At the time I purchased these headphones at a special action for 20. Clear, for 20 they are quite fine, but more I would never force pay. I have, I should say, just my motherboard internal soundcard is glad, nothing special. On my motherboard Internal these headphones are really incredibly quiet. The microphone recording is good, especially for the price range with surprise little to no background noise, which is why I gave 3 stars. However, it falls short even here on the volume.