Product Reviews

I just bought this product and I discovered it has more effect sound power in terms of bass and treble I love this product 100%

Great sound but got static when paid was applied to right ear by the LED area so laying with your head on your right side would cause static and lots of audio. Word working all together around 3 months. I did all the troubleshooting procedures to reset then and nothing. I don't think I'll be buying anymore Sony products.

The left ear bud piece came complete apart in under a year after I just took out of my ear. I asked for a replacement/refund but was refused because it was “physical damage”. I taped it together and kept using it. Now after about two years the power button on the right side is stuck half in, the charging cover does not close, the plastic is peeling, and the right side is on the verge of breaking like the left. Considering this is advertised as sports earbuds the physical quality is very poor. Highly disappointed with the quality and customer support considering the earbud’s price.

I bought it a year ago I'm very happy. I'll recommend it to my friends

I just left a review for another Sony headset I purchased to replace these, BOTH BROKE. At least these lasted seven months as the other set of WI-SP510 that Broke SAME DAY. I'm a runner and love the sound of both. These were my favorite because of fit, sound quality, ease of use, had NO weight on cord around neck, However, after 7 months they STOPPED working. I purchased the other Sony thinking they would last longer but nope. So now I must warn all of you, the quality is not worth it.

I’ll start with the negatives - plastic volume adjuster fell out about a year into use, but I could still adjust with pressing with a pen or key. It’s been over 4 yrs now and the outer plastic is starting to wear which is normal. The wires on the back connecting the earbuds can be a bit annoying. However, the pros farrrrrrrrr outweigh the cons. The bass and sound quality are freakin amazing, they fit me well when I run (ran a few half marathons in these), there seem to be some inherent noise cancelling with how snug and comfortable the ear pieces are, and the battery life is still decent after 4+ yrs of use. It’s truly one of the best investments I’ve made. Worth every penny I spent!

Bought this from Amazon last year and been having issues since months with the service. Looking for replacement/refund coz of the constant white noise/hissing sound in the background. Still within warranty.

One day it just decided to stop turning on..keep pressing the power button after charging and nothing happens

I rocked these headphone for about a year without any issues. The sound was alright. Then one day, I go to charge them and the power would not come on. They just stopped working. I am disappointed that I spent good money and the product just dies. Where can I go to have them looked at or can I get a replacement pair?

I recently found these brand new in the box while going through my late father’s belongings. I joked that he left me an early birthday present. They seemed to work quite well the first few hours of using them. Unfortunately, the sound became so badly distorted it was painful to my ears even on the lowest volume. I thought perhaps they were losing charge, so I recharged them and tried them again the next day. Unfortunately, the sound was still distorted even on the lowest possible volume. Additionally, I could only get them to connect to my laptop, but never to my phone.

My wife just bought me these for my birthday and I will be returning them immediately. The sound is great but the location and quality of the mic is just terrible. No one can hear me, which makes this a pretty unusable device. I don't know why Sony engineered these headphones in this way. Just a bad design.

I had the delight of using the Sony outdoors and enjoying it without need to remove when it rains and still get my music going with excellent battery life. What a joy!

removed them from my pocket and the plastic ear bud, that holds the gummy, broke off within 2 weeks of purchase

Great sound. Just not real impressed with design. The in ear piece is already loose on one ear piece

I lost powerthe on/off button and the volume control button after 1 year. The buttons keep falling off many times and finally I lost all of them. I try to search where I can buy the new buttons. I love my headset but I dont know how I can use it without the buttons.

I gues my title says.it all. Great sound.Good battery.Earbuds fall.Useless mic.

Can't recommend this headphones to anyone. I had used this headphones for just 5 months and now they looks awful. Very poor quality for Sony.

Within a month one of my ear pieces had misshaped plastic on it. Ear wax cleaning requires for you to dismantle it. Mic has to be rite under or in front of your mouth for clear speech. Also does not connect via bluetooth to my Mac Book pro.

I bought this last month and it connected well to my Garmin smart watch and Huawai smart phone.

When I first got them they were working just as I wanted them to. Sound was good. However, when it comes to the physical part of it, I found that my earbud on the right side would keep falling off and I would thankfully be able to catch it and put it back in, until it got to the point that I was out and didn't realize it came off. For being "Sport" earphones I feel that they should definitely work better or even hold to any movement. Maybe mine were poorly made. Also it was disappointing that I could not use them for phone calls as well. They weren't expensive but they for sure were not cheap for them to have lasted 2 months!!!

Heavy bass, good in sound quality. However, will feel painful after wearing 30mins and above, the size quite big for woman.

I purchased these earbuds over a year and a half ago. They have been my gym and running ear buds. The sound is great i love the bass and they never have fallen out of my hears when running or any work out. The sound quality is great. The negatives: Poor build quality. The rubber bottom to raise and to connect to blue tooth fell out within 6 months. I litery have been using a paper clip to turn on and off. The rubber part that goes in your ear has been falling out for a year. I choose to still work out with these ear buds over my airpods even missing the bottuns. Both rubber ear pieces are missing and the power on rubber botton have fell off and are missing. They are useless with out those pieces. I wish sony would allow us to buy those parts so i can continue to use them. Il be looking for another brand. Great sound and awesome for runs, downside is cheap build and no replacement parts.

Got these earbuds for Christmas for exercising and use for working. Sound quality has good bass, but high end gets drowned out a little bit for my taste. My biggest complaint is the microphone placement. Everyone I have talked to says I sound muffled until I remove right ear bud and hold it in front of my mouth. Move the mic to the chord and it would be fine. I wish there was an app the allows you to calibrate the ear buds Gofor your own use to include sensitivity of microphone and equalizer. I would recommend to anyone wanting a good sound for working out. I haven't jogged with them on, not to that point yet, so I can't say how the fit is while experiencing more impact, but light works are fine.

Got mine back in November. The sound quality is great for earbuds, with plenty of bass as advertised. They are super easy to pair up with my phone. However, after a few months the buttons started to get sticky and then the volume buttons stopped working altogether. Also the built-in mic is terrible quality, it is too quiet for anyone to hear me if I try using it for a call.

Like these headphones a lot. Where can I buy a replacement arc support piece?

I'm a rough user and this pair of earphone holds on great. Best experience when using it for everyday running and gym time.

I received this as a gift for Christmas, and didn’t start using until February! The sound is ok, but the buds aren’t very comfy! Not to mention last month my right earbud stopped working!

For those that don't need to be seen with with non functional big red headphones in the gym and care about sound quality, these are for you. I was very surprised by the overall score and had to review and help. I have had countless workout headphones over the years. Various seinheiser, jaybird, beats, etc. and these sound better at half the price. If you want the music for the pump, buy these. They are, however, a bit more expensive then the used to be but still worth it. Fit is subjective, but also fit the best for me more than others.

bought this product...was not so happy about the design.. but after hearing the sound....... OMG

I love Sony, had many excellent Sony products. The XB50BS Extra Bass Sports Wireless In-Ear Headphones is definitely not one of them. In fact, I just threw mine in the garbage where they belong. Why? 1- uncomfortable in the ear 2- substandard sound quality 3- takes hours to charge 4- only holds a charge for 2-3 hours 5- controls are completely unusable 6- recharging is cumbersome, 7- very noisy while walking due to connecting wire between earbuds 8- very, very difficult to pair with iPhones Useless device. Neil Young had these in mind when he wrote “Piece of Crop”

I bought mine about 6 months ago and the bass is a lot, but I got used to it. However the silicone earbuds and ear clips fall off way too easily and I have lost multiple of them. Is there anywhere I can get replacements for these parts that aren't 3rd party?

Excellent base, comfortable to wear great songs at great price. I prefer to have at least a wire attaching the buds so I can hang at my neck and not lose it

I just bought the product and I really love it , feels really comfortable and the sound is really great

I really wanted to like these headphones. Sound quality and comfort were there, and they didn't slip during workouts, BUT the play and volume buttons fell off within two months.

Decent sound quality and fits well after a while but my pair completely stopped working after two months of use.

I have xb450, xb650, xb50 wired and this one. All of them have very unique features and qualities. When it comes to the price this wireless one is great. Music quality outstanding.

I bought this earphone last month and had been regularly using it to listen to music when I workout and it's great. In terms of the sound quality, it is on par with my previous wired extra bass Sony earphone, but without the wires that would tangle with my arms that could be bothersome and had caused a few accidents in the past. Its build is of high quality and the red colored variant is good looking. While it might be too soon to evaluate its durability, this earphone had been very reliable for me so far - it never fails to connect to my phone upon startup and barely ever disconnects halfway through, although it might stutter for a brief moment at times. The earbud rubber size seems to fit my ears well, and, with the help of the ear holder, it never fell off my ears during usage unless I intentionally adjusted its position. However, I feel that the NFC feature is useless for me, as I find the device physical button much easier to operate. The battery seems to last pretty long, and since I normally would re-charge it right after my workout, the device never ran out of juice when I use it. I also really like the waterproof feature of this device and it had probably bailed me out a few times when I accidentally splashed it with water. However, this Bluetooth headphone does have a few drawbacks. Although the device displays some sort of battery status on my phone, the percentage doesn't seem to be accurate since the battery indicator remains the same (stuck at 70%) after a few hours of usage. I'm not quite sure if this is an issue with my phone or the device itself. Perhaps an on-device battery visual indicator would be nice to have as well, so that I would know when to charge it and avoid overcharging or letting its storage capacity drop below a certain threshold. Moreover, the earbud seems to be a bit uncomfortable when I turn my head around and it seems to pull my ear a bit, but this is a minor issue and can be resolved by simply adjusting the wire position. It does not have any international warranty, and only comes with 1 year limited local warranty, which is a bummer since I am a non-local residing in Singapore temporarily. Because of this and the fact that I ran into issues (resolved by Sony CS) during its warranty registration, I believe that a few adjustments can be made to this model to improve it. Therefore, assuming that this device can last a few years, I believe that it deserves a 4/5.

I got these for christmas and can I tell you, these have been great. Used JBLs before and the sound quality is through the roof. I love bass and these have bass. I use them in the gym everyday with no problems or concerns. I do get complaints from my girlfriend due to how well these cancel noise.. I will say though the microphne is not great, if you are outside and on the phone the quality isnt there. But for headphones.. they are great, would buy again

deep bass and cristal clear vocal sound with noise cancellation.

These have very good audio I will give them that, the bass makes listening to music especially for extended periods of time very pleasant, the battery life is solid at just about 8 hours. But thats where the good ends: The microphone on it might as well be removed since it only works if you shout or if it is right next to your mouth. But that is not so bad compared to the fact these have pretty bad durability, in the first month the rubber for your controls already came off now all you have to wait for is for it to start cracking, my first pair broke in less than 2 months, my second and final pair broke due to the freezing tempratures of 30 degrees farenheit(the plastic must've warped pretty bad).

I recently purchased this pair to use while I'm running and they just wont stay put. eve altered the sizes other plug piece and the ear hang and still! awful awful awful! so regret purchasing them and they weren't cheap either!

Really easy to connect, hands free feature works fine. I would not recommend them for sport, the amount of bass is exaggerated and they start to hurt your ear after half hour of listening, also the wire between is too wide and will stick to your neck once you start sweating.

This was a birthday gift in October 2018. The microphone is useless. The only way to take a call on this earphone is to take the earpiece with the mic out of your ear and hold it to your mouth. In addition, this was the solution suggested by Customer Service in India because and I quote "This earphone is designed for sports and running, not calls". After a lot of runaround, I got my set replaced by the service centre under warranty (3 trips there cost me about 50% of what I would've paid for the earphones.) And the replacement set doesn't work either. All the while, Sony still markets these as a "handsfree" headset which they are most definitely not. Connectivity - Not particularly good.

it recognized my device instantly and start working immediately. The sound quality is great.

The other side hear noise every call Music sound is very good but the problem in calling

I bought them today and I love them. Great price and they sounds amazing!!

Great bass & decent noise isolation with ear tips selection.

Just bought these, so I can't comment on their durability or longevity, which appears to be a problem from other reviewers. So far: PROs: Excellent bass and overall sound quality. Excellent passive sound/noise reduction from a headphone that doesn't claim to be noise canceling. Despite being bulky, they actually stay in my ears pretty well, even while bouncing up and down and working out. I find them to be comfortable. But this depends on your ear sizes and shape. CONs: The microphone is terrible. I mean really awful. People you're talking to can't hear you. You're REALLY far away. If you want these as simple headphones, and don't expect to talk with them, they're fine, but that will add some hassle of having to turn them off or switch away from them if someone calls you. Annoying. Dear Sony: please send out an app we can use to update the firmware over Bluetooth, or an app that merely modifies the microphone sound and cranks it up. I'd even take more noise if it meant the people on the other end can hear me!

Glad I bought the protection plan from Best Buy. I'm a long distance runner and I RELY on my music. First pair lasted 2 months, completely stopped working. The pair I'm about to take back to Best Buy kept cutting off, not the battery, just playing music about a month and a half into having them. I'd have to restart my watch, the earphones, etc.... Ran a half-marathon this weekend and they cut off during mile 3. UNACCEPTABLE!!!!! ONLY because I purchased the protection plan will I give them ANOTHER chance. If these do the same, the officially garbage!

I absolutely hate these headphones. I wish I could return them, but it is past date. They will not stay in my ears no matter what I am doing. Sound is decent, but nothing like my Beats were.

I bought this a month ago, and I like, the only bad thing is just that you can't sleep with them.!

I've had these headphones for about a month. The sound is great. However. I can't use them anymore because the soft tips that go in your ear have fallen off. They kept falling off in my bag and I was lucky enough to find them. But now I've complety lost them and they are sooooooo uncomfortable to put in without those tips. The design is poor in that respect. I don't think the tips should fall off so easily. In addition, there is not clip attached to the wire designed to attach the wire to your shirt. For example, the Jay bird freedom 2 Bluetooth headphones have a great clip that keep the wire in place when you only want to have one side in at a time. These Sony ones just hang sooo heavy. So it's either both sides or nothing. The only two positives, great sound and great battery life. But they are useless now without the soft tips and super annoying when you want to listen to one side at a time. Also you definitely cannot sleep with them in. Very very uncomfortable

This is my third pair of these headphones and wouldn't buy anything else. I tried all the other high end sport earbuds and these Sony's are by far the best. I'm on my third pair only because I wear them on the jobsite. Don't know of any earbuds that would survive having a skytrac running over them. The sound quality is amazing. The 2 flaws I have come across with all 3 pairs is the on/off rubber button only lasts about a month before coming off. on/off still works just no rubber cover. The other is mic placement. People have a hard time hearing me during calls if there is any background noise to speak of. Still, i think they're fantastic and well worth the money.

They give me a headache after about an hour. I want my wired MDR-NC60 set back with the comfortable cushions but wore them out after several years. Yes they are more expensive but worth the extra money. Overall, I'm just sick of bluetooth connectivity issues in general.

I am very satisfied with the sound quality of this product.

First impressions good sound little to no sound loss..... after a month the volume and on/off button fell out lot them. Then jist over a year n a bit the sound in the left ear stopped working by then the warranty was out and sony wouldnt do anything about it. Would not reccomend this product. They get a one star because the product has to have a score. Ive thrown thrown them away got a different pair from another company.

the sound seemed really good to me, that's why I gave it 3 stars the problem was that it quickly lost the ignition button and then disappeared the volume. It was impossible to find it, but I did not continue using it to light it in a few weeks of use, and it seemed to me that for the price should not have been so durable and a follower of Sony to my phone is an Xperia, I had to resort to another brand, encourage me to write because I saw that it had already happened to another buyer

This is a really good product, It has a good sound, and a great bass, I truly recommend this product, it pairs perfectly with my Sony Xperia, and the sound quality is OUSTANDING.

I have had these for about a year now and they r great! Tried other ones but none match up to the sound and bass. Always buy Sony for great products.

I bought this sometime ago but hardly used them. They were in the box and I still have untouched all accessories in the box. They never even fell but one day the power button went missing and because it’s too tiny failed to find it. Since then the headphones are useless. Read many reviews now that this model has power button and volume button issue. With many users facing this issue after few months of purchase. I am a loyal Sony customer having its products for decades. From PS1 to PS4 and old dvd based surround system and TVs. Sad to face this issue it was never expected from Sony. Plus from the very first day it’s mic was useless. Whenever I tried to make a call the other person wasn’t able to hear me.