I go walking almost daily, roughly 3 miles & I listen to music on a cassette walkman. Yes, I am old school...very old school...so much so I was called a "dinosaur" once from a colleague. I just smiled & gave my reply back to him, but I won't tell you what it was I said...Anyway, I had bought a set of headphones for the walkman some years back from Walmart. They sounded pretty good, better than the headphones that came with the walkman. However, nothing lasts forever & the headphones bit the dust, so the search for new ones began & I had to suffer with the original ones that came with the unit for a time. They sounded terrible. No bass whatsoever ever even tho the unit has a "Mega Bass" function on it.So, I stumbled upon these, took a chance & was glad I did. I now have the bass that was lacking, even more so than the Walmart ones I had. Plus being from Sony was an added bonus & the price was decent. Highly recommended for those of you out there who are also "dinosaurs" more into analog than digital.Keep rocking.