After many years I routinely try to come back to these as if they'll suddenly improve on my next listen, but unfortunately they just don't sound very good. I'm not too familiar with the 110USD range, but I am with the 25-60USD and the 250-350USD ranges and I can say that this is not a middle ground I'd ever spend money on if I were to do it again. I have a 25 dollar pair on-ear Sony's (ZX-300) I put a couple foam pads into and as a result it sounds much better than these. I have a 60 dollar Sony basshead pair (XB500) and it tops these in every way...

I'm going to be critical of these, but don't take that as me slamming them. FOR SOUND ALONE (I have no use for the noise canceling and will not factor it into this review at all), If you can handle the ergonomics and can grab these for ~80 USD used I'd say that's a fair deal since they're definitely good sound-wise. They sound pretty similar but with key differences to the NAD VISO HP50 by Paul Barton, same author as these. In short, they're a bit louder, quite a bit warmer, have a tiny bit more ~8KHz and the treble is not as well defined. They...