Having bought these for £25, the highest I have ever paid for a in-ear sound experience, I was pleased with the sound quality (keeping in mind that I could only compare them to stock apple headphones which came with my Ipod touch). Not exceptional maybe, but with a good cosmetic look and a relatively decent price compared to the rest of the market, I was satisfied. But this satisfaction lasted 2 or 3 mere months, at least 2 years short of the lifetime I had in mind. I have used Creative before, with the Creative EP-630 the last plunge I took into those budget restricted waters and was reasonably impressed. After calling for replacements 2 times, I realized I had to move on from these earphones otherwise I would be waiting 7-10 days every other month on the next replacement. This was probably one of the poorest experiences I have ever had in the brief history of me buying earphones. I would recommend these to everyone wanting to give themselves mental torture by replacing the same thing over and over again. I have given up on these since then and moved onto JVC, which has not let me down for about a year now.