It would be great to be able to connect this to a console, pc or tablet rather than having to buy yet another controller. It took approximately one hour. I have had these headphones since 2011. Packaging was ok, looked sealed and brand new, the first cotton pad fell apart as I was trying to get it out of the bag (see the third photo), the second one also fell apart as I was examining it. As another reviewer stated, you might as well read a synopsis of episodes 1-8 and then watch 9 & 10. Overall, this is an excellent pair of headphones and worth the price tag. I like that the controls are intuitive, but the skip controls are specific to the left and right earbud which means if you?re just wearing the right bud, you can only skip forward in tracks and vice versa for the left bud. Its to the level of reduction where the noise reduction should only be used in safe conditions. These do NOT. Quick and easy install and the parts looks nice in our bathrooms.