So, I had the House of Marley Roar for a while, and I liked the bassy sound but it was missing the clarity. I tried the Revolution, they sounded muffled and bassier. I tried the Liberate, and they sound a bit better than the Roar. Then there was that one headphone from the brand, and it really caught my eye. It looked like something from the 80's mixed with the nice youth style. I tried them out, and It was really good for the low price of £20. I had to buy these, and these will remain with me until they fail.

Before I get to the review, I have to mention the version of my headphone does not have an inline mic or a pouch. The style I brought was Dubwise.
 
*Specifications:

Wearing Style: Supra-aural
Style: Dubwise
Frequency Response: 17 - 20+KHz
Driver Size: 50mm

*I can't really find much of the specs around the House of Marley's website or other websites.
 
Build Quality:

This is the my first ever metal headphones I have owned. The driver housing is made of recycled aluminium. The headband is made of a canvas material with a thin plastic inside. The extension system was the retro, aluminium rod that slides seamlessly up and down. The aluminium driver housing does sometimes have little bit of tarnish smears which can easily be rubbed off, depending on the colour, with the rasta/pulse style being the least noticeable. The cable is thin and is braided, which I like. It terminates in a right angle 3.5mm gold plated audio jack. The headphone also fold up nicely into an almost circular shape.

As an everyday backpack headphone, they do handle quite some abuse when it is squashed in my bag. I use the Skullcandy pouch and the aluminium driver housing don't suffer from as much abrasion when sliding around my bag. I have dropped it a couple of times and also snagged the un-detachable cable and it hasn't developed a fault. The quality of the materials used is pretty amazing for the priced I paid for them.

The problem with the build quality is the un-detachable cable and the extensions, as I think these are the weak points. If the cable gets damaged, it's game over for the headphones.

Comfort:

This is where the headphone disappoint me. Even though the materials feels nice when wearing them, I feel like there is a higher clamping force then what I am used to. They sure press onto your ears quite hard. I cannot wear these for longer than 30 minutes out of the box. The ear pads were rock solid and I have to work them in order for them to become softer. This extended my wearing period to 2 hours, which is good, but not good enough. The dreaded clamping force is still there and could be very fatiguing for people with bigger than average heads. This is a no-no if you want to wear these for hours on end. The good thing about the comfort is the headband padding, which is okay. The ear pads are removable and can be swapped with better ones.

Isolation:

Isolation is pretty average. It does muffle the outside noise. When music is playing, the isolation does get better. Not much to say.

Sound Quality:

My source was my Samsung Galaxy S4 phone and my Stone NT303 laptop with a Creative SoundBlaster E3 Portable DAC Amplifier. I listened to 192 - 320Kbps MP3s, 24 Bit 44.1k FLACs and 32 Bit 44.1k WAVs using Foobar2000 and Neutron Player.

The bass is more on the warmer side than neutral but it is not overpowering. The bass works is almost any genre, from Dubstep, to Classical. It does have a bit of a mid-bass hump which makes the kicks of electronic music fun to listen to, but the mid-bass hump doesn't disturb the linear gradient from sub-bass to low mids too much, sometimes almost unnoticeable. The sub-bass is rolled off, as the sub-bass is not as present as my Philips SHP2000, but it can reach some of the low notes quite good.

The mids are good and has body, but when there is a lot happening in the mids, it becomes muddy. The driver cannot keep up, making fast paced music difficult to play on this headphone, like Metal. Otherwise, vocals sound amazing. It has some life to satisfy vocal listeners and has a bit of a upper mid bump to emphasise vocals further, though I don't prefer mid colouration.  I prefer the mids to be neutral but a bit of a upper mid hump won't put me off.

The highs is what makes this headphone separated from the rest of the House of Marley headphones. It's silky smooth and none fatiguing which is good for longer listening sessions. It does have some detail and has crisp but it's not as good as my Sennheiser HD 202. This headphone is also forgiving as poor quality music or poorly master music isn't revealed too much. Out of the box, the highs are sharper but after a few days, the highs smooth out. There is some detail that I have heard but they are not as pronounced as my other headphones I own.

The soundstage is average for a closed back pair of headphones. It is slightly improved with a DAC Amplifier. I do sometimes head sounds outside the headphones but it doesn't go far out.
The imaging is better than what I have heard from other House of Marley headphones. It's still not pretty accurate but it does briefly give you a sense of where the instrument or sound is coming from in the audio track.

Without an amp, the driver is sluggish on the mids. It will sound fine with bass-driven music or music that doesn't have too much going on in the mids. But when listening to fast paced music, it becomes muddy. With a DAC Amplifier, it sure speeds up and does have more control over the mids, but the mids only have a tiny bit of muddiness which you won't notice when there is other stuff happening on the whole spectrum.

Conclusion:

I have to say that this is the best House of Marley Headphone I have ever tried for it's price. It might be warm sounding with just a bit of colouring in the bass and mids but it shouldn't hurt the overall balanced of this great sounding headphone.

I have a quite mixed feeling about these. I own the white versions which are just the same. But I have to say, these headphones are okay for casual listening and portability. Even though they're portable, I still use my massive Philips SHP2000 wherever I go.
 
Build Quality
 
The build quality is cheap. What would you expect from a £10 pair of studio monitors? It's going to be mainly made of plastic. The headband is plastic and has the Sony logo and "Studio Monitor" written on the top. on the sides, it consists of plastic with the Sony logo on the driver housing. There is 2 metal screws near the hinges that hold the headband and the driver housing hinge together. The extension is plastic and it has numbers! I like it when companies add numbers on their extensions. The breaking point of these are near the headband. They're held in by a pathetic plastic nib that fits only one way inside a slot and that broke after 3 weeks. Now that part like to pull a hair strand every time I take them off. Just a bit of tape can fix it. The cable is thick and rubbery, and I prefer that over my SHP2000's very slippery cable. And the cable length is at 1.8m which means it is just 0.6m longer than average portable headphones. On the end of the cable, it has a 3.5 mm jack which is prone to fail after a year, and mine has. It can be easily fixed with another 3.5 mm jack from eBay and some basic soldering skills. There is a lot of creaking with every hinge and these rattle a lot.
 
Comfort
 
Talking about comfort, these are not comfortable for extended hours. The ear pads are made of this really crappy thin plastic with sponge inside. I know this is supposed to be very cheap headphones but I've seen better. They don't feel nice when they touch your ear. Your ears start to sweat after a few minutes and it's not pleasant. The headband is okay however, as it doesn't put too much pressure on my head because it is really light. The ear cups do swivel left, right, up and down, which does make the headphones just a bit more comfortable. There's nothing much to say about the comfort. You get what you give (sometimes).
 
Sound Quality
 
What do £10 pair of Sony studio monitors sound like, you say? Let me tell you something. They sound nothing like Sony. Sony's sound signature mainly is about the Bass and Treble with recessed Mids, but these are an exception. The sub bass is quiet, making EDM "not fun" to listen to but the punchy bass is still present. The Mids are somewhat overpowering as it makes the Treble washed out. I can barely hear claps and hihats on most of the tracks I listen to. This makes the music boring to listen to (Depending on what Genre you listen to). Vocals stand out more then the track, and if you do like vocals, this might be good with Vocal tracks. The sound signature is way off Sony's standard which is supposed to be more of a "V" shape.
 
Conclusion
 
In conclusion, the Sony MDR-V150 is a mixed bad of good and bad aspects of cheap low end headphones. I don't recommend them for Studio Monitoring because they don't give you the "True to the recording" sound which studio monitors are supposed to do. If you don't care about the best sound quality if your outdoors and you just need something that can be powered from a mobile phone, there a better options. The Sennheiser HD 201 are £18 and they sound more neutral but with barely any punchy bass. The Philips SHL3000 are at £20 and they sound better with deep, punchy bass and crisper treble while retaining most of the Mids, but it's your choice. I personally don't like these a lot but it's still staying in my possession because I used to master my music with these until I switched to my Philips SHP2000.

This is my first review on this website for the Philips SHP2000.
 
These headphones sound amazing with any genre of music. I prefer to listen to EDM and these headphones sure does a good job as monitors because I use them to master my music.
 
Build Quality
 
I had these for 3 years and 2 parts of the headband have broke. Of course it could be me, carrying these around in my bag when I took them to college, but still, most of it was made of plastic. The headband is made of just plastic, the driver housing is made of plastic, and everything else is made of plastic. For a price, that is acceptable. The cable is roughly 2m, making these a good for indoor use, even though I used them outdoor sometimes. At the end, there is a 3.5" connector that is too large to fit in an iPhone case but works well with other devices. The cable is covered with more plastic but at least it can handle bending.
 
Comfort
 
When I bought them and unboxed them to start using right away, these really felt very comfortable. The cloth earpads really didn't cause my ears to sweat and heat up and I really liked that. The headband didn't annoy me at all even though there is no padding, and I had no problem listening to them for extended periods of time. The only thing that annoyed me was the shape of the ear pads. Otherwise, very comfortable, it just annoys me when it touches my jaw as it feels like the headphones are misplaced. Rotating the ear cups to how you want it should solve that issue.
 
Sound Quality
 
These are not the best basshead headphones or the best treble screamers but I have to say that the highs stand out a little bit more then the bass. The bass quantity when using it with a computer is really good. I felt that it was quieter with my mobile device, when listening to music. The bass also has that nice deep, clean sounding sub bass, making it great for movies and, sort of, gaming. The mids are quite relaxed and nice sounding. I can hear the vocals clearly and they don't sound recessed at higher volumes. The high are better then what I expected. I thought it was going to be muffled and it will be rubbish, and that what I was hearing for the first few days. They needed burn in, but I just played music at moderate volume and the highs opened a lot. The highs do get a little bit siblant at some points of tracks I listen to but they don't cause way to much ear fatigue, unlike what I have been hearing with the Ultrasones.
 
Conclusion
 
I think these are great headphones if you don't want to spend too much money for some good sounding HiFi headphones and use them indoors. I suggest buying them for your collection.