I appreciate this helmet for his tonal balance. The bass is present, falls low enough, not sharp metal 'and never aggressive medium. If you push the detection of defects (purely subjective, I did not measured) on a band style Lower Battery-guitars-keyboards-Voice, the only fault I have found is the snare back slightly as a small -5 dB at 1KHz subjectively. Everything else is in place, it is a pleasure to listen to a CD!. The voices are well reproduced without artifice bad tires on some other helmets! Warning, this headset is not too isolated from the external environment: do not count on him in an environment 'sound'. DISH wire (rather fine) is very convenient (1M20 touch). Nothing to do with the old spiral cord that pulls your head, or round wire making spaghetti!. A very good report quality helmet at unbeatable price through Amazon price. To say that 'teenagers' swear by the hardware "Dr. B." They are a sacred error. The MDR-V55 much serious with better tonal balance and + affordable!