I am very happy with these. I pair them with a Fiio X7 and enjoy them on breaks at school. I enjoy a lot of classical music and OSTs when studying and the sound profile on these makes those genres a joy. The caveats I mentioned are that the pads are a little noisy when you first start wearing them. The sound is sort of like a crinkling plastic bag, its just a little irking and I'm not sure what causes it. At first I was expecting to peel back the rim of the pads and find some protective wrapping that had been left in by mistake or something. I want to say that the crinkling noise has died down with use, it is also totally possible that I have just become a little desensitized to it. These headphones are super substantial and therefore maybe not ideal for commuting and the such. I read several lukewarm reviews in my research on these headphones and I'm really glad I disregarded it.