Sony's MDR-7506 (MSRP $130) may not dazzle you with its outfit-there is absolutely nothing exciting to look at here, and you'll probably need to replace the cheap ear pads at some point. Yet, like Don Quixote with his bowl for a helmet, there's still great quality within.

Once more unto the budget bin, dear hobbyists—these Sonys are worth it.

Clear, balanced sound, Comfortable

Extremely light feature set

After using these headphones for years in a professional environment, I have found them to be relatively durable and without peer for mixing live audio in noisy club environments.

susceptibility to damage from heavy usage

susceptibility to damage from heavy usage

Well mastered 320 kbps Mp3 and 24-bit Flac files sound amazing. Blu-ray movies sound better than the speaker setup at public movie theaters minus the sound impact to the whole body.

Flat eq sound that's hard to find in today's headphones; Very reliable and still sounds superb; Easy to drive and gives high volume without amplification; Sounds phenomenal with Blu-ray + Dolby audio post processing

Still requires a decent headphone amplifier to hear that awesome tight bass at lowest frequencies; Some poorly mastered CDs and MP3 at 128 kbps sounds ugly with the instruments mashing up during chorus which is clearly caused by compression

Introduced way back in 1991, the Sony MDR-7506 has long been a favorite headphone of recording engineers and other sound professionals. The origins of its design date even further back, since the MDR-7506 is, in fact, a refresh of the Sony MDR-V6 that rolled out in 1985.

closed-back, full-size headphones click with all music genres and are comfortable to wear for hours at a time; They sound excellent for their relatively modest price point

With a coiled; pro-style cable and lack of an inline remote/microphone; some will find the 7506s less mobile-friendly than more modern headphones

I purchased these Sony headphones semi-new for only $50 at the time from a friend of mine. They can be found currently around $99 or less.

one of the reasons why i bought a pair was that i can afford. i had very limited choices back then. it had good reviews so i decided on them. no regrets because they were very useful. although they are far from the very advanced ones in the market, you can still use it for listening to good music.

The Sony MDR-7506 is an extremely sensitive, closed, isolating headphone that's great for travel and monitoring professional field recordings - especially DSLR video.

The Sony MDR 7506 headphones suited me perfectly when I was using them. I say "when" because I was using them a long time ago. One thing that I liked most about them was of comfortable they where. The really fit around my hears really nice and have a soft feel to them.

I have been using these headphones professionally, as a UK Broadcast TV Sound Recordist for at least ten years, You need consider no other as long as the noise levels you are working in are not enormous, some external sounds are audible to the extent that it will stop you walking backwards into...