Since I do not rare, up to 20 hours a day, including while working and sleeping, wearing headphones, they must have a few basic qualities. On the one hand, the wearing comfort. This plugs do not hurt me, even after many hours. On the other hand, the robust cable. As I said, I sleep with that thing a regular basis, which has already cost me some headphones, because over time the cable at one point or another is broken. Not so with these. Very robust and therefore even easier to untangle. The cable is particularly well covered, making it endured much and not easily tangled. Another practical feature is the small slide, thus, can vary the length of dangling separated lines. For sound quality I can not say anything because I: 1. have no idea what is generally considered a good sound 2. I usually have only one plug in the ear 3. I hear almost exclusively Audiobooks It sounds good. It crackles and roars nix. Since I do not have to get out to hear the clarinet in the third row for audiobooks, which for me is more than enough. Sometimes, however, goes well this headset times broken, because of force majeure. Remained hanging somewhere, or the dog has caught it, but I have and I will buy myself time and again.