuds). 3. Overall the sound is good, not tinny, the highs arent too shrill as in normal earbuds, there is a nice 'balance' to the sound. That actually took some getting used to, since I was mostly used to the tinnier, shriller earbuds that one usually gets with mp3 players. After a while tho i appreciated the difference, and I think I had less 'listening fatigue' too while listening for long periods of time. 4. Now some caveats. First off, if your ear canal is full of wax, you'll find the earbuds have a tendency to slip out over time. That'll teach you not to clean your ears. 5. If you dont stick them in all the way, you lose the bass boost effect and its advantages. 6. If you pick the rubber boot that gives a tight fit in your ear canal, you may experience a 'ear pop' effect when you initially first stick them in your ear. Its not exactly pleasant. Sometimes my eyes water when i do it too fast. Its only at the very beginning tho; the air pressure in your ear equalizes after a moment. (Thank goodness for the eustacian tube). (look it up). 7. If you pick the smaller size rubber boot to minimize that air pressure effect, then over time they tend to slip out of your ear. (I opted for this rather cuz i really dont like that air pressure feeling in my ear). So I periodically have to adjust them to get the best sound by squishing them back into my ear after they've slipped out. No biggie tho, the comfort and sound quality make up for that. 8. Lastly, note that CNET reviewed these as being almost on par with earbuds costing 4 times as much. Also, note that the LP designation in the name indicates a long 4 foot cord (the other designation, the S or SL, indicates the shorter 1.5 foot cord which most reviewers found too short and had to use an extension.) Note lastly, that this model has one earbud on a shorter cord than the other (so it hangs off to one side next to your shoulder rather than coming down the middle of your body). Some people dont like this. Supposedly Sony has this pair of earbuds with that other, middle-of-body style cord (and it also comes in two cord lengths, 1.5 and 4 foot). I actually thought i was ordering the middle-of-body version, but I got the side-of-body version. Whatever, i'm not going to go thru the trouble of exchanging it, since I think its good enough, but basically be careful what you order if those differences mean a lot to you! In sum: They beat regular earbuds by allowing you to listen to music for long periods of time without discomfort, and by boosting bass levels. Be careful of cord arrangement (side body or middle body; and cord length) confusions that Sony unfortunately created with this otherwise excellent set of earbuds. And clean up that earwax in your ear. Things to think about when getting headphones/earbuds: Things to think about when getting headphones/earbuds: A great review from a traveler who is a headphone stickler. Short: Pros: They sound great with good bass. Cons: If you sing to yourself, phones that plug into your ears are not for you. The cord is very short- too short for me - at 5'8". Things to think about when getting headphones/earbuds: If you want headphones to wear with a collared shirt: 1) You need headphones that are not connected. I founf the Nike Flight headphones to the best. I love them - great bass, cool looking, incognito, etc; but, the two ear pieces are connected by a behind the head band. If wearing a T-shirt, this is great. If wearing a collared shirt at the airport, everytime you turn your head, the rear band hits your collar and knocks the headphones off of your ears. If you want to sing to yourself while wearing headphones/earbuds: 1) Don't buy in the ear type or "plug type" earbuds. They plug your ear and when you sing - it sounds like you are singing through your ears. Put your fingers all the way in your ears and sing and you will know what I mean. It takes all the fun out of singing as loud as you can in the rental car in the middle of podunt ohio. If you wear headphone inside your shirt so they aren't seen. 1) When I travel, I put the headphones on inside my shirt, I string it down the onside of my shirt, up out of my pants, under my belt, and into my pocket where my ipod lives. The problem comes when the unit has a 1 meter cord. The 1 meter cord is too short by about 6". I am 5'8". I don't know, maybe I'm squeamish... I know. I'm the one who's out of touch. I see all you kids with your little headphone nugs inserted into your skulls. I tried it but I can't handle it. I like my rock as loud as anyone. You've got to feel your music to get those endorphins flowing. In fact, I like all my music loud, from my Slam-Grass to my pre-classical Rococo. But must I submit to penetration from my electronics. If I need earbuds to actually plug in to my auditory canal in order to feel the music, then why not also attach a subwoofer to a sigmoidoscope so I can feel my viscera reverberate with the bass? Are headbands really that much of a problem? Again, I know I'm the one who's out of touch. But I gave it a try. I guess I'll give it three stars because the sound quality was fine, and I know I'm really responding to my own neuroses. By the way, have you tried Sudoku yet? You really should.

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