So the sound in these is substantially better than similarly priced skull candy sets. I would actually put these in the same category as Beats (not quite as good, but almost half the price tag and they're really comparable in quality), only you don't have the name recognition so people walking by won't know how cool you are.

I've had these for about 6 months with no problems, but I put them in the case every time I'm not using them. These are a good deal for the price and the sound is good.