Sony MDR-EX1000 Headphone

First unveiled last year in Japan by Sony, the MDR-EX1000 is equipped with a neodymium 16mm driver reinforced with a magnesium-based housing. Is it worth its S$799 price tag? Read on to find out.

alaTest has collected and analyzed 15 user reviews of the Studio Monitor MDR-EX1000 Earphone - Stereo - Mini-phone (Wired - 32 Ohm - 3 Hz-30 kHz - Gold Plated - Dynamic - Over-the-ear - Binaural - Open - 47.2 from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 4.0/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.0/5 for other products on Amazon.com.

Bottom line; I am very pleased. Based on the reviews I read--both positive and negative--at Amazon and elsewhere--the MDREX1000 is everything I had hoped they were. Ironically, some of the negative comments regarding "low bass" and "poor isolation" and...

I've heard that noise isolating is sucks and I bought it, it's so TRUE! I can hear everything when I wear this and playing music. The sound of this earbuds are good, the sound is clean and comfortable, I can hear every details. The cable of it is from...

I used some of my air miles to get a pair of these through Delta. I have always had a preference for Sony earphones because of the outstanding sound they produced. I have used the MDR-EX300, 500, 700 and now I acquired the flagship, the 1000. My audio...

I ordered these headphones reading all the positive reviews. I could not wait to try them on. The best ones, that are no longer being made, are Ultimate Ears SuperFi 5EB. I am a little spoiled. First thing when I put them on I was very disappointed....

Frankly, I think the EX1000 is worth the price the other reviewers were referring to. But at this price ($319 as of this writing), this is as big a no-brainer as it gets. They faithfully reproduce whatever is fed into them. Beautifully smooth response...

These are unusual earphones. They appear to be exceptionally well built. They have a swivel piece construction so that they will easily swing into position with the wire coming from behind and over the ear. The right earpiece has a red mark so that it...

These are unusual earphones. They appear to be exceptionally well built. They have a swivel piece construction so that they will easily swing into position with the wire coming from behind and over the ear. The right earpiece has a red mark so that it...

When the package came, the outer box was fine...the usual Amazon packaging. Inside, the Sony box housing the earphones was opened/damaged, and the earphones and all the contents were missing. You figure that one out. They were $500.00 earphones.