Ratings & Reviews Sony MDR-XB50AP In-Ear Extra Bass(XB) Headphones with Mic (W...

I did lot of research for this earphone/headset and after using it for more than a week I'm perfectly happy with it. Here is what you need to know... Before purchase i know what i was getting into, more often it was mention than it has good bass with decent mid and good high. Some said it was not suited for those who look for "flat response" in sense it behave equally for all frequency band, that is, low(bass, mid(mostly vocal and acoustics) and High(treble part). Since i've been using sony earphone since 2000, I have tested so many earphone and i always felt that sony earphone was better with respect to "flat frequency" response which I prefer because it better if you have flat response so that you can tune specific equalizer for specific music if needed like for trance and rock which need different frequency response. So I let my earphone run for about couple of hours running good trances and rock at max volume for "burning period". and after week, i did notice few changes. Initially, bass was too powering compare to mid frequency but after about week playback the mid frequency response improved immensely. Now I think its near flat response with slight bass, which is what i like anyway. The best part is noise isolation and loudness and intensity. You can keep volume level at very low level and yet it perform so much better, good for your ear over time. If you increase volume sound get louder and louder, all part, the bass and all. Work with my laptop, my Redmi 1 and micromax canvas magnus. Button can be used to play,pause,next and back for music and work well with phone call. Overall, if you are thinking about earphone with mic, look no further if you want quality earphone. Its the best in its range end of story!

Cons- Minimal sound stage. Low freq sounds muddy Even xb40 was better than this. Buds are of inferior quality Pros- Good mid range Excellent high freq effects ** do a proper burn in of atleast 50hrs, Go for sennhieser cx300 ll or xb70