Headphones reviews

I am a Sony fanatic and almost every electronic device I own is a Sony brand. I am sadden to say that not only is this the worst Sony product I've ever bought, this is the worst of any IR or RF headphone unit that I've tried. Despite everyone's complaint about the clicking, I went ahead and bought the RF950 since I'm a Sony fan and I never had any problems with Sony before. After trying it out for a few hours, I knew it was a big mistake. The sound quality is the best of any IR or RF unit. But the clicking noise drives me insane. From 5 FT away, everytime I move my head or change position I would hear static, clicking or a buzzing sound. I tried changing channels on the RF unit which didn't help at all. I've even tried the same unit in another room and at my work standing 1 - 2 FT away with the same problem. Thinking that it's a defective product, I bought a new one at another store. No surprise, the same problem exist. I then called Sony to complain, they said that there has been no reports of such a problem. I pointed out that there are remarks all over the about the noise interference problem with the RF950. Sony was not able to help me and they never called me back even after repeated attempts to contact them. I went out and bought the Advent IR and Jensen IR as a test and they worked great. Granted neither product sounded as clean but atleast all the clicks were gone. Now I'm stuck with this lousy unit that works perfect if I had a neckbrace and if I can keep my body as stiff as a corpse.

Bad news. They flop off my head if I look down at all, which of course I do because I bought these to be mobile, and mobile means moving around! They feel like they're barely on my head; not very secure.

I have been completely impressed with every Sony product I've ever owned until purchasing these headphones. The fit is so loose and sloppy that it seems they're designed only for someone with a massive head or very big hair. Signal dropout in the form of a annoying click occours every time you move more than 5 steps and every couple of minutes if you are stationary. I find the sound quality acceptable but only when it's loud enough to drown out the hiss. I don't know if other brands are any better but I can't imagine how they could be any worse.

Wish that I had checked these out at Amazon before I bought them elsewhere. Extremely lo-fi, popped, noisy, spent several hours moving the base and tuning them , got the sound quality all the way up to pretty poor. I never return anything, but these went back, I am here looking for some headphones with a cord. (Tried to edit the above, but could not without redoing it, forgot to metion flimsy feel and poor fit.) Remember when Sony was a name you could be sure of? I'm not sure anymore. Buy something else and save yourself some time and trouble.

I fully agree that this model has some problems. But if you consider the alternatives there are not many other choices. In all the wireless headphones I have compared this one is on top of the list.

My basic use was to watch TV and meanwhile allow my wife to study. For this purpose I didn't really need some super Hi-Fi headphones. This model has a real good bass response but also does not like the user to move around too much. If you can stay relatively still (Like during watching TV) you can get a pretty good quality reception (static and hiss free).