Just awesome ... and impressive.

I use these headphones with a compact Z3. And ... it's just magical. I already had a helmet (a big one!) To cancellation of ambient noise but these headphones is even more impressive. Probably because it either-ear.

His side is very honest. We're not at Bose but the bass is present and the sound is quite balanced despite the noise reduction that come "flatten" the sound rendering. 35 To deal with these headphones Bose 200 price difference makes me look widely for those there!

The two biggest problems of intra are usually the noise of the wire when moving the head and the fact that it does not hold in place. Well despite the headphone volume they hold up great and there is 3 sizes of caps provided to fit your ear pavilion size. As for the wire, the noise goes almost unnoticed compared to cheaper headphones.

Finally with the Z3 (compact or not) we benefit from noise reduction. This is what motivated my purchase (I have 2 children and a sometimes noisy office). Once you plug the headphones noise canceling function is active. There are 3 setting "Train / Bus", "Jet" and "Desktop". I have only tested Bureau for now but the effect is striking. All mediums are low noise and canceled. Leaving only some sharp and yet, as soon as the music starts voila you isolated from the rest of the world. It also works in the living room where my wife now looks a series on tv and despite the sound of the series has a medium level, I hear nothing but my soft music.

In short, if you have a player or a compatible phone sony noise reduction, look no further than those it is there that you need!