As someone who?s had various more expensive headphones and works with sound, I would give these a 3 for the price. It can be carried anywhere and anytime. The padding feels like hard styrofoam packing material. Gingen zurück. They are very flexible. I got it for my wife, and the annoyingly loud click was driving me crazy. The little gold foil stars stayed on and we had no issues with the fit. C?mon for the price you can?t beat these AKGs I bought three for a multi mic vocal recording and couldn?t be happier. Bought the phone. It was not a big issues as we just replaced with larger and stronger washers for the trip home.