MDR-ZX100 Headphone - Stereo - Black - Mini-phone

 (56 customer reviews)

I've owned a pair of the sony mdr-v150 monitoring headphones since I started college (dude....06-07 what?!) and I still love em. Indestructible and with sound quality to rival all those skullcandies and 'beats by dre' the younguns frequent these days. But beyond that, the point of my review is to review these badboys. To keep it simple, they're basically the smaller, lighter, and more portable friendly version of the v150 which is always a major plus. My only gripe with the v150 (if there were any at all) is the long cable and fair density that it has. Of course that didn't stop me from taking it anywhere, I'm just glad I managed to grab the zx100's for their portability factor.

Specs: the box really speaks for itself and if you've ever tried the v150's, you're basically getting the same quality audio: clear, crisp, tons of range, and very balanced bass. I love good bass and these guys deliver without being overpowering. As some of the other reviews noted, very natural...Read more

I bought a pair of Sony V6's to listen to music at home, and then broke something like my fifteenth pair of earbuds. So I thought: Hmm. What to have -not- break. Someone suggested buying a pair of headphones instead of IEM's, and I was in a target one day ruiing the loss of my earbuds and bought these. It's been three weeks or so, and so far I've noticed a couple things:
-The earcups fold flat, which is mainly why I got them [more portable!]. This makes a massive difference in portability. It is awesome.
-Sound is not as good as my V6's, though usually I am on a train, so whatever. They're better than the Skullcandy 2XL's that I was replacing like Pez ... when I can hear them. Which isn't very often, but eh.
-The strap and pads get uncomfortable for me after about an hour of use. It's extraordinarily annoying, and I'm considering buying a new pair as a result of this particular feature [was looking at the PortaPro but I think I need a noise canceling phone, sadly, which...Read more

The Sony MDR-ZX100s update the infamously shoddy headband design of Sony's popular V150 headphones, while maintaining the excellent sound quality that made the V150s such a desirable product. The ZX100's swiveling cans seem adequately durable, and allow the headphones to fold up flat for transportation and storage. So they've got that going for them... which is nice.

In my opinion, the only other widely-available pair of headphones that give the ZX100s a run for their money, at this price point, are the Koss PortaPros. If you're at all finicky about your consumer electronics, I suggest checking out the PortaPros before you commit to buying the MDR-ZX100s. I ended up preferring the ZX100s for purely aesthetic reasons; the throwback styling of the PortaPros just didn't scratch me where I itched.

For me, the headband is still the weakest point of this product. In a perfect world, the cans would fold up further into the curved headband for added portability. After...Read more