Pros: very comfortable, clean sound, no need for special amplifier
Cons: Low impedance, Low efficiency. Slightly recessed high treble.
The Bottom Line: I was a bit worried about purchasing these headphones. However, after visiting my local store, they really impressed me about these headphones.
raizelbt's Full Review: Sony MDR-F1 Consumer Headphones
These pare of cans sound very good, in fact better than Sennheizer 570 (at least for me). I use them for various types of music from classic to rock (Hammerfall in particular) and found MDR-F1 to be simply outstanding. I don't feel that bass is leaking, everything is O.K. Also not least is the fact that one don't need special headphone amplifier to make these phones sound right - it's major plus when thinking about home hi-fi system on a budget. Personally I use them with my Denon 6.5 System and have nothing to complain about. Headphones are build very durable - construction is made of metal alloys, not some cheap plastic and padding is also very durable. Even cable has advantage it's longer then standard 3 meter cable, which come with majority of headphones - MDR-F1 has 3.4 meters cable. And as for comfort MDR-F1 headphones are simply the winner - even much more expensive Sennheizers, Koss, Philips (you name it, cause I've tried lot's of them in store) don't come close in terms of comfort. One can fall asleep in MDR-F1 (and so my wife did). So I think at price paid it's the perfect example of bargain. Very recommended.
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