With relatively low requirements and without great hopes for breakthrough sound improvements in the portable MP3 music quality I had now carried me with the idea to dispose of the now detached already from so few subsequent generations MP3 player and not only to replace the defective headphones. This Sony XBA-H1 should be the last chance for an already presumed dead, since I could also use it for the new player yes.
But I must confess openly. I am pleasantly surprised! What can be taken out of the old playback apparatus as, is really amazing. That's true ear for lifting elderly playlists and music collections. No idea how the correct technical terms noisy, but the music is now much spatial and clearer than ever. The bass is very present but not (Increase) booming and the highs are clear and no longer as "clank" as before. The XBA-H1 conscious listening becomes enjoyable again and the songs no longer run only as background music, out of boredom or for About tint of tinnitus. What has there now compared to before coming out of the in-ear headphones almost WOW factor and I am very excited.
For me, therefore, absolute 5 star and full Best Buy!